Derek Lerner

Derek Lerner (born 1974 in Jacksonville, Florida), 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.

Lerner was born on March 2, 1974, in Jacksonville, Florida.

In 1988 his high school curriculum was a half-day program split between two schools, Ed White for standard academics and Westside Skills Center, where he studied commercial art.

In 1990 Lerner transferred schools to study Visual art at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, and later attended Atlanta College of Art (ACA) in 1992, graduating with a BFA in 1995.

While at ACA, he studied art alongside Kara Walker, Radcliffe Bailey, Roe Ethridge, and William Downs.

In 1994 while attending university Lerner cofounded Graphic Havoc, an award winning art direction and design company with Randall J Lane, which shortly thereafter grew to include David W Merten, Peter J Rentz, and Sadek Bazaraa.

While functioning as a business owner, creative director, art director and graphic designer Lerner continued to create and exhibit his artwork.

Lerner currently maintains an art studio in Brooklyn

During Lerner's senior year of study at ACA he interned at The Interactive Media Technology Center (IMTC) at Georgia Tech, remaining there as a graphic and motion design staff member until exiting in 1995.

In 2020 Lerner became a recipient of an NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship for drawing.