Gajin Fujita is a graffiti artist from East Los Angeles. He was born in 1972 to Japanese parents. Fujita holds an MFA from the University of Nevada and a BFA from Otis College of Art and Design.[cite web | title=Otis College of Art and Design: Gajin Fujita|url=http://archive.otis.edu/index.php?id=796| accessdate=2008-08-29] 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 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.[cite web | title=LACMA: Exhibitions 2005|url=http://www.lacma.org/art/ExhibPast2005.aspx lacma.org| accessdate=2008-08-29] ]elected solo exhibitions
* [http://www.lawrence.com/events/ongoing/15200/ The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art] , Kansas City, MO, 2006
* Kravets/Wehby Gallery, New York, NY, 2003 [Roberta Smith, [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C05E3D8153BF932A15752C1A9659C8B63 "ART IN REVIEW; Gajin Fujita"] , "New York Times", November 21, 2003.] [Sarah Valdez, [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1248/is_10_92/ai_n7069928 "Gajin Fujita at Kravets/Wehby"] , "Art in America", Nov 2004]
* LA Louver Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2002
* Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC, 2002
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External links
* [http://artscenecal.com/ArticlesFile/Archive/Articles2002/Articles0902/GFujitaA.html ArtScene article by Marlena Donahue]
* [http://lalouver.com/html/gajin.html LA Louver Gallery]
* [http://www.kravetswehbygallery.com/artists.php?artist=Gajin%20Fujita Kravets/Wehby Gallery]
* [http://www.nyfa.org/level4.asp?id=128&fid=1&sid=51&tid=167 NYFA Interactive]
