Bettcher Gallery | Vicky Perry

VICKY PERRY

As the viewer’s eye crosses a border from realism to abstraction, the rules change.Then there’s a shock to the system when abstract and realist images are joined, a jolt - like sudden eyesight. Imagine Vermeer meets Pollock.

In terms of subject matter, the juxtaposition of the stylistic elements plays out in a straightforward (non-appropriated) manner. Just as there is an indifference to the abstraction / representation debate, there is an interest in the narrative possibilities of painting. The work is unapolegetically hot, content rich. A tension gets built up between poured paint and the methodic representation, as if the work reveals a double life - by turns conventional, then illicit.

The work is conceptually contemporary - using incongruous visual systems. At the same time, the obsessive finessing of the realist areas allows the viewer to apply connoisseurship that is normally reserved for classical realism. As poured paint can be considered a performance document, so the realist painting is a performance, albeit slower, with shamanistic or devotional overtones

Born: 1953 Brooklyn, N.Y.

Solo Exhibitions:

2004 Jasper Arts Center One-Person Show 1/04 Jasper, IN
Rogue Communiy College One-Person Show TBA Grants Pass,OR
2003 McCormick Gallery One-Person Show 9/03 Midland,TX
Penn State University One-Person Show 8/03 Altoona, PA
2002 N. Carolina Wesleyan College One-Person Show 4/02 Rocky Mt.,NC
Pittsburg State University One-Person Show 3/02 Pittsburg, KS
2001 Cazenovia College One-Person Show 9/01 Cazenovia,NY
1984 LaMaMa’s Gallery etc. One Person Show 3/84 New York City
1983 Beulah Land One Person Show 10/83 New York City

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2004 Saratoga Springs Arts Center Group Show 3/04 Saratoga Springs,NY
Vanderleelie Gallery Group Show 4/04 Edmonton, Canada
2003 Sinclair Community College Two-Person Show 11/03 Dayton,OH
Bettcher Gallery Group Show ART BASEL Miami, FL
Fayetteville State University National Show, Second Place Award 3/03 Fayetteville,NC
Anne Arundel Comm. College National Show, Juror: Richard Torcia 3/03 Arnold,MD
Truman State University National Show, Juror: Kathryn Hixson 3/03 Kirksville,MO
formerly of the New Art Examiner
San Diego Art Institute International Show, Juror: Hugh M. Davies, 3/03 San Diego,CA
Director of Museum of Contemporary Art - San Diego
University of Rhode Island Eccentric Abstraction Group Show 1/03 Kingston, RI
2002 Hoyt Institue Mid-Atlantic, Juror: Thomas Hinson, 6/02 New Castle, PA
Curator of Contemporary Art, Cleveand Museum of Art
Nicolet College National, Juror: Dr. Barbara Rose 10/02 Rhinelander,WI
Holter Museum National, Juror: Gerald Peters 6/02 Helena,MT
Lower Adirondack Art Center Group Show 6/02 Glens Falls,NY
United States Embassy Art in Embassies Program 2002 Harare, Zimbabwe
Cambridge Art Association National Show, 4/02 Cambridge,MA
Juror: Lisa Dennison, Chief Curator,Guggenheim
2001 S. Dakota Inst. Mines & Tech Landscape Group Show 10/01 Rapid City, SD
Fredericksburg Ctr Creative “Exits & Entries” Show 10/01 Fredericksburg,VA
Bristol Art Museum National Juried Show 10/01 Bristol, RI
Gale Gates, et al. Second Biennial Auction 10/01 Brooklyn,NY
Bruce Gallery “Mapping Cultures” Group Show 9/01 Edinboro U., PA
L&B Viewing Room “Influence” Group Show 8/01 Portland, Oregon
Long Beach Foundation National, Juror: Shamim Momin 7/01 Loveladies, NJ
Elizabeth Foundation N.A.W.A. Group Show 6/01 New York,NY
Broward Community College “Places to Rest” Group Show 5/01 Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Silvermine Arts Guild Art of the Northeast, Juror: Bill Arning 5/01 New Caanan, CT
Mildura Palimpsest Group Show 4/01 Mildura,Australia
United States Embassy Art in Embassies Program 1/01 Algiers,Algeria
Rye Arts Center Group Show 3/01 Rye,NY
Fraser Gallery Group Show 3/01 Washington,DC
Fayetteville State University Group Show 2/01 Fayetteville,NC
Central Wyoming College Group Show 2/01 Riverton,WY
Liquitex Artist of the Month Online Solo Show 2/01 www.Liquitex.com
2000 Western Montana College Two-Person Show 11/00 Dillon,MO
Vermont Arts Center Summer Show 7/00 Manchester,VT
1988 E.M.Donahue Young Moderns 6/88 New York City
Sensory Evolution Women Artists 6/88 New York City
1987 St. Mark’s Gallery Gallery Artists Show 9/87 New York City
Mars Consortium Travelling Show “Rivington School” 6/87 NYC,Tokyo
Now Gallery Travelling Show “Micro” 6/87 NYC, Miami, London
Kraushaar Gallery Group Show 6/87 New York City
E.M.Donahue Group Show “Neo New Now Now” 4/87 New York City
1986 10 on 8 Group Show curated by Robert Costa 10/86 New York City
St. Mark’s Gallery Three Person Show 6/86 New York City
Lasser Gallery Group Show “Star Wars” 6/86 New York City
New York University Graduate Show 6/86 New York City
Eastman-Wahmandorf Group Show 3/86 New York City
Lasser Gallery Group Show 3/86 New York City
1985 St. Mark’s Gallery Group Show 6/85 New York City
ABC No Rio Group Show 5/85 New York City
1984 Beulah Land Beulah Collection 7/84 New York City
HallWalls Group Show 5/84 Buffalo,NY

Selected Bibliography:

2003 The Daily Southerner Providence, RI February 7 - 13, 2003 "The Great Outdoors" Rodriguez, Bill S. County Independent Providence, RI February 20, 2003 "Main Gallery Displays Eccentric Lansdcape" Norris, Doug
The Providence Journal Providence, RI February 27, 2003 "Landscapes: Give and Take between old and new" Van Siclen, Bill
2002 The Daily Southerner Tarboro,NC 3/29/2002 "Staying In Control" Bass, Sonja
Boston Globe 5/31/02 “Variety in Scope and Skill Mark CAA Prize Show”
2001 Syracuse Herald American 9/9/01 “Cazenovia Kicks Off Fall”
The Fayetteville Observer 3/01
2000 Montana Standard 11/00
1987 108 : East Village Review 10/87 Catsou Roberts
The New York Art Review 10/87
1986 Soho Arts Weekly 4/86 Lasser Show
Art in America 8/86 ABC No Rio show

Education:

Intern 1985 New York University NYC Graduate Painting, Internship with Idelle Weber
M.S. 1983 New York University, Courant Institute NYC Computer Science
B.S. 1980 City College of New York NYC Computer Science
- 1975 University of South Florida at Tampa Tampa FL Lithography, Printmaking
- 1972 Kirkland College Utica NY Fine Arts, Painting, Printmaking
Grants
2001 New York Foundation for the Arts Special Opportunity Stipend

Awards:

2003 Fayetteville State University Juror: Tarleton Blackwell Second Place Winner Fayetteville,NC
2002 Hoyt Institue Mid-Atlantic, Juror:Thomas Hinson, First Place Winner New Castle, PA
Curator of Contemporary Art, Cleveand Museum of Art
Holter Museum National, Juror: Gerald Peters Best of Show Helena,MT

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