Tessa Perutz
b. 1988, Chicago
tessaperutz@gmail.com
Lives and works in Brussels and New York
Founder and President of Massif Central; silk scarves by contemporary artists
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
2019
La Lune Lavande, Stems Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2018
Sans Souci, 3-D Foundation, Verbier, Switzerland
Letters from Abroad, Serving The People, New York, NY
Karma Solaire, Pablo's Birthday, New York, NY
2017
Wayfinders, with Jessica Hans, Dayspace, Philadelphia, PA
Bay Pictures, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2016
Staring Into The Sea, Pablo's Birthday, New York, NY
Sail Baby, with Jordan Kasey, In Limbo, Brooklyn, NY
2015
Hashtag Nation, museum of america books, Brooklyn, NY
Select Group Exhibitions
2019
Imagined Realities, Marie-Laure Fleisch, Brussels, Belgium
Set for the Sun, Lobe Block, Berlin, Germany
Clear Objects, Like Lalique, curated by Nick Farhi, Ventanas Techo, Mexico City, Mexico
Salon de Peinture, Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
Looking At The World Through Rose Coloured Glasses, Sofie Van de Velde & Plus-One, Antwerp, Belgium
2018
Underdonk Selects, Underdonk, Brooklyn, NY
Sorry We Weren't Here to Meet You, We Were Out Exploring, Usagi, Brooklyn, NY
Eddy's Room, Usable Space, Milwaukee, WI
Superposition, curated by Johnny Abrahams, Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, NY
Shapeshifters, curated by Greenpoint Terminal Gallery, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Group Show, curated by Lucien Smith, Milk Studios, New York, NY
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, CA
Parting and Together, curated by Trudy Benson, Greenpoint Hill, Brooklyn, NY
Somewhere, curated by Gallery 106 Green, Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, GA
The Paperweight Show, Fisher Parrish Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
BAM Auction, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY
Post-Election, September Gallery, Hudson, NY
2016
The River, Hionas Gallery, New York, NY
Bosco, ROE Projects, Brooklyn, NY
The Congregation, curated by Joshua Abelow, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York, NY
Whisper to me in HTML, with Imogen Lloyd and art404, Prelim Projects, London, UK
Gefa & Taka, Sim House, Reykjavik, IS
Presenting, In Limbo, Brooklyn, NY
2015
The Year of the Goose, Either Way, Los Angeles, CA
Change of Address, 139 Emerson Place, Brooklyn, NY
Naked Runaway, curated by Xi Garden, Middle Collegiate Church, New York, NY
Strangers Forming a Group Waiting to Kiss, Motel, Brooklyn, NY
99 Cent Plus Art Shop II, 99 Cent Plus, Brooklyn, NY
2011
An Exchange with Sol Lewitt, Mass MoCA, North Adams, MA
7 x 11, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
Three Men and a Baby, with Coleen Self, Impala Studios, Chicago, IL
2010
Spill, Betty Rymer Gallery, Chicago, IL
100 European Starlings, DePaul Art Museum, Chicago, IL
Women's Bodies as Public Spaces, North Park University, Chicago, IL
Residencies & Awards
The Macedonia Institute, Chatham, New York, 2019
3-D Foundation, Verbier Sculpture Park, Verbier, Switzerland, 2018
Sim, Berlin, Germany, 2018
Herhusid, Siglufjordur, Iceland, 2017
Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, 2017
School of the Art Institute of Chicago Merit Scholarship, 2011
Curatorial
Founder of Massif Central, artist scarf editions, with exhibitions at:
Gagosian Gallery, New York; Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn; NADA Art Fair 2016 and 2017, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit; Sincerely, Tommy, Brooklyn; Sculpture Center, Queens; Le Huit, Paris; Andrew Rafacz Gallery, Chicago; Nationale, Portland; Spreadhouse, New York
Set Adrift on Memory Bliss, Pablo's Birthday, New York, NY, 2018
Yin Yang, 99 Cent Plus, Brooklyn, NY, 2015
Help Art Heal Haiti, benefit for Haitian Earthquake Relief, Evanston, IL, 2010
Cadaver Corpse, Space 1026, Philadelphia, PA and Golden Age, Chicago, NY 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
Exhumed Book One, drawings feature, 2011
Bibliography
Scott Indrisek, "6 Keys to a Good Artist-Gallerist Relationship," Artsy, 2019
Laura Pitcher, "How to Collect Emerging Artists with Lolita Cros," i-D Magazine, 2018
"18 standout looks from Expo Chicago," Chicago Tribune, 2018
Alex Garner, "Tessa Perutz," Artforum Critics Picks, 2018
Sasha Bogojev, "Tessa Perutz: Karma Solaire at Pablo's Birthday," Juxtapoz Magazine, 2018
"Cody Hudson and Tessa Perutz Make Beautiful Abstractions," Juxtapoz Magazine, 2017
"Tessa Perutz," Milk Magazine, 2017
Yacine Fall, "30 Under 30," Art Zealous, 2016
Scott Indrisek, "Complex Simplicities: Tessa Perutz," Modern Painters, 2016
Scott Indrisek, "Discoveries (and Steals) at NADA New York 2016," Blouin ArtInfo, 2016
"Prelim Projects 01: Whisper to me in HTML," thisistomorrow, 2016
Grace Linden, "Whisper to me in HTML at Prelim Projects," Temporary Art Review, 2016
David Wilfert, "The Art of The Scarf," World's Best Ever, 2015
"Steal Her Style," TimeOut Chicago, December 2010
Bill Smith, "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