Roger Shimomura
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Roger Shimomura (born 1939 in Seattle, Washington) is an American artist and a retired professor at the University of Kansas. His works, showcased across the United States, address Asian American sociopolitical issues by the use of racist imagery.
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[edit] Life
Shimomura was interned as a child at the Minidoka War Relocation Center in Idaho during World War II.[1] He graduated from Syracuse University with an MFA.
His work is in the collection of University of Washington,[2] and Washburn University.[3]
He showed at the Missoula Art Museum.[4]
[edit] Awards
- 2011 United States Artists Ford Fellow for Visual Arts [5]
[edit] References
- ^ "National Archives: Roger Shimomura". http://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=2003&mtch=1&tf=F&q=Roger+Shimomura&bc=,sl,fd&rpp=10&pg=1&rid=79292. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
- ^ http://www.cs.washington.edu/building/art/RogerShimomura/
- ^ http://www.washburn.edu/main/mulvane/collection/permanent-collection-folder/roger_shimomura.html
- ^ http://www.missoulaartmuseum.org/index.php/ID/234e901d8e75ed7bd888846496fe84ab/fuseaction/experience.detail.htm
- ^ United States Artists Official Website [1]
[edit] Sources
- Hackett, Regina (2004-03-11). "Shimomura explores racism in all its guises -- from the racist's POV". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. http://www.seattlepi.com/visualart/164137_shimomura.html. Retrieved 2007-04-27.
- Paget, Mindie (2004-05-11). "A Sansei Story". Lawrence Journal-World. http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2004/may/02/a_sansei_story/?shimomura. Retrieved 2007-04-27.
- Susan N. Platt (2004). "Racism is About All of Us". Raven Chronicles. http://ravenchronicles.org/Reviews/artreviewplatt.html.
- Emily Stamey, The Prints of Roger Shimomura A Catalogue Raisonné, 1968-2005, University of Washington Press, 2007, ISBN 9780295986722
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Roger Shimomura |
- Official site
- Showcase at the Greg Kucera Art Gallery
- Flomen Haft Gallery Bio
- Fall 2009 newsletter of The Wing Luke Asian Museum, includes artist's statement for Shimomura exhibit Yellow Peril and reproduces the titular painting.
- Oral Histories: Roger Shimomura, C-Span, July 9, 2011
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