Tessa Perutz’s artworks function as psychological landscapes, touring the fields and valleys of the earth as well as the inner mind. Her works are a testimony to spontaneous exploration: pinpointed with anecdotes, hasty jottings and existential ponderings, Perutz’ oeuvre is shaped by processes of conceptualization and intuition, organically intertwining & informing one another. Paintings are echoed in others, mirroring seriality through repeated motifs and evocative use of color. Encapsulating a mixed materiality, botanicals such as sand, lavender, and hibiscus, are incorporated for healing and transformative properties. Her fully immersive exhibitions include installation and furniture, and through these enveloping environments she explores parallels between nature and humankind, referencing the depths of natural worlds and collective memory through direct sensorial cognition, opening up spaces to consider both personal and universal themes of connection and separation.

Tessa Perutz (b. 1988) received her BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and now lives & works in Brooklyn, New York.

Recent solo and two-person exhibitions include Pop;68, Cologne, Germany (2024); CASINO – Forum d’art contemporain, Luxembourg (2023); ATM Gallery, New York, NY, USA (2023); Baronian, Knokke, Belgium (2022); Avee Gallery, Kortrijk, Belgium (2021), Baronian Xippas, Brussels, Belgium (2020); Ballon Rouge, Brussels, Belgium (2020); Marie-Laure Fleisch, Brussels, Belgium (2019); Stems Gallery, Brussels, Belgium (2019); 3-D Foundation, Verbier, Switzerland (2018); Pablo’s Birthday, New York, NY, USA (2016, 2018).

Recent group exhibitions include Ruttkowski;68, New York, NY, USA (2023); Baronian, Knokke; Belgium (2023); Taymour Grahne Projects, London, UK (2022); WOAW Gallery, Hong Kong, China (2022); Basis, Frankfurt, Germany (2022); Magenta Plains, New York, NY, USA (2021); Baronian Xippas, Brussels, Belgium (2021); Pablo’s Birthday, New York, NY, USA (2021); The Drawing Center, New York, NY, USA (2020); 3-D Foundation, Verbier, Switzerland (2020); M HKA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp, Belgium (2019); Sofie Van de Velde & PLUS-ONE Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium (2019); Underdonk, Brooklyn, NY, USA (2018); Milk Studios, New York, NY, USA (2018); MOCAD, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, Michigan, USA (2017); Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (2017); September Gallery, Hudson, NY, USA (2017); Fisher Parrish Gallery, New York, NY, USA (2017); Jack Hanley Gallery, New York, NY, USA (2016); Motel, Brooklyn, NY, USA (2016).

Recent residencies include Fondation CAB, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France (2022); 3-D Foundation, Verbier, Switzerland (2018, 2023); The Macedonia Institute, Chatham, New York, NY, USA (2019); The Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, California, USA (2017). Press includes features in Artforum, The Washington Post, Modern Painters, Artnet, Milk Magazine, La Libre, and Hart Magazine, among others.