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Gajin Fujita

1972 Born, Los Angeles, CA

Education:
2000 MFA, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
1997 BFA, Otis College of Art and Design, Westchester, CA
1990 - 93 Attended East Los Angeles College, Los Angeles, CA

full biography

   
Current Museum exhibitions

My Kind of Disneyland
includes Gajin Fujita
Märkische Museum Witten
1 March - 19 May 2013
www.kulturforum-witten.de

Curiosity
with Gajin Fujita
Mass MoCA
North Adams, MA
23 June - 27 May 2013
massmoca.org

     
Big Art
Included: Gajin Fujita
Navy Pier
Chicago, IL
18 June 2012 - 18 June 2013
curated by Dave Hickey
 
 
     

Selected L.A. Louver Exhibitions

Group show
28 February - 30 March 2013
Gajin Fujita: Made in L.A.
13 October 2011- 26 November 2011
     
Works on Paper
Second floor
Gajin Fujita, Jason Martin, Joel Shapiro
21 July - 27 August 2011
  Group show
Main gallery
2 June - 9 July 2011
     
Gajin Fujita: Twilight Blush
16 November - 30 December 2006
 

Rogue Wave '01
11 Artists from Los Angeles

29 June - 1 September 2001

    → view all past L.A. Louver exhibitions

Selected museum exhibitions

Gajin Fujita: Ukiyo-e in Contemporary Painting
Pacific Asia Museum
Pasadena, California
20 April - 7 October 2012

Gold
Includes: Gajin Fujita
Belvedere Museum
Vienna, Austria
15 March 2012 - 17 June 2012
www.belvedere.at

     

Edo Pop: The Graphic Impact of Japanese Prints
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
30 October 2011 - 8 January 2012
www.artsmia.org/edo-pop

 

Legacies of Pop 1962 - 2008
traveled to:
Bradford 1 Gallery
13 November 2009 - 7 February 2010
Centenary Square, Bradford
www.bradfordmuseums.org
The Exchange
Princes Street, Penzance
11 July 2009 - 3 October 2009
www.newlynartgallery.co.uk
Harris Museum & Art Gallery
28 March - 30 May 2009
Preston, Landshire, UK
www.harrismuseum.org.uk
Selected article
Ashton, Richard. "Celebrating the legacy of the Pop Art pioneer". Yorkshire Post. 13 November 2009.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk

     

Las Vegas Diaspora
The Emergence of Contemporary Art from the Neon Homeland

Las Vegas Art Museum
Organized by Dave Hickey
30 September - 30 December 2007
www.lasvegasartmuseum.org
travelling to:
Laguna Art Museum
1 March - 1 June 2008
www.lagunaartmuseum.org

 

Prospect 1 New Orleans
Venues in various historic
New Orleans neighborhoods
New Orleans, LA
30 October 2008 - 18 January 2009
www.prospectneworleans.org

    → view all past museum exhibitions

Selected articles

Knight, Christopher. "MOCA's 'Art in the Streets'
gets the big picture wrong"
Los Angeles Times. 29 May 2011.
full article, PDF
Campbell, Clayton. "Gajin Fujita"
Contemporary. December 2008.
full article, PDF
     
Leopold, Shelley. "Gajin Fujita"
Juxtapoz. October 2007.
full article, PDF
  Leopold, Shelley. "Native-san"
LA Weekly, LA People 2007, Wednesday, 9 May 2007.
full article, PDF
     
Knight, Christopher. "'Las Vegas Diaspora' at the
Las Vegas Art Museum"
Los Angeles Times. 20 November 2007.
full article, PDF
  Pagel, David "A magical dangerour landscape"
Los Angeles Times. 24 November 2006.
full article, PDF
     
Videos

"The Process," video by Alex Kizu

A short film about Gajin Fujita's studio process, "The Process"
documents the artist at his Boyle Heights studio, as he
prepares for the exhibition, "Made in L.A."
 
"Gajin Fujita: Influences," video by Alex Kizu

Check out the 2nd video of Gajin Fujita's studio process through his influences and inspiration."
 
 
     
Gajin Fujita: Chi-town

  L.A. Louver Gajin Fujita: "Made in L.A." Installation Walkthrough

     
Print editions

"Gajin Fujita's first print with Modern Multiples, "High Voltage II"
is a composition of 6 full size original paintings from which the
separations were taken. The smaller edition of hand painted
multiples feature gold leaf.
Gajin Fujita Made in L.A.
Gajin Fujita's 15 color lithographs
"Demon Hanya State I, 2004" and
"Demon Hanya State II, 2004"
 
     
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Studio process photography
 
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gajin fujita working in his studio, preparing for his 2011 exhibition at la louver gallery

gajin fujita working in his studio, preparing for his 2011 exhibition at la louver gallery

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