Percy Cannon

Nationality: Peruvian. Born: Kansas, USA, 1983.
Education: BFA in Painting, Rhode Island School of Design, 2006.

Selected group exhibitions: Contemporary Indigenous Identity, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, 2009; First Annual First Show, The Courtyard, San Francisco Art Institute, 2009; Roots of Resistance Music & Art Festival, San Francisco Art Institute, 2009; Warfield Project: Survival, The Warfield Building & The Luggage Store, San Francisco, 2009; One Night Stand, RISD Alumni Show, Mina Dresden Gallery, San Francisco, 2007; Crit Show, Spencertown Academy, New York, 2006; Senior Painting Group Show, Woods-Gerry Gallery, RISD, Providence, 2006; We’re Really Doing It!, Hillel Gallery Project, Brown University, Providence, 2006; Video In The Raw, RISD Auditorium, Providence, 2006.

My paintings can be described as a dialogue between the medium and the artist. I allow paint to follow its own path and harness its movements to create my compositions. This process involves pouring and dripping very fluid acrylic paint, which gains depth through the use of intuitive layering. These chance operations are contrasted by moments when I add levels of symbols executed in a more direct manner. I am interested in universal symbols that can work as abstractions. My paintings allow the spectator to have free associations about the orchestration of the patterns. Repetition gives my work a rhythmic quality and an oscillating pulse.