About Mark Perry
My process is fluid to create space for: the adult, the experimental inquisitive one, the child with a five second attention span. The challenge is to stay focused on the abstract when I suddenly start thinking figuratively. When there is conflict I find the best solution is to work through it, remaining open to an unexpected resolution.
Of course, there are themes that define my waking hours and whose influence is undeniably woven into in the work. The most palpable, and one playing out on the canvas of late, is an obsession with time - as a resource as a thief, as a constant shadow.
I'm intrigued by the the perception of time as a very real phenomenon: the older we get, the less we experience the rush of novelty. What does that mean for an artist in the fullness of middle age? Is it possible to see and to paint with a heightened sense of discovery? Does experience give depth or limit my ability to engage fully, and without judgement?
In constructing a painting, one approach I repeatedly turn to is the concept of layers, what is in front, behind, or on top. These sequences can assist in piecing together an interesting composition. Making decisions and/or leaving things to chance is my delicate balance.
Exhibitions:
July 2017 Quogue Library, Quogue, NY. Solo Show
2016 ILLE Arts, Amagansett, NY. Holiday Group Show through Jan. 2017
2016 IFPDA 2016, Cade Tompkins Projects, Art n an Airstream.
2016 ILLE Arts, Amagansett, NY. ZineFest Show
2016 Amagansett Historical Association, Annual Group Show
2016 LiPulse, Summer Arts & Culture Issue. Link to feature on homepage menu.
2016 Lawrence Fine Art, East Hampton, NY Group Show
2016 Featured on: http://elizabethdow.com/mark-perry/
2015 Featured on Artsy: https://www.artsy.net/cade-tompkins/artist/mark-perry
2015 Amagansett Historical Association, Annual Group Show
2015 ILLE Arts, Amagansett, NY. ZineFest Show
2015 ILLE Arts, Amagansett, NY. Solo Show
2015 Elizabeth Dow Home, EH NY. FOR THE ROSES, Solo Show
2015 Zoya Tommy Gallery, HS, TX Group Show
2015 Ille Arts, Amagansett, NY, Group Show
2013 ILLE Arts, Amagansett NY. Group Show.
2013 - Zoya Tommy Gallery, HS., TX. “Summer Breeze” with Danville Chadbourne
2013 - Neoteric Fine Art Gallery, Group Show
2012 - ILLE Arts, Amagansett, NY. Group Show
2012 - 74th Annual Guild Hall Member Show
2012 - Surface Library at Ashawaugh Hall, EH. ‘I Digress’ - Group Show
2011 - Nest Interiors, NY. Home Design
2011 - 73rd Annual Guild Hall Artist Member Show
2010 - Surface Library Gallery
2010 - Balasses House Antiques, Amagansett, NY.
2010 - Curated by James Kennedy, Ashawagh Hall, EH, NY.
2010 - 72nd Annual Guild Hall Artist Members Show
2009 - Lyons Wier Gallery, 175 7th Avenue, NY, NY, ART BAZAAR
2010 - Brooklyn Waterfront Artists, ‘Wide Open Show’
2009 - Surface Library Gallery ‘Dialogue 1’ Sydney Butchkes + Mark Perry Curated by James Kennedy
2009 - 71st Annual Guild Hall, Member Show
2009 - New Century Gallery
2008 - LTV Station, Wainscott, NY. Curated by James Kennedy
2008 - Surface Library Gallery, EH, NY. INTERLUDESolo Show, The East Hampton Star, Portrait of the Artist as a Grown Man. By Elizabeth Fasolino.
2008 - 70th Annual Guild Hall Artist Member Show
