Sculptor

Les Perhacs (1940-2021)
Sculptor, Industrial Designer, Multi-Disciplinary Artist

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Education

Chouinard Art Institute. Los Angeles 1957-58
Art Center School of Design. Los Angeles 1958
Pratt Institute. Brooklyn, New York 1959-60
   Studied under David Smith, Willem & Elaine deKooning, and Buckminster Fuller
University of Southern California. Los Angeles School of Architecture & Industrial Design 1961-63

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Background

Specimen Collector: Marineland of the Pacific
Scientific Collector: Raven behavioral study
Lectured UCLA Department of Industrial Design “Looking to nature for lessons in product evolution”
Industrial Designer: Toys including Twister, Man from UNCLE, Erector Sets, Hasbro, Mattel and others plus products for production – holder of 121 Design & Mechanical Patents
Master Artist: Artists of America, Denver

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Public Collections

National Museum of Wildlife Art. Wyoming
City of Leidschendam-Voorburg, The Netherlands
San Diego International Airport. San Diego
Whatcom Museum. Washington
Frye Art Museum. Washington
State Capitol Museum. Washington 

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Selected Corporate Collections

Copley Newspapers. La Jolla, California
Bandai America Corporation, US Headquarters. Cypress, California
Muni-Financial Services Corporate Headquarters. Temecula, California
Bakish Materials Corporation. Englewood, New Jersey
US Bank Corporate Headquarters. Seattle
Paragon Ranch Limited. Denver
Peoples State Bank. Lynden, Washington
Peoples State Bank. Bellingham, Washington
First City National Bank. Houston
California Federal Savings. Los Angeles 

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Gallery Representation

Gerald Peters Gallery, Naturalism, Santa Fe, NM

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Solo Exhibitions

2010
Oceanside Museum of Art, Lobby Installation, Oceanside, California

2009
Oceanside Museum of Art, Parker Gallery, Oceanside California

2006
University of Judaism. Bel Air, California
Art Center at Fallbrook. Fallbrook, California

1997
Art & Cultural Center at Fallbrook. Fallbrook, California

1982
Meinhard Galleries. Dallas and Houston Texas
Firebird Gallery. Corpus Christi, Texas

1981
Perhacs Sculpture Gallery. Seattle, Washington

1980
Frye Art Museum. Seattle, Washington

1979
State Capitol Museum. Olympia, Washington

1978
Arts Gallery. La Conner, Washington
McNay Art Institute Museum. San Antonio, Texas
First National Bank. San Antonio, Texas
Meinhard Gallery. Houston, Texas
First City National Bank. Houston, Texas
Frost National Bank. San Antonio, Texas
University of Texas at San Antonio, Texas
Artique Ltd. Anchorage, Alaska

1977
Howard Terhune Gallery. Palm Springs, California

1976
Haines Gallery. Seattle, Washington
Carl Battaglia Gallery. New York, New York 

1975
California Federal Savings. Los Angeles, California
Haines Gallery. Seattle, Washington

1974
Gordon-Woodside Gallery. Seattle, Washington

1972
Gordon-Woodside Gallery. Seattle, Washington

1971
Frame House Gallery. Louisville, Kentucky

1970
North Seattle Community College. Seattle, Washington

1964
Kramer Gallery. Los Angeles, California
Hudson-Risskan Gallery. Los Angeles, California

1962
Manhattan Gallery. Pasadena, California
Hudson-Risskan Gallery. Los Angeles, California

1961
Jefferson Gallery. La Jolla, California

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Selected Group Exhibitions

2015
National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson, Wyoming ‘Western Visions’

2014
Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico ‘Contemporary Naturalism’
Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico ‘Water and Stone’

2013
Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico ‘Beyond the Surface’

2008
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, California ‘Animal Magnetism’

2007
American Jewish University, Platt Gallery, Bel Air, California ‘Constructivism & Metaphor’

2003
Art Center at Fallbrook. Fallbrook, California ‘Beyond the Surface 2’ with Lynn Chadwick, Fletcher Benton, Bruce Beasley, Sorel Etrog, Jack Zajac

Salon d' Arts. Denver, Colorado

2002
Art Center at Fallbrook. Fallbrook, California ‘Beyond the Surface’ with Phillip McCracken and Laddie John Dill.

2001
Total Arts Gallery. Taos, New Mexico ‘Les Perhacs & Burton Silverman’

2000
Artists of America 20/2000. Denver, Colorado
Art & Cultural Center. Fallbrook, California

1999
Total Arts Gallery. Taos, New Mexico
Michael Johnson Fine Art. Fallbrook, California
Art & Cultural Center. Fallbrook, California

1997
Art & Cultural Center. Fallbrook, California
National Sculpture Society. New York, New York
Great American Artists Show. Cincinnati, Ohio

1996
Robson Gallery. San Diego, California
Artists of America. Denver, Colorado

1995
Carson Gallery. Denver, Colorado
Artists of America. Denver, Colorado

1990
Artists of America. Denver, Colorado

1987
Bellevue Art Museum. Bellevue, Washington

1986 - 1981
Artists of America. Denver, Colorado

1980
Carson Gallery. Denver, Colorado

1976
Tacoma Art Museum. Tacoma, Washington
Vorpal Gallery. San Francisco, California

1975
Royal Ontario Museum. Ontario, Canada

1974
Whatcom Museum. Bellingham, Washington

1965
Design Eight. Pasadena, California

1963
Designers Forum. Los Angeles, California

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Selected Bibliography

‘The Art of Nature Connecting the World’ Wildlife Art Journal
‘Where the Wild Things Are’ Santa Fean
‘Texture and Humanity’. The Taos News. Eric J. Hedlund
‘Uneven Parallels’. Taos Magazine. Curtis Waters
‘Agony and Ecstasy in Providing Art for Port’.
North County Times. San Diego. Bruce Kauffman
‘Sculpture Other Than Bronze’. Art Talk. Bill Macomber
San Diego International Airport Monument Features CNN Local Headline News. Channel 10 News. San Diego Tribune. North County Times. Channel 8 News
‘Taking Shape’. North County Times. Bill Fark
‘An Artist’s Perspective’. Wildlife Art News. Les Perhacs
‘Using Art as a Language’. Wildlife Art News. Judy Hughes
‘A Study in Bronze’. San Diego Tribune. Tim Mayer
‘Beyond Accurate Representation’. American Artist. Mary Balcomb
‘Sculptor Tells Stories in Bronze’. Enterprise . Fallbrook, California. G. Clark
‘Life Looks Special Through the Eyes of This Sculptor’ Port Angeles Daily News. A. Guthrie
‘An Oracle’s Witness’. Southwest Art. Mary Balcomb
Celebrating Life with Sculpture’. Art West. Fran Traher
‘Artist Aims at Function, Simplicity’. Anchorage Times. Jessica Hollowell
‘Form Follows Function’. Corpus Christi Times. Danny Goddard
‘Stylized Interpretations’. Southwest Art. Mary Balcomb
‘Les Perhacs: Sculptor and Founder’. American Artist. Mary Balcomb
‘Change Experimentation Keys to Sculptor’s Art’. Daily Olympian. L Finestone
‘Stressing the Natural Look’. Seattle Times. Ranny Green
‘Les Perhacs, Sculptor’. Mary Balcomb and Putnam Macdaniel
‘Les Perhacs on Art & Design’. Seattle Channel 7 “Man in the Field” interviews
‘Metal is His Medium’. Seattle Times. Dolly Connelly
‘Nature is Sculptor’s Inspiration’. Seattle Times. John Voorhees
‘1962 Student Designs’. Design News 

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