Perry Pollock is a practicing artist and professor of drawing and painting at Harper College in Palatine, Illinois, where he has been a devoted educator since 1990. He received his B.F.A. from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 1985, and his M.F.A from Bradley University in 1987.

His work has been exhibited predominately in the Chicagoland area at venues including the Beverly Arts Center, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Loyola University Crown Center Gallery, and Rockford University Gallery. In 2024, he had a two-person show at Western Illinois University. His work is included in the Rockford Art Museum collection as well as several private collections.

In addition to exhibiting and teaching, Pollock founded the Harper College Art Exhibition and Visiting Artist Program and was its first curator from 2001-2006. He has routinely chaired the Harper College Art Collection Committee, which oversees the college's prominent public art collection. He has two children and lives in Elgin, Illinois with his wife.