Mattie Perry's Projects

BFA Student

Major: Painting

Graduation Year: 2020

Biography:

Mattie Perry is a painter who was born and raised in Bangor, Maine. Growing up, Perry always found art as a form of expression and an outlet for her shyness, and she would turn to drawing flowers and still lifes inspired by her mother’s painting and grandmother’s garden. Family was at the core of her childhood and helped shape the emotional, imaginary world that she creates in her work today. Perry constructs paintings that are heavily inspired by her youth, experiences, emotions, Disney animation, Pop Surrealism, and her constant search for escape within her studio practice. Perry’s work attempts to build a visual escape through nostalgic imagery such as clouds, candy, and flowers in an effort to make objects that allow an audience to forget their worries for a few moments and be immersed in their own memories. Perry lives in Portland, Maine, and studies at the Maine College of Art pursuing her BFA in painting with an expected graduation date of May 2020.

www.mattieperry.com