biografia di Matsumi KANEMITSU (1922-1992)

Birth place: Ogden, UT

Addresses: Los Angeles, CA

Profession: Painter, lecturer

Studied: painting with Fernand Leger, Paris; ASL, with Kuniyoshi, Sternberg, Auston & Browne; also sculpture with Karl Metzler, Baltimore, Md.

Exhibited: WMAA,. 1956, 1962; "In Memory of My Feelings," MoMA, 1967, "Tamarind: An Homage to Lithography," 1969; "Trends in 20th Century Art," Univ. Calif., Santa Barbara, 1970; "Black & White Drawings & Watercolors," SFMA, 1971; Michael Smith Gallery, Los Angeles, 1971(solo). Awards: Ford Found. Awards, 1961 & 1964; Longview Found. Award, 1962; Japan Cult. Forum Award, Fourth Int. Young Artists Exhib., 1967.

Work: Galleria Civica Arte Mod., Turin, Italy; Honolulu Acad. Arts, Hawaii; MoMA; SFMA; Corcoran Gal. Commissions: watercolor, Shinwa Bowl, Kawasaki City, Japan, 1972.

Comments: Preferred media: oils, acrylics, duco, watercolors. Teaching: instr., Chouinard A. Sch., 1965-72; artist-in-residence, UC Berkeley, 1966, and 1970-71; artist-in-residence, Honolulu Acad. Arts, 1967-68; Calif. State Col., Los Angeles, 1969; Art Ctr. Col. Design, Los Angeles, 1970; Otis A. Inst., 1971; Calif. Inst. Arts, Valencia, 1971-72.