Scott Lerner
Scott Lerner (b. 1995) is a mixed-media artist whose work fuses ancient relics with science fiction technology. He received his MFA from RISD and his BA from Oberlin College. His work has most recently been included in In Response: The Sassoons at the Jewish Museum in New York and No White Walls at Yale University. He currently teaches contemporary art history and sculptural painting at RISD.
Academic areas of interest
Cave painting, ASCII art, Bakelite radios, Art Deco clocks, Mesopotamian figurines, 3D printing, laser engraving, David Cronenberg, golems, Japanese wood-fired ceramics, spolia, bas relief, entropy, burlap, Philip K. Dick, wrist watches, dress shoes, brick walls, parrots, dachshunds, nkisi nkondi, the Cultural Revolution, funerary art, clickbait, kipple, Richard Brautigan, albums from the year 1977, gadgets, gizmos, graphic t-shirts, mutually assured destruction, and so much more.