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:
1989 Art Faculty Show, De Anza College, Cupertino, CA
1992 Invitational Exhibit, Burlingame Art Society, Burlingame, CA
1992 Juried Show (Kenneth Baker, judge), Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA
1995 Drawing Exhibit, 23rd Street Drawing Studio, San Francisco, CA
2001 Art Faculty Show, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2001 SNAPSHOT Invitational Exhibit, Arcadia College, Glenside, PA
2007 EDGE Art Faculty Show, California State University, Northridge, CA
2013 SAC Arts Invitational Exhibit, Santora Gallery, Santa Ana, CA
2018 Winter Art Show, Infinity Towers, San Francisco, CA
2020 Online Exhibit, Botanical Gardens, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA
2020 Juried Show, The de Young Art Museum Open Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
2021 Solo Exhibit, Gallery Sanchez, Noe Valley Ministry, San Francisco, CA
2022 Invitational Exhibit, Botanical Gardens, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA
2023 Solo Exhibit, Gallery Sanchez, Noe Valley Ministry, San Francisco, CA
2023 Juried Show, The de Young Art Museum Open Exhibition, San Francisco, CA