| Eve Peri | |
| Birth Date: | September 25, 1897 |
| Birth Place: | Bangor, Maine |
| Nationality: | American |
| Field: | Fiber art |
Eve Peri (1897–1966) was a textile artist known for her embroidery, appliqué, and "fiber forms".[1]
Peri was born on September 25, 1897, in Bangor, Maine. She traveled extensively in Europe and South and Central America. She studied techniques and collected fabrics.[2]
Peri was married several times. Her second husband was Rafael Alfonso Umaña Mendez (1908–1994), a Colombian born artist.[1] The couple produced handwoven material that they sold in New York under the name Peri-Umaña.[2] [3]
In the early 1940s Peri began creating her "fabric forms", panels which combined embroidery and applique.[1]
Peri died on March 4, 1966.[2]
Her work is in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago,[4] the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum,[5] the Farnsworth Art Museum,[6] and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.[7]
In 1996 the Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery in Baltimore held a retrospective exhibit entitled Eve Peri: A Modernist Spirit.[8]