EMAIL: KailynMPerry@gmail.com
b. Boston, Massachusetts 1990- lives and works in Chicago, Illinois
Education :
2025 American College of Education, Master of Arts in Teaching , Secondary Art Education
2013 Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Bachelor of Fine Art, Painting and Art History
Residencies:
2018 The London Summer Intensive , Slade School of Fine art at University College London and the Camden Arts Centre, London, United Kingdom
2015 Starry Night Artist Residency, Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, United States
Solo/Two Person Exhibitions:
2024 Better Than Revenge, Heaven Gallery, Chicago IL (forthcoming)
2021 Some Fires Should Burn,(with Danny Epstein), Cleaner Gallery, Chicago IL
2021 DREAM ON,(with Mel Cook), Belong Gallery, Chicago IL
2017 Desperate and Divine,(with Anwar Mahdi), Baby Blue gallery, Chicago IL
2017 How Soon is Now?, The Neon Heater, Findlay OH
2017 Post-Control, Friendzone, Chicago IL
2016 New Works, Candor Arts, Chicago IL
Group Exhibitions:
2023 Good Grief, Haitian American Museum of Chicago, Chicago IL
2023 Windows to the Inside: Expressions of Mental Health, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago IL
2022 Back to Life, Heaven Gallery, Chicago IL
2022 Baby Blue’s 5th Anniversary, Baby Blue Gallery, Chicago IL
2021 You Belong Here, Belong Gallery, Chicago IL
2019 Netflix and Chill, Drumstick Projects , Chicago IL
2019 Alternative Spaces, Heaven Gallery, Chicago IL
2018 London Summer Intensive Open Studios, The Slade Research Centre, London UK
2018 LAUNCH, , Camden Arts Centre, London, UK
2018 GIFC Chicago, Western Exhibitions, Chicago,IL
2018 Impromptu , Rubberneck Gallery, Chicago IL
2018 The Smile Behind the Mask, Heaven Gallery, Chicago IL
2018 The Chicago Show, pop up show curated by Madeleine Mermall at 56 Downing st, Brooklyn NY
2018 Winter Romance, Andrew Rafacz Gallery, Chicago IL
2017 Blanket Statements, The Orange Box Gallery, California College of the Arts,San Fransisco, CA
2017 Spoiled Beauty , Rover Gallery, Chicago IL
2015 Yes, and: Collaborative installation, The Kitchen Space, Chicago IL
2014 Observable Methods: Collaborative installation with Traci Fowler, Autotelic Studios , Chicago IL
2014 Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival, Pop up gallery , Chicago IL
2013 Mission Hill Collective Group Exhibition , Boston Public Library , Boston MA
2013 Mass. Eye and Ear Opening, Mass. Eye and Ear Surgical Center, Boston MA
Curatorial :
2024 Radical Joy, Heaven Gallery, Chicago IL
2018 The Smile Behind the Mask, Heaven Gallery, Chicago IL
Awards and Recognition:
2013 Professor Virginia Allen Art History Award, Mass.College of Art, Boston MA
2011 David Berger Memorial Award for Painting, Mass.College of Art, Boston MA
2011 Academic Honors in Painting, Mass. College of Art, Boston MA
2010 Travel Scholarship to Antigua Guatemala, Mass.College of Art, Boston MA
Lectures/Panels/Critiques:
2024 Artist Talk: Radical Joy, Heaven Gallery, Chicago IL, November 24th
2021 Artist Talk: Dream On, Belong Gallery Chicago IL, March 26th
2018 Artist Talk: The Smile Behind the Mask, Heaven Gallery, Chicago IL, June 3rd
2017 Guest Lecturer: Art Now Seminar for Bluffton University, Bluffton Ohio , November 6th
Publications:
2024 Visualist Chicago, “ TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS 10/31-11/6 “, Bad At Sports (Online) November 2024
2021 Visualist Chicago, “ TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS 7/8-7/14”, Bad At Sports ( Online ) July 2021
2018 KT Hawbaker, "Sweet sweet fantasy, baby, So ugly, it's punk", Chicago Tribune ( online ) May 17 2018
2018 Caroline Goldstein " Plunge Into the Madcap Delirium of Chicago Imagists at a Brooklyn Brownstone", Art Net, ( Online ) May 16 2018
2018 Alina Cohen " 1960s Chicago Gave Birth to a Colorful, Frenetic Art Style That Is Still Gathering Steam" Artsy, ( Online ) May 2018
2018 The Editors of Art News " 9 Art Events to Attend in New York City This Week", Art News (Online ) May 2018
2018 Kerry Cardoza, “Keeping Warm While Winter Weathers On: A Review of Winter Romance at Andrew Rafacz Gallery” Newcity Art, (online )February
2017 Nicole Lane, “Nicole Lane Interviews Kailyn Perry,” Vagabond City Issue #24 (online) (October)