BIO & CV
Sean Chapin Perry – American, born 1968.
My work is grounded in the belief we leave behind a resonance in the things and objects we create, echoes of our purpose and energy.
Selected Collections
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Texas.
Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas.
The Wittliff Collection of Southwestern and Mexican Photography, Texas State University.
Haas Arts Special Collections at Yale University.
Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin.
Frost Bank Collection of Fine Artworks.
The Four Seasons Art Collection.
Milton Simpson Art Collection.
Manfred Heiting Collection of Fine Books.
Alan Siegel Collection, New York City.
The Hubbard Museum, Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico.
The Charles W. Moore Center for The Study of Place, Austin, Texas.
Lamar Dodd Center for Art, LaGrange, Georgia.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2008 · Fairgrounds, Stephen L. Clark Gallery, Austin, Texas.
2007 · The Built Environment, Galveston Art Center, Galveston, Texas.
2006 · The Abstract, The Concrete, The Electrical, Stephen L. Clark Gallery, Austin, Texas.
2005 · Transitory, D. Berman Gallery, Austin, Texas. (two person w/George Krause)
2003 · work 2003, Flatbed Press, Austin, Texas.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 · UNBOUND12!, Candela Books + Gallery, Richmond, Virginia.
2023 · Photo Review Best of Show, curated by Dr. Deborah Willis, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA.
2022 · The Curated Fridge, 30th Show / Summer 2022, curated by Aline Smithson.
2022 · Analog Forever Magazine, Time Exhibition, curated by Michael Kirchoff.
2022 · The Curated Fridge, Winter 2022, curated by Julie Grahame.
2021 · Light Exhibition, curated by John Langmore, Dallas Center for Photography, Texas.
2017 · INFOCUS, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona.
2013 · Twenty Years, Stephen L. Clark Gallery, Austin, Texas.
2006 ~ 2011 · AIPAD Photography Show, 7th Regiment Armory, New York City.
2009 · Hasselblad Masters Exhibition, in Hong Kong, New York, Copenhagen and London.
2009 · Nueva Luz / New Light: Recent Acquisitions in the Wittliff Collections, Texas State University.
2009 · Our World, Awe-Inspiring Images, Photoplus, New York City.
2007 · Transformations: Photography and Imaging @ 25, Tisch School of the Arts, New York City.
2007 · 20th Annual National Works On Paper Exhibition, McNeese State University.
2007 · Creatures, Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, Texas.
2006 · 2006 National Prize Show, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
2005 · 10th Annual Photographic Exhibition, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, Washington.
2005 · 48th Annual Chautauqua National Exhibition of Art, Center for Visual Arts, New York.
2005 · 11th Annual Texas National Exhibition, Stephen F. Austin State University, Texas.
2004 · International Photographic Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins, Colorado.
2004 · 18th Annual International Juried Show, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts.
2004 · 47th Annual International Award Exhibition, San Diego Arts Institute, California.
2004 · 17th Annual National Works On Paper Exhibition, McNeese State University, Louisiana.
2004 · Small Works the 27th Annual National Exhibition, William Rainey Harper College, Illinois.
2004 · 7th Annual National Art Exhibition, Baker Arts Center, Liberal, Kansas.
2003 · 12th Annual Photography Exhibition, The Hubbard Museum, Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico.
Selected Books
Transitory – The Abstract, Sean Perry, Cloverleaf Press.
Fairgrounds, Sean Perry, Cloverleaf Press.
Series of Dreams, by curator Russell Joslin, Skeleton Key Press.
Fossils of Light + Time, by Elizabeth Avedon, Detroit Center for Contemporary Photography.
Confluences, Twenty Years of Photographs, People, Stories, Stephen L. Clark Gallery.
Teaching Photography: Tools for the Imaging Educator, Rand/Zakia, Focal Press, essay published.
Publish Your Photography Book, 2nd Edition, Himes/Swanson, PAP, featured case study.
Publish Your Photography Book, Himes/Swanson, Princeton Architectural Press, featured case study.
Selected Publications
Shots Magazine, USA, Issue 136, Summer 2017, photograph published.
Shots Magazine, USA, Issue 133, Fall 2016, photographs published, featured cover.
Don’t Take Pictures Journal, featured Fall 2015.
LensCulture Magazine, featured in Architecture, Winter 2014.
Creative Quarterly, Selected Artist, Winter 2014.
Shots Magazine, USA, Issue 120, Summer 2013, photograph published.
Billboard Magazine, Special Feature, Barclays Center, September, 2012.
New York Magazine, photographs commissioned for Barclays Center, September, 2012.
New York Times Magazine, photographs commissioned for Midtown’s Irish Elite.
Photo District News, contributing artist, Art & Craft article, March, 2012.
American Photography Annual, issue 23, USA, photographs published.
Shots Magazine, USA, Issue 108, Summer 2010, photographs published.
Black & White Photography Magazine, December 2009.
New York Magazine, photographs commissioned for The Mysteries of the Suicide Tourist.
