Selected bibliography:
Boas, Natasha. What to See in San Francisco Art Week, Hyperallergic, January 17, 2025
Blue, Max. Five exhibitions heating up The City’s art scene this winter, San Francisco Examiner, December 2, 2024
Aima, Rahel. Kota Ezawa’s Flat, Stylized Paintings and Animations Shed New Light on Historic Events, Artsy.com, Jan. 18, 2022
Ables, Kelsey. At the Hirshhorn, six online art videos ask how media shapes memory, The Washington Post, December 16, 2020
Hotchkiss, Sarah. Kota Ezawa Talks Protest and Pressure Ahead of 2019 Whitney Biennial, KQED Arts, May 2, 2019
Cotter, Holland. The Whitney Biennial: Young Art Cross-Stitched With Politics, The New York Times, May 16, 2019
D’Souza, Aruna. Whitney Biennial 2019, 4Columns, May 2019
Barrie, Lita. Recreating Some of Hollywood’s Most Infamous Art Crimes, Hyperallergic, March, 2018
Abatemarco, Michael. Stealing the Show, The Santa Fe New Mexican, October 6, 2017
Mizota, Sharon. The scenes of a crime: Kota Ezawa revisits the Gardner Museum theft, Los Angeles Times, March 1, 2016
Diehl, Travis. Critic’s Pick: Kota Ezawa – Christopher Grimes Gallery, Artforum.com, January 27, 2016
Gat, Orit. Kota Ezawa – Thirteen Stolen Works, ArtReview, January & February 2016
Kota Ezawa in conversation with Karen Beckman, Grey Room, Issue 47, Spring 2012
Smith, Tara. Critic’s Pick: Kota Ezawa – Feldbuschwiesner Galerie, Artforum, October, 2011
In Conversation: Kota Ezawa and Constance Lewallen, The Brooklyn Rail, September 2008
Baker, Kenneth. Emblems of an Era as Seen From a Fresh Medium, San Francisco Chronicle, January 21, 2006
Genocchio, Benjamin. Life, One Frame at a Time, The New York Times, December 25, 2005
Higgs, Matthew. Openings: Kota Ezawa, Artforum, February 2005
Ratner, Megan. Kota Ezawa, Frieze Magazine, issue 95, November/December 2005
Schwendener, Martha. Critic’s Pick: Kota Ezawa – Murray Guy, Artforum, September, 2005
Baker, Kenneth. Ezawa animates OJ Verdict, San Francisco Chronicle, October 25, 2002
Interviews and artist talks:
Meet the artist: Kota Ezawa | Whitney Biennial 2019
Modern Art Notes Podcast No. 691: Kota Ezawa and Amy Pleasant
Hirshhorn Museum (AT HOME) ON ART AND ANIMATION: ARTIST TALK WITH KOTA EZAWA