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Born 1939 in Seattle, resides in Lawrence, KS
Education
Shimomura received his BA degree from the University of Washington in 1961 and his MFA degree from Syracuse University. He teaches in Lawrence, Kansas where he has taught art since 1969 at the University of Kansas. Shimomura has shown with the Greg Kucera Gallery since 1985.
Selected One Person Exhibitions
2006
"Nikkei Story" The Flomenhaft Gallery, New York
"3 Suites on the Internment" Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA
2005
"Mistaken Identities" Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle
2004
Lowe Art Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
Carleton College, Northfield, MN
Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle
2003
Jan Weiner Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Cowley County Community College, Artkansas City, KS
2002
Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia, PA
University of Tulsa, Alexandre Hogue Gallery, Tulsa, OK
An American Diary, Bellevue Art Museum, WA
Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami
2001
An American Diary, Chicago Cultural Center, IL
2000
Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA (also 1996, 1992, 1991, 1988, 1985)
An American Diary, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian, Washington, DC
An American Diary, San Jose Museum of Art, CA
An American Diary, Orme Lewis Gallery, Phoenix Art Museum, AZ
1999
Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles
Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson
Indianapolis Museum of Art, IN
Jan Weiner Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, New York, NY (also 1995, 1992, 1989)
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Priebe Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies, Philadelphia, PA
1997
University of South Carolina, Beaufort
Newcomb Art Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, TX
Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham (also 1976)
Delayed Reactions, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence
Commissions, Honors and Awards
Shimomura was awarded the Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant Program Award, 2003 for work from his most recent series of paintings “Stereotypes and Admonition.” He received a commission in 1988 for a large mural for Seattle's Metro Bus Tunnel project. The completed mural can be seen in the Westlake Station in downtown Seattle. In addition he has received a number of prominent awards and commissions from such institutions as: Art Matters, Inc., NY: Performance Art (1989); General Research Grant (Serigraphy, Artist Book, Painting, Ceramics and Performance Art) University of Kansas (numerous years); Kansas Arts Commission Artist Fellowship, Topeka: Painting (1988); Kansas Arts Commission Governor’s Arts Award, Topeka (1994); Japan Foundation Grant, Tokyo and Washington DC: Painting & Serigraphy (1975); National Endowment for the Arts, Washington DC: Painting (1991,1977) and Rockefeller Foundation (1993). The artist has had one-person exhibitions at the Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA (1996); Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence (1996); Wichita Art Museum, KS and Nevada Museum of Art (1993); Carnegie Arts Center, Leavenworth, KS (1991); Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe (1986); Whatcom County Museum, Bellingham, WA (1986) and the Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA (1977). In addition, the artist’s work has been part of numerous group exhibitions around the country. Shimomura exhibits his work at Bernice Steinbaum Gallery in New York.
Works by the artist are included in the collections of such public and private institutions as: Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL; California State University, San Diego; Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO; Helen F. Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence; Ithaca College, NY; Japan Foundation, Tokyo; Lawrence Art Center Children’s Museum, KS; Metropolitan Museum of Art & Art Center, Miami; Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA; National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC; Northern Illinois University, DeKalb; SAFECO Insurance, Seattle; School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Seattle Art Museum; Seattle Opera House; Swedish Hospital, Seattle; Tacoma Art Museum, WA; University of Washington, Seattle and the Washington State Arts Commission, Seattle.
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