ARTIST STATEMENT
I seek to bring the energy of the Divine into presence and image form. Capturing moments of synchronicity in present-moment activities is an ongoing practice to marry intuition to the process of deeply seeing this ineffable energy when it becomes image form. My training enables me to stay in readiness within the whirl of ecstatic energy, trusting the process and keeping my cameras close. I treasure the images that come about through this method. Whatever else the day brings to me, this practice keeps my eyes innocent and wonder full.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Dorothy Perry was born in Aurora, Illinois, in 1957 and enjoyed artistic and creative ability at an early age. Ms. Perry attended Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, and Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, for a BFA in Painting and Printmaking in 1979.
Dorothy Perry’s fine art has been exhibited at the Museum of Science and Industry Black Creativity Show, Drake University, Gallery Guichard, and the Taipei Art Guild in Taipei, Taiwan.
In 2015 she had three photographs in a show at the Independence Branch of the Chicago Public Library, and in 2017 had eleven images in “In Retrospect: 25 Years of Visual Culture” at the African American Cultural Center at UIC Circle Campus.
Her first ever solo photo exhibition, “SummerDancing” ran in the Loggia Gallery of Fourth Presbyterian Church from August 16th to September 26th, 2024. She became an artist member of WomenMade Gallery this year.
Dorothy Perry’s commissioned portrait art hangs in private homes in Chicago, Seattle, and Texas.
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