STUART PERLMAN, PhD

Faces of Homelessness

My “Faces of Homelessness” portraits are part of a tradition of art that documents human life stories and social injustice. Hopefully my portraits facilitate the viewer to feel another person’s life experience that is etched into their faces and as a result “opens our heart”.

For 40 years, Stuart Perlman has been a psychologist and psychoanalyst in private practice in West Los Angeles. Also, as a portrait painter, in his current project of 12 years, he illuminates the faces of the homeless, along with their humanity and pain. Stuart has painted over 250 individuals. He also has collected their histories, art and music. Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine describes these paintings as part of “Great Art Worldwide”. This project has also been featured in the Los Angeles Times, Guardian of London, Vanity Fair Italia, the Taipei Times and the Jewish Journal. Stuart has had 60 exhibitions where over 250,000 people have seen his art. The National Association for Advancement of Psychoanalysis nominated Stuart’s paintings for “Best Art of the Year Award”, and his documentary Struggle in Paradise, based on this project and the lives of these homeless people on Venice Beach, won the “Best Movie of the Year Award.” Stuart was LACPA’s “2016 Distinguished Social Justice Award” winner and been honored by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for his work. Many portraits are available on Amazon in his book, Struggle in Paradise.

Website: stuartperlmanartist.com