RESUME

BIO

Marianna Peragallo is a Brazilian-American artist making anthropomorphic sculptures of everyday objects that humorously misbehave by subverting their assigned roles. Peragallo has recently exhibited at JDJ Gallery, (New York, NY), Cleo the Project Space, (Savannah, GA), McColl Center (Charlotte, NC), Torrance Art Museum (Los Angeles, CA), Spring/Break Art Show in New York and LA, Bravin Lee Gallery (New York, NY), Wassaic Project (Wassaic, NY), RegularNormal (New York, NY), Transmitter Gallery (Brooklyn, NY), and A.I.R. Gallery (Brooklyn, NY), among others. She has had solo exhibitions at Smith College (Northampton, MA), Here Arts (New York, NY), and Winston’s (Los Angeles, CA). Peragallo was an artist in residence at the Byrdcliffe Arts Colony (Woodstock, NY) in 2014, Mass MoCA’s Assets for Artists residency (North Adams, MA) in 2019, Wassaic Project (Wassaic, NY) in 2019 and 2022, and Stove Works in 2023. She was in residence at the Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program from 2021-2022. Marianna received a BFA from the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, and an MFA from The School of Visual Arts, New York.

RESUME

MARIANNA PERAGALLO  (b. Sao Paulo, Brazil) is an artist based in New York, NY 

www.mariannaperagallo.com | peragallom@gmail.com | 413.388.2502 | IG: @mariannamperagallo

EDUCATION

2019 MFA, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

2010 BFA, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES

2023

Stove Works Artist Residency, Chattanooga, TN, October

2022

The Wassaic Project Editions Program, Wassaic, NY, September

2021

Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program, through 2022

City Artist Corps Grant recipient, August 

Artist Grant prize recipient, May

The New Hope Colony Artist Residency, April

The Hopper Prize finalist, April

2019

Mass MoCA Artist Residency, North Adams, MA, December 4 - 24

Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY, October 3 - October 31

Alumni Scholarship Award, School of Visual Arts, NY

2014

Byrdcliffe Artist Residency, Woodstock, NY, June 25 - July 21

EXHIBITIONS

2025

Alone, You Are Heard, curated by Kat Ryals, Chanorth x Paradice Palase for Upstate Art Weekend, July-August

In The Midst, curated by Bea Scaccia and Jayne Johnson, JDJ, New York, June-July

Danielle Klebes + Marianna Peragallo, curated by Feia, Future Fair, New York, NY, May

2024

American Honey, curated by Taylor Lee Nicholson, McColl Center, Charlotte, NC, August - October

Office Hours, curated by Ambre Kelly + Andrew Gori as part of the Artist Spotlight, Spring/Break Art Show, New York, NY, September

GREENHOUSE: Houseplants in Contemporary Art, curated by Sue-Na Gay, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA, July - September

Backlot, two-person exhibition, Cleo Gallery, Savannah, GA, June - July

Serendipity Sky, Artport Kingston, Kingston, NY, May

Mad World, curated by Sara Arno, SoMad, New York, NY, April - June

Thank You, Have A Nice Day, solo exhibition, Oresman Gallery at Smith College, Northampton, MA February - March

Flush, Curated by Thomas Martinez Pilnik, Spring Break Art Show, Los Angeles, LA, February

2023

Glow, curated by Karin Bravin, BravinLee Projects, New York, NY September - October

Best Cult, curated by Zac Thompson, Spring Break Art Show, New York, NY, September

Par-ley, curated by Field Projects, Mother-in-Law’s, Germantown, NY, July - September

Counting the Seconds Between Lightning and Thunder, curated by Eve Biddle, Bowie Zunino, Jeff Barnett-Winsby, and Will Hutnick, Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY, May - September

SPRING/BREAK Surprise' Secret Show, curated by Ambre Kelly & Andrew Gori, New York, NY, May

The Patron Parlor at Future Fair, curated by Paradice Palase, New York, NY, May 

Carry, solo exhibition curated by Tiffany Smith, HEREart, New York, NY, March - April

Dual Natures, Frampton Co’s The Barn, Bridgehampton, NY March - June

Ai, Que Coisa Feia, co-curated with Thomas Martinez Pilnik, Spring Break Art Show, Los Angeles, LA, February

2022

Home Grown, solo exhibition, curated by Erin Wright, Winston, Los Angeles, LA, October

