JULIAN OPIE
A CITY IN MOTION

LOS ANGELES, USA
4 MARCH – 4 APRIL 2025

A Groundbreaking Digital Art Exhibition Across Los Angeles & Beyond.

The Public Digital Art Fund (PDAF) is proud to present a historic moment in the cultural landscape of Los Angeles. For the first time, digital art is transforming the city on an unprecedented scale, with an expansive exhibition featuring the work of renowned British artist Julian Opie.Launched on March 4, 2025, this city-wide exhibition activates over 12 digital media façades and presents more than 16 works by Julian Opie. Opie's signature figures take over public spaces from Downtown LA to West Hollywood, Ontario, and even Baltimore, turning Los Angeles into a dynamic, open-air museum.More than an exhibition, this project redefines art’s relationship with public space. Walking, pausing, flowing—Opie’s work blurs the lines between movement and stillness, presence and absence, reshaping how we experience culture in motion. Art is no longer confined. It’s part of the city. It finds you.Julian Opie’s digital artworks will be displayed across Los Angeles' most iconic locations, including Downtown LA, West Hollywood, Ontario, Kia Forum, Carson, and Baltimore. Beyond Los Angeles, the exhibition is also featured in Baltimore, at the city’s main pedestrian plaza and Johns Hopkins University, expanding the reach of digital art beyond the West Coast.

© Studio Julien Opie

This groundbreaking project is made possible through the vision and support of KEVANI, a company dedicated to transforming public spaces with cultural innovation. Their commitment to contemporary art has been instrumental in bringing this large-scale initiative to life.

FEATURED ARTIST

JULIAN OPIE
Julian Opie (b. 1958 in London, UK) lives and works in London, where he studied at Goldsmiths College under Michael Craig-Martin, graduating in 1983. Opie’s multidisciplinary practice spans painting, sculpture, animation, and digital media, focusing on themes of identity, movement, and the abstraction of the human form.

For over three decades, Opie has explored the intersection of the figurative and the abstract, becoming known for his iconic graphic portraits and stylized depictions of the human body, as well as buildings, animals and landscapes, both man-made and natural. His works distill complex human actions and figures into bol...
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