KENNETH MATSUMOTO

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San Jose, California 95125 San Jose, California 95112

408-***-**** 408-***-****

EDUCATION: M.F.A. Sculpture, San Jose State University

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

A REASON FOR BEING, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA 2007

INAUGURAL EXHIBIT, (two person) Art Object Gallery, San Jose, CA 2000

NEW WORK, Art Foundry Gallery, Sacramento, CA 1999

SCULPTURE, d.p. Fong Gallery, San Jose, CA 1995

SCULPTURE, (two person) Carnegie Center for the Arts, Turlock, Ca. 1994

SCULPTURE, David Zapf Gallery, San Diego, California, 1991

NEW WORK, Christopher Grimes Gallery, Carmel, California, 1990

RECENT SCULPTURE, Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, California, 1989

BALANCE AND HARMONY, Francine Ellman Gallery, Los Angeles, California, 1988

SCULPTURE, The Young Gallery, Saratoga, California, 1988

SCULPTURE, Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, California, 1987

THE KNEEL SERIES, deSaisset Museum, University of Santa Clara, Santa Clara, California, 1984

SCULPTURE, Gallery III, San Jose State University, San Jose, California, 1983

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

THREE PERSON EXHIBIT, Artists Gallery SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA 2004

THREE PERSON EXHIBIT, The Art Object Gallery, San Jose, CA 2002

1999 ARTIST FELLOWSHIP EXHIBIT, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA 2000

THE FOUNDRY FIFTY, The Art Foundry Gallery, Sacramento, CA. 1999

OUTSIDE- IN, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA 1995

GALLERY ARTISTS, Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, Ca. 1995

SUMO INVITATIONAL, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, Ca. 1993

SCULPTURE x THREE, Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, Ca. 1993

INTO THE 90's, Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, California, 1990

INTERNATIONAL INVITATIONAL GLASS SCULPTURE, Judy Youens Gallery, Houston, Texas, 1989

LOOKING NORTH, Gensler and Associates Gallery, Los Angeles, California, 1989

NEW WORKS, Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, California, 1989

BAY AREA SCULPTURE: METAL, STONE, AND WOOD, Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, California, 1988

CONTEMPORARY VOICES: THE ASIAN-AMERICAN AESTHETIC, Triton Museum, Santa Clara, California, 1987

BAY CURRENTS, Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, California, 1987

ART IN PUBLIC PLACES, A.I.A. Gallery, San Jose, California, 1987

NEW ART IN THE WEST, Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, California, 1986

CONTEMPORARY CALIFORNIA ARTISTS, Christopher Grimes Gallery, Carmel, California, 1986

TRANSLITERATION: THE PACIFIC INTERCHANGE, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, California, 1985

COLLAGE AND GLASS, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, California, 1985

ON THE HORIZON, Christopher Grimes Gallery, Carmel, California, 1985

SAN JOSE/SANTA CRUZ EXPRESS, Mary Porter Senson Gallery, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1984

GROUP SCULPTURE SHOW, The Gallery at Battenberg, Fillhardt & Wright, Inc., San Jose, California, 1984

GALLERY AFFILIATIONS:

ART OBJECT GALLERY, San Jose, CA

Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA

MAJOR COLLECTIONS:

APPLIED MATERIALS CORPORATION, Santa Clara,, California

HITACHI CORPORATION, San Francisco, California

HEWLETT PACKARD CORPORATION, Palo Alto, California

SYNTEX CORPORATION, Palo Alto, California

APPLE COMPUTER INC., Cupertino, Ca.

THE CITY OF SAN JOSE, San Jose, California

THE CITY OF SACRAMENTO, Sacramento, Ca.

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, Tempe, Az.

