Waiting on Fate (framed) Drawing

Perri Neri is known for her abstract figurative paintings and drawings, birthing shape, texture, and color while addressing questions of sexuality, identity, and memory. “I am interested in the merging of content with the act of drawing and painting. Binary opposition—pain and pleasure; nurturing and torturing; opulence and the mortification of the flesh—set the tempo for a provocative dance between figurative and abstract. Some of the work, be they drawings or paintings, are in direct response to particular paintings or themes in art history. Other artworks are visual meditations on how it feels to be in my own skin, this mother/daughter/wife/lesbian/corpulent skin. The intent is always to invite interpretation; to not leave them alone in their sensual strangeness.” In 2007, Perri earned a MFA in Painting with Distinction from The Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. Since that time she has had two solo exhibitions in New York City and several group exhibitions. In 2016 she was invited to exhibit in a group exhibition at Caelum Gallery and was mentioned in a review in ArteFuse. Her work has been featured in two volumes of Studio Visit Magazine and in a 2015 article, Women in Contemporary Art, Where are They Now?, in Honeysuckle Magazine. Perri’s work is in collections throughout the United States and Europe. Perri still lives in the New York City area and continues to develop her work. She also works as a private painting instructor and offers studio critiques.