bio

Jerry Meyer has been working with solid acrylics (Plexiglas) since 1992, making free-standing sculptures. In 1997, he began combining the acrylics with kitchen appliances ("under-appreciated icons of our lives") and adding electric light. He has expanded upon his use of Plexiglas by using other plastic materials as a source of translucent color, such as water guns, screwdriver handles, 45 vinyl records, plastic jewelry and plastic toys.

Meyer studied painting as a teenager at the Museum of Modern Art Annex School in New York City. He studied art history at Brown University. After attending Yale Medical School, he pursued portrait and landscape painting with Roger Van Damme and others. Since 1998, he has devoted himself full-time to his art work. Meyer's constructions, including commissioned pieces, are in numerous private collections.