Gerry Perrino
Draftsman/Painter
6 Cottage Street,
Lincoln, RI 02865
(401) 595-6476
perrinog@salve.edu
Gallery Affiliation:
Hallspace, 950 Dorchester Ave., Dorchester, MA, website.
Education:
1983-1986, M.F.A. Studio Arts (Painting), Syracuse University, Syracuse NY
1975-1980, B.A. Studio Arts (Printmaking), RI College, Providence RI
Experience:
Teaching History
2007-present, Associate Professor (tenured), Salve Regina University, Newport, RI
Art Department Chair, 2003-2005, 2012-2013, 2016-2019
2000-2007, Assistant Professor
1999-2000, Professional Lecturer, Art Department
Teaching History (general):
1999-2001, John Frazer Visiting Artist, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
1990, 1992, 1998, adjunct professor, UMASS-Lowell
1986-1998, adjunct professor, RI College, Providence, RI
1994-1998, adjunct professor, RI School of Design/Summer Program
1996, adjunct professor, RI School of Design/Illustration Studies Dept., Providence, RI
1983-1986, adjunct professor, RI School of Design Pre-College program
1983-1985, graduate teaching assistant, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
1983-Adjunct professor, RI College Art Department
Artistic Awards/Honors:
2015, Provost’s Fund Award, Salve Regina University for publication of a catalog for the exhibit, Vignette Vernacular
2014, Sabbatical leave to pursue relief printing, Salve Regina University
2013, Provost’s Fund Award, Salve Regina University for publication of a catalog for the exhibit, Shelf Life
1998, “Sisson Award”, Open Painting Show, Providence Art Club
1997, “Best in Show”, Interiors, Providence Art Club
1996, “Sisson Award”, Black and White Exhibit, Providence Art Club
1993, “NHP&CC Board Prize”, 92nd Annual Juried Competition, New Haven Paint and Clay Club
1992, “Rathbone Award”, 91st Annual Juried Competition, New Haven Paint and Clay Club
1984, Awarded the “Sylvia Wyckoff Award” as top teaching assistant at Syracuse University
1980, “Third Place”, Regional Drawing Competition, Providence Watercolor Club, Providence, RI
1978, Best in Show, Open Drawing Competition, Bannister Gallery, RI College
1979-80, Special Talent Scholarship, RI College
1978-79, Special Talent Scholarship, RI College
Exhibitions:
Individual Exhibitions:
2023, Fables, Foibles and Badvertisements, Hallspace, Boston, MA
2015-16, Vignette Vernacular, Hallspace, Boston MA
2015, Gerry Perrino: Graphic Works, Dorrance H. Hamilton Gallery (Sabbatical exhibit)
2013, Shelf Life, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI
2011, Syntactic Structures, Hallspace Gallery, Boston MA
2004, Subject/Object III, 800 Gallery, Monmouth University, W. Long Branch, NJ
2003, Subject/Object II, Hallspace Gallery, Boston, MA
2001, Subject/Object, University Gallery, Salve Regina University, Newport, RI
1999, Laying Waste to the Temples of Industry, Gardener Building, Providence, RI
1999, 1999, Recent Work by Gerry Perrino, Po Gallery, Providence RI
1997, 1997, Recent Work by Gerry Perrino, Po Gallery, Providence, RI
1997, Mining Silver, A Selection of Graphite Drawings from 1989 - 1997, Custom Corners Gallery, Cranston, RI
1994, Nineteen Ninety-Three, Recent Work by Gerry Perrino, Po Gallery
1984, Little Gems: Drawings by Gerry Perrino, Crouse College, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
1984, Gerry Perrino, Figure Drawings, Smith Hall Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
1979, Recent Work by Gerry Perrino, Providence Public Library, Providence, RI
