EDUCATION:

1993 BA in Art Marylhurst University, Marylhurst ,Oregon

EXHIBITIONS:

2000 Connextions Gallery, Sausalito, California
1994 Comus Gallery , Portland, Oregon
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2001 Butters Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2001 Window Project, PDX Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2001 Littman Gallery Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
2001 PDX Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2000 PDX Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2000 Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California
1997 Connextions Gallery, Sausalito, California
1997 University of Oregon Museum of Art, Eugene, Oregon
1996 Art Gym Gallery, Marylhurst, Oregon
1995 Lake Oswego Library Gallery, Lake Oswego, Oregon
1994 Comus Gallery, Portland, Oregon

INVITATIONAL & JURIED EXHIBITIONS:

2001 Favorite Oregon Places, Gresham City Hall Visual Arts Gallery,Gresham, Oregon
2001 Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2000 Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1999 Colors of Dreams, Littman Gallery, Portland State University,
Jurors: Kristy Edmonds, Charles Froelick, Terri Hopkins, Jeffery Thomas, Portland, Oregon
1998 University of Oregon Museum of Art, Eugene, Oregon
1998 Interiors by Invitation, Japanese Garden Pavilion, Portland, Oregon
1995 Art about Agriculture, Giustina Art Gallery
Jurors: Henry Sayre, Tom Allen, Corvallis, Oregon 1995 Skylight Gallery, Enterprise, Oregon
1995 Tillamook Visitors Center Gallery, Tillamook, Oregon
1995 State Capitol Gallery, Salem, Oregon
1995 Oregon State Gallery, Salem, Oregon
p>ARTIST STATEMENT:
The essence of my paintings is the complex relationship between humans and the environment--where they meet and intertwine.

My attention is drawn to the shapes of our environment, which are often articulated when I look into the horizon. Living on the urban growth boundary in Oregon, I've observed how much nature is changed from its original form. Whether it is a cropping of trees that is missing or just the day-to-day atmospheric changes, there is a diminishing margin between human progress and nature.

I look at these margins and I see the impact of the elements that are being constantly added and subtracted. The more I observe the borders, the more the transformations of nature and city reveal themselves. As I internalize these transformations, the boundaries become increasingly indistinct. Our environments have been altered to the point where the edges have blurred away. Throughout my work there is a constant theme of transformation.

My work is based both on the physical language of paint and content that is inspired by a particular response. My method of painting uses a reductive process of first applying paint and then wiping it away and adding more paint. As the image evolves this layering process reflects the complexities of our modern life.

I think of my paintings as a staircase, each step being a painting built upon the previous one. The unceasing transformation of our environment mirrors the continuous evolution of my work.

--Christopher Perry