Marc KATANO

About the artist

Painter Marc Katano (American, b. Tokyo, Japan, 1952) received his Bachelor of Fine Arts with Distinction from California College of the Arts in Oakland, CA in 1975.

Katano is the recipient of the prestigious SECA Award from the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. He has had over forty solo exhibitions in museums and galleries throughout the United States, Europe and Asia, including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and a survey exhibition of works on paper at the Contemporary Museum at First Hawaiian Center, Honolulu, HI.

Katano's work has also been included in exhibitions at the Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA; the Skirball Museum, Los Angeles, CA; the San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA; the Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA; the San Jose Museum of Modern Art, San Jose, CA and Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, NJ.

PUBLICATIONS Creative Quarterly Fall 2008 San Francisco Bay Area Painting Group Exhibition, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE 1984 Traditions Transformed Group Exhibition, Oakland Museum Oakland, CA 1984 ------ Doizaki Gallery Los Angeles, CA 1984 American Woodcuts: Revival and Innovation World Print Council / U.S.I.S. 1984

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS Crocker Art Museum Sacramento, CA

Legion of Honor Achenbach Collection San Francisco, CA

Renown Regional Medical Center Art Collection Reno, NV The Contemporary Museum Honolulu, HI Zimmerli Art Museum Rutgers University, New Jersey San Francisco Museum of Modern Art San Francisco, CA San Jose Museum of Contemporary Art San Jose, CA San Francisco International Airport San Francisco, CA Sacramento Regional Transit District Sacramento, CA

AWARDS Have Hope Help Heal LA billboard, Absolut Vodka campaign Los Angeles, CA KQED-Crown Zellerbach Exhibition Jurors: Austin Conkey Judith L. Dunham Bonnie Earls-Solari San Francisco, CA 1980 SECA Award Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art San Francisco, CA 1981