Vicky Perry

Abstraction and realism are combined in these paintings. These methods share a common ability to evoke space and texture. These paintings are composed so that visual densities – textural knots – move and shift across the surface. Within this general framework, personal experiences – objects and places that hold special meaning – are rendered in detail. It’s a form of devotion.
I was liberated by the resurgence of representational painting during the years of the East Village art scene in New York in the late 1970s having previously focused on minimal canvases. Standard realism did not seem relevant to the time and place, nor were expressionistic effects compelling. Neo-geo did seem attractive but also limiting. Postmodern juxtapositions were very intriguing. Subsequently, I broke the line between realism and abstraction. This objectivity allowed me to write a book, Abstract Painting: Concepts and Techniques, that strengthened an impulse to integrate abstract painting concepts with realism.
Traditional oil painting on canvas or panel. Sometimes the abstract element is first on the canvas followed by realism. Sometimes a representational idea is first laid down with abstract overlays. The important challenge is to have these visual l...

1978 NYU – painting, studied under Idelle Weber
1982 NYU – MS, computer Science
1979 City College – BS, computer Science
1977 University of South Florida, Tampa – lithography
1975 Kirkland College- etching

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
5/2005: Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute 2005 Utica, NY
9/2004: Bettcher Gallery, Miami Beach. FL
9/2004: Rogue College Gallery, Grants Pass, OR
7/2004: LARAC Gallery, Glens Falls NY
1/2004: Bettcher Gallery, Miami Beach. FL
1/2004: Jasper Arts Center, Jasper, IN, Altoona, PA
9/2003: Penn State Altoona – McLanahan Gallery, Altoona, PA
9/2003: Midland College – One-person show, in McCormick Gallery, Midland, Texas.
3/2002: North Carolina Wesleyan College – Dunn Center for the Performing Arts, Rocky Mount, North Carolina.
2/2002: Pittsburgh State University – One-Person show “Eyesight to the Blind” in Harry Krug Gallery, Pittsburgh, Kansas.
9/2001: Chapman Gallery – One Person, Cazenovia College, Cazenovia, New York
3/1984: La Mama’s Etc. Gallery – One Person, East Village, New York City, New York
10/1983: Beulah Land – One Person, East Village , New York City, New York