Exhibitions:
2023
Chris Perry: Out of Bound - solo show, Luchsinger Gallery, Greenwich Academy, Greenwich, CT
2022
Still Waters: the altered books of Chris Perry - solo show, Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT
2021
Not by the Book - Flinn Gallery, Greenwich Library, Greenwich CT Curated by Leslee Asch and Kira Albinsky
2019
Art and Text - Kershner Gallery, Fairfield Library, Fairfield, CT curated show
Harmony - City Lights Gallery, Bridgeport, CT curated show
2018
Liquid Pages: Chris Perry at Schumacher Gallery - solo show, Westover School Middlebury, Ct
Art of the Book: Airbourne Edition Atlanta/Hatfield Airport Atlanta, Ga
Chris Perry – 2 Works on Water - solo show, Mahopac Library, Mahopac, NY
Chris Perry: Altered Books - solo show, EBK Gallery Hartford, Ct
Paper, Rock Scissors - 5 Points Gallery Torrington, Ct
Books Undone: the art of altered books - The Gallery at Penn State College Williamsport, Pa
2017
Volume: two (a novel interpretation by Alice Walsh and Chris Perry) - Mark Twin Library, West Redding, Ct.
Boundless: Contemporary Altered Books - Hill-Stead Museum, Farmington, Ct. Curated by Carole Kunstadt
2016
Ripples: Making Water With Paper - Dweck Cultural Center, Central Library, Brooklyn Public Library, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn
By a Thread: The Fine Art of Fiber - Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Curated by Nancy Moore
2015
Ripple Effect - solo show, University of Minot, Minot North Dakota
2014
Ct(un)Bound - a show coordinated to run simultaneously with Odd Volumes at ArtSpace Gallery, New Haven, Ct.
Odd Volumes: Book Art from the Allan Chasanoff Collection - Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Ct.
2013
New York Bound: International Bookart Biennial - Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY
2010
I Will Cut Thru - Center For The Book Arts and at the Barbara Walters Gallery, Sarah Lawrence College
Public Collections:
Kate Cheney Chappell ’83 Center for Book Arts, University of Southern Maine
Mark Samuels Lasner Collection, University of Delaware, Special Collections
Yuko Nii Foundation, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
Francis Williams Foundation, Boston, MA
Alan Chasanoff "The Book Under Pressure" Collection Yale University Gallery of Art, New Haven, CT
University of Washington Library, Seattle, Wa.
Brown University Library, Providence, RI
Education:
Maryland Institute College of Art
University of Saskatchewan Emma Lake Campus
Links:
Review of Books Unbound at The Gallery at Penn College, January 11, 2018
https://www.sungazette.com/life/showcase/2018/01/books-become-canvas-for-contemporary-artists-in-books-undone-at-the-gallery-at-penn-college/
Interview with Joel Lang of The Norwalk Hour March 12, 2017
www.thehour.com/living/article/Ridgefield-s-Chris-Perry-a-master-of-book-art-10993052.php#photo-12527182
Curated Shows:
Freed Formats: the book reconsidered A traveling exhibition of 137 works by 53 artists from 17 states and 2 foreign countries, curated by Chris Perry and Alice Walsh. The exhibition opened at Ridgefield Guild of Artists in Ridgefield, CT on March 30, 2019, and closed at Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT on October 19, 2019. There were 6 venues altogether. For more information visit: www.freedformats.com
Books on the Verge The Gallery at Metro Arts Studios, Bridgeport, CT, Curated by Chris Perry. It ran from November 13th, 2021 to January 15th, 2022. Youtube video of show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60SBm7s_xpk
2023
Chris Perry: Out of Bound - solo show, Luchsinger Gallery, Greenwich Academy, Greenwich, CT
2022
Still Waters: the altered books of Chris Perry - solo show, Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT
2021
Not by the Book - Flinn Gallery, Greenwich Library, Greenwich CT Curated by Leslee Asch and Kira Albinsky
2019
Art and Text - Kershner Gallery, Fairfield Library, Fairfield, CT curated show
Harmony - City Lights Gallery, Bridgeport, CT curated show
2018
Liquid Pages: Chris Perry at Schumacher Gallery - solo show, Westover School Middlebury, Ct
Art of the Book: Airbourne Edition Atlanta/Hatfield Airport Atlanta, Ga
Chris Perry – 2 Works on Water - solo show, Mahopac Library, Mahopac, NY
Chris Perry: Altered Books - solo show, EBK Gallery Hartford, Ct
Paper, Rock Scissors - 5 Points Gallery Torrington, Ct
Books Undone: the art of altered books - The Gallery at Penn State College Williamsport, Pa
2017
Volume: two (a novel interpretation by Alice Walsh and Chris Perry) - Mark Twin Library, West Redding, Ct.
Boundless: Contemporary Altered Books - Hill-Stead Museum, Farmington, Ct. Curated by Carole Kunstadt
2016
Ripples: Making Water With Paper - Dweck Cultural Center, Central Library, Brooklyn Public Library, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn
By a Thread: The Fine Art of Fiber - Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Curated by Nancy Moore
2015
Ripple Effect - solo show, University of Minot, Minot North Dakota
2014
Ct(un)Bound - a show coordinated to run simultaneously with Odd Volumes at ArtSpace Gallery, New Haven, Ct.
Odd Volumes: Book Art from the Allan Chasanoff Collection - Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Ct.
2013
New York Bound: International Bookart Biennial - Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY
2010
I Will Cut Thru - Center For The Book Arts and at the Barbara Walters Gallery, Sarah Lawrence College
Public Collections:
Kate Cheney Chappell ’83 Center for Book Arts, University of Southern Maine
Mark Samuels Lasner Collection, University of Delaware, Special Collections
Yuko Nii Foundation, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
Francis Williams Foundation, Boston, MA
Alan Chasanoff "The Book Under Pressure" Collection Yale University Gallery of Art, New Haven, CT
University of Washington Library, Seattle, Wa.
Brown University Library, Providence, RI
Education:
Maryland Institute College of Art
University of Saskatchewan Emma Lake Campus
Links:
Review of Books Unbound at The Gallery at Penn College, January 11, 2018
https://www.sungazette.com/life/showcase/2018/01/books-become-canvas-for-contemporary-artists-in-books-undone-at-the-gallery-at-penn-college/
Interview with Joel Lang of The Norwalk Hour March 12, 2017
www.thehour.com/living/article/Ridgefield-s-Chris-Perry-a-master-of-book-art-10993052.php#photo-12527182
Curated Shows:
Freed Formats: the book reconsidered A traveling exhibition of 137 works by 53 artists from 17 states and 2 foreign countries, curated by Chris Perry and Alice Walsh. The exhibition opened at Ridgefield Guild of Artists in Ridgefield, CT on March 30, 2019, and closed at Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT on October 19, 2019. There were 6 venues altogether. For more information visit: www.freedformats.com
Books on the Verge The Gallery at Metro Arts Studios, Bridgeport, CT, Curated by Chris Perry. It ran from November 13th, 2021 to January 15th, 2022. Youtube video of show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60SBm7s_xpk
chris@csperry.net