Born October 5 1940 Los Angeles, California

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
   Buckminster Fuller

University of Southern California. Los Angeles 1961-63
School of Architecture & Industrial Design

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 & Products

Public Collections

City of Leidschendam-Voorburg, The Netherlands
San Diego International Airport. San Diego
Whatcom Museum. Bellingham, Washington
Frye Art Museum. Seattle
State Capitol Museum. Olympia, Washington

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

Solo Exhibitions

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
Firebird Gallery. Corpus Christi, Texas

1981
Perhacs Sculpture Gallery. Seattle

1980
Frye Art Museum. Seattle

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
First City National Bank. Houston
Frost National Bank. San Antonio
University of Texas at San Antonio
Artique Ltd. Anchorage, Alaska

1977
Howard Terhune Gallery. Palm Springs

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

1975
California Federal Savings. Los Angeles
Haines Gallery. Seattle

1974
Gordon-Woodside Gallery. Seattle

1972
Gordon-Woodside Gallery. Seattle

1971
Frame House Gallery. Louisville, Kentucky

1970
North Seattle Community College. Seattle

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

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

1961
Jefferson Gallery. La Jolla, California

Selected Group Exhibitions

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

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

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

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
Artists of America. Denver

1995
Carson Gallery. Denver
Artists of America. Denver

1990
Artists of America. Denver

1987
Bellevue Art Museum. Bellevue, Washington

1986
Artists of America. Denver

1985
Artists of America. Denver

1984
Artists of America. Denver

1983
Artists of America. Denver

1982
Artists of America. Denver

1981
Artists of America. Denver

1980
Carson Gallery. Denver

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

1975
Royal Ontario Museum. Ontario, Canada

1974
Whatcom Museum. Bellingham, Washington

1965
Design Eight. Pasadena, California

1963
Designers Forum. Los Angeles, California

Selected Bibliography

‘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