The Estate of Peri Schwartz

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Peri Schwartz grew up in Far Rockaway, NY. She received her BFA from Boston University’s School of Fine Arts and her MFA from Queens College. She lives and works in New Rochelle, NY. Her paintings, prints and drawings focus on composition and the interplay of color, light and space. Her work is in museum collections in the US and Europe.

Born 1951 Brooklyn, NY

 

Education

1975
Queens College, MFA

1973
Boston University, BA

 

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2018
Color & Process, Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA
Paintings, Drawings, Prints, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
In the Studio, Murray State University, Murray, KY

2017
In the Studio, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR
interplay:color & form, Metropolitan Frame Company, Denver, CO

2016
Constructing From Life, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
Paintings • Drawings • Prints, Mississippi State, Starkville, MS
Paintings & Prints, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2015
Composing Paintings, Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA

2014
Composing Paintings, Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA
In the Studio, Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL

2013
Davis & Cline Gallery, Ashland, OR
Garvey/Simon Art, New York, NY
Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2012
Compositions, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
In the Studio, Gallery NAGA Boston, MA
The Architect Within, Tinney Contemporary Gallery, Nashville, TN

2010
Color Prints, Abbott & Holder, London, UK

2010
Reflections, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
Working With The Grid, Port Washington Library, Port Washington, NY

2009
Reflections, Hillwood Art Museum, Brookville, NY

2008
Objects Considered, Midday Gallery, Englewood, NJ

2007
Recent Work, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
Paintings, Drawings and Prints, Kasten Fine Art, Great Barrington, MA
Interior Perspectives, New Canaan Library, New Canaan, CT

2006
Studio Paintings, Reeves Contemporary, New York, NY

2004
Paintings, Drawings, and Prints, Adler & Co, San Francisco
Paintings, Drawings, and Prints Page Bond Gallery, Richmond
Working from Life, duPont Gallery, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA
Paintings & Drawings, Concordia Gallery,
Concordia College, Bronxville, NY

2003
The Free Library of Philadelphia, PA

2002
Fine Arts Center Galleries, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI

2001
Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA

2000
Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY
Gallery 18, Pawling, NY

1996
Paris-New York-Kent Gallery, Kent, CT

1994
Gallery A, Chicago, IL

1992
Stiebel Modern, New York, NY

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2017
Still Lifes, University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington, KY

2016
New Acquisitions, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR

2015
Exxpectations, Cornell Museum of Art, Delray, FL

2014
Face to Face, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR

2011
Illuminate, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
Art Of Painting in the 21st Century, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA

2010
The Architect Within, Michele Mosko Fine Art, Denver, CO
On The Wall/ Off The Wall: Modern American Masterpieces From The Permanent Collection, Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS
Gallery Artists, Etherington Fine Art, Marfa, TX
Old & New: Recent Acquisitions and Works from the Collection, Benton Museum of Art, Storrs, CT

2008
Great River Arts Faculty Exhibit, Spheris Gallery, Hanover, NH

2007
Collectors Show, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
Whatever Meredyth Wants Now, Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA
6th Biennial International Miniature Print Show, Center for Contemporary
Printmaking, Norwalk, CT, Juror David Kiehl, Whitney Museum

2006
Hot Pics/06 Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY

2005
Single Impressions: Monotypes & Monoprints, Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
Whatever Meredyth Wants, Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA
Edgy & Elegant, Westchester Arts Council, White Plains, NY

2004
6th American Print Biennial, Marsh Art Gallery, University of Richmond Museums, Richmond, VA
7th Annual Prize Show, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
48th Annual National Juried Print Exhibition, Hunterdon Museum of Art

2003
The Drawing Show, Westchester Art Council, White Plains, NY
8th Annual Exhibition of the Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, NY
Contemporary Prints, Old Print Shop, New York, NY
The Perceived Object:Directions in Contemporary Still Life, Wheaton College, Norton, MA
Group Exhibition, ADLER & Co.Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2002
Roy Lichtenstein and Beyond: Recent Acquisition of Modern Prints, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
25th Grassroots Exhibition, Main Street Gallery, Dobbs Ferry, NY
Women in the Arts, UFA Gallery, New York, NY
The Human Presence: Interpretations, Westchester Arts Council, White Plains, NY

2001
Contemporary Still Life: Vanitas to Veritas, Gallery at Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ

2000
Westchester Arts Council Invitational Open Studios 2000, White Plains, NY
National Juried Exhibition, Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, Loveladies, NJ Juror: Darsie Alexander, Assistant Curator, Museum of Modern Art
Face to Face: Contemporary Portraits, Concordia College, Bronxville, NY Curator: Kathryn Markel
Self As Metaphor, Eleanor Bliss Center for the Arts, Steamboat Springs, CO

 

