Kaz Oshiro

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Small Fridge (White/Dead Moon), 2007. Acrylic and Bondo on stretched canvas, 24 1⁄2 × 18 1⁄2 × 20 inches.

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Left: Tailgate (OTA); right: Tailgate (TOY A), both 2006. Acrylic and bondo on canvas,
each 53 × 17 7⁄8 × 1 3 ⁄4 inches, with bottom edge 12 inches from wall.

BIOGRAPHY

Born: Okinawa, Japan, 1967
Resides: Los Angeles, California
Education: California State University, Los Angeles (M.F.A., 2002);
California State University, Los Angeles (B.A., 1998)

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2007
“Common Noise,” Galerie Frank Elbaz, Paris.
“New Works,” Yvon Lambert Gallery, New York.
“Paintings and Works on Paper, 1999–2006,” Las Vegas Art Museum, Nevada.

2005
“Drone,” Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica, California.
“Project Series 27: Kaz Oshiro,” Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, California.

2004
“Out-n-In,” Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica, California.

2002
“Pop Tatari (Curse of Pop Music),” Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica..

Selected Group Exhibitions

2007
“If Everybody Had an Ocean: Brian Wilson: An Art Exhibition,” Tate St. Ives, England. Traveled. Catalogue.
“Beneath the Underdog,” Gagosian Gallery, New York.
“Forged Realities,” Universal Studios, Beijing.
“Endless Western Sunset,” Leo Castelli Gallery, New York.
“Banquet: A Feast for the Senses,” Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California.
“Deaf: From the Audible to the Visible,’” Galerie Frank Elbaz, Paris.

2006
“Red Eye: L.A. Artists from the Rubell Collection,” Rubell Family Collection, Miami.
“One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now,“ Asia Society and Museum, New York. Traveled. Catalogue.
“Driving with Dementia,” Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica, California.
“Same Same But Different,” Tina B 2006: The Prague Contemporary Art Festival, at Veletrzni Palace.

2005
“THING: New Sculpture from Los Angeles,” U.C.L.A. Hammer Museum, Los Angeles.

2004
“Rock,” Mark Moore Gallery, Los Angeles.
“2004 California Biennial,” Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, California.
“Nothing Compared to This: Ambient, Incidental and New Minimal Tendencies in Current Art,”
Contemporary Arts Center Cincinnati, Ohio.
“Giggles,” Angstrom Gallery, Dallas, Texas.
“Kaz Oshiro/Lara Favaretto” Swiss Institute, New York.

2003
“2003 Summer Program,” Apex Art, New York.
“Redux,” Luckman Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles.

2002
“Group Show,” Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica, California.

2001
“LA, CA,” Newspace, Los Angeles.
“A Proper Aesthetics of the War,” Zero One Gallery, Los Angeles.

Selected Bibliography

2007
Peterson, Kristen. “Master of the Mundane,” Las Vegas Sun (April 10).

2006
Chattopadhyay, Collette. “Kaz Oshiro and Dan Douke,” Sculpture (May).
Helfand, Glen. “Kaz Oshiro at Steven Wolf Fine Arts,” Artforum (May).
Ollman, Leah. “Paintings That Will Make Motors Run,” Los Angeles Times (December 15).

2005
Bedford, Christopher. “Hot Young Things,” X-TRA (Summer).
Bockus, Kim. “Drone-ing On,” NY Arts (January–February).
Miles, Christopher. “State of the Arts ‘05,” LA Weekly (October 28).

2004
Holte, Michael Ned. “Los Angeles Critics’ Pick,” Artforum.com (April).
Robinett, Rae Anne. “Kaz Oshiro at Rosamund Felsen Gallery,” Art Asia Pacific (Fall).

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