Jim Perry is an American sculptor. He received a BA in sculpture from Bard College. He began his sculpture career in the early 1970s in New York City where he exhibited extensively and, in 1975, was included in the

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Career

He has had solo and two-person exhibits at: :Gremillion & Company Fine Art, Houston, Texas (2011, 2013, 2017) :J. Cacciola Gallery, Bernardsville, New Jersey (2017) :The Center for Contemporary Art, Bedminster, New Jersey (2016) :The Arts Council of Princeton, Princeton, New Jersey (2014) :Morpeth Contemporary, Hopewell, New Jersey (2010) He has also been included in numerous juried and invitational exhibitions including those at the Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Art Center, Dowell, Maryland :Ellarslie City Museum in Trenton, New Jersey :Philips Mill Gallery in New Hope, Pennsylvania : Noyes Museum of Art in Oceanville, New Jersey :

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in Morristown, New Jersey :Dalet Gallery and the LG Tripp Gallery, both in Philadelphia. He is represented by Gremillion & Company Fine Art in Houston, Westbrook Modern in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, Susan Calloway Fine Arts in Washington DC and J.Cacciola Gallery W in Bernardsville, New Jersey.

History

Perry was born on November 20, 1947, in

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. His parents were Robert Perry, a professor of religion at

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, and his mother, Mary Stewart Perry, a professional

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and sister of the actor

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. He was raised in

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until his family moved to Erwinna, a small town in

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, when he was three. He graduated from

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, where he received his BA in sculpture in 1971.

References

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