CreativeZen Talks Presents Deborah Perlman (June 2025)

South Florida artist Deborah Perlman is a graduate of Boston University (BFA, sculpture) &

Cranbrook Academy of Art (MFA, sculpture). After graduate school, Perlman ventured into

communications, enriching her creativity through travel and special assignments. Since

dedicating herself to art full time, she has been featured in several art publications and her

work has appeared in exhibitions nationwide including three solo exhibitions from 2023 –

2024. Perlman’s work is held in private collections, and she is a member of regional and

national professional artist organizations.

Perlman creates abstract geometric 3-D collage by transforming flat images into raised

architectural forms that add depth, texture, and shadows. She cuts, scores, and folds paper

to create the forms, then combine them with materials like photographs, wood, and metal.

Juxtaposing these forms, she highlights their points of contact and the shadows they cast.

Each piece invites the viewer to travel through doorways, walkways, ramps, and passages,

leading them on a journey to spaces filled with mystery, questions and the unknown.

The artist finds inspiration from the form, structure and styles of African sculpture; the

Constructivism, Geometric Abstraction, and Cubism art movements; the work of Louise

Nevelson; the ‘illogical perspective’ of Giorgio de Chirico and M.C. Escher; Joseph Cornell’s

shadow boxes; and Frank Stella’s metal reliefs, among many others. Her concerns for the

environment, reactions to global conflicts, and personal life experiences contribute to the

subject matter she addresses.

Website: https://www.artbydperlman.com/

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