Bio and CV
CV as downloadable PDF
James W. Perrin
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Bio
James Perrin received his M.F.A. in painting from Boston University and his B.F.A. from Kansas City Art Institute. His paintings have been featured in solo and group exhibitions throughout the U.S., as well as in Venice, Italy. His work was included in Chaos and Awe: Painting for the 21st Century at the Frist Art Museum and Chrysler Museum of Art. His work has been featured in New American Paintings, Wall Street Journal, Burnaway, Nashville Arts, Nashville Scene, and many other publications. In 2015, he was granted the prestigious Joan Mitchell Award.
Ph: 731.608.2651 Email: jamwperrin@gmail.com
Education
Boston University, Boston, MA, 2001, M.F.A., emphasis in Painting
American University, Washington, D.C., Fall 1998 Study for M.F.A. in Perugia, Italy
Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO, 1997, B.F.A., emphasis in Painting
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Artists Registries:
Previous Selected Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions:
2021 Fragmentations of Endearment, Solo Exhibition at Tinney Contemporary, Nashville, TN
2020 Percept upon Percept, Solo Exhibition at De Pree Art Gallery, Hope College, Holland, MI
2019 Variables and Variations, LaGuardia Community College, Long Island City, NY
2018 Heterogeneity, Tinney Contemporary, Nashville, TN
2015 Observations, Integrations, Pareidolia, and Polysemy, Tinney Contemporary, Nashville, TN
2014 University of Tennessee Knoxville Library, Knoxville TN
2013 Recent Work, Gallery Forty AU, Nashville, TN
2010 Conglomerate, New Paintings... Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN
2003 Freed-Hardeman University Art Gallery, Henderson, TN
2002 Galleria Perela, Venice, Italy
2001 Boston University, Open Court Gallery, Boston, MA
Group Exhibitions:
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2024 The Sink: Dye, Damaged, and Invisible Labor, Curated by Jodi Hays, Tinney Contemporary, Nashville, TN
Being Human, The Painting Center, New York, NY
2023 (Un)Blank Slate, Rockwall Gallery, Nashville, TN
Spectrum, Curated Auction, Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN
2022 AbstracTENN, Group Exhibition, Channel to Channel, Chattanooga, TN
2019 -21 Sightlines, Group Exhibition, South Bend Museum of Art, August 2019 - May 2021
2019 Small and Smaller, Group Exhibition, curated by Heather Darcy Bhandari, Site:Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY.
Painted - Biennial, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, September 26th - October 25th, 2019
Chaos and Awe: Painting for the 21st Century, Group Exhibition, curated by Mark Scala, Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, November 16th – April 28th 2019
2018 Chaos and Awe: Painting for the 21st Century, Frist Center, Nashville, TN, June 2018 - September 2019
Tinney Contemporary, Group Exhibition, Nashville TN
New American Paintings: South #136
2017 Annual Retrospective, Tinny Contemporary, Nashville, TN
The Shadow's Body: Painting's Allegorical Impulse, Watkins College of Art, Nashville TN
60th Chautauqua Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Chautauqua Institute, Chautauqua, NY
Palm Beach Art and Antiques, Palm Beach, FL, Presented by Evan Lurie Gallery, Carmel IN
2016 From Dawn to Dust, The Fortress, Nashville, TN
A Decade in the Making, Tinney Contemporary, Nashville, TN
Art Hamptons, Bridgehampton, NY, Presented by Evan Lurie Gallery, Carmel, IN
Art Boca Raton, Boca Raton, FL, Presented by Evan Lurie Gallery, Carmel IN
2013 Abstractomerty, Frist Center, Nashville, TN
2011 Scientists and Artists Picture the Intangible, Gallery F, Scarritt Bennett, Nashville, TN
2010 Open Lot, Nashville, TN
2009 Perry Nicole Fine Art, Memphis, TN
Biblical Proportions, Blue Genie, Austin, TX
Terrazzo Building, Curated by Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN, Nashville, TN
