Jason Lahr received his B.F.A. in painting from Clarion University and his M.F.A. in drawing and painting from Penn State University. He is represented by Packer Schopf Gallery in Chicago. Lahr’s paintings, drawings, and installations integrate darkly comic texts with appropriated images in ever shifting narratives of identity as constructed by popular culture. His work will be included in the CONTEXT pavilion at Art Miami in December 2012 and his solo exhibition Too Dumb for New York City, Too Ugly for LA will open in May 2013 at Packer Schopf Gallery in Chicago.