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2022, The State of Art, University of RI, Feinstein Campus, Providence, RI
2020, The Hallspace Drawing Project, Hallspace, Boston MA
2020, Henry’s Kids, Group invitational show, HeARTspot Gallery, E. Providence, RI
2020, The State of Art in RI, University of RI, Feinstein Campus, Providence RI
2017, Henry’s Kids, Group invitational show, ArtProv, Providence, RI
2017, Van Vessem Gallery, Tiverton, RI, Alexander Castro juror
2017, The Hallspace Drawing Project, Hallspace, Boston, MA
2017, State of Art in RI, University o RI, Feinstein Campus, Providence RI
2017, Triennial Faculty Exhibit, Dorrance H. Hamilton Gallery, Salve Regina University, Newport, RI
2016, The Hallspace Drawing Project, Hallspace, Boston MA
2016- Still Life Lives- Group invitational show, Nancy Grinnell Curator. Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI
2016, State of Art in RI, University of RI., Feinstein Campus, Providence RI
2015, Honoring Harriet Brisson, Group invitational show in conjunction with the NCECA
Annual National Conference, URI-Providence, Providence, RI
2015, The Hallspace Drawing Project, (with catalog) Hallspace, Boston MA
2015, The State of Art in RI, University of R.I., Feinstein Campus, Providence, RI
2014, Juror’s Choice, Open competition, UForge Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA
2014, Triennial Faculty Exhibit, Dorrance H. Hamilton Gallery, Salve Regina University, Newport, RI
2014, The Hallspace Drawing Project, (with catalog) Hallspace, Boston MA
2014, Juror’s Choice, Uforge Gallery, Jamaica Plains, MA, Juror, Enrico Pinardi
2014, The State of Art in RI, University of R.I., Feinstein Campus, Providence, RI
2013, The State of Art in RI, University of R.I., Feinstein Campus, Providence, RI
2012, Open Season/ Doug Bell, Marlon Forrester, Gerry Perrino, Maria Sciabarrasi, Hallspace, Boston, MA
2012, The State of Art in RI, University of R.I., Feinstein Campus, Providence, RI
2012, Faculty Exhibition, Hamilton Gallery, Salve Regina University, Newport, RI
2010, The State of Art in RI, University of R. I., Feinstein campus, Providence, RI
2009, The State of Art in RI, University of R. I., Feinstein campus, Providence, RI
2007, Self-Portraits Change, Hallspace Gallery, Boston, MA
2007, The State of Art in RI, University of R. I., Feinstein campus, Providence, RI
2006, The State of Art in RI, University of R. I., Feinstein campus, Providence, RI
2005, The State of Art in RI, University of R. I., Feinstein campus, Providence, RI
2004, Raising the Bar, University of R.I., Feinstein Campus.
2003, Friends of Pleiades Gallery Invitational, Pleiades Gallery, New York, NY
2003, Boulevard Gallery, Newport, RI
2003, Creating a New World, University of R.I., Feinstein Campus
2002, Mixed Media, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
2001-2002, Invitational Exhibit, Fidelity Corporate Headquarters, Boston, MA
2000, Open Season, Hallspace Gallery, Boston, MA
1999, Invitational Painting Exhibition, Sarah Doyle Gallery, Brown Univ., Providence RI
1999, Fidelity Investments Exhibition, Providence Art Club
1999, Annual Open Painting Exhibition, Providence Art Club
1998, Annual Open Painting Exhibition, Providence Art Club, Juror: Timothy Flowers
1997, Interiors, Open competition, Providence Art Club, Juror: William Leete.
1996, Black &White, Open Competition, Providence Art Club, Juror: Joseph Norman
1995, Jazz (One for Skippy), Invitational Exhibition, Po Gallery. Curator: Steven Palumbo.
