The Simpson Verdict, 2002
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Edition of 15
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Edition of 15
Kota Ezawa was born in Germany and now lives and works in California. Ezawa received his MFA from Stanford University and BFA from San Francisco Institute of Art, and he is currently an Assosciate Professor at the California College of Fine Arts. Ezawa employs handwork and digital techniques to translate iconic images from television, cinema, and art history into minimal yet evocative versions of the originals. Ezawa’s work has been shown in many solo and group exhibitions within the U.S.A, as well internationally in Canada, Germany, Brazil, Korea, Switzerland, and England. Most recent exhibitions held in 2012 include: Offsite: Kota Ezawa, in the Vancouver Art Gallery, Canada; The Curse of Dimensionality, Haines Gallery, San Fransisco; Paper or Plastics, Mendes Wood, Brazil; City of Nature, exhibitied in Feldbuschwiesner Galerie in Berlin, and Murray Guy gallery and Madison Square Park, NY. Previously his work has been shown in solo exhibitions at Hayward Gallery Project Space (London), Artpace San Antonio, and Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, among many others. He participated in many group exhibitions some including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Warhol Museum, and Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. He has participated in Biennals including The 5th Seoul International Media Art Biennale, Seoul Museum of Art, Korea, and the Shanghai Bienniale 2004, Shanghai Art Museum. Ezawa is the recipient of numerous awards including the Tiffany Foundation Aware (2005) and the SECA Art Award (2006). Source
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Flood, 2011
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