Philip Perkis

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Philip Perkis (born 1935) is an American photographer and educator. He has received a Guggenheim Fellowship [1] and his work is held in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, [2] Carnegie Museum of Art, [3] J. Paul Getty Museum, [4] Metropolitan Museum of Art, [5] Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, [6] and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. [7]

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Life and work

Perkis was born in Boston, Massachusetts. [4] He studied painting at San Francisco Art Institute. [8]

He took up photography while in the Air Force in 1957. [9] Later he made half his living doing commercial assignments and printing for other photographers, and the other half teaching—at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York and at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. [8]

Around 1992, Perkis made photographs in Mexico on a Guggenheim Fellowship, resulting in the 2019 book Mexico. [10]

Personal life

Perkis is married to the artist Cyrilla Mozenter. [11]

Publications

Books of photography by Perkis

Other books by Perkis

Films

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

Awards

Collections

Perkis' work is held in the following permanent collections:

References

  1. 1 2 "Philip Perkis". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  2. 1 2 "Philip Perkis". The Art Institute of Chicago. 1935.
  3. 1 2 "CMOA Collection". collection.cmoa.org.
  4. 1 2 3 "Philip Perkis (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection)". The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection.
  5. 1 2 "Results for "Philip Perkis" - The Metropolitan Museum of Art". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  6. 1 2 "Philip Perkis". www.moca.org.
  7. 1 2 "Advanced Search Objects – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston". collections.mfa.org. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  8. 1 2 "Quiet Images; The Photography Of Philip Perkis". Shutterbug. 1 February 2009. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
  9. 1 2 Andrews, Blake. "Book Review: In a Box Upon the Sea" . Retrieved 2022-10-28.
  10. 1 2 "photo-eye Bookstore - Mexico by Philip Perkis - photobook". www.photoeye.com. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
  11. Andrews, Blake (25 October 2016). "B: Fifteen Questions for Philip Perkis" . Retrieved 2022-10-28.
  12. Dawers, Bill. "Man About Town: Major photo retrospective opening at Jepson Center". Savannah Morning News. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
  13. Hersh, Allison. "The many faces of Mexico". Savannah Morning News. Retrieved 2022-10-28.