Tessa Perutz is an artist currently based in New York City yet about to move to Europe. She was born in 1988 and in addition to making art she also curates Massif Central a collection of silk scarves by contemporary artists.

She received her BFA from the Art Institute of Chicago and also studied at the Slade School of Fine Art in London. She has shown at Pablo’s Birthday, Serving the People, Joshua Liner, Atlanta Contemporary, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Dayspace in Philadelphia, Guerrero Gallery in San Francisco and others.

She’s had residencies in Berlin, San Francisco and Iceland and her work has been covered in Artforum, uxtapoz, Milk Magazine, Modern Painters, ArtInfo and many others.

From February 15th to March 15, 2018, Pablo's Birthday Gallery in NYC exhibited Karma Solaire, a solo show by Tessa that was created in remembrance of her close friend, the artist and poet, Paul Saeio. Brian met Tessa on the last day of her show at the gallery and they spoke about her growing up dj’ing, skateboarding, writing, a run in with Nan Golden, experimenting in work and much more.