gajin fujita portrait
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

color lithograph edition (contact gallery for availability)

Selected article
Leopold, Shelley. "Native-san"
LA Weekly, LA People 2007, Wednesday, 9 May 2007.
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Recent exhibitions
Gajin Fujita
Twilight Blush

16 November - 30 December 2006

Zephyr: Paintings by Gajin Fujita
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art

Kansas City, Missouri
8 September - 5 November 2006

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

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
works by Rebecca Campbell, Gajin Fujita,
Frederick Hammersley, David Hockney, 
Jason Martin, John McCracken, Ken Price

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

Exhibitions elsewhere
Prospect 1 New Orleans

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

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

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
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www.lacma.org

 

Selected works >>

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

click for full exhibition page

 

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 >>
 
     
gajin fujita Ally, rogue wave  

gajin fujita L.A. L.A. Land

  gajin fujita Dream, wicked beauty   gajin fujita Gold State Warriors   gajin fujita K2S Crew   gajin fujita East Side Los Angeles   gajin fujita L.A. Basin   gajin fujita Shore Line Duel   gajin fujita Warrior from Shore Line Duel (Study of)   gajin fujita Xtasy   gajin fujita Ride or Die gajin fujita Red Light District painting gajin fujita Street Fight   gajin fujita Carp Boy   gajin fujita WS Outlaw painting   gajin fujita Chinita painting gajin clash of the titans gajin fujita Trance painting gajin fujita Fatal Match   gajin fujita Drawing from Fatal Match gajin fujita Slow & Easy gajin fujita burn painting gajin fujita - Study of Ride or Die (Horseback Samurai) gajin fujita - The Mack gajin fujita - Study for the Mack (Mack) gajin fujita - Tail Whip gajin fujita - 4th Street gajin fujita - CA (California) gajin fujita - Loca gajin fujita - ship wrek gajin fujita - True Blue Dragon gajin fujita year of the rat gajin fujita  pacific fujita gajin fujita Saints new orleans fujita Gajin Fujita Transcend fujita Ben Jackel fujita
 
Ally

 
L.A. L.A. Land

  
Dream

 

  
Gold State Warriors

 
K2S Crew

 
East Side Los Angeles

 
L.A. Basin

 
Shore Line Duel

 
Warrior from Shore Line Duel (Study of)

 
Xtasy

 
Ride or Die
 
 
Red Light District
 
 
Street Fight
 
Carp Boy
 
WS Outlaw
 
Chinita
 
 
Clash of the Titans
 

 
Trance

 

 
Fatal Match

 
Drawing from Fatal Match

 

 
Slow & Easy

   
Burn

  

 

 
Study of Ride or Die
(Horseback Samurai)

 

 
The Mack

 

 
Study for the Mack
(Mack)

 
 
Tail Whip
 

 
4th Street

 

 

 
CA (California)

 
 
Loca
 
 
Ship Wrek
 
 
True Blue Dragon
 
 
Year of the Rat
 
 
Pacific Front
 
 
The Saints
 
 
Transcend

 
  
Cowboy
(Year of the Ox)

 
       
Wicked Beauty Wicked Beauty

 
Installation photography, Wicked Beauty,
12 September - 12 October 2002, L.A. Louver Gallery >>


                                                         


Installation photography
Gajin Fujita: Twilight Blush
16 November - 30 December, 2006

 

 
Installation photography
Gajin Fujita: Twilight Blush
16 November - 30 December 2006