Justen Ladda was born in Buettgen, West Germany, in 1953. 
 

Ladda's recent solo and group exhibitions include "Vanquishing Ocular" curated by David Salle and Nicole Wittenberg at Rental Gallery in East Hampton, New York (2019); "Downtown Painting" curated by Alex Katz at Peter Freeman, Inc. in New York, New York (2019); "Social Photography VI" at Carriage Trade Gallery in New York, New York (2018); "The Art Scene of Teenage Basquiat" at Howl! Happening in New York, New York (2018); "this and that" at Next To Nothing Gallery in New York, New York (2017); "The Times" at The FLAG Art Foundation in New York, New York (2017); "Pachamama" at Four AM in New York, New York (2016); and "The Stranger Next Door" at Museum zonder Muren in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
 

Work by Ladda is held in numerous public collections including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, New York; the Baltimore Museum of Art in Baltimore, Maryland; the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts; the Portland Museum of Art in Portland, Maine; The Alex Katz Foundation in New York, New York; The Israel Museum in Jerusalem, Israel; The New York Public Library in New York, New York; Tempozan Temporary Museum in Osaka, Japan; Colby College Museum of Art in Waterville, Maine; the Neuberger Museum in Harrison, New York; Bodwin College Museum of Art in Brunswick, Maine; and the Albright Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York.
 

Justen Ladda lives and works in New York, New York.