Roger Shimomura
Encyclopedia
Roger Shimomura is an American
artist
and a retired professor at the University of Kansas
. His works, showcased across the United States, address Asian American
sociopolitical issues by the use of racist
imagery.
with an MFA.
His work is in the collection of University of Washington
, and Washburn University
.
He showed at the Missoula Art Museum.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
and a retired professor at the University of Kansas
University of Kansas
The University of Kansas is a public research university and the largest university in the state of Kansas. KU campuses are located in Lawrence, Wichita, Overland Park, and Kansas City, Kansas with the main campus being located in Lawrence on Mount Oread, the highest point in Lawrence. The...
. His works, showcased across the United States, address Asian American
Asian American
Asian Americans are Americans of Asian descent. The U.S. Census Bureau definition of Asians as "Asian” refers to a person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan,...
sociopolitical issues by the use of racist
Racism
Racism is the belief that inherent different traits in human racial groups justify discrimination. In the modern English language, the term "racism" is used predominantly as a pejorative epithet. It is applied especially to the practice or advocacy of racial discrimination of a pernicious nature...
imagery.
Life
Shimomura was interned at the Minidoka War Relocation Center in Idaho during World War II. He graduated from Syracuse UniversitySyracuse University
Syracuse University is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York, United States. Its roots can be traced back to Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1832, which also later founded Genesee College...
with an MFA.
His work is in the collection of University of Washington
University of Washington
University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...
, and Washburn University
Washburn University
Washburn University is a co-educational, public institution of higher learning in Topeka, Kansas, USA. It offers undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as professional programs in law and business. Washburn has 550 faculty members, who teach more than 6,400 undergraduate students and...
.
He showed at the Missoula Art Museum.
External links
- Official site
- Showcase at the Greg Kucera Art Gallery
- Flomen Haft Gallery Bio
- Fall 2009 newsletter of The Wing Luke Asian Museum, includes artist's statement for Shimomura exhibit Yellow Peril and reproduces the titular painting.
- Oral Histories: Roger Shimomura, C-Span, July 9, 2011