Miles Ladin

Miles Ladin is a photographic artist born, raised, and working in New York City. His art explores contemporary society, both mainstream and the world of privilege, from a critical standpoint. Whether focusing on New York City black tie galas, the world of high fashion, the ritual of swimming pool bathing or other subjects, his work is a visual commentary about wealth, power, fame, desire and identity. Dark humor and visual complexity permeate his artistic vision. His photography relating to celebrity culture has been internationally published, exhibited, and collected. In addition to photographic prints, his practice includes artist’s books that integrate ideas about literature, biography, and narrative. These editions include the 2015 “Supermodels at the End of Time”, which is included in the MoMA / Franklin Furnace Artist Book Collection. This volume combined Ladin’s photography from the 1990s with text by Bret Easton Ellis. In 2016 Ladin created an installation for Hudson Guild, NY that combined 20 years of his imagery that formed a sardonic commentary on the American Dream.

In the last few years, Ladin has been developing a long-term body of work titled Ensor Suite, relating to the Flemish painter James Ensor. The proje...

1993
SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS, New York, NY
Master of Fine Arts, Photography and Related Media
Mentors: Larry Fink, Nan Goldin

1990
CONNECTICUT COLLEGE, New London, CT
Bachelor of Arts, Studio Art
Mentor: Barkley Hendricks

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Masquerade, The Java Project, Brooklyn, NY
2019 Fashion Summer, CB Gallery, Katonah, NY
2017 American Dreamin’, Hudson Guild, New York, NY (catalogue)
2016 Supermodels at the End of Time, Station Independent Projects, New York, NY
2015 The Spectacle of Fashion, Cummings Arts Center, New London, CT (catalogue)
2014 Sun Stroke, Station Independent Projects, New York, NY
2009 Sun Stroke Stimulus, The Wolfsonian Museum, Miami, FL (brochure)
2007 Tips from a Native New Yorker, KHF Studio, New York, NY
2006 That Various Field, Shain Library, Connecticut College, New London, CT
2005 Cynthia Rowley Boutique, East Hampton, NY
2004 Ursus Books, New York, NY