Education
BFA in Painting, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2011
Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London, UK, 2009
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2018
Letters from Abroad, Serving The People, New York
Karma Solaire, Pablo's Birthday, New York
2017
Wayfinders, with Jessica Hans, Dayspace, Philadelphia
Bay Pictures, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco
2016
Staring Into The Sea, Pablo's Birthday, New York
Sail Baby, with Jordan Kasey, In Limbo, Brooklyn
2015
Hashtag Nation, museumofamericabooks, Brooklyn
Select Group Exhibitions
2018
Muscles & Solid Shapes, curated by Viince Van Den Bogaard, Paris
Superposition, curated by Johnny Abrahams, Joshua Liner Gallery, New York
Group Show, curated by Lucien Smith, Milk Studios, New York
2017
Everything is Going to Be Alright, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, MI
From out under, curated by Matthew Brown & Lucien Smith, Appointment Only, Los Angeles
Parting and Together, curated by Trudy Benson, Greenpoint Hill, Brooklyn
Somewhere, curated by Gallery 106 Green, Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, GA
The Paperweight Show, Fisher Parrish Gallery, Brooklyn
BAM Gala and Auction, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn
Post-Election, September Gallery, Hudson, NY
2016
The River, Hionas Gallery, New York
Bosco, ROE Projects, Brooklyn
The Congregation, curated by Joshua Abelow, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York
Whisper to me in HTML, with Imogen Lloyd and art404, Prelim Projects, London, UK
Gefa & Taka, Sim House, Reykjavik, Iceland
Presenting, In Limbo, Brooklyn
2015
The Year of the Goose, Either Way, Los Angeles
Change of Address, 139 Emerson Place, Brooklyn
Naked Runaway, curated by Xi Garden, Middle Collegiate Church, New York
Strangers Forming a Group Waiting to Kiss, Motel, Brooklyn
99 Cent Plus Art Shop II, 99 Cent Plus, Brooklyn
2012
She's Crafty, New Museum, New York
2011
An Exchange with Sol Lewitt, Mass MoCA, North Adams, MA
7 x 11, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
Postcards from the Edge, CRG Gallery, New York
Three Men and a Baby, with Coleen Self, Impala Studios, Chicago
2010
Spill, Betty Rymer Gallery, Chicago
100 European Starlings, DePaul Art Museum, Chicago
Women's Bodies as Public Spaces, North Park University, Chicago
Slade School at Swiss Cottage, Swiss Cottage, London
Residencies & Awards
Sim Residency, Berlin, Germany, 2018
Herhusid residency, Siglufjordur, Iceland, 2017
Minnesota Street Project residency, San Francisco, 2017
Sim Residency, Reykjavik, Iceland, 2016
School of the Art Institute of Chicago Merit Scholarship, 2011
Curatorial
Curator and founder of Massif Central; artist's scarf editions including exhibitions at:
Nationale, Portland; Le Huit, Paris; Andrew Rafacz Gallery, Chicago; Spreadhouse, New York; Sculpture Center, Queens; Sincerely, Tommy, Brooklyn; Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit; NADA Art Fair 2016 and 2017, New York; Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn
Yin Yang, 99 Cent Plus, Brooklyn, 2015
Help Art Heal Haiti, benefit for Haitian Earthquake Relief, Evanston, IL, 2010
Cadaver Corpse, Space 1026, Philadelphia and Golden Age, Chicago, 2009
Published
Artist Feature, Maake Magazine, curated by Holly Coulis, 2018
Plein Air Drawings, Issue One, artmagazine.us, 2016
New York Studios, Issue 68, Packet Biweekly, 2015
the onesheet, foldout interview and poster, 2015
Interview with Bruce Ingram, in 'Arrangements' book, 2012
Exhumed Book One, drawings feature, 2011
Press
"Critic's Picks" Artforum, 2018
"Cody Hudson and Tessa Perutz Make Beautiful Abstractions" Juxtapoz Magazine, 2017
"Tessa Perutz" Milk Magazine, 2017
"30 Under 30" Art Zealous, 2016
"Complex Simplicities: Tessa Perutz" Modern Painters, 2016
"Discoveries (and Steals) at NADA New York 2016" ArtInfo, 2016
"Prelim Projects 01: Whisper to me in HTML" thisistomorrow, 2016
"Whisper to me in HTML at Prelim Projects" Temporary Art Review, 2016
"The Art of The Scarf" World's Best Ever, 2015
"Steal Her Style" TimeOut Chicago, December 2010
"Art Auction for Haiti" Evanston Now, 2010
"Cadaver Corpse at Space 1026" Art in the Age, 2009
"Pieces by Parcel" Chicago Weekly, 2009
"First Friday Focus Feature" Philadelphia City Paper, 2009
Tessa Perutz
b. 1988, Chicago
tessaperutz@gmail.com
Lives and works in Brooklyn and Iceland
In addition to maintaining a studio practice, Tessa also curates Massif Central;
a collection of silk scarves by contemporary artists ~~~> massifcentral.us