Gajin Fujita

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Gajin Fujita is a graffiti artist from East Los Angeles. He was born in 1972 to Japanese parents. Fujita holds and MFA from the University of Nevada and a BFA from Otis College of Art and Design. His work has been widely exhibited at galleries and museums such as LACMA, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art (Kansas City), L.A. Louver Gallery and several international venues in Switzerland, Greece, and Belgium.

Fujita blends Eastern techniques (anime, partitioned screens), and elements (geishas, warriors, demons), with Western, urban imagery (Latino graffiti, U.S. pop culture imagery) in a way that is stunning and vibrant, yet harmonious. His work embody the cultural and class contradictions that are an integral part of urban Los Angeles. [1]

[edit] Selected solo exhibitions

• The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO, 2006
• Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2005
• Kravets/Wehby Gallery, New York, NY, 2003
• LA Louver Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2002
• Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC, 2002

[edit] External links

• ArtScene article by Marlena Donahue
• LA Louver Gallery
• Kravets/Wehby Gallery
• NYFA Interactive
• "Gajin Fujita at Kravets/Wehby" by Sarah Valdez, Art in America, Nov. 2004
• "Art in Reveiw," New York Times by Roberta Smith, November 21, 2003
• Distinguished Alumni