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Education
California State University, Fresno, Fresno, CA 1977-79
San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, CA 1973-75

Selected Solo*/Two Person Exhibitions
2001* Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA
2000* Washington Square Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2000* President¹s Gallery, CSUF, Deep Memory, Fresno, CA
1999 East Sac Art Garage, John Yoyogi Fortes/E. Neri Abillar, Sacramento, CA
1998 Galleri S€E, Gladys Nilsson/John Yoyogi Fortes, Bergen, Norway
1988* Art Space Gallery, Beyond Eyes Reach, Fresno City College, Fresno, CA
1987* Culman Gouro Gallery, Tokyo-Taxi-Tike, Los Angeles, CA
1986* Fresno Art Museum, Temporary Visions/Private Illusions, Fresno, CA
1979 Phebe Conley Art Gallery, California State University, Fresno, Fresno, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions
2000 Triton Museum, Truth and Lies, Santa Clara, CA
Crocker Art Museum, 72nd Crocker-Kingsley, Sacramento, CA
Center for Contemporary Art, Family, Sacramento, CA
California Arts Council, Drawing on Diversity, Sacramento, CA
Washington Square Gallery, Global Me, San Francisco, CA
1999 Fetterly Gallery, 5th Anniversary Exhibition, Vallejo, CA B.
Sakata Garo, S.S K.I.E., Sacramento, CA
1998 Fetterly Gallery, Kalayaan, Vallejo, CA
John Natsoulas Gallery, All Creatures Great and Small, Davis, CA
Matrix Gallery, Body Matrix, Sacramento, CA
1997 Greg Barton Gallery, Digital, Sacramento, CA
1995 College of the Sequoias, El Dia De Los Muertos, Visalia, CA
1993 Visalia Convention Center, Valley Artists, Visalia, CA
1991 Francis Puccinelli Gallery, El Dia De Los Muertos-A Celebration, Carpinteria, CA
1990 Fresno Metropolitan Museum, Dead Heat, Fresno, CA
1989 Natsoulas/Novelozo Gallery, Drawing For The Funk Of It, Davis, CA
1988 Natsoulas/Novelozo Gallery, Introductions ¹88, Davis, CA
George J. Doizaki Gallery, JACCC, AJA-3, Los Angeles, CA
1987 Los Angeles City College Art Gallery, Artist Recall, Los Angeles, CA
Social and Public Art Resource Center Gallery, There¹s No Place Like Home, Venice, CA
1986 Art Museum, All California Biennial, Riverside, CA
Berkeley Art Center, Exhibition ¹86, Berkeley, CA
1985 L.A. Artcore Gallery, Wall Works, Los Angeles, CA
Cal Arts, T.V. Works, Valencia, CA
Los Angeles Institute for Contemporary Art, T.V. Works, Los Angeles, CA
Video Data Bank, School of Art Institute of Chicago, T.V. Works, Chicago, IL

Awards
Recipient, Excellence in the Arts, Tulare County Regional Arts Council, Tulare, CA 1991
Finalist, Art in Motion, Orange County Transit District, Orange, CA 1987
First Prize, All California Biennial, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA 1986
Second Prize, Wall Works, L.A. Artcore Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1985
First Prize, Student Competition, California State University, Fresno, CA 1978

Teaching Experience
Beginning Drawing and Cartooning, Porterville Community College, Porterville, CA 1984 & 86