Stuart Lehrman

My practice involves the dialogue between order and chaos. The process is a constant experiment with the physical properties of the materials I am working with-moving between addition and subtraction, making and unmaking. The art is made up of (mistakes or happy accidents) during the process, but these ‘mistakes’ are useful to make because they may lead little by little I hope to the small truths.

My work is inspired by the natural and man-made phenomena I observe in the world around me.

The Portal Series has percolated in my mind for a long time, originally focused on the idea of a “nest”. When I started drawing it morphed into something with broader meanings, including entry into a void, the eye the passageway into the soul, of course, a "nest' from one stage of life to another.

My Road Rage photography series tackles these same problems and attempts to capture this same dynamic, through the lens of the camera. While out on the streets, I am always on the lookout for ambiguous accidents of beauty and power, ground into the common pavement.

MFA, Mills College, Oakland, California

PUBLIC COLLECTION
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
Dellen Publishing Company, San Francisco, CA
Heathman Hotel, Portland, OR
Leanin Tree Publication, Denver, CO
Park’n Fly Service Corporation, St. Louis, MO
Peerless Electric Company, Berkeley, CA
Oracle Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA
Southland Corporation, Dallas, TX
Triple S. Investment Company, Portland, OR
Walden Venture Capital Investment Inc., San Francisco, CA
Up Coming
2023 Solo exhibition - Abington Art Center, January - February
Solo Exhibitions
2021 Philadelphia International Airport Exhibitions Program, Philadelphia, PA
2019 Stockton University Museum, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Curator - Michael Cagno - Executive Director, The Noyes Museum of Art of Stockton University, NJ
Group Exhibitions
2019
’Monochrome’, Site: Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Curator - Donna Harkavy is a New York-based independent curator.
'Art and Earth Exhibition, Berkeley Arts Council, Martinsburg, WV
Curator - Jay Pastore, Design Consultant at the Roberto Clemente Museum, Pittsburgh, PA

2018 ‘2018 SOHO Photo Gallery National Competition, SOHO Photo Gallery, New York City, NY
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