Japanese american artist roger shimomura biography

Roger Shimomura (born Roger Yutaka Shimomura in in Seattle) is an American artist and a retired professor at the University of Kansas, having taught there from to His art, showcased across the United States, Japan, Canada, Mexico, and Israel, often combines American popular culture, traditional Asian tropes, and stereotypical racial imagery to provoke thought and debate on issues of identity and social perception.^[2]

Early life

Roger Shimomura was born on June 26, , at the Shimomura family home in Seattle, Washington's Central District.

He was delivered by his grandmother, Toku, a professional midwife who would become an important figure in his life and art. His father, Eddy Kazuo Shimomura, was a pharmacist, and his mother, Aya, was a homemaker. Bo