Faina Lerman

Faina Lerman

12138 St. Aubin Hamtramck, MI 48212
fainalerman@gmail.com
248 568-9167

EDUCATION: COLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES, 2004 BFA, Detroit, MI

COMMISSIONS/ AWARDS
Community + Public Art Detroit 2009 Public Art commission for Osborn Community, Detroit
Art on the Move 2009 Chalk Mural for Midsummer Nights Festival, Detroit

TEACHING/WORK EXPERIENCE
2002 - present College for Creative Studies, Community Arts Partnership, Art Educator
2008-2009 Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Education Coordinator
2007-2009 Costick Center, Farmington Hills, art educator
2007-2009 Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center
2006 Art on The Move ( Youthville Mural Project)
2005 College For Creative Studies , Camp portfolio

EXHIBITIONS/ PERFORMANCES
2009 Art Hamtramck NOW, Popps Packing, Hamtramck
2009 TV Show, Yes Farm , Detroit
2007 Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center
2007 Off The Stove Out Of The Freezer, Cass Café, Detroit, MI
2006 CCS 100th anniversary show, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center
2005 Actual Size, Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, MI
2005 Sharing Their Worlds, Center Galleries, Detroit, MI
2005 The fifth show, 101up Gallery, Detroit, MI
2005 Unravel, Motor City Brewery, Detroit, MI
2005 Merger, Center Gallery, Detroit, MI
2005 Five Shows Five Days, Detroit Artist Market, Detroit, MI
2004 Student Exhibition, College For Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
2004 Group Show, Jewel, Royal Oak, MI
2004 The Figure Show, U245 Gallery, Detroit MI
2003 Student Exhibition, College For Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
2001 Members Show, Detroit Artist Market, Detroit, MI
2000 Student Exhibition, College For Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
2000 Birmingham Temple Art Exhibition, Birmingham, MI

COLLECTORS
Eviz D Livingston, Jason Gitlin, Timothy Reed, Brent M. Ballard, Patricia F. Sortwell, Michael R. Burd, Joy Levran, Mark Schwartz, Patrick Murray, Linda Ross, Theresa Kahan, The Gabrys, Dee Dee Khalo, Randall Kulhanek, Stanley Lecznar, Susan Hillberry


Creating works that represent something undeniably "human" is an endless source of inspiration for me. While working within the abstract, I attempt to conjure something that is not fleeting, not meaningless and not something purely intellectual.

Our lives and our world are constructed within that delicate balance between thought and emotion, and it is my hope that my work does not reflect the geometry, organization, and exactness of our reality, but the passion, chaos and melancholy of that experience.