Michael Hafftka
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Hafftka was born in Manhattan (1953) to Eva and Simon Hafftka, European refugees and Holocaust survivors. He was raised in the Bronx and attended public schools.
Hafftka designed covers for Urizen Books, including ''Detour'', ''Wedding Feast'' and ''Circuits'', by Michael Brodsky. Kevin Begos of Guignol Books published Hafftka's drawings in 1982.
His first one-person show was at Art Galaxy. Among the New York galleries that subsequently have featured his work are: the Rosa Esman Gallery, the Aberbach Gallery, the Mary Ryan Gallery, and the DiLaurenti Gallery. He has also exhibited widely in the United States and abroad.
The Housatonic Museum of Art mounted a retrospective in October 2004.
Yeshiva University Museum at the Center for Jewish History in New York held a solo exhibition ''I of the Storm'', a major show of recent works, March through August 2009. Provided by Wikipedia
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