MARK A. PERRY, sculptor
105 Beach Street • Westerly RI 02891
Mark@MarkAPerry.com • 508 325 1997
www.MarkAPerry.com
Education
1976 Noble and Greenough School, Dedham MA 1981
BA, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg PA
Professional Affiliations
2016 Art League of Rhode Island, Elected Artist Member
Honors and Awards
2021 Selected as the March Artisan in Residence at the Ocean House, Watch Hill, RI
2015 Best of Show, Hero, Art League of Rhode Island, Annual Associate Member Exhibition, Wickford Art Center, Wickford, RI
2014 Best of Show, The Doctor, Pawtucket Arts Collaborative, Pawtucket FoundationPrize Award, Pawtucket, RI. (Jurors: Artists and RISD alums, Didi Suydam & Peter Diepenbrock, Jamestown, RI)
2013 Joseph Gaulteri Award for Fine Arts, The Doctor, Artists’ Cooperative Gallery of Westerly, Westerly RI. (Juror: Ann Woolsey, Deputy Director, RISD Museum of Art)
2011 Smithsonian Craft Show, California Peacock, sole image selected for that year’s invitation card. Washington, DC
2009 Best of Show, California Peacock Cape Cod Art Association, Annual All-Cape and Islands Exhibition, 2009. Barnstable, MA
2008 First Place in Sculpture, Eagle Crimper, Cape Cod Art Association
2006 First Place, Best Booth Presentation, Cultural Center of Cape Cod
2004 One of America’s Best, Listed in the Directory of Traditional American Crafts, Early American Living Magazine, 2004
1989 Copley Master, Copley Society of Boston, Newbury Street, Boston MA
1988 Best of Show, Impasse, New England Sculpture Association, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, MA
1988 Second Place in Sculpture, Coconut Grove Arts Festival, Coconut Grove, FL
Selected Exhibitions
2022 Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit, MA, solo exhibition, 6/22 - 10/2.
2017 Architectural Digest Show, New York, New York (Exhibit annually since 2009)
2015 Home, Mystic Art Center, Mystic, CT (Juror: Harley Bartlett, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Painter, Muralist)
2014 Platinum: Juried Biennial Exhibition, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA (Juror: Alise Upitis, Assistant Curator, MIT List Visual Art Center)
2014 New England Landscape Invitational, Lyme Art Association, Lyme, CT (Juror: Jeff Anderson, Director, Florence Griswold Museum)
2014 August Light: Summer Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, Lyme Art Association, Lyme, CT. (Juror: Ben Colman, Assistant Curator, Florence Griswold Museum, Lyme, CT)
2014 103rd Annual Exhibition,Academy of Fine Arts, Annual Juried Exhibition, Mystic Arts Center, Mystic, Ct. (Jurors: William Butcher and Claudia Seymour)
2014 58th Regional Exhibition, Mystic Arts Center, Mystic CT (Juror: Power Boothe, artist and educator at Hartford Art School)
2014 Blue, Mystic Arts Center, Mystic CT. (Juror: Robert Greene, Adjunct Professor, Eastern Connecticut State University)
2011 Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington, DC
2011 Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, Philadelphia, PA
Selected Commissions (Corporate)
2012 - 2013 Corporate Art Commission, Weekapaug Inn, Westerly, RI, three art works
2003 - 2005 Corporate Art Commission, Clydes Restaurant Group, Georgetown, Washington, DC, multiple works of art for Willow Creek Farm, Ashburn, VA
2010 Langham Place Fifth Avenue, 400 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY ‘Naughty Boy’ and ‘The Boxer’ located in the lobby of the hotel.
#2 Best Hotel in New York City, by Conde Nast Traveler readers, 2014
Selected Publications
Country Living Magazine, "Best in Show: Ski Lodge Living Room", December 2017, Page 40
Veranda Magazine, "House Tour: A delightful Utah Mountain House Full of Playful Patterns", November/December 2016
Dwell Magazine, "An Idyllic Rhode Island Summer Cottage Is the Perfect Escape for a New York Family", December 2015
Equestrian Quarterly Magazine (now Equestrian Living), "Mark Perry, Inspired by American Folk Art", Winter 2015/2016
South County Independent, Kristen Tomaiolo, “17th Annual Virtu Arts Festival Returns to Wilcox Park, May 2014
Traditional Home Magazine, “Dramatic Show House Rooms”, July/Aug 2013
New England Home Magazine (Blog), "The Sculpture of American Folk Artist Mark A.
Perry", Marisa Marcantonio, March 2012
Sophisticated Living Magazine, “New Kid on the Block: The Setai Fifth Avenue”, Bridget Williams, - Indianapolis, Jan/Feb 2012
Haute Living Magazine, “The Setai Fifth Avenue Offers Guests Before-Hours Tour of World's Greatest Art ...”, Casey Brooks, July 2011
Voice Of America, “American Story Told Through Art”, April 2011
David Mitchell Uncensored (Blog), “2011 Smithsonian Craft Show”, David Mitchell, April 2011
The Washington Post, "Rothesay on the James: 2010 Richmond Symphony Orchestra League Designer House", Jura Koncius, 9/2010