Education
1989/1995
Chelsea Art School foundation, London. England.
BA Sculpture, Kingston University, Kingston-upon Thames, England.
Education
1989/1995
Chelsea Art School foundation, London. England.
BA Sculpture, Kingston University, Kingston-upon Thames, England.
Artist Residency. St Petersburg, Russia.
Specialization glass casting. Farnham University for the Creative Arts (UCA), Surrey, England.
Specialization lost wax casting, Putney Arch foundry, London.
2011-2012 Master of advanced studies in Art and Science (DEA). Dissertation title: "Testimonies and graphic representations of Outside Body Experiences”. Transdisciplinary collaboration: Royal Academy of Arts/ Faculty of Philosophy and Bioethics (HELESI), Louvain/ COMA Science Group, University, Belgium.
ECTS in iconology Dr. Ralph Dekoninck. UCL, Louvain, Belgium.
ECTS in the anthropology of the memory Prof. David Berliner. ULB, Bruxelles, Belgium.
2012-2014 Internship in the Neurology department of Prof. Steven Laureys. Liège University Hospital. Belgium.
2012-2016 Ph.D. in Art and Science, Doctorate awarded summa cum laude. Supervisors: Prof. Steven Laureys and Prof. Mylène Botbol-Baum. Thesis title: "Near-death experiences states, matters of displacement (e-motion, creation, reparation)".
2018 Neuroanatomy, semester 1. Feinberg Graduate School, Weizmann Institute of Science.
2018 Motor control: from computations to neurobiology, semester 2. Feinberg Graduate School, Weizmann Institute.
2017- to the present: Postdoctoral Fellowship, Supervisor Prof. Tamar Flash. Moross Laboratory for Vision Research & Robotics and Virtual Reality Weizmann Institute. Rehovot, Israel.
Academic appointments
2004-2010 Lecturer position in Inclusive Design Department, Hadassah academic college, Jerusalem, Israel.
2004-2006 External examiner final art show, Israel Art and Science school of excellence (IASA).
2005-2007 Lecturer position in Interactive Communication, Hadassah Academic College. Jerusalem, Israel.
Seminar lectures
March 2006: "Pandora's box" . Musrara mix International Festival, Jerusalem, Israel.
April 2007:” Representations of the Holocaust in contemporary art", Kiriyat Moriah. Jerusalem Israel.
February 2012: "intertextuality in contemporary art". School of Visual Arts "La Cambre". Bruxelles, Belgium.
June 2013: "Art and altered states of consciousness", IEPSCF, Rixensart, Belgium.
2013-2014 Lucid lab for user cognition & innovative design. Interface for Sketsha software. Liège, Belgium.
April 2014 Heller Lecture Series in Computational Neuroscience: "The brain behind morality". Prof. Patricia Churchland Smith. Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences, Hebrew University. Jerusalem, Israel.
March 2014 Hand-on workshop in brain-computer interface (BCI) spelling-300, g-tec medical engineering, Austria.
2015 Seminar Art and Technology; setting-up of mixed research team artists & scientists for nanotechnology projects development. Center for Nanoscience Nanotechnology, Givat Ram, Jerusalem. Israel.
2015 Guest visitor of Prof. Sarah Eyal, Laboratory of pharmacy-institute drug research, Hadassah Hospital. Jerusalem, Israel.
2015 Radio talk show on "Reshet bet", in Hebrew.
2015 Radio talk show on "Kol Israel", in French.
June 2016 Laboratory talk in Prof. Shahar Arzy computational neuropsychiatry laboratory, School of medicine Hadassah Ein Kerem, Jerusalem, Israel.
March 2017 13th Karniel Computational Motor Control Workshop. Beersheba University, Israel.
November 2018 Stanley Auction, lot 53. Gazette Drouot (catalog).https://www.gazette-drouot.com/lots/9553221
2018 Stanley Auction: lot 50, 51, 53. (Drouot invaluable).https://www.invaluable.com/artist/lerner-france-vfgon4sr44/sold-at-auction-prices/
March 2019 ( Drouot online invaluable) De Baecque & Associés. Lyon, France. https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/art-moderne-et-contemporain-france-lerner-nee-e-426-c-46140e3893
July 2018 VECTOR Workshop on Virtual environment and current psychological research workshop. Tubingen University, Germany.
March 2019 Virtual and Robotic embodiment from neuroscience to virtual reality and robotics. Barcelona University, Spain.
July 2019 International conference on virtual rehabilitation. Hands-on workshop: "The role of mental imagery in virtual rehabilitation" by Eric Franklin and Amit Abraham.
Dec 16-18 2019 Brain Music Cognition Conference ELSC Building, The Hebrew University, Edmond J. Safra Campus, ירושלים, Jerusalem, Israel.
Artist Residency. St Petersburg, Russia.
