Berry Campbell is pleased to present William Perehudoff: Boundless Color, an exhibition of nineteen paintings and works on paper by one of Canada’s foremost Color Field painters, William Perehudoff (1918–2013). On view from January 8 through February 7, 2026, the exhibition brings together a broad selection of works from the 1960s through the 1990s, highlighting Perehudoff’s lifelong and deeply considered exploration of color. Boundless Color marks the gallery’s fourth exhibition of Perehudoff’s work after announcing representation of his Estate over a decade ago.
Working primarily in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Perehudoff cultivated a practice that was keenly responsive to international abstraction while keeping his unique vision. His participation in the influential Emma Lake Artists’ Workshops during the late 1950s and 1960s, alongside artists such as Kenneth Noland and Jules Olitski, played a formative role in expanding his commitment to non-objective painting and sharpening his sustained inquiry into the expressive and formal possibilities of color and form. Perehudoff’s work is represented in more than fifty public collections worldwide, underscoring his lasting impact and international recognition.
The works presented in Boundless Color trace Perehudoff’s evolution from early stained fields and restrained geometric configurations to later paintings characterized by heightened material presence and chromatic intensity. Bands, stripes, and hovering forms are orchestrated with precision and control, activating the picture plane through nuanced shifts in scale, temperature, and density. Color functions not as a backdrop but as a structural force, constructing space and generating subtle tension across the surface. These compositions reward sustained viewing, revealing their internal logic gradually through carefully calibrated relationships rather than overt gesture.
Throughout his prolific career, Perehudoff maintained a disciplined, yet expansive painting practice grounded in clarity, proportion, and a refined sense of harmony. His work affirms abstraction as a vital, evolving language—one capable of continual renewal through rigorous attention to color and form. William Perehudoff: Boundless Color presents an artist for whom color was not only a visual experience, but a means of shaping order, balance, and quiet, enduring resonance. The exhibition will open January 8, 2026, with a reception from 6 - 8 pm, and is accompanied by a 52-page catalogue with an essay by Alex Grimley, Ph.D.
