2017
Bay Pictures, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco
2016
Staring Into The Sea, Pablo's Birthday, New York
2015
Hashtag Nation, museumofamericabooks, Brooklyn
2011
Off Howard, Casual Living, Chicago
Two and three-person exhibitions
2017
Wayfinders, with Jessica Hans, Dayspace, Philadelphia
2016
Sail Baby, with Jordan Kasey, In Limbo, Brooklyn
Whisper to me in HTML, with Imogen Lloyd and art404, Prelim Projects, London, UK
2011
Three Men and a Baby, with Coleen Self, Impala Studios, Chicago
Selected Group Exhibitions
2017
Everything is Going to Be Alright, MOCAD Gala + Auction, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit
From out under, curated by Matt 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
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
2013
Anonyme Zeichner, Galerie Nord/Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin
2012
She's Crafty, New Museum, New York
Drawback, Backspace Gallery, Peoria, IL
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
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 Selected Paintings at Swiss Cottage, Swiss Cottage, London
2009
Slade School of Fine Art Group Exhibition, Woburn Square, London
2008
Bridgeport All-Stars, The Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago
Draw Us, The Plaines Projects, Chicago
Anonyme Zeichner, Otterndorf, Germany
Residencies & Awards
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 owner 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
Yin Yang, 99 Cent Plus, Brooklyn, 2015
Help Art Heal Haiti, benefit for Haitian Earthquake Relief, Evanston, IL, 2010
Cadaver Corpse, Space 1026, Philadelphia, 2009
Cadaver Corpse, Golden Age, Chicago, 2009
Published
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
"Cody Hudson and Tessa Perutz Make Beautiful Abstractions" Juxtapoz Magazine, 2017
"Tessa Perutz" Milk Magazine HK, 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
Fairs
Art Rotterdam, with Pablo's Birthday, Rotterdam, NL, 2017
Art Geneva, with Pablo's Birthday, Geneva, Switzerland, 2017
FOG Art + Design Fair, with Park Life, San Francisco
Gold Coast Art Fair, Millenium Park, Chicago, 2010
Benefits
Benefit for Hilltop Nursery School, Los Angeles, CA, 2017
Groundswell Art Auction for Guerilla Girls, New York, 2016
Homeroom Benefit, Cup & Spoon, Chicago, 2015
Cirque d'Ah Haa, Ah Haa School for the Arts, Telluride, CO
Evening Art Auction, River East Art Center, Chicago, 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
Education
BFA in Painting, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2011
The Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London, UK, 2009
Solo Exhibitions
2018
Le Roi Soleil, Module, Paris (upcoming)