Specialization glass casting. Farnham University for the Creative Arts (UCA), Surrey, England.
Specialization lost wax casting, Putney Arch foundry, London.
2011-2012 Master of advanced studies in Art and Science (DEA). Dissertation title: "Testimonies and graphic representations of Outside Body Experiences”. Transdisciplinary collaboration: Royal Academy of Arts/ Faculty of Philosophy and Bioethics (HELESI), Louvain/ COMA Science Group, University, Belgium.
ECTS in iconology Dr. Ralph Dekoninck. UCL, Louvain, Belgium.
ECTS in the anthropology of the memory Prof. David Berliner. ULB, Bruxelles, Belgium.
2012-2014 Internship in the Neurology department of Prof. Steven Laureys. Liège University Hospital. Belgium.
2012-2016 Ph.D. in Art and Science, Doctorate awarded summa cum laude. Supervisors: Prof. Steven Laureys and Prof. Mylène Botbol-Baum. Thesis title: "Near-death experiences states, matters of displacement (e-motion, creation, reparation)".
2018 Neuroanatomy, semester 1. Feinberg Graduate School, Weizmann Institute of Science.
2018 Motor control: from computations to neurobiology, semester 2. Feinberg Graduate School, Weizmann Institute.
2017- to the present: Postdoctoral Fellowship, Supervisor Prof. Tamar Flash. Moross Laboratory for Vision Research & Robotics and Virtual Reality Weizmann Institute. Rehovot, Israel.
Academic appointments
2004-2010 Lecturer position in Inclusive Design Department, Hadassah academic college, Jerusalem, Israel.
2004-2006 External examiner final art show, Israel Art and Science school of excellence (IASA).
2005-2007 Lecturer position in Interactive Communication, Hadassah Academic College. Jerusalem, Israel.
Seminar lectures
March 2006: "Pandora's box" . Musrara mix International Festival, Jerusalem, Israel.
April 2007:” Representations of the Holocaust in contemporary art", Kiriyat Moriah. Jerusalem Israel.
February 2012: "intertextuality in contemporary art". School of Visual Arts "La Cambre". Bruxelles, Belgium.
June 2013: "Art and altered states of consciousness", IEPSCF, Rixensart, Belgium.
2013-2014 Lucid lab for user cognition & innovative design. Interface for Sketsha software. Liège, Belgium.
April 2014 Heller Lecture Series in Computational Neuroscience: "The brain behind morality". Prof. Patricia Churchland Smith. Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences, Hebrew University. Jerusalem, Israel.
March 2014 Hand-on workshop in brain-computer interface (BCI) spelling-300, g-tec medical engineering, Austria.
2015 Seminar Art and Technology; setting-up of mixed research team artists & scientists for nanotechnology projects development. Center for Nanoscience Nanotechnology, Givat Ram, Jerusalem. Israel.
2015 Guest visitor of Prof. Sarah Eyal, Laboratory of pharmacy-institute drug research, Hadassah Hospital. Jerusalem, Israel.
2015 Radio talk show on "Reshet bet", in Hebrew.
2015 Radio talk show on "Kol Israel", in French.
June 2016 Laboratory talk in Prof. Shahar Arzy computational neuropsychiatry laboratory, School of medicine Hadassah Ein Kerem, Jerusalem, Israel.
March 2017 13th Karniel Computational Motor Control Workshop. Beersheba University, Israel.
November 2018 Stanley Auction, lot 53. Gazette Drouot (catalog).https://www.gazette-drouot.com/lots/9553221
2018 Stanley Auction: lot 50, 51, 53. (Drouot invaluable).https://www.invaluable.com/artist/lerner-france-vfgon4sr44/sold-at-auction-prices/
March 2019 ( Drouot online invaluable) De Baecque & Associés. Lyon, France. https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/art-moderne-et-contemporain-france-lerner-nee-e-426-c-46140e3893
July 2018 VECTOR Workshop on Virtual environment and current psychological research workshop. Tubingen University, Germany.
March 2019 Virtual and Robotic embodiment from neuroscience to virtual reality and robotics. Barcelona University, Spain.
July 2019 International conference on virtual rehabilitation. Hands-on workshop: "The role of mental imagery in virtual rehabilitation" by Eric Franklin and Amit Abraham.
Dec 16-18 2019 Brain Music Cognition Conference ELSC Building, The Hebrew University, Edmond J. Safra Campus, ירושלים, Jerusalem, Israel.
Education
1989-1995
Chelsea Art School foundation, London. England.
BA Sculpture, Kingston University, Kingston-upon Thames, England.
Artist Residency. St Petersburg, Russia.
Specialization glass casting. Farnham University for the Creative Arts (UCA), Surrey, England.
Specialization lost wax casting, Putney Arch foundry, London.
2010-2012
Master of advanced studies in Art and Science (DEA).
