Roger Shimomura: Minidoka on My Mind
SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JORcuhearw8 Roger Shimomura’s paintings and prints, including this series, Minidoka on My Mind, address social and political issues of Asian America and have most often been inspired by diaries kept by his late immigrant grandmother that span the 56 years of her life. Minidoka on My Mind is the fourth major painting series generated […]
Figurative artist Akio Takamori
Sofa Expo Represented by Barry Friedman Ltd Takamori was born in Nobeoka, Miyazaki, Japan on October 11, 1950. In Japan Takamori attended Musashino Art University. In 1974 he moved to the United States. He attended the Kansas City Art Institute (KCAI) and Alfred University. In 1993 Takamori began his teaching career at the University of Washington where he taught until he retired in 2014 as professor emeritus. In […]
Roger Shimomura Oral History Interview
C-SPAN | March 18, 2003 American History TV Roger Shimomura Oral History Interview Roger Shimomura talked about his life. As a child growing up during World War II, he was detained along with his family and other Japanese Americans at the Minidoka internment camp in Idaho. He later became an artist whose work focused on […]
CRAFT IN AMERICA: Akio Takamori on craft and being an artist in America
Ceramic artist Akio Takamori on craft and being an artist in America. Filmed at the 50th Anniversary of Archie Bray Foundation in 2001. Akio Takamori (1950-2017) was born and raised in Japan. Takamori apprenticed with a master folk potter in Kyushu and met American ceramist Ken Ferguson, who encouraged Takamori go to the United States […]