New York Magazine, photograph commissioned for Newton Creek Treatment Plant.
Camera Arts, USA, November/December 2006, photographs, essay and interview published.
Silvershotz Magazine, UK/USA, Volume 3, Edition 6, photographs and essay published.
2006 Graphis Photo Annual, USA, photographs published.
The Photo Review, USA, Volume 27, Number 2, photograph published.
Selected Recognition
2023 · 38th Annual Photo Review, International Photography Competition, PA.
2023 · Chosen photograph, American Photography 39 Archive, New York, New York.
2022 · Critical Mass Finalist, Photolucida, Portland, Oregon.
2022 · Chosen photograph, American Photography 38 Archive, New York, New York.
2021 · Chosen photographs, American Photography 37 Archive, New York, New York.
2017 · Nominee Teaching Excellence Award, Austin Community College, Austin, Texas.
2015 · The John & Suanne Roueche Excellence Award, Austin Community College, Texas.
2015 · Teaching Excellence Award, Austin Community College, Texas.
2015 · Student Success Grant Award for ACCMe Studio, with team lead Frank Curry, Austin Community College.
2014 · Nominee Teaching Excellence Award, Austin Community College, Austin, Texas.
2014 · Nominee 2014 Excellence in Teaching, Center for Photography, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
2013 · Nominee Teaching Excellence Award, Austin Community College, Austin, Texas.
2013 · Innovation Grant, Teaching, awarded for The Picture Review Project, Austin, Texas.
2012 · Honored Selection, 2012 Excellence in Teaching Award, CENTER, Santa Fe.
2012 · Judges Selection, ASMP National Image 12, American Society of Media Photographers.
2011 · Nominee PDN 30, Photo District News, New York City.
2010 · Finalist 2010 Black and White Spider Awards.
2009 · Finalist 2009 Hasselblad Masters Award, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2008 · Nominee 2008 Baum Award for Photography, SF Camerawork, San Francisco.
2007 · Nominee 2007 Santa Fe Prize for Photography – Selected participant, Review Santa Fe.
2006 · Selected participant, Review Santa Fe, Santa Fe Center for Photography, New Mexico.
2006 · Honorable Mention, 2006 International Photo Awards, Los Angeles, California.
2006 · Featured Artist, Collectors’ Print Program, Texas Photographic Society.
2006 · Featured, Architecture, Graphis 2006, Journal Visual Communication, New York City.
2006 · Nominee PDN 30, Photo District News, New York City.
2005 · Honorable Mention, 11th Annual Texas National Exhibition, Stephen F. Austin University.
2005 · Top Ten Artists of 2004, Austin Chronicle, Austin.
2004 · Honorable Mention, 2004 Golden Light Awards, New York City.
2004 · Best in Show, 13th Annual Photography Exhibition, The Hubbard Museum, New Mexico.
2004 · First Place, 7th Annual National Art Exhibition, Baker Arts Center, Liberal, Kansas.
2003 · First Place, 12th Annual Photography Exhibition, The Hubbard Museum, New Mexico.
2001 · Best in Show, Gallery Lombardi, Austin.
Selected Lectures, Talks, Seminars & Events
i3 Masters Lecture Series, School of Visual Arts, New York City.
Reviewer + Presenter Flashpoint Boston Photography Festival, Boston University · The Griffin Museum, MA.
Photography Live and Uncut, #94 w/Paul Griffiths, London, UK.
Design & Identity, for Elizabeth Avedon's Master Class, New York City.
Marketing the Artist Book, New York University.
Animal Kingdom, a Conversation with Randal Ford, Dan Winters, and Sean Perry, Austin, TX.
In Conversation – On Bangers, Bricks + Gold, with Clay Patrick McBride and Sean Perry, Austin, TX.
In Conversation – On The Intimate Photograph, with Elinor Carucci and Sean Perry, Austin, TX.
In Conversation – On Symbols, with Susan Burnstine and Sean Perry, Austin, TX.
In Conversation – On More Than a Picture, with Michael O'Brien and Sean Perry, Austin, TX.
In Conversation – On The Work of an Artist, with Kate Breakey and Sean Perry, Austin, TX.
In Conversation – On The Printed Object, with Jace Graf and Sean Perry, Austin, TX.
In Conversation – On Storytelling, with Sarah Wilson and Sean Perry, Austin, TX.
In Conversation – On How I Look at Photographs, with Elizabeth Avedon and Sean Perry, New York.
The Fine Art of Black & White, Photo Plus Expo, New York City.
Printmaking & Artist Books, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City.
Publishing Photo Books Today, with Mary Virginia Swanson, Fotofest, Houston, Texas.
Translating Photoshop, Texas Photographic Society.
Black & White Master Class, School of Visual Arts, New York City.
Reviewer Gulf Coast Intercollegiate Council, Museum of Fine Arts Houston.
Teaching
Professor of Photography, Austin Community College, Texas.
Adjunct Professor of Photography, School of Visual Arts, New York City.