EMAIL:      KailynMPerry@gmail.com 

b. Boston, Massachusetts 1990- lives and works in Chicago, Illinois

Education :

2024 American College of Education MAT -Secondary Art Education

2013    Massachusetts College of Art and Design BFA -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: 

2021    Some Fires Should Burn,(with Danny Epstein), at 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 :

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:

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:

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)