Education:

Maryland Institute College of Art

University of Saskatchewan Emma Lake Campus

Corcoran Gallery School of Art

Exhibitions:

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  Westover School  Middlebury, Ct

Art of the Book: Airbourne Edition  Atlanta/Hatfield Airport Atlanta, Ga

Chris Perry – 2 Works on Water Mahopac Library, Mahopac, NY

Chris Perry: Altered Books  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
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Unbound VII  ArtisTree Gallery, South Pomfret, Vt.

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

Paris, Texas Gala Exhibition Artspace New Haven, New Haven, Ct.

2016

Unbound VI ArtisTree Gallery Woodstock, VT

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

Featured Artist Center for Book Arts, New York, NY

2015

Unbound V   ArtisTree Gallery, Woodstock, Vt

Ripple Effect (solo show)   University of Minot, Minot North Dakota

2014
Ct(un)Bound   ArtSpace Gallery, New Haven, Ct.

Odd Volumes: Book Art from the Allan Chasanoff Collection  Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Ct.

Over the Edge: Paperworks Unbound   Williamsburg Art and Historical Center Williamsburg, Broolyn, NY

Unbound IV   ArtisTree Gallery, Woodstock, Vt.

Art of the Boros   Denise Bibro Gallery, New York

art of the 5: brooklyn represents  ITC Center  New York, NY

2013

New York Bound: International Bookart Biennial   Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY

Unbound III   ArtisTree Gallery, Woodstock, Vt.

The Book as Art   Decatur Arts Alliance, Decatur, Ga.

Hidden Agendas   Atelier 6000, Bend, Or.

2011 

Unbound"   Artistree Gallery, Woodstock, VT

2010  
I Will Cut Thru  Center For The Book Arts and Barbara         
Walters Gallery, Sarah Lawrence College


Public Collections:

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

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 NYC Phoenix Gallery August 26, 2017
www.phoenix-gallery.com/artist-interviews.html

​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

Partnerships:
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