Artist Statement
A wise man told me that “Paintings come from painting” which is a mantra I live by. This simple thought has helped me when questioning work, believing nothing is a waste of time. My inspiration, derived from my surroundings can be nature, art history and contemporary art. I find it helpful when ending my daily session to know my first move upon returning. I also have chores which segue into painting. The task of documentation can also be a form of inspiration. Seeing the work edited or in groups opens possibilities or directions.
My current oil on canvas practice is a series of “Unrelated Paintings”. After years of feeling that I must paint one thing I’ve accepted my varied vision. This new group has a few themes: Imagined landscapes, Paintings with pattern, Geometric compositions, Abstract and Representational works.
For my acrylic works on paper practice, the following approaches are utilized: Memory based abstract landscapes, Abstract mark making and repetition in pattern, Stencils, which could be leaf outlines or a handmade stencil. One such stencil, ‘Flower motif in Pattern’ consists of four petals around a center dot, repeating petal to petal in grid formation. 1/05/24
Bio
Mark Perry, was born and raised in Providence, RI. He began making drawings before he was ten years old and started painting by twenty. Early on it supplied positive energy and He felt his style could improve if he worked hard. Although self-taught, Perry attended Evening Division, Portraiture and Life Drawing at Rhode Island School Of Design. During the decade of his twenties he worked as an Electrical Draftsman for an architectural engineering firm in Providence.
In 1989, at the age of twenty-nine he moved to NYC. Through the 1990’s drawing at The Spring St. Studio and The Society of Illustrator’s while working as a studio painter in the Garment District for six years. In 1996 he left this field to be a full time artist.
Perry divides time between Springs, NY. and Miami Beach FL. While in NY making larger oil on canvas paintings and in Miami smaller, mainly acrylic works on paper.
OF INTEREST
INK Miami December 6 - 10th 2023, Represented by, Cade Tompkins Project, https://www.cadetompkinsprojects.com/art-fairs/22/overview/
Published in 2020, Hamptons Artists, The Current Wave, Photographs By Jaime Lopez, Text By, Coco Myers https://www.folioeast.com/exhibits/thecurrentwave
Virtual
Cade Tompkins Projects https://www.cadetompkinsprojects.com/artists/84-mark-perry/works/
Coco Myers of, https://www.folioeast.com/artists/mark-perry
Howard Shapiro of Lawrence Fine Art, https://www.artsy.net/search?term=lawrence+fine+art+mark+perry
COLLECTIONS
NYU Langone Art Program and Collection
Memorial Sloan Kettering in Association with Cade Tompkins Projects https://www.mskcc.org/msk-nassau-art-walk After clicking link, select “Concourse Floor” option and scroll.
CV SOLO SHOWS
2022 Points East - Montauk / Miami, Paintings of Mark Perry - July 28 - Nov. 2 The Coral Gables Museum, https://coralgablesmuseum.org/portfolio-item/points-east/
2019 Mark Perry At The Pierre, NYC - Cade Tompkins Projects
2017 THE NATURE OF - Quogue Library, Quogue, NY.
2017 REAL ABSTRACT - The Gallery at Lillian August
2015 SUMMERTIME - ILLE Arts, Amagansett, NY. http://illearts.com/exhibition_MarkPerry.php
2015 FOR THE ROSES - Elizabeth Dow Home, EH NY.
2009 LANDSCAPES - New Century Gallery, NY.
2008 INTERLUDE - The Surface Library Gallery, EH, NY.
GROUP SHOWS
2023 84th Annual Members Show, Guild Hall, EH, NY.
2021 THE TILE CLUB EXHIBITION, Guild Hall, EH, NY. Curated by Scott Bluedorn
2021 GROUP SHOW - NINE ARTISTS, Curated by Mark Perry, Ashawagh Hall, EH, NY.
2018 IN THE CLOUD, Curated by Scott Bluedorn, Neoteric, Bridgehampton, NY.
2018 The Small Abstract Show, Presented by Folioeast, 55 Main St. EH, NY.
2018 Old & New, A Group Show, Curated by Mark Perry, Ashawagh Hall, EH, NY.
2018 51st Annual Springs Invitational, Curated by Scott Bluedorn.
