Stack Of Three, pencil on black paper, 20" x 15", 2012
Gold and Copper Stacks, oil pastel, 30" x 22", 2008
Night Stack, oil pastel, 30" x 22", 2010
Stack of Red, oil pastel, 30" x 23", 2010
Slope 2, oil pastel, 22" x 15", 2008
Slope 3, oil pastel, 22" x 15", 2008
Slope 4, oil pastel, 22" x 15", 2008
Shelter II , pencil on black paper, 20" x 15", 2012
Shelter I, pencil on black paper, 20" x 15", 2012
Vessels II, pencil on black paper, 15" x 20", 2012
STATEMENT
The near-tottering of these stacks, slopes, and vessels contribute to the animation of these paintings and drawings as much as the intense color. The objects seem to be on the verge of falling but are holding their own, much like life.
The vessels join my works built on themes of houses and rooms: something or someone is or belongs in there. The shapes, though, whether vessels or apparently solid objects, are all regular or close to regular geometric or symmetrical shapes, a way of countering the potential fall with order and stability.
Please visit my website: Francine Perlman
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Solo Exhibitions:
| 2012 | “Where Lines Can Go”, Ceres, NYC |
| 2007 | Abstract Works on Paper”, Society for the Advancement of Judaism, NYC |
| 2005 | “Shelter: Installations by Francine Perlman”, The Fine Arts Gallery, Westchester Community College, Valhalla, NY |
| 2002 | “House: ב׳ת”, City College, the Great Hall, NY |
| 2000 | “Rooms”, construction, Ceres Gallery, NY |
| 1999 | “Works on Paper”, Fox & Fowle, Architects, NY “Soft Grids”, construction, Ceres Gallery, NY |
| 1998 | “Open Shelter”, construction, Eldridge Street Synagogue, NY |
| 1996 | “Constructions in Sylvia Blue and Other Colors”, Ceres Gallery, NY |
| 1995 | “Small Works on Paper”, T. Schreiber Theater Gallery, NY |
| 1994 | “Elements of the Natural World”, Invitational installation, Ceres Gallery, NY |
Selected Group Exhibitions:
| 2011 | Hammond Museum, North Salem NY Ceres Gallery, NYC |
| 2010 | CCNY Women Make Art |
| 2005 | CCNY Alumni Biennial, City College, NY |
| 2004 | Bonn Biennale, “Live From New York” and “Globalia”, FrauenMuseum, Bonn, Germany |
| 2003 | Aaron Davis Hall, Alumni Exhibition, City College, NY |
| 2002 | Dialogues”, Ceres Gallery, New York City |
| 1999 | Saltonstall Foundation, Ithaca, NY; Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY; Kingsborough Community College, New York City |
| 1998 | Kunstlerforum, Bonn, Germany; National Jewish Museum, Washington, DC |
| 1997 | Ceres Gallery, New York City; A.I.R. Invitational, New York City |
| 1996 | Albright-Knox Museum, Members’ Gallery, Buffalo, NY; Eastern Regional WCA Exhibition, Cambridge, MA |
| 1995 | State of the Art Gallery, Ithaca, NY; Ceres Gallery, NYC |
| 1992 | “Women: Diversity & Vision”, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY |
| 1989-1992 | “Divine Line”, traveling exhibit, Arizona Council of the Arts |
| 1988 | Boston Women Artists: WCA Invitational, A.I.R. Gallery, NYC |
| 1987 | Seven Artists from the Distillery”, Boston City Hall |
| 1985 | Seven Sisters Gallery, Black Mountain, NC |
Awards and Commissions:
| 2004 | Cork Gallery, City College Art Alumni Exhibition, Honorable Mention |
| 2002 | Alumni Association of City College, Thesis presentation award, CUNY |
| 2001 | Therese McCabe Ralston Connor Fund, City College, CUNY |
| 2000 | American Association of University Women, Career Development Grant |
| 1998 | Residency, Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts, Ithaca, NY |
| 1992 | Stage set, “Paul Bowles”, Merkin Hall, NY |
Collections:
| Workmen’s Circle, NYC | |
| Frauen Museum, Bonn, Germany | |
| Columbia University, NYC, department of Biochemistry | |
| Catalog 18 Jewish Women Artists in the libraries of the Brooklyn Museum, NYC | |
| The Jewish Museum, NYC; The Museum of Modern Art, NYC | |
| National Museum of Women in the Arts, DC; Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC |
Bibliography and Publications:
| Catalog: Diversity & Tradition, CCNY Alumni Biennial, 2005 | |
| Christina zu Hecklenburg, “Trummer des Alltags”, General Anzeiger, Bonn, July 5, 2004 | |
| Catalog: Bonn Biennale 2004, Bonn, Germany, “Live From New York”, Frauenmuseum | |
| Paul Werner, “Review: Inner Space, Francine Perlman”, WOID #XI-2, March 7, 2004 | |
| Paul Werner, “Review: Francine Perlman”, WOID #VII-44, June 10, 2002 | |
| Catalog: 18 Jewish Women Artists, B’nai B’rith Museum, Washington, DC, 1998 | |
| Ken Oda, “Jews, Women & Art”, Art News, Washington, DC, March 1998 | |
| “State of the Art”, The Ithaca Journal, Oct 19, 1995 | |
| Catalog: “Women: Diversity & Vision”, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, S.I., NY 1992 |
Education:
| MFA City College, NYC | |
| BA Cornell University, Ithaca NY |