Hijack

HIJACK, BORN 1992 IN CALIFORNIA, IS A CONTEMPORARY ARTIST PRODIGY WHO COMBINES FINE ART AND STREET ART ON A VARIETY OF SCALES. HIS WORK COMMANDS ATTENTION AND COMMENTS ON CURRENT SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ISSUES. HIJACK IS THE SON OF STREET AND POP ARTIST MR. BRAINWASH AND GREW UP AROUND RENOWNED STREET ARTISTS SUCH AS SPACE INVADER, BANKSY, AND SHEPARD FAIREY. IN APRIL 2013, HIJACK TOOK THE ART SCENE BY STORM WITH HIS GALLERY DEBUT AT THE PRESTIGIOUS MEAD CARNEY FINE ART GALLERY ON DOVER STREET IN LONDON. THE SHOW WAS SUCH A SUCCESS THAT IT COMPLETELY SOLD OUT AND DATES WERE EXTENDED. IT WAS HIGHLY PROCLAIMED IN ART OF ENGLAND’S JUNE 2013 ISSUE, HUFFINGTON POST UK, THE ART NEWSPAPER, AND THE TELEGRAPH. FOLLOWING HIS SMASH HIT DEBUT, HIJACK WAS INVITED, ALONG WITH MR. BRAINWASH, TO DO AN EXHIBIT AT THE DIERESIS CULTURAL CENTER IN GUADALAJARA, MEXICO. THE EXHIBIT WAS EXTENDED FOR MONTHS, ATTRACTING LARGE CROWDS, DRAWING A MASS OF MEDIA ATTENTION, AND DELIGHTING ART COLLECTORS AND AUDIENCES INTERNATIONALLY. IN JUNE 2014, HIJACK MOUNTED A SOLO SHOW AT GALERIE MORETTI & MORETTI, ONE OF PARIS’ HIGHLY RESPECTED CONTEMPORARY GALLERIES, ENTITLED “LIFE THROUGH STREET ART,” AND THAT NOVEMBER THE YOUNG ARTIST HAD A SOLO EXHIBITION AT JAPAN’S GALLERY 21 IN TOKYO. IN 2016, HIJACK CREATED A LIMITED EDITION SERIES OF SKATEBOARDS IN COLLABORATION WITH JEFF KOONS, DAMIEN HIRST, AND JOHN BALDESSARI. HIJACK IS CURRENTLY BASED IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA WHERE HE CONTINUES TO PUSH THE BOUNDARIES AS A STREET ARTIST AND RISING CONTEMPORARY ART PHENOMENON.