ARTIST'S STATEMENT

In my artistic practice, I create connections between objects, images and materials to explore a wide range of personal and political themes. Through the interplay between colors, textures and forms of painted images and physical objects, I tell stories that echo my past experiences. My work reveals that memories are real and imagined, personal and impersonal, and opens a space for the viewer to register an emotional response.

My process of creating each image requires chance encounters as well as aesthetic deliberation. Objects sometimes offer me the means to complete a piece that feels unfinished. In such cases, my collection of materials serves as a visual inventory of possibilities that enables me to continue my work. Other times, an object’s shape, color or composition suggests the beginning of an image. 

The act of applying paint, combining materials or the putting together of paper in a collage—this physical crafting of an image—is a core part of my work. I find inspiration in the process itself. The surprising associations in my work are my way of creating a richer work with multiple layers of meaning.

 

RESUME

Solo Exhibitions
2019  Gallery IMA, Seattle, WA 
2008  Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, CT
2007  Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, CT
2005  Katharina Rich Perlow, New Paintings, New York, NY
2003  Katharina Rich Perlow, New Paintings, New York, NY
2001  Katharina Rich Perlow, New Collage Paintings, New York, NY
1999  Katharina Rich Perlow, New Works, New York, NY
1997  Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, CT
1993  Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, CT
1989  Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, CT          

Group Exhibition
​2022  White Plains Library, The In-Between Spaces, White Plains, NY​
2021 Carter Burden Gallery, Looking Forward, New York, NY
​2021  White Plains Library, Regeneration, White Plains, NY
2020  Riverfront Art Gallery, The Roar Within, Yonkers, NY​
​2019  Gallery IMA, Seattle, WA 
2019  Riverfront Art Gallery, imMIGRATION, Yonkers, NY​
2019  Riverfront Art Gallery, Womantide, Yonkers, NY
2018 Garison Art Center, Small Works 2-1/2, Garrison, NY
​2018  Hastings on Hudson Village Hall, The River Flows Both Ways, Hastings on Hudson, NY
2018  White Plains Library, Studio Collective 2018, White Plains, NY
​2018  Jazz Forum Arts, Tarrytown NY
2018  Gallery IMA, Seattle, WA
2017  Gallery IMA, Group Exhibition, Seattle, WA
2017  Blue Hill Art and Cultural Center, Observations and Variations, Pearl River, NY
​2017  Donald Gallery, We are Rising: Women in Solidarity, Dobbs Ferry, NY   
​2016  Hastings on Hudson Village Hall, Our Town, Hastings on Hudson, NY
2016  Blue Door Gallery, Putting it All Together, Yonkers, NY
2016  A.I.R. Gallery, GenerationX: Razzle Dazzle, Brooklyn, NY
2015  Hastings on Hudson Public Library, Waterfront Conversing, Hastings on Hudson, NY
2014  Hastings on Hudson Village Hall, Our River, Hastings on Hudson, NY
2014  Fisher Gallery, 40th Anniversary Show, Avon, CT
2014  Kobalt Gallery, Summer Show, Provincetown, MA
2013  Kobalt Gallery, Summer Show, Provincetown, MA
2013  Hudson River Museum, Day of the Dead, Yonkers, NY
2013  Lazarus Gallery, Art of Play, New Rochelle, NY
2013  Kobalt Gallery, Three Women, Three Visions, Provincetown, MA
​2012  Spring Street Gallery, Hastings on Hudson, NY
2011  Artspace Gallery, Work on Paper, Hartford, CT
2011  Kobalt Gallery, Summer Show, Provincetown, MA
2010  Blue Door Gallery, Women About Woman, Yonkers, NY
2010  Kobalt Gallery, Summer Show, Provincetown, MA
2009  Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, A Farewell, Kent, CT
2009  Kobalt Gallery, Summer Show, Provincetown, MA
2008  Kobalt Gallery, 20/20, Kobalt Gallery, Kent, CT
2008  Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, A Memorial for Jaques with 100 Artists, Kent, CT
2008  Kobalt Gallery, Summer Show, Provincetown, MA
2008  Amy Simon Fine Art, Westport, CT
2007  Members Gallery, Albright-Knox Museum, Buffalo, NY 
2007  Amy Simon Fine Art, Girls Gone Wild, Westport, CT
2006  Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, CT
2006  Katharina Rich Perlow, New York, NY
2006  Westchester Arts Council, Invitational, White Plains, NY
2005  Katharina Rich Perlow, New York, NY
2004  Katharina Rich Perlow, New York, NY
2003  Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, Vessels, Kent, CT
2003  Members Gallery, Albright-Knox Museum, Buffalo, NY 
2003  Katharina Rich Perlow, New York, NY
2002  Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, Paper Works, Kent, CT
2002  Katharina Rich Perlow, Holiday Show, New York, NY
2002  Kelly Barrette Fine Art, Boston, MA
2002  Westchester Arts Council, The Human Presence, Interpretations, White Plains, NY
2001  Katharina Rich Perlow, New York, NY
2001  Kelly Barrette Fine Art, Boston, MA
2000  Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, CT
2000  Kobalt Gallery, Provincetown, Hot Summer Group Show, MA
2000  Kelly Barrette Fine Art, Boston, MA
2000  Westchester Arts Council, White Plains, NY
1999  Katharina Rich Perlow, New York, NY
1999  Kelly Barrette Fine Art, Boston, MA
1998  Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, CT
1998  Katharina Rich Perlow, New York, NY
1998  Katharina Rich Perlow, The White Painting, New York, NY
1998  Members Gallery, Albright-Knox Museum, Buffalo, NY 
1997  Katharina Rich Perlow, New York, NY
1997  Gallery at Hastings on Hudson, Elements, Hastings on Hudson, NY
1996  Painting Center, An Idea of Order, New York, NY
1995  Rye Arts Center, Fantasy in Form, Rye, NY
1995  148 Gallery, Salon Show, New York, NY
1994  Organization of Independent Artists, New York, NY 
1993  Castle Gallery, New Rochelle, In Your Own Backyard, NY
1993  Washington Square East Galleries, New York, NY
1993  Madeline Gutman Gallery, Miniature Gems, Elmsford, NY
1993  Westchester Arts Council, White Plains, NY
1992  Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, CT
1992  Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY 
1991  Organization of Independent Artists, Salon Show, New York, NY 
1991  Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, CT
1990  Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, CT
1990  Fisher Gallery, Anniversary Show, Avon, CT
1989  Gallery at Hastings on Hudson, Grassroots Show, Hastings on Hudson, NY
1989  Hudson River Museum, Hudson River Open, Yonkers, NY
1989  A.I.R. Gallery, 2 Women, New York, NY
1988  Berkshire Art Museum, Works on Paper, Pittsfield, MA
1988  MS Gallery, Two Part Figures, Hartford, CT
1987  MS Gallery, Summer Works, Hartford, CT
1986  Northport Galleries, Expo V, Northport, NY
1985  Architecture in Art, Works on Paper, New York, NY
1985  Washington Square East Galleries, New York, NY
1983  Washington Square East Galleries, New York, NY 
1980  Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT 
1979  Fisher Gallery, Collaborations, Avon, CT
1978  Third International Exhibition of Miniature Textiles, London, England 
1978  E.H. Gallery, ​National Exhibition of Work on or of Paper or Clay, Memphis, TN 
1976  Second International Exhibition of Miniature Textiles, London, England 

