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KOFIE
 


Augustine Kofie is a long-time Los Angeles street artist, graphic designer, clothing designer and fine artist recognized for his unique architectural, geometric, mixed-media style that he refers to as "Vintage Futurism." This brand of artwork has appeared throughout the streets of LA as well as on fine furniture, CDs, and clothing. Kofie has exhibited widely and is widley know for his invovlment with the UTI Crew in Los Angeles. His work reflects a patient artist interested in the subtleties of line color and composition while carrying forward elements of recent art history and contemporary urban aesthetics.


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Kofie
Triangulation of a Creamy Rust in Cali, 2009
Acrylic and spray paint on Masonite, finished in gel medium
Triptych
48 x 41 inches each (48 x 123 inches total)

CURRICULUM VITAE
Group & Solo Exhibitions/ Charity Benefits/ Commissions/ Installations


2010 VOX HUMANA, Volta 6, L.A. Art Machine, Basel, Switzerland
SCOPE Art Fair, Willem Kerseboom Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
Art Amsterdam, Willem Kerseboom Gallery, Amsterdam, ND
Contemporary Corruption, Mid-City Arts & L.A Art Machine, Los Angeles, CA
VOX HUMANA, L.A. Art Show, L.A. Art Machine, Los Angeles, CA
Street Legal, Rivera & Rivera Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2009 A Progress Report, Solo Exhibition, Report Lounge, Portland, OR
2009 Fall To Pieces, Solo Installation, Noni Boutique, Los Angeles, CA
2009 VINTAGE FUTURISM, Solo Exhibition, Zero1 Gallery, Curator_Christina Ochoa, Los Angeles, CA
2009 HUGO BOSS, Window Installation for NYC store, New York, NY
2009 Juxtapoz Magazine/ the Big payback Show, Group Benefit Auction, Los Angeles, CA
2009 SCION Installation 5. Traveling Group Art Exhibition & Benefit, NY, CA, MI, FL, AZ, MN, PA, OR
2009 NOT FOR SALE, Group Print Show, Solid Gallery One, Los Angeles, CA
2009 METALLUM, 2-man show, The Ronin Gallery, Echo Park CA
2009 Octo Pusses, Group Show, Collaboration Piece with Cat Cult, New Image Art Gallery, Hollywood, CA
2009 Cat Cult installation, Riverside Art Museum, Collaboration piece on display, Riverside, CA
2009 Fear No Art, Group Exhibition, Boston, MA
2009 Slow Burning, Group Show, A. Okay Official Gallery, Chicago, IL
2009 Climb In The Back Window, Group Show, Mural Installation & Install, Curator_Io Wright, Philadelphia, PA
2009 Sunset Blvd Mural Installation, Curator_Cache, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Dublab Studio, Mural Comission, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Manuel Arts High School, Mural Installation, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Parvus Gallery, Mural Installation with El Mac, Phoenix, AZ
2009 De La Berracuda, Large Exterior, Mural Installation for Lionel Deluy, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Green Earth Collective, Interior/ Exterior Mural Installations, Highland Park, CA
2009 MANIFEST HOPE:DC, Group Art Show for Barack Obama, Washington, DC
2009 Delicious Vinyl, Illustration Comission for The Pharcyde CD

2008 Engine Theatre, Seating Installation & Large scale mural, Curator_Burk Roberts, Hollywood, CA
2008 Regent Theatre, Mural installation, Curator_Gillmore & Associates, Downtown, LA
2008 Primary Flight, 'Triangulation's of KOF' Mural Installation, Miami, FL
2008 Oro Universal, Group Show, Space gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008 Kofie & El Mac, 2-Man show, Red Letter 1 Gallery, Tampa, FL
2008 Dumbo Incense Japan, Live Art showcase with Dragon 73, Kobe, JP
2008 MUNKY KING, In-store Mural Installation, Hollywood, CA
2008 I Am 8-BITT Group Show, World of Wonder, Hollywood, CA
2008 LA STYLE 2, Group Art Show, LA Contemporary, Culver City, CA
2008 Mural Installation with Retna, Werc & Vyal. East Los Angeles, CA
2008 Obama Mural Installation, Kim Light Gallery, Culver City, CA
2008 Agenda Offices, Mural Installation with Axis Ventura, Hollywood, CA
2008 Hit & Run Studio Mural, Downtown Los Angeles, CA
2008 Playstation2,  Comission Illustration
2008
2008 Rockstar Games, Illustration Comission
2008 Trade Bloc, BLVD Gallery, Seattle, WA