Dissertation title: "Testimonies and graphic representations of Outside Body Experiences”. Transdisciplinary collaboration:
Royal Academy of Arts / Faculty of Philosophy and Bioethics (HELESI), Louvain University / COMA Science Group, Belgium.
ECTS in iconology with Dr. Ralph Dekoninck. UCL, Louvain, Belgium.
ECTS in the anthropology of memory with Prof. David Berliner. ULB, Bruxelles, Belgium.
2012-2017
2012-2014 Internship in the Neurology department of Prof. Steven Laureys. Liège University Hospital. Belgium.
Ph.D. in Art and Science, Doctorate awarded summa cum laude. Supervisors: Prof. Steven Laureys and Prof. Mylène Botbol-Baum.
Thesis title: "Near-death experiences states, matters of displacement (e-motion, creation, reparation)".
Link PhD: https://dial.uclouvain.be/pr/boreal/object/boreal:174660
2018-2022
2018 Neuroanatomy, semester 1. Feinberg Graduate School, Weizmann Institute of Science.
2018 Motor control: from computations to neurobiology, semester 2. Feinberg Graduate School, Weizmann Institute of Science.
2017- 2023: Postdoctoral Fellowship, Supervisor Prof. Tamar Flash.
Moross Laboratory for Vision Research & Robotics and Virtual Reality, Weizmann Institute of Science. Rehovot, Israel.
2020-2022: Recipient of the Braginsky Center grant for the interface between Science and the Humanities, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel.
2023-2025
Recipient of the Beijing Natural Science Foundation (BJNSF).
Academic appointments
2004-2010: Lecturer position in Inclusive Design Department, Hadassah academic college, Jerusalem, Israel.
2004-2006 :External examiner final art show, Israel Art and Science school of excellence (IASA).
2005-2007: Lecturer position in Interactive Communication, Hadassah Academic College. Jerusalem, Israel.
2023- to present: Assistant Professor at Beijing Institute of Mathematical sciences and Applications (BIMSA), Yanqi Lake , Beijing , China.
Seminar & Lectures
March 2006: "Pandora's box" . Musrara mix International Festival, Jerusalem, Israel.
April 2007:” Representations of the Holocaust in contemporary art", Kiriyat Moriah. Jerusalem Israel.
February 2012: "intertextuality in contemporary art". School of Visual Arts "La Cambre". Bruxelles, Belgium.
June 2013: "Art and altered states of consciousness", IEPSCF, Rixensart, Belgium.
2013-2014 :
Lucid lab for user cognition & innovative design. Design of an Interface for Sketsha software. Liège, Belgium.
April 2014 Heller Lecture Series in Computational Neuroscience: "The brain behind morality".
Prof. Patricia Churchland Smith. Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences, Hebrew University. Jerusalem, Israel.
March 2014 Hand-on workshop in brain-computer interface (BCI) spelling-300, g-tec medical engineering, Austria.
2015 Seminar Art and Technology; setting-up of mixed research team artists & scientists for nanotechnology projects development.
Center for Nanoscience Nanotechnology, Givat Ram. (Jerusalem. Israel).
2015 Guest visitor of Prof. Sarah Eyal, Laboratory of pharmacy-institute of drug research, Hadassah Hospital. (Jerusalem, Israel).
2015 Radio talk show on "Reshet bet", in Hebrew.
2015 Radio talk show on "Kol Israel", in French.
June 2016 Laboratory talk in Prof. Shahar Arzy computational neuropsychiatry laboratory.
(School of medicine Hadassah Ein Kerem, Jerusalem, Israel).
March 2017 13th Karniel Computational Motor Control Workshop. (Beersheba University, Israel).
July 2018 VECTOR Workshop on Virtual environment and current psychological research workshop. (Tubingen University, Germany).
April 2018 Lecture on "Near-Death Experiences Spaces" in Roy Salomon Laboratory Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center Bar Ilan University.
March 2019 Virtual and Robotic embodiment from neuroscience to virtual reality and robotics. (Barcelona University, Spain).
July 2019 International conference on virtual rehabilitation. Hands-on workshop:
"The role of mental imagery in virtual rehabilitation" by Eric Franklin and Amit Abraham. (Tel- Aviv University, Israel)
December 2019 Brain Music Cognition Conference ELSC Building. The Hebrew University, Edmond J. Safra Campus. (Jerusalem, Israel).
2021: Lecture in the Braginsky Center for the Interface between Science and the Humanities Scholarship. (Rehovot, Israel).
May, 2021 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frvir.2021.644214/full
August 2021 https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1834988/
June, 2022 Lecture on :"Near-Death Experiences Spaces Physical and Self-locations Motions and Emotions" in Liad Mudrik Laboratory. Tel Aviv university.
August-December 2022: CMJ Israel Heritage Center Cultural Project: Digitisation of autochrones (8000) and collection archival .