Derek Lerner

Derek Lerner is an American contemporary artist primarily known for his ink on paper abstract drawings, currently living and working in New York City. Lerner's art has been exhibited nationally and internationally including; Robert Henry Contemporary in Brooklyn, NY, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Montserrat Galleries – Montserrat College of Art in Beverly, MA, Museum of Contemporary Art – Chicago, Museo de la Ciudad de Mexico, Centre d’Exposition de Val-d’Or in Quebec, Canada and University of Massachusetts. In 2015, MTA Arts & Design a division of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority commissioned Lerner to create permanent public art for the Avenue X subway station in Brooklyn. The artwork consists of six 48" x 150" multi-panel laminated glass compositions. As part of his MTA commission Lerner's artwork was additionally paired with a poem by Pulitzer Prize awarded & US Poet Laureate Charles Simic for Poetry in Motion bus and subway posters. The drawing and poem are included in the book titled, "The Best of Poetry in Motion: Celebrating 25 Years on Subways and Buses”, published by W. W. Norton & Company.

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