JOEL PERLMAN
Industrial, abstract sculpture in metal
BIOGRAPHY & RESUME
Joel Perlman was born in New York City in 1943. He lives and works in Watermill, New York.
Joel Perlman has been creating complex sculptures out of steel, bronze, and aluminum since the early 1970's. While minimalism was the predominant style of his generation, Perlman chose to push his forms into ever-more complicated, gravity defying, configurations. Perlman investigates with originality. He expands, rather than appropriates, enriching our experience with industrial materials.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
| 2022 | Mark Borghi Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY |
| 2020 | Lee Weber Gallery, Greenwich, CT |
| 2019 | Loretta Howard Gallery, New York |
| 2018 | ILLE Arts, Amagansett, NY |
| 2017 | Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY |
| 2016 | Loretta Howard Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2015 | Cornell University College of Architecture |
| 2014 | Loretta Howard Gallery, New York |
| 2013 | Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, New York |
| 2012 | Kouros Gallery, New York (& 2010, 2007, 2000, 2002, 2005) |
| 2009 | Ober Gallery, Kent, Connecticut |
| 2008 | Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago (& 1996, 1999, 2003, 2006) |
| 2007 | Butler Fine Art, East Hampton, New York |
| 1996 | Glenn Horowitz Gallery, East Hampton |
| 1993 | Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York (& 1987, 1985, 1982, 1980, 1976, 1973) |
| 1993 | Eve Mannes Gallery, Atlanta |
| 1991 | Samuel P. Harn Museum, University of Florida |
| 1990 | Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Cornell |
| 1990 | Gloria Luria Gallery, Miami (& 1983, 1989) |
| 1986 | Roy Boyd Gallery, Los Angeles (& 1983, 1980) |
| 1977 | Gallery Andre Emmerich Zurich, Switzerland |
| 1977 | Galerie Pudelko, Bonn, Germany |
| 1970 | Bennington College, Vermont |
| 1969 | Axion Gallery, London, England |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2022 | Uncommon Ground IV, C Fine Art, Bridge Gardens, Bridgehampton, NY |
| 2022 | Tripoli Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY |
| 2021 | Hampton Fine Arts Fair, C Fine Art, Southampton, NY |
| 2020 | Field of Dreams, Parish Art Museum Water Mill, NY |
| 2019 | 52 Lime Street “The Scalpel”, London |
| 2018 | Century Association, New York |
| 2014 | Gensler Architects, New York |
| 2012 | Uncommon Ground III, C Fine Art, Bridge Gardens, Bridgehampton, NY |
| 2011 | Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago |
| 2010 | Uncommon Ground III, C Fine Art, Bridge Gardens, Bridgehampton, NY |
| 2007 | Esteban Vicente / Joel Perlman, Butler Fine Art East Hampton, NY |
| 2007 | Martin Z. Margulles Warehouse, Miami |
| 2003 | Hebrew Home at Riverdale, New York (ongoing) |
| 2000 | Welded Sculpture of the 20th Century, Neuberger Museum, Purchase, NY |
| 2000 | LongHouse, East Hampton New York (ongoing) |
| 1999 | Pier Walk, Nay Pier, Chicago, Illinois (& 1993) |
| 1998 | Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, Missouri |
| 1998 | Top Gallent Farm, Pawling, New York |
| 1996 | Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey (ongoing |
| 1995 | The Second Fujisankei Biennale, Japan |
| 1987 | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
| 1985 | Top Gallent Farm, Pawling, NY (through 1998) |
| 1982 | Mayor Byrne's Mile of Sculpture, Chicago |
| 1977 | Storm King Art Center (ongoing) |
| 1973 | Whitney Museum of American Art Biennale |
SELECTED PUBLIC & CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
| Primera Companies Inc., Plano, TX |
| Parish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY |
| National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Property Group Partners, London |
| The Durst Organization, New York |
| Frost Art Museum, Florida International University, Miami |
| Lewis and Clark College, Godfrey, IL |
| Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT |
| Bates College Museum, Lewiston, ME |
| Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, New York |
| Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ |
| Herber F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell, Ithaca, NY |
| Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC |
| I.B.M. Corporation, Thornwood, New York |
| Los Angeles County Museum |
| Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami |
| Martin Z. Margulies Sculpture Garden, Miami |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
| Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park, Hamilton, OH |
| Rudin Management Company Inc., New York |
| Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, New York |
| Ursukushi-Ga-Hara Open-Air Museum, Japan |
| Whitney Museum of American Art, New York |
AWARDS & AFFILIATIONS
| Instructor Bennington College, 1969-72 |
| Instructor School of Visual Arts, 1973-present |
| John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, 1974 |
| Commission for Storm King Art Center, 1977 |
| National Endowment of the Arts Fellowship, 1979 |
| Commission for Winter Olympics, Lake Placid, 1980 |
| The Special Prize, Fujisankei Biennale, Japan, 1995 |
| Commission For Tenneco World Headquarters, 1996 |
| Elected Cornell University President's Council, 1998 |
| Commission For Grounds For Sculpture, 1998 |
| Commission for ABN Amro Plaza, Chicago, 2004 |
| "Joel Perlman, A Sculptors Journey," Abbeville Press, 2006 |
| Pollock-Krasner Grant, 2012 |
| Advisory Council, Cornell, College of Architecture, Art and Planning, 2015 |
| Commission for The Durst Organization, NYC, 2017 |
EDUCATION
Central School of Art, London, 1964
Cornell University, B.F.A. 1965
University of California, Berkeley, M.A. 1967