Jess Perlitz

Lives and works in Portland, OR

Jess Perlitz makes work focused on considering landscape and the ways in which we define and seek to recognize ourselves within it.  Grappling with how space gets articulated, the projects take many forms: traversing performance, sculpture, and drawing.  The work has appeared in a variety of venues such as playgrounds, fields, galleries, and museums, including the Institute for Contemporary Art in Philadelphia, Socrates Sculpture Park in NY, Cambridge Galleries in Canada, and De Fabriek in The Netherlands.  Born in Toronto, Canada, Perlitz is a graduate of Bard College, received her Master of Fine Arts from Tyler School of Art and clown training from the Manitoulin Center for Creation and Performance. Perlitz is currently based in Portland, Oregon where she is Associate Professor of Art and Head of Sculpture at Lewis & Clark College.  Jess Perlitz was named the 2018 Joan Shipley Fellow from the Oregon Arts Commission and a 2019 Hallie Ford Fellow.

www.jessperlitz.com