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Selected Works28

Museum Acquisitions

3 Institutions
Hammer Museum
LACMA
MOCA Los Angeles

Previous Sales 21

Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Sticker Painting #1, 2, and 3 (three works)
Sticker Painting #1, 2, and 3 (three works)
Bought In
Oct 2025
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Bumper "Beer"
Bumper "Beer"
Bought In
Sep 2024
Artcurial
Zero Case (Small) - 2015
Zero Case (Small) - 2015
€5,800 ($6k USD)
Dec 2023
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Combo Washer/Dryer #1
Combo Washer/Dryer #1
$25,000
May 2022
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Fender Twin Reverb
Fender Twin Reverb
$12,500
Oct 2016
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Trash Bin #3
Trash Bin #3
$7,620
Jan 1970
Sotheby's
Untitled Still Life
Untitled Still Life, 2015
$4,752
Feb 2025
Christie's
Fender Deluxe Reverb Amp 1
Fender Deluxe Reverb Amp 1, 2008
$6,300
Jul 2024
Christie's
Tailgate (Emerald/Dust)
Tailgate (Emerald/Dust), 2012
$4,410
Jul 2024
Sotheby's
Untitled Painting (Black/Dust)
Untitled Painting (Black/Dust), 2011
Bought In
Mar 2023
Phillips
Baby Blue Marshall Stack (Soft Machine)
Baby Blue Marshall Stack (Soft Machine), 1999
$22,860
Mar 2023
Phillips
Black Flag (Red)
Black Flag (Red)
$3,780
Apr 2022
Phillips · Artsy
Black Flag (Red)
Black Flag (Red), 2002
Bidding closed
Airbrushed acrylic in colors, on Arches paper.
Rago/Wright/LAMA/Toomey & Co. · Artsy
Combo Washer/Dryer #1
Combo Washer/Dryer #1, 2005
Bidding closed
Acrylic and Bondo on stretched and shaped canvas
Make Room · Artsy
Zero Case (Silver)
Zero Case (Silver) , 2006
No longer available
Acrylic and bondo on stretched canvas
Mireille Mosler Ltd. · Artsy
Pedestal (wood/grain/orange)
Pedestal (wood/grain/orange), 2007
No longer available
Acrylic on stretched canvas
Phillips · Artsy
Fender Showman Amp with Cabinet #2 (Duct Tape & Cigarette Burn)
Fender Showman Amp with Cabinet #2 (Duct Tape & Cigarette Burn), 2002
Bidding closed
Acrylic and Bondo on stretched canvas over wood, in 2 parts
Rago/Wright/LAMA/Toomey & Co. · Artsy
Bumper "Beer"
Bumper "Beer", 2001
Bidding closed
Acrylic, Bondo on shaped canvas
John Moran Auctioneers · Artsy
California Souvenir (UNARIUS)
California Souvenir (UNARIUS), 2006
Bidding closed
Acrylic on paper under Plexiglas
Rago/Wright/LAMA/Toomey & Co. · Artsy
Trash Bin #3
Trash Bin #3, 2003
Bidding closed
Acrylic and Bondo on canvas
Rago/Wright/LAMA/Toomey & Co. · Artsy
Fender Twin Reverb Amp #2
Fender Twin Reverb Amp #2, 2003
Bidding closed
Acrylic, bondo, canvas, wood

For Sale 4

Mireille Mosler Ltd. · Artsy
Small Fridge
Small Fridge, 2007
Price on request
Acrylic and bondo on stretched canvas
galerie frank elbaz · Artsy
Marshall Amp (Freak)
Marshall Amp (Freak), 2000
For sale
Acrylic and bondo stretched canvas
galerie frank elbaz · Artsy
Zero Case (Medium)
Zero Case (Medium), 2015
For sale
Acrylic and Bondo on canvas
Make Room · Artsy
California Calligraphy(Nothing Is Random)
California Calligraphy(Nothing Is Random), 2026
Price on request
Acrylic and Polyurethane on stretched canvas
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Market45 auction results

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$3.8K – $25.0K
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$10.4K
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$6.3K
7 priced paintings lots
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Feb 2025 · $4.8K
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Paintings: $6.3K medianUnclassified lots: — median
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Galleries3

#437 Nonaka-Hill | Highland
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Podcast Interviews1

podcasts No. 75: Kaz Oshiro, Deb Sokolow The Modern Art Notes Podcast · Oct 28, 2014
Episode No. 75 of The Modern Art Notes Podcast features artists Kaz Oshiro and Deb Sokolow. Oshiro’s work is on view in “Lifelike” at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. In art-speak, “Lifelike” “invites a close ex…
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Education2

1998 and an MFA in 2002
BA
California State University, Long Beach
Long Beach, CA, USA
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Current Exhibitions0

No current exhibitions found.

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Past Exhibitions4

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#472 Make Room

Cults: The American Dream

Group Show, Kaz Oshiro

6361 Waring Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90038, USA

Feb 27, 2026 — Mar 26, 2026

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#437 Nonaka-Hill | Highland

Kaz Oshiro 96375

Kaz Oshiro

720 Highland Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90038, USA

Jul 11, 2020 — Sep 5, 2020

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#536 galerie frank elbaz

Kaz Oshiro Steel Unforged

Kaz Oshiro

66 Rue de Turenne, 75003 Paris, France

Oct 19, 2017 — Jan 13, 2018

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#536 galerie frank elbaz

Kaz Oshiro Diffuse Reflection

Kaz Oshiro

66 Rue de Turenne, 75003 Paris, France

Apr 4, 2015 — May 16, 2015

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Recent Activity10

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Exhibition
Kaz Oshiro: Kyoko’s room | Aleza Zheng: As If | Group show: CULT: The American Dream
Feb 27, 2026
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Kyoko's Room
Feb 27, 2026
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Kyoko's Room
Feb 27, 2026
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Cults: The American Dream
Feb 27, 2026
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Kaz Oshiro 96375
Jul 11, 2020
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Exhibition
Steel Unforged
Oct 19, 2017
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Exhibition
Kaz Oshiro Steel Unforged
Oct 19, 2017
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Diffuse Reflection
Apr 4, 2015
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Kaz Oshiro Diffuse Reflection
Apr 4, 2015
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Kaz Oshiro born
Jan 1, 1967
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