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Lissa Jones
lissaloul7@hotmail.com

Curt Fukuda
smithfu2000@yahoo.com
Selected Exhibitions
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 Casa Adobe San Jose, California. Works in collaboration with Lissa Jones. Curator: Catherine Gonzalez.
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.
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.
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.


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.


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
Lissa Jones
1985 Masters of Art: Sculpture San José State University, San José, California.
1982 Bachelor of Fine Arts San José State University, San José, California.
Curt Fukuda
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
Lissa Jones
1994 Painting Photographs with Holly Roberts, center for Photographic Arts, Carmel, California.
1993 and 1997 Resources for Artists with Ellen Manchester, University of California, University Extension, Santa Clara, California.
1989 Night Photography with Michael Kenna, Marin Headlands for the Arts, Sausalito, California.
Curt Fukuda
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.


Community Work
Lissa Jones
1997 15th Annual El Mariachi Festival Fresno, California. Program and poster art.
1994 Shanti Project Annual Award Benefit.
M.H.R. AIDS Support Group Benefit.
1991 to Present San José ICA San José, California. Auxiliary Board.
1991 and 1993 San José ICA San José, California. Artists Selection Committee for Annual Auction.
1984 to 1990 San José ICA San José, California. Board of Directors.
1965 to Present Girl Scouts of America San José, California. Troop leader.


Employment
Lissa Jones
2006 - Present Development Associate / Workplace Giving Coordinator Arts Council Silicon Valley, San Jose, California.
1998 to 2004 Corporate Art Consultant Rockwood Design, Saratoga, California. Design art installations in corporations and public institutions, work with artists, vendors, and executives.
1988 to 1997 Corporate Art Consultant Walls Alive, San José, California. Design art installations in corporations and public institutions, work with artists, vendors, and executives.
1985 to 1988 Framer Framing Ltd., San José, California. Design and assemble matting and framing for artwork.

Curt Fukuda
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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