Education
M.F.A. 2002 Painting & Video University of Wisconsin-Madison
M.A. 2001 Multimedia & Sound Design University of Wisconsin-Madison
B.A 1993 Philosophy University of Wisconsin-Madison
Exhibitions
2021 Overflow, Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL
2018 The Dunes, Black Vulture Project, Paoli, IN (opens August 2018)
Sunshine City, Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL
2016 Moede, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh NC (commission)
2013 First There is a Mountain, Bleu Acier, Tampa FL (solo)
Ossuary, University of TennesseeKnoxville, Downtown Gallery, Knoxville TN
2012 A BENEFIT FROM THE EDGE, Works on Paper, CUCHIFRITOS Gallery and Project Space, New York, NY
Ossuary, The Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, WI
2011 A PERSON OF COLOR—a mostly orange exhibition, The Green Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Art on Bascom Hill, UW-Madison, Madison, WI
2010 University of Tampa Faculty Exhibition, Tampa FL
2009 Electronics Alive, The University of Tampa, Tampa FL
Lights on Tampa SATELLITES, Tampa FL
2008 University of Tampa Faculty Exhibition, Tampa FL
2006 Surface Sublime, Institute of Visual Arts, Milwaukee, WI
Remain in Light (Project Space), Illinois State University, Normal/Bloomington, IL
2005 Fuzzy Logic, Western Exhibitions, Chicago IL (solo)
2004 Husby, Perkins, Vanderhyden, Suburban Gallery, Oak Park, IL
A Perfect Union, Lothringer 13, Munich Germany
Art Chicago, Bucketrider Gallery, Chicago, IL
Nowhere, Beverly Art Center, Chicago, IL (solo)
13th, Red Rocket Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003 NADA Art Fair, Bodybuilder & Sportsman Gallery, Miami, FL
Amy’s Friends, Bodybuilder & Sportsman Gallery, Chicago, IL
Vital Records, 734 University Space, Madison, WI
2002 Loaded, Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, MN
Puerto Rico ’02, San Juan, PR
Untitled (window drawing), Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
Ideal Avalanche, The Pond Gallery, Chicago, IL
Heavy, 2040 Winnebago, Madison, WI (curated)
The Odd Couple: new paintings, MFA Exhibition, 7th Floor Gallery, Madison, WI (solo)
Serendipity, Wood Street Gallery, Chicago, IL (Invitational)
Wendy’s Wonderland, Wendy Cooper Gallery, Madison, WI (invitational)
2001 HUM, MA Exhibition, 7th Floor Gallery, Madison, WI (solo)
Teeter Totter, HUB Gallery, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
2:1, The Heater Gallery, Madison, WI (solo)
Catapult, The Viking Union Gallery, Whatcom Museum or History and Art, Bellingham, WA
2000 Multiples 4, NFA SPACE, Chicago IL
Seven paintings two videos seven days, 734 Gallery, Madison WI
Sparkle Plenty, Commonwealth Gallery, Madison, WI
Would You Rather, 735 Gallery, Madison, WI
The Peaceable Kingdom, Seventh Floor Gallery, Madison, WI
Film Screenings
2023 The Lucky, Santa Fe International Film Festival
The Lucky, Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago IL
The Lucky, Screen Door Ybor City, Tampa FL
The Lucky, Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation and Technology, Portland, OR
2011 CANNON FALLS, Screening at the Dallas Video Festival, Dallas TX (invitational)
2010 CANNON FALLS, Screening at the Sound Unseen Festival, Duluth MN (invitational). CANNON FALLS, Screening at Trylon Theater, Minneapolis MN (invitational)
CANNON FALLS, Screening at the Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison, WI (juried)
CANNON FALLS, Screening at the Sarasota Film Festival, Sarasota, FL (invitational)
Publications About the Artist
2013 “High Times at Bleu Acier,” exhibition review, Creative Loafing Tampa, November 2013
“Gregg Perkins: First There is a Mountain,” Bleu Acier Gallery Exhibition Catalogue, Tampa, FL, November 2013
“Gregg Perkins: First There is a Mountain @ Bleu Acier,” Art Taco, Tampa FL, November
2010 “Sarasota Film Festival 2010 – Wrap Up” www.hammertonail.com May 2010
2009 “Films in Production,” UT Journal, Winter 2009
2005 “Gregg Perkins & Justin Schafer,” Bridge, Issue 14, April 2005
“Fuzzy Logic at Western Exhibitions,” The Daily Northwestern, January 2005
"Westward Ho!,” Chicago Social Magazine, February 2005
“Short and Sweet,” UR Magazine, February 2005
2003 “Highlights-Chicago, Hyperlink,” Contemporary, No. 51
2002 “Art Fair Future,” Pedro Velez, www.artnet.com
“Chicago Diary – Ideal Avalanche,” Walter Robinson www.artnet.com
Visiting Artist Lectures, Critiques, Symposia
2016 Visiting Critic M.Arch final projects, University of South Florida School of Architecture, Tampa FL
2013 “The Work of Dominique Labauvie,” in conversation with the artist, Hillsborough Community College, Tampa FL.
2012 “Where We’ve Been, Where We Are and Where We’re Headed,” Pasco Hernando Community College, New Port Richey, FL
2011 “Jose Lerma, and Gregg Perkins in Conversation” Ink Art Fair Guest Artist and Critic Discussion, Miami, FL
Artist Lecture/Panel Discussion “This is What Democracy Looks Like: A Conversation About Art and Politics with Jacques Rancière, Caroline Levine, and Gregg Perkins,” University of Wisconsin Center for the Humanities, Madison, WI
Visiting Critic Lecture & Panel Discussion “Faculty Panel on Art Practice, Art, and Democracy,” USF Institute for Research in Art and USF School of Art and Art History, Tampa, FL
Visiting Critic “Future Urban Designs for Ybor City,” M.Arch final projects, with professor Vikas Metha, University of South Florida School of Architecture and Community Design, Tampa FL
Working in Secret and Fear: Artists Creating in the Margins,” The University of Tampa Honors Symposium Lecture, Tampa, FL
2010 Guest Critic “Margaret Miller and Gregg Perkins in Conversation,” Morean Art Center, St. Petersburg, FL
2009 Visiting Art Critic at the University of South Florida Undergraduate Art Program—Painting, Tampa, FL
“A Revolution of the Real in Contemporary Filmmaking,” The University of Tampa Honors Symposium Lecture
2008 “Robert Smithson & The Center for Land Use Interpretation” University of South Florida Graduate Art Program, Tampa, FL
“Contemporary Directions in Painting” at the University of South Florida, Tampa FL
“The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins” introduction, Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison, WI
2006 Institute of Visual Art at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in conjunction with the exhibition “Surface Sublime,” Milwaukee, WI
Illinois State University, in conjunction with the exhibition “Remain in Light,” Normal/Bloomington, IL
Critique of “Advanced Painting Workshop—May Exhibition,” Seventh Floor Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
2005 “Examining Pictures,” University of Wisconsin, IATECH Department, Madison, WI
Critique of “First Year Graduate Student Exhibition,” Seventh Floor Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
2004 Faculty Colloquium/artist talk: School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Faculty Colloquium: University of Wisconsin Art Department, Madison, WI