Kota Ezawa

Still from Who's Afraid of Black, White and Grey, 2003. Two-channel digital video projection, running time:
Loop A: 38 seconds; Loop B: 1 minute, 37 seconds. Courtesy Haines Gallery, San Francisco

Still from Home Video, 2001. Single-channel digital video, running time 3 minutes.
Courtesy Haines Gallery, San Francisco

BIOGRAPHY

Born: Cologne, Germany, 1969
Resides: San Francisco
Education: Stanford University (M.F.A., 2003); San Francisco Art Institute (B.F.A., 1995); Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany (1990-1994)

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2003
“Who’s Afraid of Black, White, and Grey,” Haines Gallery, San Francisco.

2001
“AAA” (with Karla Milosevich), Grove Street Windows, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery.

2000
“IP” (with Karla Milosevich), Künstlergilde Hechingen, Hechingen, Germany.

1998
“Rocktoberfest” (with Karla Milosevich), Scene/Escena Gallery, San Francisco.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2003
“Baja to Vancouver: The West Coast and Contemporary Art,” Seattle Art Museum. Traveling. Catalogue.
“Killer Kartoons,” Vox Populi, Philadelphia.
“Single Channel,” Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston.
“Courtisane Festival,” Ghent, Belgium.
“Color Value,” Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago.

2002
“Bay Area Now 3,” Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco. Catalogue.
“Murphy & Cadogan Awards Show,” San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery.
“Impakt Festival,” Utrecht, the Netherlands.

2001
“Images Festival,” Toronto.
“Stuttgarter Filmwinter,” Stuttgart, Germany.

2000
“LA Freewaves,” Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles.
“International Short Film Festival,” Berlin.
“International Festival of New Film,” Split, Croatia.
“It’s the Beginning of a New Friendship,” Kunstverein, Düsseldorf, Germany.

1999
“Spiel des Lebens,” Hauptpost, Düsseldorf, Germany.

1998
“Video about Nothing,” Artists’ Television Access, San Francisco.

1997
“Better,” San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery.

1996
“Projets,” L’Association, Marseille, France.

1995
“Alternative Requirements,” Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, California.
“Rhine Video,” Anthology Film Archives, New York.

1993
“Düsseldorf, Cologne—A Village Gaze,” Anthology Film Archives, New York.

Selected Bibliography

2003
Baker, Kenneth. “Who’s Afraid of Computer Animation—Or Modern Art by One of Italy’s Greats?” San Francisco Chronicle (November 22).
Bonetti, David. “News—San Francisco,” Contemporary (spring).
Hackett, Regina. “SAM Explores the Distinctive Cultural Terrain of the Pacific Corridor,” Seattle Post-Intelligencer (October 9).

2002
Baker, Kenneth. “Ezawa Animates OJ Verdict,” San Francisco Chronicle (October 25).
Tromble, Merideth. “Bay Area Now 3,” Stretcher (November).

2000
Ullrich, Bernd. “Mutig und Spannend,” Südwest Presse (Germany, July 31).