Liati N. Mayk-Hai (born 1981) is an American singer-songwriter, visual artist, poet, athlete and scholar.

Biography

Liati N. Mayk-Hai is from Eatontown, in

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. She is the daughter of Judaic ceremonial artist, Nissan Graham-Mayk, whose porcelain "Miriam Cup" was in a ten-year exhibition at the

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from 1992 to 2002. Mayk-Hai is the songwriter, composer, lead singer and guitarist in the semi-

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band Cafe Liati based in New York. Cafe Liati's debut album, "Love Is All There Is," is a collection of 14 original folk-songs and was released in early 2004. "Love Is All There Is" was recorded as an independent project of Cafe Liati Music at Retromedia Sound Studios in

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with the guidance of studio engineer and co-producer John Noll. Mayk-Hai is also a singer for an electronic music project called Smooth, based out of

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, Israel. The Smooth album was released on

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's Real Estate Records in April 2004 and has been used on the soundtracks for such TV shows as MTV's '' The Real World: San Diego'' (Episodes 2,3, 13, 17), HBO's '' Six Feet Under'' (Season 4, Episode 43), and

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'' (Episode 2). Mayk-Hai was rumored to be working on a collaboration with Jewish folk rapper Matt Bar during 2006–7. As a visual artist, Mayk-Hai is primarily involved with oil painting and photography. She is currently working on a series of oil paintings that depict both the urban and natural landscapes of Israel vis-à-vis

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, a

neighborhood. Her work is a fusion of impressionism and photo-realism and has been most influenced by the work of

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and

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. Also a competitive athlete, Mayk-Hai played second-base and left-field for the Bronze Medal winning Israeli Woman's National Softball team ( Maccabiah; not the Olympics). The team, established in 2002, has competed in the European Championships in

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, Italy (2003),

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(2005),

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, Croatia (2007) and Antwerp, Belgium (2009). Mayk-Hai's sister, Shyella Mayk, one of the team's main pitchers, who is also a physical education teacher at Heritage Middle School in

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, pitched for Quinnipiac University's Division 1 Softball Team from 1996 to 2000 and was a main force in the formation of the Israeli Woman's National Softball team. Dr. Liati Mayk-Hai is a member of the Judaic Studies faculty at

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.Faculty & Staff Directory. http://www.goldaochacademy.org/page/about-us/faculty--staff-directory

References

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