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Curt Fukuda smithfu2000@yahoo.com |
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| Selected Exhibitions | |
| 2009 | MACLA San José, California. Family Portraits Project. Curators: Anjee Helstrup and Pali Nijjar. |
| 2007 |
deSaisset Museum
Santa Clara, California.
Faith Placed: The Intersection of Spirituality and Location in Contemporary Photography.
Curator: Karen Kienzle. Oakland Museum of California Oakland, California. Ancient Roots/Urban Journeys: Expressions for Día de los Muertos. Curator: Anjee Helstrup. |
| 2003 | Tohono Chul Park Tucson, Arizona. Día de los Muertos: A Southwest Celebration. Curator: Vicki Donkersley. |
| 2002 |
MACLA
San José, California.
Cabinets of Curiosities.
Curators: Anjee Helstrup and Cathy Kimball. La Mano Magica Oaxaca, Mexico. Día de los Muertos. Curator: Mary Jane Mendoza. Mexican Heritage Corporation San José, California. Solo exhibition with Lissa Jones. Curator: Laura Esparza. |
| 2000 | Encantada Gallery of Fine Art San Francisco, California. Cuentos: Images of Spirituality from Oaxaca. Curator: Mía González. |
| 1999 |
University of Washington Odegaard Library
Seattle, Washington. Solo exhibition. Curator: Cynthia Steele. Pajaro Valley Arts Council Watsonville, California. Día de los Muertos exhibition. Curator: Elizabeth Reid. Smithsonian National Museum of American History Washington, DC. Americanos!. Curator: Edward James Olmos |
| 1998 | Laney College June Steingart Gallery Oakland, California. Solo exhibition. Curator: Ana Montano. |
| 1997 |
Maude Kerns Art Center
Eugene, Oregon. Día de los Muertos exhibition. Curator: Sandra Dominguez. Encantada Gallery San Francisco, California. Santos Pero No Tan Mucho. Curator: Mía González. |
| 1996 |
Kulturverein Riesa Efau
Dresden, Germany. Solo exhibition. Creative Arts Center Sunnyvale, California. Bread, Flowers and Candles, solo exhibition. Curator: Jan Rindfleisch. Euphrat Museum of Art Cupertino, California. HeartWork. Curators: Jan Rindfleisch, Diana Argabrite and Slobodan Dan Paich. Kulturamt (Amt für Kultur und Museen der Stadt Osnabrück) Osnabrück, Germany. Solo exhibition. Curator: Dr. Scott Swope. Roswell Museum of Art Roswell, New Mexico. Day of the Dead, solo exhibition. Curators: Robyn Einhorn and Wesley Rusnell. |
| 1995 |
Tohono Chul Park
Tucson, Arizona. Day of the Dead, Curator: Vicki Donkersley. Patricia Sweetow Gallery Napa, California. Diminutive Pairs. Curator: Patricia Sweetow. José Galvez Gallery Tucson, Arizona. Day of the Dead. Curator: José Galvez. Huntington Beach Art Center Huntington Beach, California. Day of the Dead. Curator: Consuelo Flores-Norte. La Mano Mágica Oaxaca, Mexico. Día de los Muertos exhibition. Curator: Mary Jane Mendoza. |
| 1994 |
Folk Arte Gallery
Cleveland, Ohio.
El Día de los Muertos.
Curator: Salvador González. Palo Alto Cultural Center Palo Alto, Califorrnia. La Ofrenda, solo exhibition. Curator: Linda Craighead. pARTs Gallery Minneapolis, Minnesota. El Día de los Muertos. Curator: Vance Gellert. |
| 1993 |
Villa Montalvo
Saratoga, California.
El Día de los Muertos en Oaxaca,
solo exhibition. Curator: Russell Moore. Paris Gibson Square Museum Great Falls, Montana. Life Death Rebirth. Curator: Barbara Racker. |
| 1992 | Marin Civic Center San Rafael, California. La Muerte en Oaxaca, solo exhibition. Curator: Lotte McWatters. |
| 1991 |
William Reagh Los Angeles Photography Center
Los Angeles, California.
El Día de los Muertos exhibition.
Curator: Consuelo F. Norte. Galería de la Raza San Francisco, California. Ex Votos y Ofrendas. Curator: Guillermo Pulido. |
| 1990 | Tzin Tzun Tzan Berkeley, California. El Día de los Muertos exhibition. Curators: Rosa Blum and Henry Wangeman. |
| 1986 |
Villa Montalvo
Saratoga, California.
