JOSEPH PERAGINE

 

 

Born

New Jersey, 1961

Lives and Works in Atlanta, GA

 

Education

1995                MFA, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA

1983                BFA, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

 

Selected Public Art Projects and Commissions 

2009    Intelligent Designs, collaboration with Nick Demos, performed April 7, 2009, Florence Kopleff Recital Hall, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA

            Intelligent Designs, 18th International Review of Composers on November 16, 2009 at the Hall of the National Bank of Serbia, Belgrade, SERBIA 

2008    The Bottle Project, A (New) Genre Landscape, Sunken Garden Park, Atlanta GA

Cincinnati Zoo, Rain Forest Pavilion, Cincinnati OH

2007    One Glen Lake Parkway, Wells Capital Holding, Sandy Springs GA

2006    Municipal Court of Atlanta, Atlanta GA

 

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2010    Nature Porn EtcÉ Solomon Projects, Atlanta GA

2009    Site Specific 09Õ, Islip Museum of Art, Carriage House Gallery, West Islip LI NY

2007    Correspondence: In Relation To Goya, UA Museum of Art, Kress Gallery, Tucson AZ

Forever, Solomon Projects, Atlanta, GA

2006    Pass the Ammunition, Get This Gallery, Atlanta GA

2005    Hell On Wheels, Solomon Projects, Atlanta, GA

Hell On Wheels: Paintings, Drawings and Animation by Joseph Peragine, Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville TN

2004    Three Small Deaths, New Media Lounge, Palm Beach ICA, FL

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2010    Limitless, Agnus Scott College, Dalton Gallery, Decatur GA

Everything and the Space between Everything, Agnus Scott College, McCain Library, Round Wall Gallery, Decatur GA

2009    More Mergers and Acquisitions, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta GA

            Accessing the ArtistÕs Brain: Drawing as Metaphor, AVA Gallery, Chattanooga TN

Three Small Deaths (film screening), DiverseWorks, Houston TX

Everything and the Space between Everything, Jackson-Hartsfeild Airport, Atrium Gallery Atlanta and Agnus Scott College, McCain Library, Round Wall Gallery, Decatur

Hand to Hand, Western Kentucky University Gallery, Bowling Green KY

2008    The World's Smallest Art Fair, Anna Kustera Gallery, NYC NY

            Le Flash, Castleberry Art District, Atlanta GA

Hand to Hand, Spruill Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2007    Little Things Mean A Lot, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta GA

Tablet: Contemporary Southern Painting, Tanner-Hill Gallery, Chattanooga TN

            Innovations: New Work By GA Artists, Gallery Walk at Terminus, Atlanta GA
Tenth Annual Arizona State University Art Museum Short Film and Video

Festival, ASU Museum of Art, Tempe, AZ

            Exile From The Land Of Reason (Curated by Linda Armstrong), Eyedrum, Atlanta

The Petrified Man, Welch School of Art and Design Art Gallery, Georgia State University, Atlanta GA

2006    Flamingo Sculpture Garden, Scope Art Fair, Miami FL

Run For Your Lives, DiverseWorks, Houston TX

Hand to Hand, Ruby Green Gallery, Nashville TN

2005    Artist Projects, Midtown Music Festival, Atlanta GA

Toy, Fe Gallery, Pittsburgh PA

Switch, Eyedrum, Atlanta GA

SouthXeast: Contemporary Southeastern Art, University Galleries, Florida

            Atlantic University, Boca Raton FL

            Gas, Food, Lodging: Imagining Escape, Welch School of Art and Design Art

Gallery, Ga. State University, Atlanta GA

            Juror Choice Award, Ninth Annual Arizona State University Art Museum

            Short Film and Video Festival, Tempe, AZ

 

Selected Bibliography

2009    Tauches, Karen. ÒWhatÕs wrong with being a local artist?Ó www.burnaway.org, July 1, 2009

Fox, Catherine. ÒConnect the dots at ContemporaryÕs ÔMore Mergers and Aquisitionswww.AccessAtlanta.com, Dec 16, 2009

Fox, Catherine. ÒMore Mergers and Acquisitions a delight to behold,Ó The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Monday, Dec 14, 2009

2008    Super Forest, citation on weblog, http://www.superforest.org/2008/09/sunken-garden-park-atlanta-bottle.html

WABE – NPR, audio broadcast, http://www.blueocean.org/programs/art-poetry/art-view?id=2

PBA.Org Programming, citation on website, http://www.pba.org/programming/programs/newgenre/2152/

Design Public, citation on weblog, http://blog.designpublic.com/2008/09/02/more-bottle-recycling-ideas/

Visualized Whirled Peas, citation on weblog, http://river2sea72.wordpress.com/

2007    ÒAll the angles of politicsÓ, Catherine Fox,Ó Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Sun, Jan 28, 2007

Eudora Welty Project (exhibition catalog), Welch School of Art and Design, Atlanta

ÒAll the angles of politicsÓ, Catherine Fox,Ó Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Sun, Jan 28, 2007

2006    ÒBest of Atlanta, Best Established ArtistÓ Creative Loafing, Nov. 20

 ÒEnd of DaysKelly Klaasmeyer, Houston Press, Oct 5, 2006

2005    ÒHigh, galleries blossom in 2005Ó (Year in Review), Catherine Fox, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Sunday, Dec 25, 2005

ÒA Battle of Ideas: artist explores how allegory alters our understanding of war

and sufferingÓ David Maddox, Nashville Scene, September 1, 2005

            Dianne McClintock, (Art review of exhibition Hell on Wheels), Art Papers, May          

            ÒHell on WheelsÓ, Classic Military Vehicles, May 2005

            Joseph Peragine; Hell on Wheels (exhibition catalog), Solomon Projects, Feb 2005

2004    ÒSense of ÔSelfÕÓ, Shaw, Kurt. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Thursday, Dec 16

            ÒDrawing from DeathÓ, Sjostrom, Jan. Palm Beach Daily News, Thursday, Aug 5

            ÒThe Unreal WorldÓ, Julie Roberts. Nashville Scene, Oct 30,2003, Pages 58-60         

Cathy Fox, ÒLife in Eight TakesÓ, Atlanta-Journal Constitution, Sunday,

December  14. Page K16 (exhibition review for Film/Video GA at MOCA GA)

 

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