Gajin Fujita artist profile

Photo: Paul O'Connor 2003

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

color lithograph edition (contact gallery for availability)

Studio process photography

click for images of Gajin Fujita, preparing for his 2011 exhibition at LA Louver

Video

Gajin hard at work, preparing for his 2011 exhibition at LA Louver; a short film showing his studio practice.
The Process - Gajin Fujita, video by Alex Kizu

Selected article

Leopold, Shelley. "Native-san"
LA Weekly, LA People 2007, Wednesday, 9 May 2007.
click to read the full article

Recent exhibitions

ARCOmadrid 2010
29th international art fair
17 - 21 February 2010
Pavilion 8, Stand L.A. 08, Surface 39
IFEMA Feria de Madrid
Madrid, Spain
www.ifema.es

L.A. Louver at Art 37 Basel
The International Art Show
Messe Basel, Messeplatz
Basel, Switzerland
Hall 2.0 / Stand W5
14 - 18 June 2006

Gajin Fujita
Twilight Blush
16 November - 30 December 2006

The Art Show 2004
Organized by the Art Dealers Association of America
Seventh Regiment Armory
Park Avenue at 67th Street, New York City
19- 23 February 2004

Zephyr: Paintings by Gajin Fujita
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
Kansas City, Missouri
8 September - 5 November 2006

Rogue Wave '01
11 Artists from Los Angeles
29 June - 1 September 2001

Exhibitions elsewhere

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

Gajin Fujita
Contemporary Projects 9:
Gajin Fujita and Pablo Vargas Lugo
27 October 2005 - 12 February 2006
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Los Angeles, CA
www.lacma.org
click for full exhibition page

Studio process photography

click for images of Gajin Fujita, preparing for his 2011 exhibition at LA Louver

Selected works by exhibition >>

Rogue Wave '01
11 Artists from Los Angeles
29 June - 1 September 2001 >>
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Wicked Beauty
12 September - 12 October 2002
L.A. Louver gallery >>

Contemporary Projects 9:
Gajin Fujita and Pablo Vargas Lugo
27 October 2005 - 12 February 2006
Los Angeles County Museum of Art >>
click for full exhibition page

Zephyr: Paintings by Gajin Fujita
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
Kansas City, Missouri
8 September - 5 November 2006 >>
click for full exhibition page

Gajin Fujita: Twilight Blush
16 November - 30 December 2006 >>
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Art 38 Basel
Messe Basel
Basel, Switzerland
13 - 17 June 2007
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Recent work >>

Art 39 Basel
Messe Basel
Basel, Switzerland
4 - 8 June 2008
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Prospect 1 New Orleans
Venues in various historic
New Orleans neighborhoods
New Orleans, LA
30 October 2008 - 18 January 2009
www.prospectneworleans.org

Work from 2009 >>