CYD PERONI

"...she delves into the feelings of loneliness and sadness that are inextricably linked to the joys and fullness of life."

Cyd Peroni is a visual artist drawn to explore the Japanese concept of mono-no-aware, an awareness and appreciation of the impermanence of things and the transience of time. Her images are strongly influenced by poetry and the metaphors found in the natural world. Peroni searches for the often-unnoticed moments and their deeper spiritual and emotional meanings. Her images hold details that tug instinctively at something deeper than reason and logic.

Style: Conceptual Abstract, Alternative Process, Contemporary, Nature, Botanicals, Landscape, Still Life

Medium: Photography, Limited Editions

Additional Bio and contact information

CYD PERONI

Having lived in rural areas most of her life, she delves into the feelings of loneliness and sadness that are inextricably linked to the joys and fullness of life. Peroni experiments with digital, traditional, and alternative photographic processes, along with a range of papers and materials such as precious metals and encaustic wax. She likes to convey the artist’s hand in her work and searches for the best combination of process and materials to communicate universal human emotions and stories.

Her work is held in private collections, has appeared in various publications, and has been shown nationally in solo and juried group exhibitions such as Eye Lounge (Phoenix, AZ); The Halide Project (Philadelphia, PA); Medium Festival of Photography (San Diego, CA); A Smith Gallery (Johnson City, TX); Light Art Space (Silver City, NM); The Flinn Foundation (Phoenix, AZ); Art Intersection (Gilbert, AZ); Found:RE Hotel (Phoenix, AZ); Oglebay Institute’s Stifel Fine Arts Center (Wheeling, WV); Schorr Gallery (West Jordan, UT); University of Utah Museum of Natural History (Salt Lake City, UT); and Kimball Arts Center (Park City, UT).

Peroni lives with her husband in the Sonoran Desert north of Phoenix, Arizona where she loves listening for the sound of owls in the darkness before sunrise and watching clouds form along the foothills before a monsoon rain.

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Graduated Magna Cum Laude, University of Utah (Salt Lake City, UT)

Associate of Science in Retail Marketing, Graduated Cum Laude, University of Cincinnati, (Cincinnati, OH)

One-year mentorship with Elizabeth Stone Photography

Film Photography with Laurel Casjens at the University of Utah and Rodger Newbold at the Salt Lake Contemporary Arts Center

Digital Photography with Jerry Sieve at Black Mountain Community College Workshops at Art Intersection (Gilbert, AZ): Photopolymer Gravure with Karen Hymer

Platinum/Palladium with Michael Puff

Taking Your Work to the Next Level with Christopher Colville

Hand Coloring with Kate Breakey, Gum Bichromate with Diana Bloomfield Cyanotype and Pinhole Photography with James Hajicek and Carol Panaro-Smith

Collage with Andy Burgess

Bookbinding with Jace Graf

Galleries/Affiliations/Instructor

Cyd Peroni is the founder of Salon LX, a trio of visual artists dedicated to photographic education and exploration; an alumna of Eye Lounge, a contemporary art space established in 2001 committed to fostering emerging and established visual artists in downtown Phoenix; a founding member of the Arizona Photography Alliance; and a member of Art Intersection, ArtLink Phoenix, Los Angeles Center for Photography, Center for Fine Art Photography (CO), Center for Photographic Art (CA).

Contact

CYD PERONI

Email: cydperoni@gmail.com

Website: www.cydperoniphotography.com

IG: @prodigalcyd