Liz Magic Laser was born, lives and works in New York City. Her works have involved collaborations with actors, dancers, surgeons, and motorcycle gang members. A graduate of the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program and Columbia University’s MFA program, Laser is a 2011 Smack Mellon Artist Studio Program resident and was a recent LMCC Workspace resident. For “chase”, her 2010 solo show at Derek Eller Gallery (NYC), she staged a performance of Bertolt Brecht’s “Man equals Man” in New York City bank vestibules. Her work has been shown at the Prague Biennale 4 (Czech Republic), Artisterium 2009 (Tbilisi, Georgia) and Greater New York 2010 at MoMA PS1 where her performance, “Flight”, recently debuted. Laser is currently developing “Flight” as a public art project for Times Square this May with support from Franklin Furnace and the Times Square Alliance. She is also creating a project for the Performa Biennial, 2011.