2007 THANKS With Frowhawk Two-Feathers, Unitard gallery, Los Angeles CA
2007 Kofie Vs SURU, Solo Show, SURU Store, Los Angeles,  CA
2007 SCION Installation 4. Traveling Group Art Exhibition & Benefit, NY, CA, TX, FL, MA, MN, PA, WA.
2007 The Art Of Deception, The Progression Gallery, Pomona, CA
2007 Barack Obama Los Angeles Campaign Office Mural Comission, Curator_ Yosi Sergant, Los Angeles, CA
2007 One Is The Magic Number, Lost Souls Cafe/Gallery, Downtown Los Angeles, CA
2007 Jigsaw Paws, Group Show,  Mama Buzz, Oakland CA
2007 The Exquisite Bicycle, Group Show, Berdhouse Gallery, Echo Park, CA
2007 LA STYLE, Group Show, LA Contemporary, Culver City, CA
2007 Collabro 2, Group Show, The Showroom, New York City, NY
2007 Karak Karon, Meltdown Gallery,  Los Angeles, CA
2007 The Sonic Entrance: An Art Exhibition Of P-Funk, Hip-Hop & Jazz, Melt Gallery,  Hollywood, CA
2007 Soul Melt, Meltdown Gallery/Comics, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Brave Art Whistler, Group Exhibition, BC, Canada
2007 Square Foot, Group Show, Think Space Gallery, Curator_Blane Fontana,  Los Angeles, CA
2007 THE GRIND: Charity Show, Foundation One Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2007 The Greenhouse Effect: Surf rider Foundation Benefit , Venice Contemporary, Venice, CA
2007 TEMPT: Represent, Represent, Benefit Show, URB Gallery, Culver City, CA
2007 GET: ART, Benefit Show,Bonhams & Butterfields, Hollywood, Ca
2007 Redbull Records Office Comission, Santa Monica CA
2007 Pegasus Bookstore Mural Comission, Oakland CA
2007 Parco Gallery, Live Art Exhibition, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo Japan
2007 From La With Love, Interior corner Installation, A+D Museum, Los Angeles, Ca
2007 The GREEN, The Sundance Channel, Live Art Exhibition, Curator_Rabin Rodgers, Los Angeles ,CA
2007 Gompers Middle School, Mural, Compton, CA

2006 Electric Avenue, Solo Show, Bent Gallery, Pasadena,  CA
2006 SCION Installation 3. Traveling Group Art Exhibition & Benefit, NY, CA, FL, WA, TX, PA, IL, GA
2006 Drafted Soundcheck, Solo Show, Upon Shop, Silverlake, CA
2006 SS+K Offices, Office Installation, Santa Monica, CA
2006 Hands On, Transport Gallery, Solo Show, Downtown Los Angeles  CA
2006 SQUARE FOOT: Curated by Blaine Fontana, Thinkspace Gallery. Los Angeles, CA
2006 The Dolo Harvest, Group Show, Sol Sounds Record Shop,  Downtown Los Angeles, CA
2006 Collabros, Subject Matter Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA
2006 SOUL SIGNIFICANCE, Crewest Gallery, Downtown Los Angeles, CA
2006 MOVEMENT: Hip-Hop in L.A. - 1980's to present, Department Of Cultural Affairs, KGB Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006 LACER: 11th Annual Silent Auction, Henry Fonda Theater, Hollywood, CA
2006 TARGET: Revolution Short Film, Live Art Installation, Tronic Studios, New York, NY
2006 STUFF Magazine Awards, Live Art Exhibition, Curator_ Rabin Rodgers, Archlight Theater, Hollywood, CA
2006 The Singles Table, Mural Installation for NBC Show,  Commissioned by Production Designer Charisse Cardenas, Los Angeles,CA
2006 Unitard Gallery Mural Installation, Downtown Los Angeles/Lil Tokyo, CA

2005 Greg Craola Simkins & Kofie One, FIFTY24SF Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005 SCION Installation 2. Traveling Group Art Exhibition & Benefit,Track 16 Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2005 6875 Gallery/Showroom. Installation, Shibuya Ku, Tokyo
2005 6785 Gallery, Live Art Exhibition, Cafe La Boheme. Aoyama, Tokyo JP
2005 Level Boutique, Mural Installation, Hiroshima JP
2005 Blow Your Head Tour With Stones Throw & Dj Muro, Club Air, Tokyo & Osaka, Japan
2005 Claska Gallery, Mive Art Installation,  Meguro-Ku, Tokyo Japan
2005 Gravillis Inc. Mural Installation, Los Angeles, CA
2005 El Mercado, Exterior Mural, Mid City Los Angeles, CA
2005 KEEP A BREAST:  Boarding For Breast Cancer Benefit, Lab 101 Gallery, Culver City, CA
2005 Recent Works, Solo Exhibition, Still Life Gallery, New York City, NY

