b. 1958
Berkeley, CA
B.F.A. Industrial Design
Rhode Island School of Design 1980
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ARTIST STATEMENT
Some of my earliest memories are of taking things apart, usually in such a way that they could not be put back together again. How things are put together - how they work - was a secret that I had to unravel. As Arthur C. Clark said, "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." I wanted to learn the secret. Trying to discover how things work was eventually followed by trying to find out why things work - including human and social factors like behavior and economics. Using the rigorous analytical methods of my industrial design training I tried to figure out why things don't work. My work contemplates the relationship between artist, medium and product – and thus the very nature of art itself. It is a parody of parodies, which of course makes it a tribute as well, with no small irony.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2019
SOFA Art Fair, Chicago IL
VW Contemporary, Greenwich CT
Moniker Art Fair, New York NY
Krause Gallery, New York NY
Moniker Art Fair, New York NY
Art Market San Francisco, San Francisco CA
Keyes Art Gallery, Sag Harbor NY
Philadelphia Fine Art Fair, Philadelphia PA
Solo Show, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles CA
Art Palm Springs, Palm Springs CA
Keyes Art Gallery, Wellington FL
SCOPE Art Fair, Miami FL
Harvest Festival, Southampton NY
2018
George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
Batshit Crazy Man’s Gallery, West Palm Beach FL
Solo Show, Thief and Liar Gallery, Sag Harbor NY
Reveal Art Fair, Saratoga Springs, NY
George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
Art Market Hamptons
Sag Cinema Benefit, Sag Harbor NY
Benefit for The Retreat, East Hampton NY
Art Market San Francisco
SCOPE Art Fair, New York, NY
Mark Borghi Gallery, New York, NY
Art Palm Springs, Palm Springs, CA
George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017
George Billis Gallery, New York NY
Form Art Fair, South Beach, Miami FL
Sofa Art Fair, Chicago
Solo Show, Monika Olko Gallery, Sag Harbor NY
RJD Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
Janet Lehr Fine Art, East Hampton, NY
Springs Invitational, East Hampton NY
2016
Vered Gallery, East Hampton, NY
RJD Gallery, Sag Harbor NY
Guild Hall, East Hampton NY
Chase Edwards Gallery, Bridgehampton NY
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PUBLISHED WORKS
The Hamptons Dictionary (Platinum Edition), The Disinformation Company, 2008
The Hamptons Dictionary, Complete Fabrications Ltd., 2007
Nuke The Hamptons (.com), a simulator constructed in virtual reality, 2001
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Miles Jaffe and art as an (ironic) tribute to the art, Collater.al, March 2019
As an Experiment ... ArtNet News, 12 March 2018
Exhibit Offers Wry Commentary, Hamptons ArtHub, 25 August 2017
The Son Also Rises, HC&G, 15 August 2017
Like Father, Like Son, Modern Magazine, Summer 2017
Discovery of Self, Sag Harbor Express, 12 May 2016
Providing Hope, American Art Collector, May 2016
Lifestyles of the Hamptons Rich and (In)Famous, BBC World News, 16 July 2008
Jitney Can't Take A Joke, Page Six, New York Post, 2 July 2008
Everything To Be 'Hample' in The Hamptons, New York Observer, 23 May 2008
Hangin' In The Hamptons, Newsday, 20 May 2008
Deeds & Don’ts, Hamptons Cottage and Gardens, 15 July 2007
Hamptons Redefined, Newsday, 2 August 2007
Slam Hamptons, New York Post, 1 July 2007
Explosive, Hamptons Magazine, 29 June 2007
Do You Speak Hamptonese, Dan’s Papers, 4 July 2007
New Lexicon Skewers The Hamptons Lifestyle, The Southampton Press, 7 June 2007
The Hamptons Dictionary, East Hampton Star, 6 June 2007
A Devil's Dictionary for the Hamptons, Sag Harbor Express, 31 May 2007
The End of the Hamptons, Corey Dolgon, New York University Press, 2005
Guilty Pleasures, New York Magazine, 2001
Bomb the Base, Financial Times (London), 23 June 2001
Hot Summer, W Magazine, June 2001
Rebel in Paradise, New York Observer, 28 May 2001
Hamptons Road Warriors Get a War Game, Newsday, 16 June 2001