Green House, co-curated with Hanna Washburn, Spring Break Art Show, New York, NY, September

This Is Not Surrealism, curated by Antonio Del-Valle Lago, Dinner Gallery, New York, NY, August

Cute Gloom, curated by Lauren Powell, Lauren Powell Projects, Los Angeles, CA, June-July

Organs Without Bodies, two-person exhibition, curated by Genevieve Lowe, Transmitter Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, April

2021

BORDERWALLS IV, curated by Jamie Martinez, The Border Project Space, December 

The Fridge Show, curated by Hanna Washburn, Garrison Art Center’s Gillette Gallery, Garrison, NY, August

If You Lived Here You'd Be Home By Now, curated by Eve Biddle, Bowie Zunino, Jeff Barnett-Winsby and Will Hutnick, Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY, May - September

Collective Health, curated by Valery Jung Estabrook and Rachel Frank, Collar Works, Troy, NY, March - May

An Ahistorical Daydream, A.I.R. Biennial, curated by Jasmine Wahi, Brooklyn, NY, February - March

2020

Word, Image, Object, Action, Transmitter Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, November - December

Works From Home, curated by Zac Thompson, Artpartment, Brooklyn, NY, November

Fogo, curated by Efrem Zelony-Mindell and Carla Maldonado, SoMad Studio, New York, NY, October

Emotional Support Group, curated by Lauren Powell, Art of this World instagram, May

2019

Interplay, solo exhibition curated by Angelica Fuentes, Curatorial Practice Project Space at SVA, New York, NY, December

Limb from Limb, curated by Kate Gavriel, LIGHTYEAR, Dumbo, New York, December

Haunted Mill, Wassaic Projects, Wassaic, NY, October 

Crashing the Party, curated by Barbara O'Brien, Plaxall Gallery, Long Island City, NY, July 

Court, Art Lot, Red Hook, NY, July

Every Woman Biennial, La MaMa Galeria, New York, NY, May 

Now That's What I Call Love, curated by Drea Cofield & Gaby Fernandez, DCTV, New York, NY, May

Escape From, Escape To, curated by Kate Benedict, SVA Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY, May 

Love/Hate, Local Projects Art Space, Long Island City, NY, February 

Super! Fun! Elastic! Sinister!, SVA Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY, January - February

PRESS

2024

Deters, Alexandria, 9 Artists That Urge You to Stop and Linger at SPRING/BREAK Art Show 2024, Cultbytes, September 6

Hessler, Rob, Art show with a sense of humor? Check out the latest exhibition at Cleo the Project Space, Savannah Morning News, June 6

d'Avignon, Angella, Trippy Highlights From LA’s Spring/Break Art Show, Hyperallergic, February 29

2023

Amin, Lakshmi Rivera, “The Imperfect Charm of Spring Break Art Show,” Hyperallergic, September 7

Wolfson, Sarah Quiñones. “LA’s Spring Break Art Show Is a Wacky Lucid Dream,” Hyperallergic, February 17

2022

"Weekend Journal: On The Spot with Marianna Peragallo,” Brooklyn Rail, June 12

2021

Boone McCreesh, Amy. “Studio Visit - Marianna Peragallo,” Inertia Studio Visits, November 24

Rodney, Seph. “Breathing More Deeply With Art in the Hudson River Valley,” Hyperallergic, September 5

Cobb, Micheal. “On the Cover: The Whimsical Clay Sculptures of Marianna Peragallo,” Chronogram, June

“The Hopper Prize Interview: Marianna Peragallo,” The Hopper Prize, May 

2020

Brommel, Joe. “Artist Profiles: Marianna Peragallo,” Wassaic Projects, April 19th

Kim, Alexey. “Being Queer When No One’s Watching,” Sidewalkkilla, November 10th

2019

guyen, Andrew. “The Met Gayla Was Queer, Fabulous, and Totally Absurd – A celebration of camp in Brooklyn,” The Cut, May 6th 

Odd One Out, Artist Interview, May 14th

CURATORIAL

Interlude, two-person exhibition at Here Arts, New York, NY, July 20 - September 2, 2023

Misfits, SVA Flatiron Gallery, New York, NY December 7, 2021 - January 6, 2022

TEACHING

2020 The Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY, Learn From Home - online education project

2018 - 2020 Children's Museum of the Arts, New York, NY, Teaching Artist