Sam Perry

Born 1963 Kailua, HI

1990 MFA, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
1986 BFA, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
1982 Punahou School, Honolulu, HI

• 2016-17 "Seeing But Never Meeting"  Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 2016 "Sam Perry Sculpture" Oakland City Center Lobby, 555 12th St., Oakland, CA
• 2015 "Curve" Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
• 2014 "All Natural: Pamela Blotner and Sam Perry" St. Mary's College Studio Gallery, Moraga, CA
• 2013 "Knots and Tangles" Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 2010 “New Work” Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 2008 “New Work“ Oakland Museum of California at City Center, Gallery 555, Oakland, CA 
• 2008 “Wood Sculpture” Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 2004 “Ingrained" Oakland Museum of California at City Center, Sculpture Court, Oakland, CA
• 1990 California College of Arts and Crafts MFA Solo Exhibition, Old Oakland Gallery, Oakland, CA

• October 9- December 19, 2014, If a Tree Fell: Sustainable Wood Design, curated by Ernest Jolly UC Davis Design Museum
• April 5-June 15, 2014, "Napa Vally Collects," Tight Knot loaned by Ron Wornick, Napa Valley Museum
• 2013 Texas Contemporary Art Fair, Rena Bransten Gallery booth, Houston, TX
• 2013 "2D-3D Works" LH Horton Jr Gallery, San Joaquin Delta College; Stockton, CA.  Juried by Renee de Guzman, senrior curator of art, Oakland Museum of California
• 2013 "ORIGINS: Elemental Forms in Contemporary Sculpture" Berkeley Art Center; Berkeley, CA
• 2012 "The Bridge" Rena Bransten Gallery; San Francisco, CA
• 2011 “Big Ass Sculpture” Rena Bransten Gallery; San Francisco, CA
• 2011 “Small Miracles” CCA Alumni Show, curated by Anne Austin, San Pablo Art Gallery, San Pablo, CA
• 2006 "CCA Ceramics 1950-2005, The Family of Clay," California College of the Arts; Oakland, CA
• 1992 "48th Scripps College Ceramic Annual" Claremont, CA
• 1990 "Ceramic Biennale;" Savona, Italy

di Rosa Preserve, Napa, CA
Runnymede Sculpture Farm, Woodside, CA

1989-Present Director of Installation and Conservation, Runnymede Sculpture Farm, Woodside, CA
1987-2004 Lead Studio Assistant to Viola Frey, Oakland, CA

2014 Interview with Mija Riedel, West Coast Field Researcher, Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Art oral history project, publication date TBD
2013-2015 Alameda County Arts Commission Artist Registry
2013-2014 San Francisco Arts Commission Artist Registry

• David Roth, Square Cylinder, Sam Perry at Sanchez Art Center 6/13/15
• Janice de Jesus, San Jose Mercury News, Moraga: A Truly Mixed Media Art Event at Saint Mary's College 5/21/14
• Elle Decor, Grace Notes, a San Francisco Home Renovation, March 2014 
• Marcia Tanner, Berkeleyside Berkeley Art Center showcases sculpture in new show 5/7/13
• Alex Bigman, East Bay Express Festival of Form 5/1/13
• Art Business, January 2013
• Works & Conversations, November 2012
• Alumni Portrait, Punahou Bulliten, Winter 2011
• "Big A#% Sculpture at Rena Bransten," squarecylinder.com, July 2011
• Art Business, June 2011
• “A Patient Man” Stark Guide to Bay Area Art (thestarkguide.com), November 2010
• Art Business, November 2010
• "Larger than Life: Racine Art Museum exhibits the work of Viola Frey" The Journal Times, July 2009
• Art Business, January 2008
• "Viola Frey" KQED Spark, February 2004
• "At Runnymede Farm, the crop is sculptures" by Debby Morse, The Examiner, May 1997