In 1993, Perrone enrolled in The School of The Museum of Fine Arts,
Boston, where he studied oil painting with Barnet Rubenstein. He
went on to receive a Masters degree in Art Education from Tufts
University, and taught elementary and middle school Art Education
in Southborough, Massachusetts.

In the fall of 2001, he attended The Vermont Studio Center artist
residency program, located in Johnson, Vermont. In January of
2002, he exhibited four oil paintings as part of The Painting Center
Winter Invitational and concurrently mounted his first solo show,
where he exhibited twelve oil paintings at The Ansonia Pharmacy in
New York City. In April of 2002, Perrone returned to The Vermont
Studio Center, where he was awarded a one-month Full Fellowship
painting residency. In September of 2002, he began graduate study
at The University of Pennsylvania as a candidate for a Master of Fine
Arts in Painting. At the conclusion of his first year at Penn, Perrone
was awarded The Neil Welliver Award for excellence in painting. In
December of 2003, Perrone was nominated for the Terra
Foundation Summer Residency in Giverny, France. In April of 2004,
he participated in a student exchange with the Royal College of Art
in London, England. Upon receiving his MFA in Painting, in May of
2004, Perrone was awarded the Angelo Savelli Award for
Outstanding Performance. Last summer, Perrone was included in the
exhibit Polytechnicolor: Summer Group Show, at Michael Steinberg
Fine Arts, in New York City. This past fall Perrone was included in an
emerging artist group show at The Optimistic, in Philadelphia, and
he also participated in the faculty show at The University of Iowa
Museum of Art, in Iowa City, Iowa.

He is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor in Drawing and Painting at
The University of Iowa School of Art and Art History. Perrone’s
paintings delicately balance between realism and abstraction. His
well considered compositions and sensitive, alert color changes
show a depth of understanding and painterly intelligence. His
paintings build subtle color hierarchies that have weight and
movement. These qualities, combined with an attention to the
accuracy of his shapes, structure of composition and varied surface
texture give his paintings a tangible yet mysterious visual quality.