ABOUT - STATEMENT
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STATEMENT ARTIST STATEMENT
Places stop me in my tracks. Places burn into my mind. Memory changes the landscape in captivating ways. As I reflect on these remembered places they evolve and change as they are savored. My memories develop and simplify and get stripped down to their essence. They grow with saturation and intensity until I can contain them no longer. I then physically engage this contained energy to create my work.
My landscapes have an abstract feel with recognizable forms to convey a sense of discovery and mystery. My work is further characterized by bold marks, smooth surfaces, and expressive lines. The silhouettes of my works are filled with saturated darks that are loaded with color; deep chocolate browns and warm burgundies. From this darkness emerges the warmth of light. I seek concentrated landscapes where twilights shadows melt the suns raking light and atmosphere diffuses the view. This Chiaroscuro gives us all that is in between.
I create in two separate mediums; oil painting and kiln-glass. My oil paintings inspire the kiln-glass work and my kiln-glass inspires the oil paintings. There is a constant dialogue between the two.
With these works I want to make the viewer feel the energy and mood and to provoke the viewer to think about the dynamic relationships in their lives. I want the viewer to experience the sensuality of darkness and the uplifting inspiration of light. This relationship between light and dark mirrors the experience of all that is life. In future series I am eager to further explore this subject matter particularly relating to working on large scale installations that viewers can immerse themselves in.
-Christopher Perry
Christopher Perry © 2012 All rights reserved
RESUME SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Butters Gallery Portland, Oregon 2011
Basement Gallery Boise, Idaho 2011
Museum of Glass, Red Hot, Tacoma, Washington 2010
Butters Gallery Portland, Oregon 2010
Butters Gallery Portland, Oregon 2009
Butters Gallery Portland, Oregon 2007
Terzian Gallery Park City, Utah 2007
Butters Gallery Portland, Oregon 2006
Butters Gallery Portland, Oregon 2005
Butters Gallery Portland, Oregon 2004
Connextions Gallery Sausalito, California 2002
Butters Gallery Portland, Oregon 2001
PDX Gallery Installation Portland, Oregon 2001
Connextions Gallery Sausalito, California 2000
Comus Gallery Portland, Oregon 1994
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Butters Gallery Portland, Oregon 2011
Terzian Galleries Park City, Utah 2010
Gallery IMA Seattle, Washington 2009
Butters Gallery Portland, Oregon 2009
Cedar Street Galleries Honolulu, Hawaii 2009
Honolulu Contemporary Museum Gallery, Hawaii 2009
Seattle Art Museum Gallery Seattle, Washington 2008
Butters Gallery Portland, Oregon 2008
Terzian Galleries Park City, Utah 2008
Giustina Art Gallery Corvallis, Oregon 2008
Art Adventure Gallery Madras, Oregon 2008
Honolulu Contemporary Museum Gallery, Hawaii 2008
Crossroads Art Center Baker City, Oregon 2008
Umpqua Valley Arts Assoc. Roseburg, Oregon 2008
Cedar Street Galleries Honolulu, Hawaii 2008
Butters Gallery Portland, Oregon 2007
Terzian Gallery Park City, Utah 2007
Sikkema Jenkins & Co. Gallery New York, NY 2006
Artists Space Gallery in Soho New York, NY 2006
Butters Gallery Portland, Oregon 2006
RESUME CONT. Terzian Galleries Park City, Utah 2006
Butters Gallery Portland, Oregon 2005
Butters Gallery Portland, Oregon 2004
Butters Gallery Portland, Oregon 2002
Seattle Art Museum Seattle, Washington 2002
PDX Gallery Portland, Oregon 2001
Littman Gallery PSU Portland, Oregon 2001
PDX Gallery Portland, Oregon 2000
Berkeley Art Center Berkeley, California 2000
University of Oregon Museum of Art Eugene, OR 1997
Art Gym Gallery Marylhurst, Oregon 1996
Lake Oswego Library Gallery Lake Oswego, OR 1995
Comus Gallery Portland, Oregon 1994
CONTINUED ON PAGE 2SELECTED INVITATIONAL & JURIED EXHIBITIONS
Juror for Bellevue Festival of the Arts Bellevue, Washington 2011
Juror for West Linn Arts Association, West Linn, Oregon 2010
Guest Speaker Salem Arts Association Salem Oregon 2010
Juror for Salem Arts Association Salem, Oregon 2008
Portland Street of Dreams Oregon 2008
Columbia Arts Center Hood River, Oregon 2005
NW Natural Street of Dreams Oregon 2005
Chehalem’s Summer Art Release Newberg, Oregon 2004
Gresham City Hall Visual Arts Gallery Gresham, Oregon 2003
Henry Art Gallery Seattle, Washington 2001
Gresham City Hall Visual Arts Gallery Gresham, Oregon 2001
Henry Art Gallery Seattle, Washington 2000
Littman Gallery PSU Portland, Oregon - Colors of Dreams 1999
University of Oregon Museum of Art Eugene, Oregon 1998
Japanese Garden Pavilion Portland, Oregon 1998
Giustina Art Gallery Corvallis, Oregon 1995
Skylight Gallery Enterprise, Oregon 1995
Tillamook Visitors Center Gallery Tillamook, Oregon 1995
State Capitol Gallery Salem, Oregon 1995
Oregon State Gallery Salem, Oregon 1995
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Bellevue Towers Bellevue, WA
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Private collections world wide
BIO Christopher Perry is an American artist born in Portland, Oregon in 1970. He began showing his paintings in 1989. Perry studied fine arts at Marylhurst University where he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1993 with an emphasis on print making. Perry creates in two separate mediums; oil painting and kiln-cast glass. The two mediums continually influence each other. Perry contrasts light and dark in his abstract landscapes paying particular attention to atmosphere. Perry has won awards and has served as a juror for various art shows. Perrys work has appeared in the television series Lost and is part of numerous collections including Bellevue Towers, Oregon State University, the Portland Art Museum, and private collections worldwide. Perry is currently serving on the Board of Directors for the Portland Art Museums Contemporary Art Council. Years of persistence as a full-time working artist has helped Perry master skills in many areas. With his multifaceted approach, Perry does his own woodworking and metalworking in support of his artistic vision. He conceptualizes the design, then completes actual fabrication of his ideas. Perry currently resides just outside of Portland, Oregon, and his work can be seen in galleries throughout the United States. He brings unique vision to everything he creates.
Christopher Perry © 2012 All rights reserved
