LES PERHACS
BORN
1940, Los Angeles, CA
EDUCATION
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Art Center College, Los Angeles, CA
Chouinard, Los Angeles, CA
AFFILIATIONS
Artists of America, Master Artist, 2000
Orchid Design Award for Public Art, San Diego, 1998
National Sculpture Society, Juried Member, 1996
Who's Who in American Art, Sculpture and Industrial Design, 1995
Combined Organization for Visual Arts (COVA) San Diego, 1994
King Co. Arts Commission, Juror, Seattle, WA
Contemporary Western Artists, 1982
Artists of Renown, 1981
AWARDS & HONORS
Master Artist, Artists of America
Who's Who in American Art
Contemporary Western Artists
Artists of Renown
Alcoa Aluminum National Student Design Award
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Frye Museum, Seattle, WA
State Capitol Museum, Olympia, WA
Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA
Ida Kavafian & Steven Tenenbaum, New Fairfield, CT
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gooding, Denver, CO
Mr. and Mrs. George Carlson, St. Maries, ID
Mr. David Copley, Pres. Copley Newspapers, La Jolla, CA
San Diego International Airport Monument, San Diego, CA
U.S. Headquarters of Bandai America Corp, Cypress, CA
Peoples State Bank, Bellingham, WA
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Taos Magazine, Uneven Parallels", Curtis Waters, 2001
Art Talk, Sculpture other than Bronze, Bill Macomber, 1999
Wildlife Art News, An Artists Perspective, Les Perhacs, 1992
Wildlife Art News, Using Art as a Language, Judy Hughes, 1992
American Artist, Beyond Accurate Representation, Mary Balcomb, 1991
Southwest Art, Stylized Interpretations, Mary Balcomb, 1980
Les Perhacs: Sculptor, Mary Balcomb and Putnam Macdaniel, 1977
Seattle Times, Nature is Sculptor's Inspiration, John Voorhees, 1972
REPRESENTED BY
Total Arts Gallery, Taos, NM
Memories
Les Perhacs
Closed 13" x 24" X 12"
Opened 13" x 24" x 18"
Collection of Richard and Nancy Gooding
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
Through the studies of Dr. Lilly and others, we have been made aware that dolphins possess the ability to think in the abstract. A dolphin brain is as large as human brains in proportion to the body-we are separated only by virtue of a brain connection to a prehensile hand.
This one of a kind articulated bronze was purchased at the 1982 Artists of America Show by Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gooding of Denver. I have since completed a second unique articulated transformation work, Another Intelligence, which features a rose resting inside as a sign of my reverence.
It remains my intent that these works may compel one to view this incredible creature from a deeper perspective."
"Memories evolved from my personal experiences diving among the dolphins in Southern California, and the writings of Loren Eiseley and Dr. John Lilly.
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