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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

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

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

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

    → 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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Selected works >>
 

 


 

 

 

Gajin Fujita: Made in L.A.
13 October 2011- 26 November 2011 >>
 

         

Work from 2009 >>
 

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

Art 39 Basel
Messe Basel
Basel, Switzerland
4 - 8 June 2008
 

  Recent work >>
 
     


 


 


 


 

Art 38 Basel
Messe Basel
Basel, Switzerland
13 - 17 June 2007
 

 

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 >>
 

      Contemporary Projects 9:
Gajin Fujita and Pablo Vargas Lugo

27 October 2005 - 12 February 2006
Los Angeles County Museum of Art >>
 
                     

 

Wicked Beauty
12 September - 12 October 2002
L.A. Louver gallery >>
 

                              Rogue Wave '01

11 Artists from Los Angeles

29 June - 1 September 2001 >>
 
 



 
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gajin fujita L.A. L.A. Land

 
 
Hood Rats

 
 
High Voltage II

 
 
High Voltage

 
  
Rabbit Season

 
  
East vs. West

 
 
Transcend

 
  
Cowboy
(Year of the Ox)

 
 
The Saints
 
 
Pacific Front
 
 
4th Street

 

 
 
CA (California)
 
 
Loca
 
 
Ship Wrek
 
 
True Blue Dragon
 
 
Year of the Rat
 
 
Tail Whip
 

 
Fatal Match

 
Drawing from Fatal Match

 

 
Slow & Easy

   
Burn

  

 

 
Study of Ride or Die
(Horseback Samurai)

 

 
The Mack

 

 
Study for the Mack
(Mack)

 
 
Clash of the Titans
 

 
Trance

 
 
Ride or Die
 
 
Red Light District
 
 
Street Fight
 
Carp Boy
 
WS Outlaw
 
Chinita
 

  
Dream

 

  
Gold State Warriors

 
K2S Crew

 
East Side Los Angeles

 
L.A. Basin

 
Shore Line Duel

 
Warrior from Shore Line Duel (Study of)

 
Xtasy

 
Ally

 
L.A. L.A. Land

gajin fujita working in his studio, preparing for his 2011 exhibition at la louver gallery
  
click for images of Gajin Fujita working in his studio
                                                     

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

 
 
                                         
Wicked Beauty Wicked Beauty

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