After his graduation in the Academy of Fine Arts of Naples (1994), in the 1998 he started making sculptures and installations in which he represents animals and objects of daily use, drawn from their context. All its sujects are covered with a thin layer of sand, a material that hints at both childhood games and at the fragility of things subject to processes of unceasing transformation. In 2000 he was invited to realize a sculpture for "Bandiere di Maggio" (Flags of May) in Naples. In 2001 he exhibited in a solo show at the Mimmo Scognamiglio Gallery in Naples and he took part in "Chaos & Communication - 10th Biennial of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean" in Sarajevo, "Napoli e Terra d'Otranto. Aspetti della giovane arte al Sud" at the Aragonese Castle of Otranto, "Cittadini e non" at the Civic Gallery of Contemporary Art of Avellino. In 2002 he participated in the group exhibitions "Napoli Anno Zero, Qui ed ora" at Museum of Castel Sant'Elmo and he won the "MiArt Preview section" prize. In 2003 his permanent installation has been located in one of Naples Circumvesuviana stations and he took part in "Last Judgment" at the Seattle's Bumbershoot arts festival, the preview of the "Quadriennale d'Arte di Roma" at Royal Palace of Naples and the group show "Inchiostro indelebile - Impronte a regola d'arte" at MACRO Museum of Rome. In 2004 he had a solo exhibition at Ronchini Gallery in Terni and took part in the group show "Lasciateci Divertire" at Municipality Palace of Arezzo. In 2005 he exhibited at ARCOS - Museum of Contemporary Art in Benevento, and later one of his works was shown by the critic Marco Meneguzzo in the occasion of the exhibition "Italian Sculpture of the 20th Century", organized by the Arnaldo Pomodoro Foundation in Milan. In 2006 he exhibited in a solo show at 1/9 unosunove gallery in Rome and took part in "International Sculpture" at the Aglié Castle in Turin, "Ars in Fabula" at the Praetorian Palace of Certaldo and "Arterritory" at the Centrale Montemartini in Rome. In 2007 he had two solo shows, at Furini Arte in Arezzo and at Mimmo Scognamiglio. Besides, he took part in "Linee all'Orizzonte" at the Modern Art Gallery of Genoa and "International Sculpture Prize - Italy/France" in Materima - Sculpture Citadel (Casalbeltrame). In 2010 and 2011 he had two solo shows, at Ronchini Gallery in Terni and at Guidi&Schoen in Genoa. In 2011 he took part in "Art Stays" in Ptuj (Slovenia), where he returned in 2014. In 2012 he took part in the group exhibitions "Nelle Terre di Piero. Omaggio a Manzoni" at Pallavicina Tower (Bergamo), "+ 50 Sculture in città tra memoria (1962) e presente (2012)" in Spoleto, the Italia-China Biennial in Monza and "Gli artisti che ho amato" at CAOS Museum of Terni, in memory of Adriano Ronchini. In 2013 he exhibited again at ARCOS Museum of Benevento, taking part in the group show "Viaggio Immaginario". The following year he designed with his brother Lucio the Poster of the Strega Prize 2014 and took part in group shows, including "The Spring break Show" at Guidi&Schoen, "Cosa Succede a Rotondi?" in the context of the Sistema Irpinia project, "Land like the Sea" and "Capri The Island of Art", both in Capri. Between 2014 and 2015 he took part in "The Heritage of Art - Mimmo Paladino and Mohanna Durra" at The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts in Amman.

In his works Perone wants to reinterpret themes drawn from the world of fairy tales as well as from the day-to-day life, giving them a "magical appearances". From a technical point of view, the artist's choice of using sand for coating his pieces of work is on one hand linked with the recalling of a childhood world and the idea of art as a game, and on the other hand with the necessity of placing a sort of "filter", a slippage as to our usual perception of reality and is connected to the idea of fragility of things subject to processes of unceasing transformation. In that way the daily element undergoes a crystallization that casts it outside of time, thus reinforcing its metaphysical and enigmatic aspects.

