Peri Schwartz is a New York artist whose work is in American and European Museum Collections.

 

“The precision of the drawing is essential - just as a musician or dancer uses the structure of the notes, I believe that the discipline of getting the proportions right brings harmony to the work.

 

Peri Schwartz

 

 

“Every artist knows there is no such thing as ‘freedom’ in art. The first thing an artist does when he begins a new work is to lay down the barriers and limitations; he decides upon a certain composition, a certain key, a certain relation of creatures or objects to each other. He is never free, and the more splendid his imagination, the more intense his feelings, the farther he goes from general truth and general emotion.”

 

Willa Cather

 

 

COLLECTIONS

Ashmolean Museum 
British Museum
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Davison Art Center
Fitzwilliam Museum
Fogg Art Museum
Grand Rapids Art Museum
Hood Museum of Art

Kupferstichkabinett – Staatliche Museum, Berlin
Mead Art Museum
Memorial Art Gallery
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Museum of the City of New York
New Orleans Museum of Art
Syracuse University Art Collection
UCLA Hammer Museum
University of Alberta Art and Artifact Collection
William Benton Museum of Art
Washington and Lee University
Yale University Art Gallery
Zimmerli Art Museum

Bibliotheque Nationale de France
Boston Public Library
Free Library of Philadelphia
Library of Congress
New York Public Library

BankAmerica
Capitol One
Clorox Corporation
Fidelity Investments
Harris Bank
Parisol Press
Pfizer Inc
Wellington Management

 

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008 Objects Considered, Midday Gallery, Englewood, NJ
2007 Recent Work, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
Paintings and Works on Paper, 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, CA

Paintings and Works on Paper, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA

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

 

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007

Collectors Show, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR

Whatever Meredyth Wants Now, Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA

2006

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

2005

ART 20, Reeves Contemporary, Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY

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

68th 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

1998

International Juried Show '98, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ
Juror: Nan Rosenthal, Curator, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Third Annual Juried Exhibition, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY
Juror: Jacquelyn Serwer, Chief Curator, National Museum of Art of the Smithsonian Institution

1997

National Juried Exhibition, Gallery 84, New York, NY,
Juror: Marisol

The 48th Annual Art of the Northeast U.S.A. Exhibition, Silvermine Guild Art Center, New Canaan, CT
Juror: Cora Rosevear, Assistant Curator, Museum of Modern Art

The Boston Printmakers: Fifty Years, Boston Public Library, Boston, MA

1996

Talent, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY

1995

Alumni Drawings, Boston University, Boston, MA
Juror: Clifford Ackley, Curator of Prints and Drawings, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

18th Annual Art on Paper Exhibition, Annapolis, MD
Juror: Frank Gettings, Curator, Hirshhorn Museum

1992

167th Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design, New York, NY

Benefit Exhibition for God's Love We Deliver, Lillian Heidenberg Gallery, New York, NY

1991

New Generation, Elaine Benson Gallery, East Hampton, NY

1990

Rutgers National '90 Works on Paper, Stedman Art Gallery, Camden, NJ Juror: Ned Rifkin, Director, Hirshhorn Museum

165th Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design, New York, NY

 

 

AWARDS

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

 

 

EDUCATION

1975 

Masters of Fine Arts, Queens College

1973

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Boston University

 

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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