John Yoyogi Fortes

 

Artist Statement

Recently featured in the Museum of the African Diaspora's show Decoding Identity: I Do It for My People, the art of John Yoyogi Fortes reads like a subconscious amalgam of popular imagery and graffiti art.

Fortes has received grants from the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission, the California Arts Council, and the Joan Mitchell Foundation. This year, his work was selected to be included in the Artrain USA National Touring Exhibition on American Diversity.


Bio

SELECTED ONE AND TWO PERSON SHOWS

  • 2010

    • Jack Fischer Gallery; San Francisco, CA.
    • SFMOMA Artists Gallery; San Francisco, CA.

  • 2009

    • SFMOMA Caffé Museo; San Francisco, CA
    • Corridor 2122; Fresno, CA

  • 2008

    • Pamela Skinner/Gwenna Howard Contemporary Art (w/ Linda Raynsford); Sacramento, CA.
    • Grayspace; Reno, NV. Pamela Skinner/Gwenna Howard Contemporary Art; Sacramento, CA.

  • 2006

    • Pamela Skinner/Gwenna Howard Contemporary Art; Sacramento, CA.

  • 2004

    • Merced Multicultural Arts Center; Merced, CA.

  • 2003

    • California State University, Stanislaus; Turlock, CA. University of Nevada, Reno; Reno, NV.

  • 2002

    • Triton Museum of Art; Santa Clara, CA.

  • 2000

    • Art Foundry Gallery; Sacramento, CA.
    • Washington Square Gallery; San Francisco, CA.
    • California State University, Fresno; Fresno, CA.

  • 1999

    • East Sac Art Garage; Sacramento, CA.

  • 1998

    • Galleri S•E, Gladys Nilsson/John Yoyogi Fortes; Bergen, Norway.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

  • 2010

    • Images of American Identity, International Arts & Artists; US Traveling Exhibition.

  • 2010

    • Tabi Tabi Po, 1AM Gallery; San Francisco, CA.
    • Out of the Archives: Process and Progress., Asian American Arts Centre; New York, NY.
    • Opening Salvo, Jack Fischer Gallery; San Francisco, CA.
    • Decoding Identity: I Do It For My People, Museum of the African Diaspora; San Francisco, CA.

  • 2008

    • U.S. War & Politics, SFMOMA Artist Gallery; San Francisco, CA.
    • Kwatro Kantos and John Yoyogi Fortes, Grand Gallery; Oakland, CA.
    • Insider/Outsider, Root Division; San Francisco, CA.
    • Pamela Skinner/Gwenna Howard Contemporary Art; Sacramento, CA.
    • Bag’o/Neo: 21st Century Modernism, Micaela Gallery; San Francisco, CA
    • Kaneko Gallery, American River College; Sacramento, CA.
    • Everything But the Kitschen Sync, La Luz de Jesus Gallery; Los Angeles, CA.

  • 2007

    • Pie in the Sky, Toyroom Gallery; Sacramento, CA.
    • To Hedonopolis From Melancoly, Thacher Gallery, USF; San Francisco, CA.

  • 2006

    • Exploding Head Gallery; Sacramento, CA.
    • Exploding Head Gallery; Sacramento, CA.
    • Flatlanders, Nelson Gallery, UC Davis; Davis, CA.

  • 2004

    • Robert Z. Hawkins Gallery, Nevada Museum of Art; Reno, NV.
    • Re-Mix 2004, SOMarts; San Francisco, CA.
    • San Francisco City College; San Francisco, CA.

  • 2003

    • Asian American Arts Centre; New York, NY.

  • 2002

    • Center for Contemporary Art; Sacramento, CA.
    • 73rd Crocker-Kingsley, Crocker Art Museum; Sacramento, CA.
    • Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara; CA.

  • 2001

    • Local Humor From the Flatlands, UN, Reno; Reno, NV.
    • Center for Contemporary Art; Sacramento, CA.
    • L.H. Horton Gallery, San Joaquin Delta College; Stockton, CA.

  • 2000

    • Truth and Lies, Triton Museum of Art; Santa Clara, CA.
    • Center for Contemporary Art; Sacramento, CA.
    • Drawing on Diversity, California Arts Council; Sacramento, CA.
    • Global Me, Washington Square Gallery; San Francisco, CA.

  • 1999

    • Eight, Gallery 8; Sacramento, CA.
    • S.S K.I.E., B. Sakata Garo; Sacramento, CA.

  • 1998

    • Fetterly Gallery, Kalayaan; Vallejo, CA.
    • Body Matrix, Matrix Gallery; Sacramento, CA.

  • 1997

    • Digital, Greg Barton Gallery; Sacramento, CA.

  • 1995

    • El Dia De Los Muertos. College of the Sequoias; Visalia, CA.

  • 1993

    • Visalia Convention Center; Visalia, CA.

  • 1991

    • Francis Puccinelli Gallery; Carpinteria, CA.

  • 1990

    • Dead Heat, Fresno Metropolitan Museum; Fresno, CA.

Education

  • California State University, Fresno; Fresno, CA.
  • San Joaquin Delta College; Stockton, CA.