born Seattle, WA 1939
active Washington state and Lawrence, Kansas
Roger Shimomura was born in Seattle in 1939. He is a third-generation Japanese-American. He holds a BA from the University of Washington and an MFA from Syracuse University. Since 1969, he has been a professor of Fine Art at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, where he holds the title of Distinguished Professor.
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painting
American
Lawrence, KS
Seattle, WA
Seattle, WA
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