Peter Max Lawrence (born March 19, 1977 in Topeka, Kansas) is a contemporary media artist working within painting, video installation, sculpture, photography and drawing. Big Mag Magazine's art critic Roberta Soltea called Lawrence "the most relevant American artist of his emerging generation." Lawrence directed and starred his first feature-length film, Something to Trade (2008) which was based on his critically acclaimed short Queer in Kansas [1] (2007). His work has been featured in publications such as: * Hoard * Big Mag * Verge