Awards and Prizes
​2018  Directors Choice Award, Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY
1978  National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Grant
1978  Wallace Memorial Library Purchase Prize Award                    
1977  Artist-in-Residence, Art Park, Lewiston, NY

Catalogs
2015  Our River, Hastings on Hudson, NY
1988  Exhibition of Works on Paper, Berkshire Arts Museum, MA
1987 The Expanding Circle, An Invitational Show of Fourteen Artists, MS Gallery, Hartford, CT
1978  Third International Exhibition of Miniature Textiles, British Craft Centre, London, England
1978  National Exhibition of Work on or of Paper or Clay, Memphis State University, Memphis TN
1976  Second International Exhibition of Miniature Textiles, British Craft Centre, London, England

Reviews
The Rivertowns Enterprise, “Studio Tour Veterans Change with the Times” April 2013
Art in America, “Diane Brawarsky at Katharina Rich Perlow”, October 2001
Cover, Volume 13, #1, “Diane Brawarsky, Katharina Rich Perlow”, 1999
New York Times, “From a Partnership of ‘Elements’ to a Show of Playfulness, February 1997
New York Times, “Diversity with a Common Thread”, February 1986

Publications
Janusz Korczak, Sculptor of Souls, Marcia Talmage Schneider, 2015 (illus., cover)
Gala, The Jewish Week Media Group, December 2013, (illus., page 27)
Text/Context, December 2011 (illus., page 13)
Text/Context, October 2010 (illus., cover)
Text/Context, , April 2009 (illus., pages 7, 9) 
Lilith Magazine, Volume 30, #2, Summer 2005 (illus., pages 32, 34)
Harper’s Magazine, March 2002 (illus., page 23)

Collections
Wellington Management Company, LLP, Boston, MA
Rochester Institute of Technology, Wallace Library, Rochester, NY
Temple Beth Shalom, Hastings on Hudson, NY
​Private Collections in the United States and Europe

Education
1978  MFA,  Rochester Institute of Technology, School for American Crafts, Rochester, NY     
1973  BS,  New York University, New York, NY
1969  School of Fine Arts, Boston University, Boston, MA