Gajin Fujita
Gajin Fujita (ガジン・フジタ, born 1972) is a contemporary artist from East Los Angeles. He is a member of LA graffiti crews K2S (Kill 2 Succeed) and KGB (Kids Gone Bad).
Gajin Fujita
- Name
- Gajin Fujita
- Born
- 1972
- Education
- UNLV
- Movement
- Graffiti
- Occupation
- graffiti artist · painter
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Biography
Biography
Gajin Fujita studied at Otis College of Art and Design. Work by Gajin Fujita is recorded in the collections of Art Gallery of New South Wales, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Toledo Museum of Art and John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Gajin Fujita • Honorific Suffix — K2S KGB • Native Name — ガジン・フジタ • Born — 1972 • Education — UNLV • Alma Mater — Otis College of Art and Design • Movement — Graffiti
Background and education
Background and education
He was born in 1972 to Japanese parents. Fujita holds an MFA from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and a BFA from Otis College of Art and Design.
Career
Career
Fujita's work has been widely exhibited at galleries and museums such as Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art (Kansas City), L.A. Louver Gallery and several international venues in Switzerland, Greece, Australia and Belgium. He is represented by L.A. Louver in Venice, CA.
Style
Style
Fujita blends Eastern techniques (anime, partitioned screens, ukiyo-e), and elements (geishas, warriors, demons), with Western, urban imagery (Latino graffiti, U.S. pop culture imagery). His works embody the cultural and class contradictions that are an integral part of urban Los Angeles. In 2005 he exhibited with Pablo Vargas-Lugo at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. In 2012, five of his works were shown at the Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena, California.
Solo exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
2026 Gajin Fujita, ADAA Fair 2026, Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY, 12 November - 16 November 2026 2024 Gajin Fujita: Blessings and Curses of this World, Buchmann Galerie, Berlin, Germany, 13 September - 9 November 2024 2023 Gajin Fujita: True Colors, L.A. Louver, Venice, CA, 29 March - 6 May 2023 (catalogue) 2019 Gajin Fujita, Frieze Los Angeles, Paramount Pictures Studio, Los Angeles, CA, 14 February - 17 February 2019 2015 Warriors, Ghosts and Ancient Gods of the Pacific, L.A. Louver, Venice, CA, 27 May - 3 July 2015 Gajin Fujita, Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN, 10 April - 7 June 2015 2014 Gajin Fujita: Drawings, L.A. Louver, Venice, CA, 13 March - 26 April 2014 2012 Gajin Fujita: Ukiyo-e in Contemporary Painting, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, CA, 20 April - 7 October 2012 2011 Made in L.A., L.A. Louver, Venice, CA, 13 October - 26 November 2011 (catalogue) 2008 Pacific Tsunami, Haunch of Venison, London, 25 April - 25 May 2008 (catalogue) 2006 Twilight Blush, L.A. Louver, Venice, CA, 16 November - 30 December 2006 Zephyr: Paintings by Gajin Fujita, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO, 8 September - 5 November 2006 (catalogue) 2004 Gajin Fujita, Galerie Rolf Ricke, Cologne, Germany, 28 October - 14 December 2004 2003 Gajin Fujita, Kravets Wehby Gallery, New York, NY, 18 October - 29 November 2003 2002 Gajin Fujita: Wicked Beauty, L.A. Louver, Venice, CA, 12 September - 12 October 2002 2001 Gajin Fujita: Wicked Beauty, L.A. Louver, Venice, CA, 12 September - 12 October 2002 2000 Gajin Fujita, Kravets Wehby Gallery, New York, NY 1999 Gajin Fujita, Archie Grant Hall Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
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1972
Gajin Fujita born at Los Angeles.
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