San José Taiko Photos,
solo exhibition. Monterey Museum of Art Monterey, California Juried Exhibition. Juror: Jim Alinder. |
| 1981 - 1982 |
Marin Civic Center
San Rafael, California.
Nancy Ann Storybook Dolls.
In collaboration with Ruth Thon. Curator: Lotte McWaters. |
| Talks and Lectures | |
| 2007 | deSaisset Museum Santa Clara, California. |
| 1999 | University of Washington Odegaard Library Seattle, Washington. |
| 1998 |
Laney College June Steingart gallery
Oakland, California. |
| 1996 |
Kulturverein Riesa Efau
Dresden, Germany. Kulturamt Osnabrück, Germany. |
| 1994 - 1998 |
Instituto Cultural Oaxaca
Oaxaca, Mexico. Far Horizons Travel Tours Oaxaca, Mexico. |
| 1994 |
Folk Arte Gallery
Cleveland, Ohio. |
| Projects | |
| 1999 - Present |
San Jose Japantown Historical Project
Writer, researcher and photographer of a book project on the history of one of the three surviving Japantowns in the United States. |
| Publications | |
| 2004 | Between Two Worlds Co-authored with anthropologist, Shawn Haley and to be published by Berghanh Books, New York, NY. |
| 2000 | Eurocine article for Video Watchdog Magazine Issue 63 Article on the French film production company, Eurocine, coauthored with Donald E. Hood. Edited by Tim Lucas. |
| 1999 | Collectible G.I. Joe Photographed for all images for the book written by Derryl DePriest and published by Running Press, Philadelphia, PA. |
| 1997 |
Cuentos de el Día de los Muertos
Executive editor, coauthor and publisher of a bilingual book of Mexcian folktales. |
| Benefit Auctions | |
| 1999 - 2004 | MACLA San José, CA. Latino Art Auction. |
| 1999 | UCSF AIDS Health Project San Francisco, CA. Art for AIDS Auction. |
| 1992 - 1997 | S.F. Camerawork San Francisco, CA. Annual Benefit Auction. |
| 1992 - 1993 | Berkeley Store Gallery Berkeley, CA. Holiday Benefit exhibition. |
| 1991 - 1993 | Works/San José San José, CA. Silent Night Benefit Auction. |
| 1986 - 1999 |
San José ICA
San José, CA. Annual Valentine and Annual Benefit Auctions. |
| Education | |
| 1975 | B.A. Radio, Television and Film San José State University, San José, California. |
| 1998 - 2001 |
Foothill College
Los Altos Hills, California. Studies in HTML, Web design, and interactive media, including Adobe Premiere, Adobe Illustrator, Macromedia Director and Flash. |
| Related Studies | |
| 1994 | Photographing in Death Valley with Charles Cramer, Death Valley, California. |
| 1993 and 1997 | Resources for Artists with Ellen Manchester, University of California, University Extension, Santa Clara, California. |
| 1992 | History of Contemporary Photography with John Bloom, Friends of Photography, San Francisco, California. |
| 1989 | Night Photography with Michael Kenna, Marin Headlands for the Arts, Sausalito, California. |
| 1982 | Self Publishing with Bill Owens, West Valley College, Saratoga, California. |
| 1979 |
Environmental Portraiture
with Art Rogers, Point Reyes Station, California. The Zone System with Charles Cramer, Santa Clara, California. |
| Employment | |
| 1980 - Present |
Writer and Consultant Projects include: User manuals, Web tutorials, internal documents, and multimedia projects. Clients include: Adobe Systems, Digital Origin (formerly Radius), Philips Electronics, San Jose Taiko, Caliper Technologies, Yahoo!, GO Networks (formerly Infoseek), Asimba, and Cisco Systems (formerly InfoGear). |
| 1980 - 2001 |
Photographer Projects include photography for ads, brochures, books, magazines and publicity. Clients include: Adobe Systems, Apple Computer, Levi Strauss, U.S.V.P., A and R Partners, and Bay Networks (formerly SynOptics). |
| 1996 - 2000 |
Internet Topic Manager
GO Networks (formerly Infoseek) Managed topics for an Internet directory. Performed usability tests and incorporated feedback into product. Also wrote and updated internal documents. |
| 1977 - 1980 |
Writer / Cinematographer
Loral (formerly Ford Aerospace) Wrote marketing brochures, data sheets, manuals, and scripts for marketing and documentary films. Worked on the production of 16mm films and videos. |
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