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Lex was born in Brooklyn on October 8, 1952. He majored in Communications
and recieved a B.S. from St. John's University. Upon his graduation he was
employed by a Video Production company in NYC, where he produced and
directed commercials, and music videos. After living and working in midtown
Manhattan for 12 years, he moved to a remote area of the Catskill Mountains
to pursue his art. Self taught, his need for creative expression led him on an educational journey through photography, videography, computer graphics, drawing, painting, sculpting, casting, construction, collage making, etc..
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| "Volunteers of America" | ||
| Often considered controversial, his painting depicting a black Santa Clause in front of a graffitti strewn wall was excluded from exhibition at The Bay Ridge Festival of the Arts for its strong political statement. | ||
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| "Helen Altman, Shopping Bag Lady" | ||
| His paintings of homeless persons appeared on Channel 5 TV in NYC during a Bob Obrien expose' on the homeless. | ||
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| "Coney Island Boardwalk: Discussion" | ||
| "I'm proud of being a New Yorker; of living and working here all my life. The diversity is awesome. The locales of my paintings are all within a 3 hour drive; from Coney Island to the Empire State Building to Kaaterskill Falls, its all here in New York!"... Lex Latkany 2000 | ||
| email: lex@mhonline.net | ||
| © 2002 | ||