perri lynch howard
VMG: Velocity Made Good
Perri Lynch Howard is an artist dedicated to forging new narratives from the front lines of climate change. Working in the context of extreme environments is an essential aspect of Howard’s practice, driving her curiosity to seek a deeper sense of place, beyond the dichotomy of near and far. Her artwork resides within the emerging genre of New Polar Aesthetics, expressed through painting, drawing, sculpture and sound.
Originally from Marblehead, Massachusetts, Howard received her BA from The Evergreen State College, BFA from the University of Washington, and MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art. Her work is represented by the Seattle Art Museum Gallery and Smith and Vallee Gallery.
She has recently completed a field recording expedition to Svalbard in the Arctic Circle, investigating the impacts of anthropogenic marine noise on whales and arctic sea life. This work was funded by the McMillen Foundation and the Puffin Foundation.
Her projects have received support from numerous residencies and granting agencies including Artist Trust, the Montello Foundation, Civita Institute, Willapa Bay AiR, PLAYA, Vashon Artist Residency, Kingsbrae International Residency for the Arts, Jack Straw Artist Support Program, Centrum Foundation, the Atlantic Center for the Arts and the Mamori Sound Project, among others.
Perri’s art has a global reach through projects completed in Italy, Portugal, Brazil, Canada, and in South India as a Fulbright Scholar.
S E L E C T E X H I B I T I O N S
2025 Solo Exhibition - New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, MA
2023 Open Waters - CORE Gallery, Seattle, WA
2023 Hear This - Seattle Art Museum Gallery, Seattle, WA
2023 Sound Installation - World Forum for Acoustic Ecology, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL
2022 Among Waves - Seattle Art Museum Gallery, Seattle,WA
2022 On Our Watch - Solo Exhibition - Jack Straw New Media Gallery, Seattle,WA 2022 Once Upon a Whale Song - Solo Exhibition, Ocean Alliance, Gloucester, MA 2021 Juried Exhibition - Wenatchee Valley Museum,Wenatchee,WA
2021 The Printmaker’s Hand - Northwind Gallery, Port Townsend,WA
2020 10 x 10 x 10 - Juried Exhibition - Mighty Tieton,Tieton,WA
2019 Weatherbound - Solo Exhibition - Seattle Art Museum Gallery, Seattle,WA
2018 The Hidden - Confluence Gallery,Twisp,WA
2017 Hearing Nature - Sound Performance - Seattle Art Museum
2016 Travelers - Seattle Art Museum Gallery, Seattle,WA
2016 Bearings & Boundaries - Confluence Gallery,Twisp,WA
2012 RESIDUE - Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland,WA
2012 CARTASONIC - Jack Straw New Media Gallery, Seattle,WA
2011 DUG - Soil Gallery, Seattle,WA
2009 Catching Hold - Kala Kendra, Auroville, India
2009 Dualities - Cornish College of the Arts/SAM Gallery, Seattle,WA
2008 Repeater - Solo Exhibition - Elon University, Elon, NC
2007 Well - Solo Exhibition - Portland Art Center, Portland, OR
2004 Suspension: Sonic Absorption - Consolidated Works, Seattle,WA
2003 Precisely Known Completely Lost - Jack Straw New Media Gallery, Seattle,WA 2001 The Wight Biennial – Mary Kelly, Curator - New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
G R A N T S / A W A R D S
2023 Artist Trust GAP Award
2023 Jack Straw Artist Support Program
2022 Puffin Foundation Grant
2021 McMillen Artist Fellowship
2021 Working Washington Grant
2020 Mad Art Covid Relief Grant
2009 Fulbright Scholar - Tamil Nadu, South India
2008 Individual Project Grant – 4Culture
2008 City Artist Grant - Seattle Office of Arts & Culture
2006 Fellowship Award - Artist Trust for Washington State
2004 GAP Award - Artist Trust for Washington State
2003 Artist Support Program - JackStraw Productions, Seattle,WA
2003 Emerging Public Artists Program - Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs 2002 Special Projects Grant - King County Arts Commission
R E S I D E N C I E S
2024 Atlantic Center for the Arts - New Smyrna Beach, FL
2024 Santa Fe Art Institute - Sant Fe, NM
2023 Vashon Artist Residency - Vashon, WA
2022 Willapa Bay AiR - Oysterville, WA
2022 PLAYA - Summerlake, OR
2022 The Arctic Circle - Svalbard, NOR
2021 Centrum Foundation - Port Townsend, WA
2021 Rocky Neck Art Colony, Gloucester, MA
2020 Montello Foundation - Montello, NV
2019 Kingsbrae International Residency - New Brunswick, CAN
2015 Confluence Gallery - Twisp,WA
2012 Binaural|Nodar - Covas Do Rio, Portugal
2010 Civita Institute - Civita di Bagnoregio, Italy
2008 I-Park - East Haddam, CT
2008 Mamori Sound Project - Amazon, Brazil
