COMPLETE CAREER RESUME CONTACT INFORMATION: Roger Shimomura 1424 Wagon Wheel Road Lawrence, Kansas 66049-3544 Tele: 785-842-8166 Cell: 785-979-8258 Email: [email protected] Web: www.rshim.com EDUCATION: Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, M.F.A., Painting, 1969 University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, B.A., Commercial Design, 1961 Also attended: Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, Painting, (Summer), 1968 Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, Painting, (Summer), 1967 Cornish School of Allied Arts, Seattle, Washington, Illustration, (Fall), 1964 HONORS AND AWARDS: Personal papers being collected by the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Hall of Fame, Garfield Golden Graduate, Garfield High School, Seattle, Washington, June, 2013 Artist-in-Residence, New York University, Asian Pacific American Institute, New York City, New York, September 2012-May, 2013 Commencement address, Garfield High School, Seattle, Washington, June, 2012 150th Anniversary Timeless Award, University of Washington College of Arts & Sciences , Seattle, Washington, May, 2012 Designated U.S.A.Fellow in Visual Arts, Ford Foundation, Los Angeles, California, December, 2011 Honoree: "Exceptional Person in Food, Fashion and the Arts", Asian American Arts Alliance, New York City, New York, October, 2008 Community Voice Award, "Unsung Heros of the Community", International Examiner, Seattle, Washington, May, 2008 First Kansas Master Artist Award in the Visual Arts, Kansas Arts Commission, Topeka, Kansas, January, 2008 Distinguished Alumnus Award, School of Arts & Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, May, 2006 Joan Mitchell Foundation Painting Award, New York City, New York, June, 2003 Keynote address, College Art Association, 91st annual conference, New York City, New York, February, 2003 Chancellor’s Club Career Teaching Award, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 2002 College Art Association, “Most Distinguished Body of Work Award for 2001 honored at the 90th annual conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February, 2002 2 Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle, Master Artist and designated named scholarship, Seattle, Washington, awarded annually since 2000 Higuchi Research Achievement Award, (Balfour S. Jeffrey Award in the Humanities and Social Sciences), University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 1998 Named University Distinguished Professor, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 1994 Kansas Governor’s Arts Award, Governor Joan Finney, State of Kansas, Topeka, Kansas, 1994 Appointed Dayton-Hudson Distinguished Professor, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, Fall semester, 1990 Over thirty national and regional grants and fellowships from 1970-present, including four National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artist Fellowships Thirty five prizes in national and regional exhibitions, juried and invitational, from1965-1979 SOLO EXHIBITIONS: Flomenhaft Gallery, New York City, New York, 2017 Bonsack Gallery, John Burroughs School, St. Louis, MO, 2017 Oregon Nikkei Legacy Museum, Portland, Oregon, 2017 Macalester College, Law Warschaw Gallery, St. Paul, Minnesota, 2017 Belger Arts Center, Kansas City, Missouri, 2016 Lawrence Lithography Workshop Gallery, Kansas City, Mo. 2016 Kansas State Univ., Mariana Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Manhattan, Ks. 2016 Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, Washington, 2016 Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington, 2015 Willamette Univ., Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Salem, Oregon, 2014-2015 Washington State Univ. Museum of Art, Pullman, WA 2014 Flomenhaft Gallery, New York City, New York, 2014 Red Star Studios, Belger Arts Center, K.C., MO, 2014 Cornell University, Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, New York, 2013 University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, Oklahoma, 2013 Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, Washington, 2013 Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma, California, 2013 New York University (A/P/A), Washington Mews Gallery, NYC, N.Y., 2013 University of Illinois, Springfield, Illinois, 2012 Eight Modern Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2012 Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center, Portland, Oregon, 2012 Rhode Island College, Bannister Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island, 2012 Byron C. Cohen Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, 2012 Erie Art Museum, Erie, Pennsylvania, 2012 Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri, 2011 Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, Kansas, 2011 Flomenhaft Gallery, New York City, New York, 2010 Western ], Gardiner Art Gallery, Stillwater, OK, 2010 Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnesota, 2010 Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, Washington, 2010 Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, Montana, 2009 Wing Luke Asian Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2009-2010 Crow Collection of Asian Art, (40 yr. retro.), Dallas, Texas, 2009 3 Morikami Museum (40 yr. retro.), Delray Beach, Florida, 2009 Eight Modern Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2009 Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State Univ. (40 yr. retro), Manhattan, KS, 2008 Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State