KATSU: Mecha, Omni, London, UK
Machine Dot 4, 2020, atomized enamel on acrylic primed canvas, 60 x 84 inches, 152 x 213 cm.
Machine Dot 1, 2020, atomized enamel on acrylic primed canvas, 60 x 84 inches, 152 x 213 cm.
Marilyn 7, 2014, enamel on canvas, 48 x 36 inches, 91.40 x 121.90 cm
Untitled (Drone Flower), 2018, enamel on canvas, 20 x 16 inches, 40.60 x 50.80 cm.
Mickey, 2014, enamel on canvas, 48 x 48 inches, 121.90 x 121.90 cm.
Cookie Monster, 2016, enamel on canvas with wood frame, 36 x 36 inches, 91.40 x 91.40 cm.
Gun Pile, 2014, Plastic 3-D printed guns, 6.5 x 10 x 2.6 inches, 25.40 x 16.50 x 6.60 cm. (each)
Memory Foam, 2018, The Hole, New York, NY
Selfie: Feng Shui 3, 2014, oil on canvas, 48 x 48 inches, 121.90 x 121.90 cm.
Video / TV, 2015
Memory Foam, 2018, The Hole, New York, NY
AI Criminal III, 2018, print on matte banner, 96 x 96 inches, 244.00 x 244.00 cm.
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Katsu Sawada is a Japanese-American new media artist who graduated from Parsons and works in Brooklyn. He has had a major impact in the graffiti and hacker communities in the past decade, blending technology with artistic talent and humour. His work has been featured in group shows at Fondation Cartier in Paris, France and Eyebeam in Brooklyn, NY, as well as in media outlets Wired, Juxtapoz, and CNN.
select solo exhibitions
2022
KATSU: DOT, The Hole, New York, NY
2020
Memory Foam, The Hole, New York, NY
2018
KATSU: DRONE, Diane Rosenstein, Los Angeles, CA
2018
AI Criminals, unknown location, San Francisco, CA
2017
Remember the Future, The Hole, New York, NY
2015
Drone Paintings, The Hole at Silicon Valley Contemporary, San Jose, CA
2014
select group exhibitions
Beyond The Streets, Brooklyn, NY
2019
The Seven Year Itch, Diane Rosenstein, Los Angeles, CA
2019
ALAC, The Hole, Los Angeles, CA
2018
Seattle Art Fair, Diane Rosenstein, Seattle, WA
2018
BEYOND THE STREETS, Gastman, Los Angeles, CA
2018
ALAC, The Hole, Los Angeles, CA
2016
Art Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
2015
Chicken or Beef: A Transcontinental Survey of Figurative Painting, The Hole, New York, NY
2013
Born in the Streets, Fondation Cartier, Paris, FR
2009
select press
Mutant Pop, organized by Dearraindrop, published by Loyal Papercraft
2010
“Taylor McKimens,” Juxtapoz, June 25
2012