Artist Hijack

Who is hijack?

Hijack is a Los Angeles–based contemporary artist whose practice has evolved from street art into a highly refined body of realist and surreal works. Known for his ability to blur the boundaries between urban culture and art history, Hijack creates oil paintings, woodcuts, and large-scale hand-painted sculptures that challenge the physical limits of the frame while maintaining a sense of play and immediacy.

Born in 1992 in California and raised in an immersive artistic environment, Hijack developed his skills across a wide range of mediums including spray paint, stenciling, acrylics, graphic design, and woodworking before transitioning into oil painting. While his early exposure to street art shaped his visual instincts, his mature practice reflects a deliberate shift toward technical precision, material experimentation, and narrative depth. His works often juxtapose classical references with contemporary iconography, balancing realism with surreal tension.

Hijack first gained international attention in 2013 with his sold-out gallery debut at Mead Carney Fine Art in London. The exhibition was extended due to demand and received coverage from The Art Newspaper, The Telegraph, Huffington Post, and Art of England. During this period, his street intervention “Never Too Young to Dream Big” further cemented his presence in the public eye.

Since then, Hijack has presented solo exhibitions and major projects across Europe, Asia, and the United States. A pivotal moment came with his 2019 solo exhibition Ecolibrium in Malibu, a climate-focused body of work that signaled a deeper conceptual turn and was covered by Artnet. His sold-out solo presentations at Art Miami—most notably in 2022—demonstrated the full scope of his practice, combining realistic oil paintings, architectural booth design, and life-sized woodcut figures that bridged his street origins with a classical sensibility.

Working from his Los Angeles studio, Hijack continues to expand his visual language through ambitious exhibitions and new sculptural and painterly forms. Constantly refining his craft, his work resonates with collectors for its technical rigor, cultural awareness, and unmistakable energy.

Selected Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions
2025 — Art Miami
2025 — Prospect Gallery, Park City, Utah
2025 — Art Angels Gallery, Beverly Hills, California
2024 — Art Miami
2024 — Forre Fine Art, Aspen, Colorado
2024 — Galerie Adrienne Desbiolles AG, Zurich, Switzerland
2024 — YOD Gallery, Tokyo & Osaka, Japan
2023 — Art Miami
2022 — Art Miami
2019 — Ecolibrium, Wall Street Gallery, Malibu, California
2014 — Life Through Street Art, Galerie Moretti & Moretti, Paris, France

Group Exhibitions & Fairs
2022 — Urban Art Museum, Berlin, Germany
2021 — Art Miami
2017 — Art Wynwood, Art Palm Beach, Art Miami
2016 — Street Art Paradise, Galerie Geraldine Zberro, Paris, France
2016 — Forre & Co Fine Art, Aspen & Vail, Colorado
2015 — Wall Street Gallery, Beverly Hills, California
2015 — Gstaad, Switzerland
2014 — Gallery 21, Tokyo, Japan
2013 — Dieresis Cultural Center, Guadalajara, Mexico
2013 — Mead Carney Fine Art, London, United Kingdom