Michael Perrone is an American artist who graduated from Muhlenberg College with a degree in Russian Studies and Political Science. He went on to study art and art education at The School of The Museum of Fine Arts - Tufts, and received an MFA in Painting from The University of Pennsylvania in 2004. From 2004 - 2010, Perrone was an Assistant Professor of Painting and Drawing at the University of Iowa, in Iowa City, Iowa. He has mounted two solo exhibitions with Michael Steinberg Fine Art in Chelsea, New York City, and has participated in numerous group exhibitions internationally. Perrone’s work has appeared in: The New Yorker, Elle Decor, O at home, and Time Out New York. Since 2012, he has been an Assistant Professor of Painting with Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts. He is currently a member of the Painting + Printmaking faculty at VCUarts Qatar. Perrone, with his wife – painter Mariah Dekkenga – recently founded an artist residency and gallery v_e_s_t_i_b_u_l_e in Randolph, Vermont, USA.
