EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Davis; M.F A., 1970.
CORNELL UNIVERSITY, Ithaca, NY; Graduate Work, Sculpture; 1967,68.
SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE, San Francisco, CA; B.F.A., 1967.
SACRAMENTO CITY COLLEGE, Sacramento, CA; A.A. Deg., Fine Art, 1964.
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, Sacramento, CA; Art in New York,1962.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
COUPEVILLE ARTS CENTER, Whidbey Island, WA; Existing Light Portraiture Workshop, April, 1996, 1998, 2000. PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS OF WASHINGTON, Lake Quinalt Lodge, WA; Environmental Portraiture Workshop, January, 1995. MAINE PHOTOGRAPHIC WORKSHOPS, Rockport, ME; Intro to Portrait & Medium Format, 1995. DEEP SPRINGS COLLEGE, Deep Springs, CA; Photography Workshop, Oct., 1993. AMERICAN RIVER COLLEGE, Sacramento, CA; 1990 - present. SACRAMENTO CITY COLLEGE, Sacramento, CA; 1968,69, 90 - 98. CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, Hayward, CA; Photo Workshop, May 1989. WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY, Ogden, UT; Assistant Professor, Photography, 1984 -1989. Coordinated two year degree program in Commercial Photography. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS; Extension Class in Photography; Summer 1982, 1984. COSUMNES RIVER COLLEGE, Sacramento, CA; Art & Photography Appreciation, Photography; 1981 - 1983 (Part Time). KURT FISHBACK PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOPS, Sacramento, CA; 1979 - 1984. THE GLEN FISHBACK SCHOOL OF PHOTOGRAPHY, INC., Sacramento, CA; 1973 - 1979, Principal Instructor and Coordinator of Curriculum, 1975 - 1979; Instructor, 1968,69. COLLEGE OF THE SISKIYOUS, Weed, CA; Painting, Drawing, Design & Art History, 1971 - 1973. FAYETTEVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY, Fayetteville, NC; Instructor in Art History & Fine Art, 1970 - 1971. CORNELL UNIVERSITY, Ithaca, NY; Graduate Teaching Fellowship, Sculpture, Fall 1967 - 1968.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
WRITER, CONTRIBUTING EDITOR; Camera & Darkroom Magazine; Photo Techniques Magazine; Camera Arts Magazine. CONSULTANT, Pentax Corporation of America, Inc.,1974 - present; Cache Fine Art Photographic Papers [Formerly Oriental Photo Distributing Company, Inc., 1981 to present; Eastman Kodak Co., Inc., 1995 - 1997. COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHER, Specializing in: Location, Corporate and Editorial Portraiture; Advertising and Product Illustration; Architecture, 1979 - present. PARTIAL CLIENT LIST: Arthur Anderson Consultants; Cellular One; International Billing Services; Cable Data; CA Rice Growers Assoc.; Mercy Health Care; Sutter Hospitals; Marshall Hospital; U.C. Davis Medical Ctr.; Bank of America; Weinstocks Department Stores; Dearborn Federal Credit Union; Pentax Corporation of America; Describe Software; IMmix Inc.; Almond Growers Assoc.. AUDIO-VISUAL GRAPHIC ARTIST, American river College, Sacramento, CA, 1970. STUDIO POTTER, TAYLOR AND NG CERAMICS, San Francisco, CA; 1964,65.
CREATIVE PRODUCTION:
Since 1963 I have been involved in 68 Solo and 200 Group Exhibitions. Media included have been Drawing, Painting, Prints, Ceramics, Sculpture and Photography. A partial list of locations includes: (Solo) The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, S. F., CA; The Crocker Art Museum, Michael Himovitz Gallery, and Solomon/Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento, CA; The Salt Lake Art Center, S.L.C., UT; The Camera Obscura Gallery, Denver, CO; (Group) The San Francisco Art Institute, S.F., CA; Museum of Art, U. of Oregon, Eugene, OR; Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York, NY; and the John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI.
SELECTED PUBLIC & PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:
Russ Solomon, MTS Inc., Sacramento, CA; David Ruttenberg, Chicago, IL; Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA; Denver Museum of Art; The International Center for Photography, New York, NY; Cooper Hewitt Museum of Art, NY; Fayeteville Museum of Art, Fayetteville, NC; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, S.F., CA., [My work is represented in more than 200 Public and Private Collections]
PUBLISHED WORK:
I and my work have appeared in more than 300 publications; Books, Catalogues of Exhibitions, Reviews and Articles. I am a past Contributing Editor for Camera & Darkroom Magazine and for Photo Techniques Magazine and Camera Arts Magazine. My book, "Art In Residence: West Coast Artists In Their Space", Solomon Dubnick Press & Blue Heron Publishers, was released in May 2000.
Full version of this resume available upon request. Kurt Edward Fishback