THE STEARNS CORPORATION, Menlo Park, California

BATTENBERG, FILLHARDT, & WRIGHT, INC., San Jose, California

WALTERS AND WOLFE, INC., Fremont, California

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PRICE WATERHOUSE, Florida

SAKS FIFTH AVENUE, Chicago

OKI SEMICONDUCTOR. Sunnyvale, California

JACK LINKLETTER

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, Pembroke, NC

MERRILL LYNCH INTERNATIONAL

PEBBLE BEACH COMPANY, Pebble Beach, California

SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER, San Jose, CA

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Art and Antique Collector, December, 1984

Peninsula Herald, March 1985

San Jose Mercury News, May and November, 1987

Peninsula Magazine, December, 1987

San Jose Mercury News, February and April, 1988

Corporate ArtNews, May, 1988

San Jose Mercury News, May, 1988

Artweek, June, 1988

San Jose Mercury News, July and December, 1988

Peninsula Magazine, November, 1988

San Jose Museum of Art Frameworks, April, 1989

Pacific Grove Monarch, August, 1990

San Diego Tribune, August, 1991

Los Angeles Times, August, 1991

Artweek, January, 1995

San Jose Mercury News, 2000

PUBLIC ART EXPERIENCE:

2005-2006 IKOI NO BA PROJECT. San Jose RDA and The Japantown Community Congress. Series of five places of rest and

reflection along Fifth Street in Japantown. Project budget 50,000.00

2004 UNTITLED BASALT, and GRANITE SHOULDERS, CORE Development Corp., Installed January, 2004. South

Monterey Highway Arts Corridor Project. Project Budget: 43,000.00 phases one and two.

2003 EXPOSED AGGREGATE and MICA, Phase One of the South Monterey Highway Arts Corridor Project

2003 BOWL FRAGMENT (UNEARTHED NEAR AUBURN) and SIERRA GRANITE, Collection of the State of California.

Capitol Area East End Project.. The Art Consultant for the project, Tamara Thomas of Fine Arts Advisors, Project Budget- 45,000.00

2000 LANDSCAPE w/QUARRY HOLE, Mozart Development Corp., Sunnyvale, Ca. Installed Fall, 2000. amt 35,000.

2000 CANYON, JP Di Napoli Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA. Installed Spring 2000 commission amt.- 20,000.

1998 THREE BOULDERS, Santa Clara County Medical Center, San Jose, CA. 1998 commission amt- 22,500.

1995 FONT, (Lumbee River) North Carolina Arts Council Art in Public Places Program. installation: Fall 1995. commission amt.-

25,000.

1994 3 BENCHES, Arizona State University, Art in Public Places Program, Site Specific Furniture/Art Project. Tempe, Arizona.

Installed: May, 1994. commission amt 60,000. The RFQ for this project stipulated the art work be functional and reflect the deep

geological nature of the area .

1994 2 RIVERS, Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission, Kinney Police Facility, Site Specific Artwork, installed: Feb. 1994.

commission amt. 65,000.00.

1992 EAST/WEST, City of San Jose, Japantown Gateway Project. Site Location: corner of Fifth and Taylor Streets, San Jose,

California. Installed January 1992. commission amt- 22,500.00.

1985 KNEEL,Stearns Corporation, Menlo Park, California. Site Location: corner of Mercury Drive and Tiros Way, Sunnyvale,

California. Installed 1985.

1986 UNTITLED, Stearns Corporation, MenloPark, California. Gift to the city of San Jose. San Jose Center for the Performing

Arts, at the corner of Park and Almaden Avenues. Installed: 1986.

1985 BOOM II, PINTO, & UNTITLED, Stearns Corporation, Menlo Park, California. Site Location: North First Street and Space

Park Drive, San Jose, California. Commission amt. -30,000

RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Owner/Director ArtObjectGallery, San Jose, CA. 2000 to Present

Recipient of the ArtShift Award for Contribution to the Arts in San Jose, 2010

Recipient of The Silicon Valley Arts Council Fellowship Award for Sculpture, 1999

Juror, Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission, Coroner/Crime Lab project, 1995.

Guest Lecturer, Stanislaus State University, 1994.

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Juror, San Jose Veterans Memorial Project, 1993

Guest Lecturer, San Jose Museum of Art, 1989

Member, Board of Trustees, San Jose Museum of Art, 1988-89.

Featured artist, KICU-TV, Channel 36, San Jose, 'Exhibition 88", 1988.

Featured artist, KNTV Channel 11, San Jose, production "The Spirit of San Jose", 1987

Guest Lecturer, Palo Alto Cultural Center, 1987

References:

David Allen, Director, Metro-Arts-in-Transit, St Louis, MO. abpiro@r.postjobfree.com

Peter Geraghty, Architect/Project Manager, San Jose RDA, abpiro@r.postjobfree.com

David and Leslie Takamoto, AIA, abpiro@r.postjobfree.com

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