biography of Arthur OKAMURA (1932-2009)

Birth place: Long Beach, CA

Addresses: Bolinas, CA

Profession: Painter

Studied: AIC (scholarship, 1950-54); Univ. Chicago, 1951 & 1953; Yale Univ. Summer Art Sem., 1954; Edward L. Ryerson for travel fellowship, 1954; Univ. Chicago, 1957.

Exhibited: "Painters Behind Painters," CPLH, 1967; Pittsburgh Int., CI, 1967; drawings, SFMA, 1968 (solo); Takashima 1970 Expos, Osaka, Tokyo, Japan, 1970; "Asian Artists," Oakland Mus., 1971; WMAA; Hansen Fuller Gal., San Fran., CA, 1970s. Awards: Schwabacher-Frey Award, 79th Ann., SFMA, 1960; Neysa McMein Purchase Award, WMAA, 1960; purchase award, Nat. Soc. Arts & Letters

Member: AFA

Work: Kalamazoo (MI) College; Nat. Coll. FA; Smithsonian Inst.; Illinois Bell Telephone, Chicago; Stanford Univ. Coll.

Comments: Positions: dir., San Fran. Studio Art, 1958. Teaching: Central YMCA College, Chicago, 1956-57; Evanston (IL) Art Center, 1956-57; Sch., AIC, 1957; North Shore Art Lg., Winnetka, IL, 1957; Acad. Art, San Fran., 1957; Calif. Sch. FA, San Fran., 1958; Calif College Arts & Crafts, 1958-59 & 1966-71; Saugatuck (MI) Summer Art Sch., 1959 & 1962; Univ. Utah, 1964.

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