Solo exhibitions

2015

Mirabilia domestica Galleria Michelangelo Roma Italia

2011

GUIDI &SHOEN Genova Italia

2010

Ronchini Arte Contemporanea Terni Italia

2007

Mimmo Scognamiglio Arte contemporanea, Napoli, Italia
IMAGE FURINI Arte Contemporanea Arezzo Italia

2006

UNO su NOVE Arte Contemporanea Roma Italia

2005

mostra personale ad ARTISSIMA Torino con Galleria Mimmo Scognamiglio

2004

Ronchini Arte Contemporanea, Terni, Italia

2003

Galleria SPAZIA bologna Italia
"Metropolitana di Napoli", Circumvesuviana Station, Centro Direzionale, Napoli, Italia

2002

MIART mostra personale anteprima vincitore del premio MIART as best artist

2001

Mimmo Scognamiglio Arte contemporanea, Napoli Italia

Group exhibitions

2017

“ILLUMINA LA NOTTE. LA LUCE CON L’ARTE DI VIA VARCO” intervento Cofinanziato dal POC Campania curated by Marco Tonelli
“Have a Nice Time” curated by Antonio D’Amico Domodossola (MI) Italia

2016

METAMORPHOSIS BIENNALE ITALIA-CINA Pechino Cina
" CAPRICCI” Acqua Pedra Telese Terme (BN) curated by Giuseppe Cascetta and Achille Bonito Oliva

2015

SCULP! Guidi&Shoen Genova curated by Luca Beatrice
“TRASLZIONI” Opificio Arti Performative Frattamaggiore (NA)
Vedo Nero Palazzo morelli Todi Italia
“IMAGO MUNDI “ PRAESTIGIUM ITALIA” LUCIANO BENETTON and Luca Beatrice
“VIAGGIO NELL’ARTE CONTEMPORANEA SANNITA Museo civico San Bartolomeo in Galdo(BN)

2014

“ART STAYS” Slovenia
“CAPRI | THE ISLAND OF ART” Piazzetta di Capri
“L’EREDITA DELL’ARTE” Mimmo Paladino e Mohanna Durra Giordania
“COSA SUCCEDE A ROTONDI” Rotondi (AV) curated Maria Savarese
Nelle Terre di Piero. Omaggio a Manzoni,Torre di pallavicina Bergamo curated by Alberto Dambruoso
"MANIFESTO PREMIO STREGA” 68° Edizione

2013

“VIAGGIO IMMAGINARIO” ARCOS Benevento Italia

2012

“ +50 Palazzo Collicola Arti Visive Spoleto (PG) Italia
“GI ARTISTI CHE HO AMATO “ (ADRIANO RONCHINI) Ronchini Arte
Biennale ITALIA-CINA Monza Italia

2011

Bestiario, Mitologico del Contemporaneo, Genova Italia
WHAT? Mimmo Scognamiglio , Milano Italia
“100 E UNO MODI DI ANDARE OLTRE”, Sorrento Italia

2008

MATRIX NATURA di Luciano Caramel
59° Premio fondazione Michetti Francavilla al mare Italia

2007

“PREMIO INTERNAZIONALE GIOVANE SCULTURA” Fondazione Messina
”LINEE ALL’ORIZZONTE “Galleria D’Arte Moderna Genova”Italia

2006

”ARTERRITORY “ Museo Montemartini ,Roma, Italia
“ARTS IN FABULA” Certaldo, Firenze, curated by Maurizio Sciaccaluga
CARTA BIANCA Nuvole Arte Contemporanea Montesarchio (BN)

2005

“…O luna Tu. .”, ARCOS-Museo di Arte Contemporanea del Sannio Italia
“LA SCULTURA ITALIANA DEL XX SECOLO” Fondazione Pomodoro Milano,

2004

“PREMIO RAZZANO”, Museo del Sannio, Benevento, Italia
“LASCITECI DIVERTIRE” a cura di Maurizio Sciaccaluga Palazzo Comunale, Arezzo , Italia

2003

"INCHIOSTRO IN DELEBILE”. Impronte a regola d'arte", MACRO, Roma, Italia
Quadriennale Anteprima Napoli
“Last Judgment”, Boombershoot, in Seattle, USA

2002

Napoli Anno Zero Qui e Ora.. curata da Achille Bonito Oliva ed Eduardo

2001

CHAOS & COMMUNICATIONS 10th Biennale Giovani Artisti Del Mediterraneo
“CITTADINI E NON” Galleria Civica D’Arte Contemporanea, San Martino Valle Caudina (AV)

2000

"BANDIERE DI MAGGIO", Piazza del Plebiscito, Napoli, Italia