Vitae

 

Academic:

2012 MFA Painting Summa Cum Laude-Honorary Distinction, Pratt Institute.

2010 BFA Painting Cum Laude, Texas Christian University.

Grants/Awards:

2021- Board Member- Friends of the TCU Library, Texas Christian University.

         - 2nd Place Winner- Drawing- 8th Annual Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society Juried Exhibit.

          -Visiting Artist- Kimbell Art Museum.

2020-TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library Permanent Art Collection.

        -$5,000 Grand-Finalist Grant Recipient- Bass Family- The New Normal: An Artist’s Response to COVID-19.

2018- Gallery Manager/ Curator- Funky Town Festival Gallery.

2017- Visual Arts Ambassador- Fort Worth Funky Town Foundation.

2010- Pratt Institute Merit Scholarship.

 2010- TCU Scholar.

 2009- TCU Deans List.

 2009- TCU Honours Society Art and Design.

 2009- Samuel. P. Ziegler Scholarship.

Interviews:

2021- What Does It Mean to be Visible? Find Out For YourseIf At Exhibition of 17 Asian and AAPI Artists- Elizabeth Myong, Dallas KERA NPR.

         - What Gains Have Been Made in a Year of Loss?- Panel speaker- State of the Arts- KERA NPR & Kimbell Art Museum. 

Solo Exhibitions:

2017- DJ Perera, Creative Arts Lounge,                                                                          Fort Worth, Texas.

2013- DJ Perera: Reductive Reasoning, Art Corridors II,                                              Arlington, Texas.

2012- Black Tranquility, EastOne Gallery,                                                                       Brooklyn, New York.

      Of Ammi and Thathi: In Homage: MFA Thesis Exhibition, Steuben Gallery             Brooklyn, New York.                                                

 2010- Elidarawwa, EastOne Gallery,                                                                               Brooklyn, New York.

            DJ Perera, Third Space Gallery,                                                                           Dallas, Texas.

            Untitled, Fort Worth Community Arts Centre,                                                        Fort Worth, Texas.

Group Exhibitions:

2021- The New Normal: An Artists’ Response to COVID-19                                        Fort Worth, Texas.

Representation, Identity, and Diversity, Black Historical and Genealogical Society, Fort Worth, Texas.

2018- Shared Time: Then & Now, Ro2Art Ervay Gallery                                                Dallas, Texas.                                                                                                     

2017- Chaos, Ro2Art Ervay Gallery                                                                                  Dallas, Texas.

          28 grams, Fort Works Art                                                                                        Fort Worth, Texas.

2016- Fort Worth Abroad, The Brick                                                                                Fort Worth, Texas.

2015- Chaos, Ro2Art Downtown Gallery,                                                                        Dallas, Texas.

          Educators Evidence, Fort Worth Community Arts Centre,                                    Fort Worth, Texas.

2014- Dallas Art Fair, Ro2Art Downtown Gallery,                                                            Dallas, Texas.

 2013- TCC Faculty Show, Northwest Lakeview Galleries,                                               Fort Worth, Texas.

           Texas Art Now, Fort Worth Community Arts Centre,                                             Fort Worth, Texas.

           Paint: Into the 21st Century, Ro2Art Downtown Gallery,                                     Dallas, Texas.

           Chaos, Ro2ArtDowntown Gallery,                                                                           Dallas, Texas.

           Night and Day, Third Space Gallery,                                                                     Dallas, Texas.        

2011- Fracture, Steuben Gallery,                                                                                      Brooklyn, New York.

          Welcome: MFA Exhibition, Steuben Gallery,                                                        Brooklyn, New York.

 2010- Layers, Dekalb Gallery,                                                                                           Brooklyn New York.

           Welcome: MFA Exhibition, Steuben Gallery,                                                       Brooklyn, New York.

          ArtSlam: Student work by the Honours Art and Design Society, Moudy Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas.

          Ahoy: Senior BFA Exhibition, Moudy Gallery,                                                      Fort Worth, Texas.

          19th Annual Crosstalk: Student Exhibition, Moudy Gallery,                                  Fort Worth, Texas.

 2009- Daimler Chrysler, DCFS Gallery,                                                                           Fort Worth, Texas.

           Ofeno Group Exhibition, Landers Machine Gallery,                                             Fort Worth, Texas.

          ArtSlam: TCU Honours Art and Design Society, Moudy Gallery,                            Fort Worth, Texas.

          Tension: A Show of Emerging Artists in Texas, Weisenberger Gallery                  Fort Worth, Texas.               

          1st Annual ArtOrg Exhibition, Moudy Gallery,                                                      Fort Worth, Texas.