2018 80th Annual Members Show, GUILD HALL, EH, NY.
2017 50th Annual Springs Invitational, Ashawagh Hall, EH, NY.
2017 ALT EGOS, Curated by Scott Bluedorn for CRUSH Curatorial, Amagansett, NY http://neotericfineart.com/
2017 Forces of Nature, Ashawagh Hall, EH, NY.
2017 79TH Annual Members Show, GUILD HALL, EH, NY.
2016 HOLIDAY SHOW, ILLE Arts, Amagansett, NY.
2016 ZINEFEST, ILLE Arts, Amagansett, NY.
2016 Lawrence Fine Art, East Hampton, NY.
2015 Zoya Tommy Gallery, TX.
2015 ZINEFEST, ILLE Arts, Amagansett, NY.
2013 ILLE Arts, Amagansett NY.
2013 SUMMER BREEZE, Zoya Tommy Gallery, Houston, TX.
2013 Neoteric Fine Art Gallery, Amagansett, NY.
2012 ILLE Arts, Amagansett, NY.
2012 I DIGRESS, The Surface Library at Ashawagh Hall, EH.
2010 The Surface Library Gallery, EH., NY.
2010 Ashawagh Hall, EH, NY
2010 Curated by James Kennedy, Ashawagh Hall, EH, NY.
2009 ART BAZAAR, Lyons Wier Gallery, NY, NY.
2010 WIDE OPEN SHOW, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists
2009 DIALOG 1, Surface Library Gallery SYDNEY BUTCHKES + Mark Perry Curated by James Kennedy
2008 - LTV Station, Wainscott, NY. Curator: James Kennedy
PRESS & LINKS
2017 Social Life June issue, page 132 -134, https://issuu.com/sociallifemagazine/docs/social_life_magazine_june_16_2017/39
2017 https://www.turningart.com/artist/mark-perry
2016 http://lipulse.com/2016/07/07/mark-perry/
2009 http://www.27east.com/news/article.cfm/Other/193392/Mark-Perry-sees-landscapes-from-another-angle
VIRTUAL, FAIRS, SHOWROOMS, BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
2020 Guild Hall 82nd Annual Member Show
2019 Guild Hall 81st Annual Member Show
2017 ZINE FEST, Ille Arts, Amagansett, NY
2017 Amagansett Historical Association, Jackson Carriage House, Amagansett, NY.
2017 Mecox Gardens Showrooms, Southampton, NY. & Palm Beach, FL.
2016 IFPDA 2016, Cade Tompkins Projects, RI
2016 Amagansett Historical Association, Annual.
2015 Amagansett Historical Association, Annual.
2013 ArtHamptons, Bridgehampton, NY. Vogelsang Gallery
2014 Select Contemporary Art Fair NY. Zoya Tommy Gallery
2013 Houston Fine Art Fair, ‘HFAF’ Zoya Tommy Gallery
2013 ArtHamptons, Bridgehampton, NY. Vogelsang Gallery
2013 Affordable Art Fair, Metropolitan Pavilion, NY.
2012 Guild Hall 74th Annual Member Show
2011 Guild Hall 73rd Annual Member Show
2011 Affordable Art Fair NYC, Surface Library Gallery
2011 Nest Interiors, NY. Home Design
2010 Balasses House, Amagansett, NY.
2010 Guild Hall 72nd Annual Member Show
2010 Affordable Art Fair NY, ART BAZAAR, NY.
2009 Guild Hall 71st Annual Members Show
2009 High Line Open Studios, NYC
2008 Four-Handed Lift, B, HIV Law Project at Moti Hasson Gallery, NY. Curator: Almond Zigmund.
2008 70th Annual Guild Hall Member Show