Univ. (42 yr. print retro.), Wichita, KS, 2008 Grinnell College, (40 yr.retro.), Grinnell, Iowa, 2008 George A. Spiva Cenvter for the Arts,(40 yr. retro.) Joplin, Missouri, 2008 Flomenhaft Gallery, New York City, New York, 2008 Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas, 2008 University of Central Arkansas (40 yr. retro.) Conway, Arkansas, 2008 Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, Washington, 2007 Spencer Art Museum, (42 yr. print retro.) KU, Lawrence, Kansas, 2007 Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center, Portland, Oregon, 2007 Kaha Gallery, Hagatna, Guam, 2007 Jan Weiner Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, 2006 University of Colorado, Univ. Memorial Center Gallery, Boulder, CO, 2006 Flomenhaft Gallery, New York City, New York, 2006 Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, Georgia, 2006 Clemson University, Lee Gallery, Clemson, South Carolina, 2005 Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, Washington, 2005 Lowe Art Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, 2004 Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, 2004 Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, California, 2004 Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, Washington, 2004 Jan Weiner Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, 2003 Cowley County Community College, Arkansas City, Kansas, 2003 Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, Florida, 2002 Asian Arts Inititative, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2002 University of Tulsa, Alexandre Hogue Gallery, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 2002 Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, Washington, 2001 Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, 2001 Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois, 2001 Boise Art Museum, Boise, Idaho, 2001 Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, 2001 Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, Washington, 2000 San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California, 2000 National Museum of American History, Smithsonian, Washington, D.C., 2000 Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, 2000 Jan Weiner Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, 1999 Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles, California, 1999 Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1999 Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, Mississippi, 1999 Steinbaum Krauss Gallery, New York City, New York, 1999 University of Wisconsin, Priebe Gallery, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, 1998 Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1998 University of Arkansas, (30 yr. print retrospective,), Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1998 University of South Carolina, (30 yr. print retro.), Beaufort, So. Carolina, 1997 Tulane University, Newcomb Art Gallery, (22 yr. retro.), New Orleans, LA, 1997 Western Wash. University, Western Gallery, (22 yr. retro.), Bellingham, WA, 1996 Bellevue Art Museum, (30 year retrospective), Bellevue, Washington, 1996 Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, Texas, l996 Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1996 4 Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, Washington, 1996 Weatherspoon Art Gallery, (22 year retro.) U. of No. Car., Greensboro, 1996 Spencer Museum of Art, (22 year retro.), Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, Ks., 1996 Steinbaum Krauss Gallery, New York City, New York, 1995 Hesston College, Hesston, Kansas, l995 42nd Street Art Project (Installation), Times Square, New York City, N.Y., 1994 Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, Kansas, 1993 University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa, 1993 Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, Nevada, 1993 Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, Washington, l993 Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, Washington, 1992 Steinbaum Krauss Gallery, New York City, New York, 1992 Lewis-Clark State College, Lewiston, Idaho, l992 Carnegie Arts Center, Leavenworth, Kansas, 1991 Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, Washington, 1991 Haskell Indian Junior College, Lawrence, Kansas, l991 Iowa State University, Gallery 181, Ames, Iowa, 1990 Tyler School of Art, Temple University., Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, 1989 Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana, l989 Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, New York City, New York, 1989 Cleveland State University Art Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio, 1988 Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, Washington, 1988 University of Oregon Museum of Art, Eugene, Oregon, 1986 Marylhurst College, The Art Gym, Marylhurst, Oregon, 1986 Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, Washington, 1986 Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1986 Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas, 1986 Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, Washington, 1985 Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky, 1984 Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, 1984 University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1984 Weber State College, Ogden, Utah, 1984 Northern Illinois University, Swen Parson Gallery, DeKalb, IIlinois, 1983 Woodside/Braseth Gallery, Seattle, Washington, 1982 Birmingham Art Museum, Birmingham, Alabama,