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Scooter LaForge (born 1971) is an American artist based in New York's East Village. He is a painter and sculptor, and has a line of clothing for Patricia Field and has collaborated with other fashion designers. LaForge's work is "inspired by the old masters, cute fluffy animals, and sometimes iconic cartoons," drawing from a number of pop culture and artistic references, ranging from Disney and Popeye to Keith Haring and Rembrandt.
The New York Times has described his work as "recalling the Neo-Expressionism that was popular in the '80s, the manic Neo-Surrealism of George Condo, and the comics-to-graffiti-to-canvas style of Kenny Scharf." Pop culture journalist Michael Musto has called him "my favorite living artist".




Early life


LaForge was born Scooter James LaForge in 1971 in Las Cruces, New Mexico.




Work


LaForge earned his BFA from the University of Arizona in 1993, and began his career as a painter in San Francisco. He moved to New York City in 2001, where he attended the Cooper Union School of Art under a fellowship. His art is in the collections of the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art and Beth Rudin DeWoody.
LaForge has a line of hand-painted, unique clothing items that are sold through fashion stylist Patricia Field. He has twice collaborated with Belgian fashion designer Walter Van Beirendonck. His clothing has been worn by
Susanne Bartsch,
Sandra Bernhard,
Beyoncé,
Miley Cyrus,
Boy George,
Debbie Harry,
Nicki Minaj,
Madonna,
Iggy Pop,
Rihanna, and
Lil Wayne.




Exhibitions






= Solo

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2002 – Suicidal Tendencies, Build, San Francisco
2003 – No Sleep till Brooklyn, Landing, Brooklyn
2004 – Magic, San Angel Folk Art Gallery, San Antonio
2005 – Combines, 12 Little West 12th Street Gallery, New York
2007 – Land of Enchantment, Kanvas Gallery, New York
2009
Destroy All Monsters, Live Fast, New York
Nature's Clown, Envoy Enterprises, New York
New York Monster, Envoy Enterprises, New York
New Paintings, La Petite Mort Gallery, Ottawa
2012 – Super Powers and Special Abilities, Munch Gallery, New York
2013 – Summer Love, Deluca Gallery, Provincetown
2015
Travels with Johnny, Munch Gallery, New York
New Paintings, Galerie MX, Montreal
How to Create a Monsterpiece, Howl! Happening, New York
2016 – Everything's Going to Be OK, Theodore Art, Brooklyn
2017 – The Odyssey, Jealous Gallery, London
2019
Creation of the Animals, Empirical Nonsense, New York
Homo Eruptus, Howl! Happening, New York




= Group

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2000 – Confess, Southern Exposure, San Francisco
2001 – Frenzy, The Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco
2004 – Reactions, Exit Art, New York
2005
4 x 4, Gallery Artopia, Albuquerque
Wooster Projects, New York
2006
Portraits for Marc Jacobs windows, New York
Cooper Union Group Show, New York
Scope Hampton, Stephanie Theodore, New York
2007
Remember Jerome, Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco
The Comic Uncanny, Shaheen Modern & Contemporary, Cleveland
2009
The Thin Veil, Antebellum Gallery, Los Angeles
Out of Order, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York
2010
The Salacious Salon Pool Art Fair, Gershwin Hotel, New York
Gasoline Rainbow, CS13, Cincinnati
I See Myself in You, Bronx Art Space, Bronx
Lingering Whispers, Crypt Gallery at St. Pancras Church, London
Power to the People, Feature, Inc., New York
Tom of Finland and Then Some, Feature, Inc., New York
The London Biennale, Christopher Henry Gallery, New York
2011
Wolfpack!, Splatterpool Artspace, Brooklyn
Queer from Zero to a Hundred, theater for the New City Gallery, New York
B-B-B-Bad, Anna Kustera Gallery, New York
Tattoo You, Munch Gallery, New York
Dirty Show, City Center Motel, Los Angeles
I Am Not Monogamous, I Heart Poetry/Feature, Inc., New York
2012
Flesh Garden, YESSR4, Buenos Aires
Fountain Art Fair, Munch Gallery, New York
Scooter LaForge/Christopher Moss, Theodore Art, Brooklyn
Wolfpack: Manhattan to Manchester, Cube Gallery, Manchester
2013 – Downtown New York, Broome Street Gallery, New York
2014
Boys Keep Swinging, Summerhall, Edinburgh
Bibbidi-Bibbidi-Boo, Here Arts Center, New York
Flesh Garden, La Petite Mort Gallery, Amsterdam
Mad Maus, Gallery Hotel Particulier, New York
Watermill Center Benefit Auction, Watermill
Queer Biennial, Coagula Curatorial, Los Angeles
NEWD Art Fair, Bushwick, Bushwick
SummerShow2014, Munch Gallery, New York
2015
Interface, Leslie-Lohman Museum, New York
Powerful Babies, Spritmuseum, Stockholm
Drawings, Theodore Art, Brooklyn
2019
ICYMI, Theodore Art, Brooklyn
Stonewall 50/50, 1969 Gallery, New York
Pride, Postmasters Gallery, New York
2020 – Dogs and Bones, Theodore Art, Brooklyn




References






External links


Official website
Scooter LaForge at IMDb

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