Selected CollectionsAlbertina Museum, Vienna, Austria
Allen Memorial Art Gallery, Oberlin, OH
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
BankAmerica
Biblioteca Nacional de España, Madrid, Spain
Bibliotheque Nationale de France, Paris, France
Boston Public Library, Boston, MA
British Museum, London, UK
Capital One Services
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA
Clorox Corporation
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Davison Art Center, Middletown, CT
Fidelity Investments
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK
Flint Institute of Art, Flint, MI
Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA
Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Gibson Dunn
Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Harris Bank
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, NY
Janet Turner Print Museum, Chico, CA
Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Mass General Hospital
McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
Mead Art Museum, Amherst, MA
Meditech
Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Minneapolis Art Institute, Minneapolis, MN
Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Museum of the City of New York, New York, NY
Neiman Marcus
Neuberger Museum, Harrison, NY
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
New York Historical Society, New York, NY
New York Public Library, New York, NY
Parasol Press
Pfizer Inc
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Staatliche Museum, Berlin, Germany
Syracuse University Art Collection, Syracuse, NY
University of Alberta Art and Artifact Collection, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR
University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington Kentucky
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
Warren Stephens
Wellington Management
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, NJ

 

Selected Awards, Grants, and Fellowships

1998
Merit Award: Wrapped Object #9, pastel, Third National Juried Exhibition, Ceres Gallery Juror: Jacquelyn Serwer, Chief Curator, Corcoran
Gallery of Art Merit Award: Studio Self-Portrait, oil on canvas, International, Juried Show ‘98 Juror: Nan Rosenthal, Curator, Metropolitan Museum of Art

1997
The Grumbacher Award: Woman in White Shirt, oil on canvas, 48th Annual Art of the Northeast U.S.A., Juror: Cora Rosevear, Curator, Museum of Modern Art

1996
SUNY Purchase Continuing Education Outstanding Faculty Award

1993
Honorable Mention: Still Life #6, oil on paper, Guild Hall Members Exhibit Juror: Diane Waldman, Deputy Director and Senior   Curator, Guggenheim Museum

1990
Purchase Prize: Wrapped Object #1, pastel, Rutgers ‘90 National Works on Paper Juror: Ned Rifkin, Chief Curator, Hirshhorn Museum and Martha Beck, Founder and Director of the Drawing Center

1988
Materials Award: Still Life, monotype, The 40th Annual Print Exhibition
Juror: James Welu, Director, Worchester Museum

1985
Purchase Award: North Carolina National Bank: Sandy in Profile II, monotype Juror: David Kiehl, Curator, Department of Prints and Drawings, Metropolitan Museum of Art

1984
Juror’s Commendation: Sandra, monotype, Thirty-Sixth Boston Printmakers National Exhibition. Juror: Clifford Ackley, Curator of Prints and Drawings, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

 

Selected Publications

2002
The Sun, Geri Serino, Wrapped Objects, February 28, 2002

2000
The New York Times, Irina Rich Langer, Painting Self as Link to Masters, February 6, 2000
Women’s News, Andrew Pludrzynski, Peri Schwartz Visits the Straight and Narrow, March 2000
The Sandpaper, Larry Savadove, By Any Other Name, Please,
July 19, 2000

1998
The New York Times, William Zimmer, Recognizing Self-Portraits
by Americans, February 8,1998

1997
The New York Times, William Zimmer, A Certain Coherence for 115 Works, June 8, 1997
Darien News, Kate F. Jennings, Silvermine’s Art of the Northeast Packed with Surprises, May 15.1997

1993
The East Hampton Star, Rose C.S. Slivka, From The Studio,
March 11, 1993

1984
The New York Times, Phyllis Braff, Juried Show Combines Works of Vitality and Complexity, May 20,1984

1983
The New York Times, Vivien Raynor, Art: Four Galleries Present Group Exhibitions, September 9, 1983

1979
The New York Times, Helen Harrison, An Art Show That Has Become a Fixture, March 25, 1979

For the last decade, Peri Schwartz ’s primary subject has been the interior of her own studio.  One might expect this narrow subject matter to be limiting.  On the contrary, the exercise has allowed Schwarz to uncover a seemingly boundless reserve of compositions, colors, and surfaces. The history of each image is often visible in the traces of grid lines or the ghosts of objects she has decided to reposition.  Invited to observe the painting’s progression in this way, the viewer has a sense of working through the compositional puzzle along with the artist.  Process is paramount, and her paintings are more investigations or studies of an object than polished final products, giving the impression that the artist could pick up her brushes again at any time to adjust one.  In turning her attention to her immediate surroundings, she employs the patient discipline of intensive visual study.  Her introspective vignettes demonstrate the simple elegance of jars and painting tools arranged on a table, well-used art books stacked on an industrial stool, or of sunlight reflecting on glass.