Perci Chester is an American artist working across disciplines including photography, painting and sculpture to explore notions of identity, play and freedom. She is represented in private and public collections with public commissions for large-scale works in the United States & abroad.
Statement As a sculptor, what interests me is the transformative energy that changes inanimate objects into images of lingering contemplation. My work varies in scale and materials from intimate finely executed bronze castings to wall relief and architectural installations. Some become anthropomorphic forms playfully expressing human dynamics, while others become abstract and explore light and movement as metaphor for existence. The reality of political and environmental imbalance casts a dangerous shadow. Art becomes a kind of healing – a meditation of humanity’s spiritual survival willing life back into balance.
PERCI CHESTER 250 Third Avenue N, studio 200 // Minneapolis, MN 55401 percichester.com // perci@percichester.com
EDUCATION Master of Fine Arts / Rhode Island School of Design - Providence, RI Master of Arts in Teaching / Rhode Island School of Design - Providence, RI Bachelor of Fine Arts / Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts - St. Louis, MO
PUBLIC ART/OUTDOOR INSTALLATIONS/PRIVATE COMMISSIONS
2020 Film Noir Ensemble, Anderson Center Sculpture Garden, Red Wing, MN 2015 Slinky Chick Rocks, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati, OH 2013 Gyr Family Cycle, Lincoln Park, Chicago, IL (curated by Richard Hunt sculptor & Adam Schwerner Director Chicago Park District; catalogue) Three Slinks, private collector, Minneapolis, MN Jingle Ring, private collector, Minneapolis, MN Persona, private collector, Minneapolis, MN 2012 Steelie Sphere, Grandview Square Park, Edina, MN 2011 Steel Mom, private collector, Minneapolis, MN 2012 Gyr Family Cycle, Promenade Sculpture Park, Edina, MN (People’s Choice Award) 2007 Spiralitious, private collector, Mahtomedi, MN 2006 Ella Racing the Wind, The Galleria, Edina, MN (commissioned by Shae & Associates) 2005 Star Sprint, Capella University, Minneapolis, MN 2001 Family of The Sun, Girl Dancing on The Sun, Poriya Hospital Complex, Cultural Exchange Program, Tiberius, Israel (curator Ilana Teicher; catalogue) 1981 Outdoor wall relief sculpture, Margaret S. Hayward Playfield House, San Francisco, CA 1996 Venus Meets Adonis, Inaugural Exhibit, Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, MN
SELECTED SOLO & DUO EXHIBITIONS 2020 NE SCULPTURE I Gallery Factory, Minneapolis, MN [solo] NOW IS THE TIME Exhibition, Traffic Zone Gallery, Minneapolis, MN [solo] 2019 In Search for the Glass Slipper: San Francisco Photographs 1974, San Francisco Public Library, Hormel Center, San Francisco, CA 2017 In Search for the Glass Slipper: San Francisco Photographs 1974, Traffic Zone Gallery, Minneapolis, MN 2014 Perci Chester: Signature Moves, Traffic Zone Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (solo) 2011 Two-person show, Howard Conn Fine Arts Gallery, Minneapolis, MN 2010 Two-person show, Traffic Zone Gallery, Minneapolis, MN 2008 Two-person show, Parish Gallery Georgetown, Washington, DC Perci Chester: Portraits, Women’s Club of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (solo) 2000 New Works: Perci Chester Sculpture & Robert Longo Prints, Saint Cloud State University, Saint Cloud, MN 1998 Flanders Contemporary Arts, Minneapolis, MN (solo) 1996 Perci Chester , Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI (solo) 1990 Perci Chester : Lifescale, Hastings Ruff Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (solo) 1988 Perci Chester : Recent Work, Bethel College, St. Paul, MN (solo) 1986 Bronze & Steel, Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN ( Joseph Wesner) 1981 Perci Chester: Sculpture, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA (solo) SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Art 4 Shelter, Machine Shop Gallery, Minneapolis, MN 2018 Art 4 Shelter, Minneapolis Art Institute, Minneapolis, MN 2017 We the People, Minnesota Museum of American Art, Saint Paul, MN - curated by Christopher Atkins and Christopher Harrison 2016 The Second Sex, Gamut Gallery, Minneapolis, MN - curated by Jade Patrick Shades of Metal, Chicago Ave Fire Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN Wish You Were Here - Make A Splash, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY ART 4 Shelter, Burnet Gallery, Le Meridien Chambers Hotel, Minneapolis, MN 2015 CSI Themes in Contemporary Sculpture, Foster Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, WI Gesture-Movement, Traffic Zone Gallery, Minneapolis, MN - curated by Camille LeVerve 2012 Minnesota Funk, Katherine Nash Gallery, University of MN - curated by Howard Oransky Small Sculpture Exhibition, International Sculpture Conference, Chicago IL. 2010 Countercurrents, ART CHICAGO, Chicago Sculpture International, Chicago IL Beyond Charity: Tzedaka Boxes, Minneapolis Institute of Arts - curated: Corinne Wegener New Faces, Bego Ezair Gallery, Southampton, NY - curated by Dorothy Blau Chicago Sculpture Biennale, FLATfile Gallery, Chicago, IL AWARDS 2017 USA Artists Fellowship (nomination) Wayzata East Gateway Sculpture (semi-finalist) 2016 Twin Cities Public Television – TPT, MN Original Perci Chester 2014 Twin Cities Public Television TPT,interview in George Morrison for documentary 2013 Walker Art Center / ARTPRIZE, Sculpture Competition: Grand Rapids, MI (semi-finalist) 1993 Dayton-Hudson, General Mills & Jerome Foundation Travel Grant, (recipient) 1992 Peavey Park Plaza Design Competition, Minneapolis MN (finalist) 1988 MCAD-Jerome Foundation Fellowship Program, MN (finalist) 1976 San Francisco Planning Department, Turnaround Park Design Grant, Initiated concept for Fisherman’s Wharf Gateway Park Cablecar Turnaround, San Francisco, CA.(recipient) 1970 Ackland Art Center, University of No Carolina, Purchase Award, Chapel Hill, NC(recipient) PUBLIC & PRIVATE COLLECTIONS National Museum of Women in the Arts, Archive on Women Artists, Washington, DC Sonoma State University Library, Women Artists Archive, Rohnert Park, CA Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC The Galleria, Edina MN Capella University, Minneapolis, MN Poriya Hospital Complex, Tiberius Israel Numerous Private Collections
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