b. 1982, Honolulu, HI
DOT TEST D, 2023, atomized enamel on acrylic primed canvas, 48 x 48 in., 122 x 122 cm.
KATSU: DOT, 2020, The Hole, New York, NY
Machine Dot 4, 2020, atomized enamel on acrylic primed canvas, 60 x 84 in., 152 x 213 cm.
Untitled (Drone Flower), 2018, enamel on canvas, 20 x 16 in., 40.60 x 50.80 cm.
Machine Dot 1, 2020, atomized enamel on acrylic primed canvas, 60 x 84 in., 152 x 213 cm.
Memory Foam, 2018, The Hole, New York, NY
ART021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair, 2022, The Hole, Shanghai, CN
KATSU: DOT, 2020, The Hole, New York, NY
DOT TEST C, 2023, atomized enamel on acrylic primed canvas, 48 x 48 in., 122 x 122 cm.
AI Criminal III, 2018, print on matte banner, 96 x 96 in., 244 x 244 cm.
Memory Foam, 2018, The Hole, New York, NY
BUSTING OUT (AI CRIMINALS 2017), 2023, generative adversarial network/video, 42 x 25 x 9 in., 106 x 63 x 23 cm.
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Katsu Sawada (b. 1982, Honolulu, HI) 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.
katsu sawada
select solo exhibitions
KATSU: Mecha, Omni, London, UK
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
POST GRAFFITI, BEYOND THE STREETS, Los Angeles, CA
2024
Das Intelligence ,Katsu Sawada & Frédéric Platéus, Ruttkowski;68, Paris, FR
2024
Mixed Pickles 12, Ruttkowski;68, Paris, France
2024
Storage Wars, The Hole, Los Angeles, CA
2023
CONTROL Gallery presents: POST GRAFFITI, BEYOND THE STREETS, Los Angeles, CA
2022
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