Mark Laita

(American, born 1960)

beauty salon customer/man with curlers by mark laita

Mark Laita

Beauty Salon Customer/Man with Curlers, 2004

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Mark Laita

Coal Miners/Male Exotic Dancers, 2000

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fitness model/man in pajamas (heart surgery), 2002 by mark laita

Mark Laita

Fitness Model/Man in Pajamas (heart surgery), 2002, 1999

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Mark Laita

Fur Trapper/Woman with Dog, 2003

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Mark Laita

Polygamist with Wives/Pimp with Prostitutes, 2003

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Mark Laita

Young Man with Boom Box/Sunbather, 1999

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Mark Laita

Bikers/Altar Boys,, 2004–printed: 2005

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Mark Laita

Female Body Builder/Drag Queen, 1999–printed: 2002

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Biography

Timeline

2007
United States Postal Service honored Laita with a series of postage stamps featuring his flower still llifes
2009
Released his first book, Created Equal, published by Steidl
Columbia College and the University of Illinois/Chicago
Lives and works in Los Angeles, USA, but also maintains a studio in New York

Exhibitions

2011
Amaranthine, Sea, and Serpentine, Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, USA (solo)
2009
Created Equal: New Work, Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, USA (solo)
2006
Flowers (New Work), Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, USA (solo)