2004 Drafting Borough, BackWoods Store Live Art & Installation Exhibition, Backwoods Borough. Shibuya Ku, Tokyo JP
2004 STREETWISE 3,  4 Man Show, Lab 101 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2004 GENART, Benefit Exhibition, Henry Fonda Theater, Hollywood, CA
2004 GRA(FF)ITE, Crewest Gallery, Alhambra, CA
2004 AGNEDA Showroom, Mural Install, Fashion Mart Building, Downtown Los Angeles, CA
2004 SLICK, JACK-IT! :Tag Teams on Denim, Group Exhibition, The Levi's Store,  Santa Monica, CA
2004 Spiewak/ Rock The Vote/ Vapors,  Benefit Show, New York, NY
2004 SCION Installation 2. Traveling Group Art Exhibition & Benefit, CA, GA, TX, MA, IL, OH, CO, FL, NY, PA, WA.
2004 Hot Joint & Sound Eater Records,Interior & Exterior Mural Installation, Kiryu, Gunma, JP
2004 Corin Boutique, Interior & Exterior Mural, Kushiro City, Hokkaido, JP
2004 Stussy/Alife/Wu-Tang/Frank 151, Live Art, Shibuya Ku, Tokyo JP
2004 Silverlake Film Festival, Mural Installation, Arclight Cinema, Hollywood, CA
2004 Six Degrees. Live Art, Curator_Lab 101, Los Angeles, CA

2003 LA LA LA: Design By Design And Not By Design. LA Architecture, Mural Installations, Curated by Perlof/Webster, Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Street Dreams, Group Show, Ghetto Gloss Gallery, Curator_The Seventh Letter, Silverlake, CA
2003 Beyond GRAFFITI, Headquarters Gallery, In conjunction with Amnesty International. Hollywood, CA
2003 AYER...Still Alive, Benefit Show, Subject Matter Gallery, Curator_The Seventh Letter, Costa Mesa, CA
2003 ASSEMBLAGE With Tony Kiem, Indigo Flower, Santa Monica, CA
2003 TD.5 Show. Group Show, Indigo Flower, Santa Monica, CA
2003 Evil Genius Office. Installation, Gardena, CA
2003 STUSSY, Comissioned design for LA themed skateboard
2003 STUSSY, Commissioned design for T-shirt series

2002 Rock Fresh Renaissance: The Art of RF/TD.5 Designs & Kofie'one. Noni Gallery. Los Angeles,CA
2002 HotsyDunk: The Produce Department Gallery, Downtown Los Angeles, CA
2002 Bulletin Board Show. Indigo Flower. Santa Monica, CA
2002 Abstract Reality. Group Art Show, ICU Gallery. Los Angeles, CA
2002 T-Fense. Benefit Show,Grey One. Pasadena, CA
2002 Canceptual. Crewest Gallery. Alhambra, CA
2002 Crenshaw Wall, Black History Month Mural, Los Angeles, CA
2002 5.1 Entertainment Office, Marvin Gaye Mural, West Los Angeles, CA
2002 Stone Throw Records, Remixed logo for Japan tour

2001 MOBILIZATION. Solo Exhibition, 33 1/3 Gallery, Silver Lake CA
2001 Program 12. Group Exhibition, Downtown Los Angeles, CA
2001 AMP showroom, Kareem Abdul Jabbar Mural.  Shibuya-ku, Japan
2001 Coachella Valley Music Festival . Live Mural painting. ICU Arts. Palm Springs, CA 
2001 One World Access, Commissioned Hendrix Mural Installation, Malibu, CA

2000 Charizmatik Flagship Store/ The Treehouse Endeavor. Large Exterior Mural. East Hollywood, CA
2000 CAPITAL ART. Group Art Exhibition, Track 16, Bergamot Station. Santa Monica, CA
2000 Exhibition One. Group Art Show, Indigo Flower. Santa Monica, CA
2000 SPIT AND POLISH: Political art show with Robbie Conal, Axis. Art Place Gallery. West Los Angeles, CA
2000 EXPN Winter X Games, Live Painting. Mount Snow, West Dover, Vermont
2000 MALATHION, Commissioned illustrations for promotional flyers

1999 MILLENNIUM. Bergamot Station. Santa Monica, CA
1999 Unite To Inscribe, Mural Installation, Tijuana, Mexico
1999 Police Brutality Exhibit, Live Art, Old County Jail, Los Angeles, CA
1998 DJ Hier, Illustration Commissions
1998 JUSTICE? JUST US Concert. Curated by Robbie Conal. UCLA Wadswourth Theater. Westwood, CA
1998 ARTSPEAKS: A concept against police brutality. Vision Theater, Leimert Park. Los Angeles, CA

1997 WILD WILD WEST. ICU Art Gallery. Los Angeles, CA
1997 Studio Nine: Recording Studios, Exterior Mural. Hollywood, CA