DAPPER BRUCE LAFITTE

Dapper Bruce Lafitte was born and currently resides in New Orleans. A self-trained artist, he began making and showing work in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina to commemorate the then decimated street culture of parades and marching bands of the city. He has exhibited locally, nationally, and internationally, notably in the Prospect Biennial, New Orleans; and in solo shows at the Ohr-O’Keefe Museum, Biloxi, MS; Vacant Gallery, Tokyo; Louis B. James Gallery, NY; and Atlanta Contemporary, curated by Daniel Fuller. Concurrent with the show at FIERMAN, Dapper Bruce will have a solo show at the Ohr-O’keefe Museum, Biloxi. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Harper’s, Victory Journal, among others. In 2009 he was a recipient of a Joan Mitchell Foundation Award.