Serena Perrone Explained
Serena Perrone (born 1979) is an American artist and printmaker. Her work is included in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Career
Perrone was born in St. Louis Missouri and spent summers in Italy. Her family is art involved; her father was a professor, her mother was an art teacher, and her step father was a cinematographer. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts at Southern Illinois University. She would later earn her Masters of Fine Arts in Printmaking from the Rhode Island School of Design. After graduation, she moved to Philadelphia. Once in Philadelphia, Perrone began working with the Cade Tompkins Projects which helped her art work gain attention.[1]
In 2016, Perrone was hired by PrattMWP College of Art and Design and later worked as a visiting critic at the Rhode Island School of Design.[2] In the following years, she began teaching courses at Rhode Island School of Design and was nominated for a Pew Fellowship.[3] In 2017, she was one of three artists selected to display a solo exhibit at The Print Center in Philadelphia.[4]
Collections
Her work is included in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art,[5] the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Cleveland Museum of Art.[6] In 2018, the Metropolitan Museum of Art acquired Perron's print titled "A Volcano Pilgrim in Exchange for Fire."[7]
Notes and References
- Web site: Serena Perrone interviewed by Emily Frankoski . pifmagazine.com . April 10, 2019 . October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190411034918/https://www.pifmagazine.com/2012/10/serena-perrone/ . April 11, 2019 . live .
- News: Victoria Wenke . PrattMWP professor has work purchased by Metropolitan Museum of Art . April 11, 2019 . Observer-Dispatch . November 7, 2018.
- Web site: Faculty Work Joins Met Collection . risd.edu . April 11, 2019 . December 10, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190411034915/https://www.risd.edu/news/stories/faculty-work-joins-met-collection/ . April 11, 2019 . live .
- Web site: Serena Perrone, Solo Exhibition Winner at The Print Center and New Work at IPCNY . cadetompkins.com . April 11, 2019 . July 13, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190411034916/http://www.cadetompkins.com/news/serena-perrone-solo-exhibition-winner-at-the-print-center-and-new-work-at-ipcny/ . April 11, 2019 . live .
- Web site: Serena Perrone. www.whitney.org. 2019-04-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20190411031722/https://www.whitney.org/artists/10954. 2019-04-11. live.
- Web site: Serena Perrone in "Fresh Prints" at The Cleveland Museum of Art . cadetompkins.com . April 11, 2019 . May 28, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190411034918/http://www.cadetompkins.com/news/serena-perrone-in-fresh-prints-at-the-cleveland-museum-of-art/ . April 11, 2019 . live .
- Web site: Work by PrattMWP Assistant Professor Serena Perrone acquired by Metropolitan Museum of Art. artdaily.com. 2019-04-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20190328161055/http://artdaily.com/news/108753/Work-by-PrattMWP-Assistant-Professor-Serena-Perrone-acquired-by-Metropolitan-Museum-of-Art-. 2019-03-28. live.