2008 Perry Nicole Fine Art, Memphis, TN
Dialogue 1: Painting, Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN
Dialogue: Painting, Curated by Zeitgeist Gallery, L & C Tower, Nashville, TN
Dialogue: Painting & Photography, Curated by Zeitgeist Gallery, L & C Tower, Nashville, TN
Radius 10, Curated by Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN
2007 Field Guide, Vanderbilt University Law School, curated by Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN
2006 Central South Art Exhibition, Tennessee Art League, Nashville, TN
The Red Show, Perry Nicole Fine Art, Memphis, TN
2005 National Compact Competition, LSU Union Gallery, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
2003 Scene/Unseen, Runnels Gallery, Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, NM
Shoulda Been a Plumber, Blue Genie Art Industries, Austin, TX
Will’s Creek Art Survey, Saville Gallery, Cumberland, MD
Central South Art Exhibition, Leu Gallery, Belmont University, Nashville, TN
9 Ingredients, Edgewater Art Gallery, Orlando, FL
2001 MFA Thesis Exhibition: Boston University, 808 Gallery, Boston, MA
Summer Concert Series: Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, MA
Collections
Dream Hotel Group, Dream Hotel, Nashville, TN
Creative Artists Agency, Nashville, TN
Pinnacle Financial Partners, Nashville, TN
Pinnacle Financial Partners, Memphis, TN
Tennessee Arts Commission
Boston University
Grimaldi Collection, Rome, Italy
Numerous private collections
Awards and Grants
Joan Mitchell Award Recipient 2015
Joan Mitchell Award Nominee 2014
Rolf Singerman Award, Allegany Arts Council
Herman Davis Bradley Memorial Award, Tennessee Art League
Joan Mitchell Award MFA Nominee 2001
Constatin Alajavov Scholarship
Boston University Merit Scholarship
Kansas City Art Institute Scholarship
Fellowships and Residencies
Artist in Residence, Freed-Hardeman University, Henderson TN, 2004-2006
Lectures and Visiting Artist
Peggy Guggenheim Museum, 2001
Freed Hardeman University, 2003
Frist Art Museum, 2013
Frist Art Museum, 2018
Frist Art Museum, 2019
University of Utah, 2018
Oswego, State University of New York, 2019
Hope University, 2020
Press and Bibliography
Kansas City Art Institute, Alumni Showcase.
nFocus, State of the Art: Abstract Expressions by Laura Huston Hunter
Wall Street Journal, Chaos and Awe: Painting for the 21st Century, Review: Trying to Corral the Uncorralable by Peter Plagens
Burnaway, Chaos and Awe: Painting for the 21st Century by Joe Nolan
New American Paintings #136
Nashville Scene - Best of 2018, Art MVP
Art Fight Podcast with Joe Nolan and Brian Siskind
WXNA FM with Laura Hutson Hunter, Artist Talk: James Perrin
Nashville Scene, Chaos and Awe Ushers in a New Era at the Frist
Nashville Arts Magazine, James Perrin: Painting in the Post-Digital Age
The Tennessean, Nashville Painter, James Perrin, Taps into Primordial form of Communication
Nashville Arts, Building Empathy and Connection, Chaos and Awe at the Frist Museum
MIT Press, Catalog for Chaos and Awe: Painting for the 21st Century
Locate Arts, Studio Visit: James Perrin
Native Magazine, Featured Artist: James Perrin
StyleBlueprint, Southern Artist Spotlight: James Perrin
BurnAway, 200 Words: James Perrin at Tinney Contemporary
Nashville Arts Magazine, Present Tense – James Perrin
Frist Museum, Catalog for Abstractomerty
Artdaily.com, Nashville Area Artists Use Geometric Elements to Express Cultural Perceptions.
Frist Museum: Artist's Forum
Nashville Scene, Abstractometry: Critic's pic of the week
Nashville Scene, Studio Visit: James Perrin
Nashville Scene, Pick of the Day: Figure 1: Scientists and Artists Picture the Intangible and Panel Discussion at gallery F.
Nashville Scene, Pick of the Week: Works by James Perrin.
Nashville Association of Art Dealers: Cover image of Museum and Gallery Guide, Nashville, TN. 2010
Catalog for Scene/Unseen 2003