Serena Perrone

Serena Perrone (born 1979) is an American artist and printmaker.[1] Her work is included in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Serena Perrone
Born1979 (1979)
St. Louis, Missouri, US
EducationSouthern Illinois University
Rhode Island School of Design (MFA)

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.[2]

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.[3] In the following years, she began teaching courses at Rhode Island School of Design and was nominated for a Pew Fellowship.[4] In 2017, she was one of three artists selected to display a solo exhibit at The Print Center in Philadelphia.[5]

Collections

Her work is included in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art,[1] 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]

References
  1. "Serena Perrone". www.whitney.org. Archived from the original on 2019-04-11. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  2. "Serena Perrone interviewed by Emily Frankoski". pifmagazine.com. October 2012. Archived from the original on April 11, 2019. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
  3. Victoria Wenke (November 7, 2018). "PrattMWP professor has work purchased by Metropolitan Museum of Art". Observer-Dispatch. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
  4. "Faculty Work Joins Met Collection". risd.edu. December 10, 2018. Archived from the original on April 11, 2019. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
  5. "Serena Perrone, Solo Exhibition Winner at The Print Center and New Work at IPCNY". cadetompkins.com. July 13, 2017. Archived from the original on April 11, 2019. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
  6. "Serena Perrone in "Fresh Prints" at The Cleveland Museum of Art". cadetompkins.com. May 28, 2015. Archived from the original on April 11, 2019. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
  7. "Work by PrattMWP Assistant Professor Serena Perrone acquired by Metropolitan Museum of Art". artdaily.com. Archived from the original on 2019-03-28. Retrieved 2019-04-11.


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