1994, 93rd Annual Open Art Exhibition, New Haven Paint and Clay Club,
New Haven, CT, Juror: George Soppelsa
1993, 92nd Annual Open Art Exhibition, New Haven Paint and Clay Club, Juror: Lennart Anderson
1992, 91st Annual Open Art Exhibition, New Haven Paint and Clay Club, Juror: William Bailey
1987, The Contemporary Portrait, the Creative Arts Workshop, new Haven, CT, Juror: Philip Pearlstein
1984, Four from Providence, Fleet Center, Providence, RI
1979, N.E. Regional Drawing Competition, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA,
Jurors: Frederick P. Walkey, Robert Doty and Meredyth H. Moses
1978, 17th Bradley Print and Drawing Competition, Bradley University, Peoria, IL,
Jurors: Esther Sparks and Joe Wilfer
1978, N.E. Regional Drawing Competition, Bannister Gallery, R.I. College, Providence, RI Juror: Sante Graziani
Critical Reviews:
“Still Life Lives: Rhode Island Perspectives” by Nancy Whipple Grinnell, American Art Review, August, 2016
“Art Review: Newport Show puts RI Still Life in Focus”, by Channing Gray, The Providence Journal, August 5, 2016, Link.
“Contemplative Play”, Vignette Vernacular catalog essay by Shana Dumont Garr, December 2015
“Gerry Perrino: Vignette Vernacular”, Cate McQuaid, The Boston Globe, “The Week Ahead”, 12/31/15
“Figurine Dreams”, cover article by Alexander Castro, Mercury Nov. 11-17, 2015
HallSpace Drawing Project 2014, Exhibition Catalogue; Work featured in the critical essay by Shana Dumont Garr
“Diverse Faculty Art Exhibited at Salve”, by Patricia Lacouture, Newport this Week, 10/9/14, Link.
“Art Spotlight: The Magic of the Mundane”, Bill Van Siclen, The Providence Journal, May 2, 2013
“In the Galleries: Everyday Beauty and Strangeness in Newport Still Life Exhibit”, Bill Van
Siclen, The Providence Journal, March 14, 2013
“Art that Engages with Whimsy”, Patricia Lacouture, Newport This Week, Feb. 14, 2013
“Ironic Man: Shelf Life, Gerry Perrino”, Amanda Lyn DiSanto, The Mercury January 23
“Toys in the Attic”, Shelf Life catalog essay by Ernest Jolicoeur, January, 2013
“Hallspace Presents Open Season”, ARC the Magazine, Sept. 27, 2012. Link.
“Don’t Be Fooled”, ArtScope Magazine, Jan. 5, 2012, Link.
“Art Review”, Ilona Niebal-Buba, The Mercury, Sept. 28-Oct. 4 2005
“Gerry Perrino,” Liz Clarke, Gallery Notes, Feb. 2004
“Taste and Talent Inform Choices in Pleiades Invitational,” Peter Wiley, Gallery and Studio Magazine, Vol.6, No. 2
“Subject/Object: Gerry Perrino,” Noemi Giszpenc, Artsmedia Magazine, June 2003
“Lamenting Things Lost,” Bill Van Siclen, The Providence Journal, September 8, 1999
“Special Places: New Paintings by Gerry Perrino,” Tricia Girammo, The Italian Echo, vol. 43, No.1, 1994
Public/Corporate Collections:
Boston Public Library, Boston, MA
DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
DuPuis Oil, Pawtucket, RI.
Emanon Associates, Providence, RI
Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA
Hasbro Children’s Hospital, Providence, RI
Metro-West Steel, Wrentham, MA
Pastiche, Providence, RI
Rhode Island College Art Department, Providence RI
Salve Regina University, Newport, RI.
Orthopedic Group, Pawtucket RI
Lectures/Articles/Presentations (scholarly):
April 2013, lecture in conjunction with the Newport Art Museum exhibit, Shelf Life
January 2013, a catalog is published in conjunction with the Newport Art Museum, Shelf Life
November 2005, Drawing the Viewer In..., a critical review of the work of painter Sam
Ames that was written in conjunction with the University Gallery exhibition of Mr. Ames’ work. December November 2003, lecture, Tethering the Muse, for the Dean’s Forum.