Damon Lehrer studied drawing and painting with Paul Rahilly and attended Boston University as a graduate student in painting. He has shown paintings at the Pepper Gallery in Boston and the Peter Tatistcheff Gallery in New York, among others. He has taught at the Rhode Island School of Design, Boston University, and The Art Institute of Boston. In 2010, he started the Boston Figurative Art Center to promote figurative art and artists in the area; it has since grown into an organization with hundreds of artists and amateur members.
