With a new show opening in Beverly Hills, artist David Choe comes full circle - latimes.com

Artist's trip from jail to Beverly Hills show

David Choe had run-ins with the law, but he's growing up with a new exhibit.

In an 18,000-square-foot warehouse tucked into the shadow of the 10 Freeway in downtown L.A., David Choe is covered in paint spatters and surrounded by half-finished canvases. His hair is unkempt, and his beard is scraggly. "This has been the most stressful month," he says.

Choe, 33, has been working day and night on his new show, "Nothing to Declare," which opens Friday at a pop-up gallery in Beverly Hills. It will be his first local appearance in six years, during which he's grown from petty criminal to respected international artist.