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Artist Biography

     Ken Sakatani is a Japanese-American Sansei (third-generation), who grew up on a ranch farm in Southern California. He has had a noted career as an art professor and art educator, and as an artist, continues an active record of art exhibits and juried shows. His work, for example, has been curated and shown at the San Francisco de Young Art Museum; Mendocino Art Center; De Anza College, Cupertino; University of the Arts, Philadelphia; Cal State University, Northridge; Golden Gate Park Botanical Gardens, and Gallery Sanchez, San Francisco. Ken now resides and enjoys life in San Francisco

Education and Training:

B.F.A. visual design, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA    

M.A.   interdisciplinary arts, California State University, San Francisco, CA

Ph.D.  art education, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA

 

Selected Art Shows and Exhibitions:

2024 The Valley Tavern Art Exhibit, Noe Valley, San Francisco, CA.

2024 Belvedere-Tiburon Library Art Exhibit, Belvedere, CA.

2024 Open Studio, Noe Valley, San Francisco, CA.

2023  Juried Show, The de Young Art Museum Open Exhibition, San Francisco, CA

2023  Solo Exhibit, Gallery Sanchez, Noe Valley Ministry, San Francisco, CA

2022  Invitational Exhibit, Botanical Gardens, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA

2021  Solo Exhibit, Gallery Sanchez, Noe Valley Ministry, San Francisco, CA

2020  Juried Show, The de Young Art Museum Open Exhibition, San Francisco, CA

2018  Winter Art Show, Infinity Towers, San Francisco, CA

2013  SAC Arts Invitational Exhibit, Santora Gallery, Santa Ana, CA

2007  EDGE Art Faculty Show, California State University, Northridge, CA

2001  SNAPSHOT Invitational Exhibit, Arcadia College, Glenside, PA

2001  Art Faculty Show, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

1995  Drawing Exhibit, 23rd Street Drawing Studio, San Francisco, CA

1992  Juried Show (Kenneth Baker, judge), Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA  

1992  Invitational Exhibit, Burlingame Art Society, Burlingame, CA

1989  Art Faculty Show, De Anza College, Cupertino, CA

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