Simon Fujiwara born 1982, London, England. Lives and works in Berlin, Germany.
Fujiwara’s work takes multiple forms including wax figures, robotic cameras, ‘make-up’ paintings and short films that address the complexity and contradictions of identity in a post-internet, hyper-capitalist world. The artist often investigates themes of popular interest such as tourist attractions, famous icons, historic narratives and mass media imagery and has collaborated with the advertising and entertainment industries to produce his work in a process he describes as ‘hyper-engagement’ with dominant forms of cultural production. Fujiwara’s work can be seen as a complex response to the human effects of image fetish, technology and social media on his generation. In 2022, Simon Fujiwara introduced to the world ‘Who the Bær,’ an original cartoon character that inhabits a fantasy universe created by the artist and infiltrates various art-world images and masterpieces from art history. Part of the series premiered at the Prada Foundation.
Fujiwara had numerous solo exhibitions, among others, at KIAMSA (Helsinki), the Fondazione Prada (Milano), Blaffer Art Museum (Houston, TX), Kunsthalle Düsseldorf (Düsseldorf), Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery (Tokyo). He was part of various group exhibitions, including in the MAXXI (Rome), Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (New York City), Musée national d’Art Moderne — Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris), Hamburger Bahnhof (Berlin). Fujiwara has been shortlisted for the Preis der Nationalgalerie at Hamburger Bahnhof. His works are part of numerous prestigious collections including The Tate Collection, London; MoMa, New York; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Sammlung Verbund, Vienna; The Israel Museum, Jerusalem; Galeries Lafayette, Paris; The Prada Collection, Milan amongst others.
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Who Porn? (Sexy Selfie), 2023
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Who's in the Identity Soup? (Race Dilemma), 2023
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Who is le Désespéré?, 2022
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Who's Identity Dive? (Natural Patterns), 2022
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Who Loves Who?, 2021
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Who's Mirror? (Identity Shadow), 2021
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SS Delirium, 2020
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Syphilitic Comrades (Goya), 2020
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The Secret Annex, 2018
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Fabulous Beasts (Great depression mink), 2016
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Lactose/Intolerance (Double Portrait), 2014
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No Milk Today
Adi Fluman, David Maljkovic, Latifa Echakhch, Menashe Kadishman, Simon Fujiwara, Yossi Breger 8 Sep - 3 Nov 2022 Brussels -
Salon de Paris
Ariel Schlesinger, Barak Ravitz, David Maljkovic, Dor Guez, Douglas Gordon, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Jonathan Monk, Lawrence Weiner, Lisetta Carmi, Matan Mittwoch, Melik Ohanian, Mircea Cantor, Miroslaw Balka, Naama Tsabar, Nedko Solakov, Pavel Wolberg 21 Apr - 4 Jun 2022 Brussels -
Espèces d’espaces
Adel Abdessemed, Ariel Schlesinger, David Maljkovic, Dor Guez, Douglas Gordon, Florian Pumhösl, Gustav Metzger, Jonathan Monk, Marianne Berenhaut, Mircea Cantor, Miroslaw Balka, Naama Tsabar, Simon Fujiwara, Yudith Levin 7 Apr - 26 May 2022 Paris -
and on the eyes / black sleep of night
Latifa Echakhch, Lisetta Carmi, Simon Fujiwara 12 Nov - 23 Dec 2021 BrusselsDvir Gallery is pleased to present ‘and on the eyes black sleep of night’ an exhibition of Lisetta Carmi, Latifa Echakhch et Simon Fujiwara. Carmi saw photography as an important...Read more -
A Conquest
Simon Fujiwara 20 Feb - 12 May 2020 BrusselsMy Dear Friend, I have thought of you very often and the reason I did not write sooner is that I did not want to write empty phrases. Like you,...Read more
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SIMON FUJIWARA IN CONVERSATION WITH NICOLAS VAMVOUKLIS
NICOLAS VAMVOUKLIS, Fondazione Imago Mundi, May 1, 2022 -
Nostalgia Is a Truly Winning Sentiment: Artist Simon Fujiwara on How an Adorable Cartoon Bear Breathed New Life Into His Work
Katie White, artnet , January 27, 2022 -
Simon Fujiwara’s ‘Cartoonified’ Quest for Identity
ANA VUKADIN, Frieze, June 2, 2021
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Simon Fujiwara 'Picasso: Untitled'
La Casa Encendida, Madrid November 24, 2023Picasso: Untitled is an exhibition at La Casa Encendida curated by Eva Franch i Gilabert that presents 50 works from Picasso´s late period (1963-1973) as...Read more -
Simon Fujiwara: Exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma
Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki September 28, 2023Dvir Gallery is pleased to share Simon Fujiwara's exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Finland Fujiwara invites visitors on an immersive journey through...Read more