Sean Chapin Perry — b. 1968, American
Sean Perry creates atmospheric portraits of the built environment across Texas, New York, and Japan.
COLLECTIONS
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Amon Carter Museum of American Art
The Menil Collection
Seattle Art Museum
Yale University · Special Collections
Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin
The Wittliff Collections, Texas State University
Griffin Museum of Photography
Frost Bank Collection
The Four Seasons Art Collection
Manfred Heiting Collection
Alan Siegel Collection
BOOKS
Transitory (2006) · Cloverleaf Press · limited edition of 87 · foreword by Roy Flukinger
Fairgrounds (2008) · Cloverleaf Press · edition of 500 · introduction by Clint Willour
Fairgrounds: Box Set (2025) · edition of 26 + 4 APs · lettered A–Z · fabrication by Kaoru Perry
PUBLICATIONS & COLLABORATIONS
Fossils of Light + Time, Elizabeth Avedon (2016) · Detroit Center for Contemporary Photography
Friends Without A Border (2014) · collaboration with Kenro Izu · special print and folio commission · limited edition
From the Heart: The Photographs of Brian Lanker (2016) · Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art · remastering & printing
Confluences: Twenty Years of Photographs (2013) · Stephen L. Clark Gallery
Publish Your Photography Book, Himes & Swanson (2011, 2014) · Princeton Architectural Press · featured case study
Series of Dreams, Russell Joslin (2010) · Skeleton Key Press
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 · Fairgrounds · Stephen L. Clark Gallery · Austin
2007 · The Built Environment · Galveston Arts Center · Galveston
2006 · The Abstract, The Concrete, The Electrical · Stephen L. Clark Gallery · Austin
2005 · Transitory · D. Berman Gallery · Austin (with George Krause)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 · AMoA BIENNIAL–600 · Amarillo Museum of Art
2025 · 15th Annual Photobook Exhibition · Griffin Museum of Photography
2025 · The Photo Review · Woodmere Art Museum · curated by Peter Fetterman
2024 · 40 · South × Southeast Gallery
2023 · The Photo Review · Woodmere Art Museum · curated by Dr. Deborah Willis
2023 · UNBOUND12! · Candela Books + Gallery
2022 · 30th Show · The Curated Fridge · curated by Aline Smithson
2021 · Light Exhibition · Dallas Center for Photography
2017 · INFOCUS · Phoenix Art Museum
2013 · Twenty Years · Stephen L. Clark Gallery · Austin
2010 · Nueva Luz / New Light: New Acquisitions · The Wittliff Collections
2009 · Hasselblad Masters Exhibition · international tour: Hong Kong · New York · Copenhagen · London
2006–2011 · The Photography Show presented by AIPAD · New York
Additional exhibitions include Baker Arts Center · Cambridge Art Association · Concordia University · McNeese State University · Museum of Art | Fort Collins · PCNW (Photographic Center Northwest) · San Diego Art Institute · Stephen F. Austin State University · Strohl Art Center · William Rainey Harper College · among others
COMMISSIONS & EDITORIAL
The New York Times Magazine · Midtown’s Irish Elite
New York Magazine · The Mysteries of the Suicide Tourist
New York Magazine · Newtown Creek Treatment Plant
New York Magazine · Barclays Center
Billboard · Barclays Center special feature
LensCulture · architecture feature
L’Œil de la Photographie · Monolith feature
Shots Magazine · cover feature, issue 133
RECOGNITION
American Photography · selections in AP41 (2025), AP39 (2023), AP38 (2022), AP37 (2021), AP23 (2006)
Critical Mass, Photolucida · finalist, 2022
Hasselblad Masters Award · finalist, 2009
Baum Award for Photography · nominee, 2008
Santa Fe Prize for Photography · finalist, 2007
Review Santa Fe · selected participant, 2006, 2007
PDN 30 · nominee, 2006, 2011
Graphis Photo Annual · featured, 2006
Golden Light Awards · honorable mention, 2004
LECTURES & CONVERSATIONS
Co-founder & co-host · Photobook Austin (with Bryan Schutmaat) · selected conversations with Danny Lyon · Mary Virginia Swanson · Rahim Fortune · James Evans · Matthew Genitempo · Sarah Wilson · among others
i3 Masters of Photography Series · School of Visual Arts
Reviewer · FlashPoint Boston Photography Festival
Publishing Symposium with Mary Virginia Swanson · FotoFest
Design & Identity · Elizabeth Avedon Master Class
TEACHING
School of Visual Arts, New York
Austin Community College, Texas
John & Suanne Roueche Excellence Award
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Inquiries hello@seanperry.com