Don Fritz “Atomic Icons”
also showing wtih Doug Fogelson, So Youn Lee, Justine Lin, Mayuko Nakamura, and Naoshi
June 5 – 28, 2015
Artist reception: Friday, June 5th; 8-11PM
La Luz de Jesus Gallery
4633 Hollywood Boulevard,
Los Angeles, CA 90027
www.laluzdejesus.com
to view the entire show click here
Don Fritz has mastered the ancient art of Raku ceramics–exhibiting in museums all over North America and Asia, but he’s chosen the ultra-modern, futurism of the Atomic Age for his narrative. Rocket cars and UFOs are interstitial comrades to larger than life-size telephones, bowling pins and other nostalgic totems of childhood.
Children’s toys and books become objects of ritual when they are imbued with conscious and unconscious meaning based in cultural constructs of gender and power. Heavy and fragile are the underlying presence and psychological consequence of the menacing cultural narratives intrinsic in everyday objects; banality is easily transcended by over-sizing, but power is also trivialized. Guns, jet planes, and rocket cars hide violence beneath their glazed surfaces.
Fantasies of power are closely linked to gender identities, which are formed in adolescence. The toys that seem to reflect the innocence and freedom of childhood are embedded with weighty social contracts dictating gender roles. Here the objects are incorporated with the menacing presence of the atomic symbol as an investigation within American pop culture to show the disparity between our idealized dreams and our physical realities.
Don has a rather incredible CV – have a look!
Donald Fritz
Associate Professor of Art and Art History
Department of Art and Art History
Santa Clara, California
Education
1978 M.F.A., Sculpture, Ceramics, University of California, Davis, California
1976 B.F.A., Printmaking, Sculpture, University of California, Santa Cruz, California
1975 B.A. with honors, Painting, University of California, Santa Cruz, California
Awards and Honors
2014-2015 Dean’s Grant, Beyond Borders Project, travel in Mexico, Santa
Clara University, ($1500)
2007 – 2014 Faculty Student Research Assistant Project, Santa Clara University,
($1000)
2013 Silicon Valley Artist Laureate Award, Silicon Valley Art’s Council, ($5000)
2012 Thomas Terry Grant, Santa Clara University, ($2300)
2011 Arts and Science Award ‘New Mythologies” ($2800)
2010-11 Locatelli Junior Faculty Grant
($1288)
2009 Thomas Terry Grant, Santa Clara University, ($3750)
2007 Professional Development, Santa Clara University, ($5000)
2007 Start Up Funds, Santa Clara University, ($5000)
2001 Artists Grant, Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc. ($15,000)
2001 Visiting Artist Project Grant, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Colorado
1997 Artist Grant, Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc. ($10,000)
1995 Best of Show, Triton Museum-KTEH Art Auction
1993 Japanese Cultural Exchange Grant, travel grant, one month ($5,000)
Exhibitions
Solo
2015 “Atomic Icon”, La Luz De Jesus, Hollywood, California
2013 “Turgid Flux, Coastal Eddy Gallery, Laguna Beach, California
2012 “Mythos, Patrones Y Obsesiones” Galaria Angela Peralta Mazatlan,
Sinaloa. December
2011 “Candy Cane” Homey Gallery, Chicago Illinois
2010 “Nuevas Mitologias” Mazatlan Museum, Sala Carlos Bueno, Mazatlan Sinaloa, Mexico.
“Nuevas Mitologias” San Blas Cultural Center, San Blas Nayarite, Mexico.
2009 “Deja Vu” Billy Shire Fine Art Gallery, Culver City, California.
2008 “Kelly and Don Exhibition”, Yeongcheon/City Santa Clara City, Art Exchange Exhibition, May 2008
Yeongcheon Art Studio. May 13-26
Banasil Cultural Center. May 15-26
Gallery Godo. May 14-20
“New Ceramics”, Julie Baker Fine Art, Grass Valley, California
“Recuerdos”, Mazatlan Museum, Mazatlan, Mexico
2006 “Selected Works”, Mohr Gallery, Community School of Music and Arts, Mountain View, California
2005 “Wonderland”, Billy Shire Gallery, Culver City, California
2004 “Circa”, Julie Baker Fine Art, Grass Valley, California
2003 “Allegories”, Grover Thurston Gallery, Seattle, Washington
“Transparency”, Tapio Gallery, Sapporo Japan
2001 “Open Studios 2001”, Santa Cruz, California
2000 “Little Cowboy”, Catherine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, California
“New American Painting”, Tapio Gallery, Sapporo, Japan
1999 “Souvenirs”, Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1997 “Apple Pie”, Catherine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, California
1994 D.P. Fong Gallery, San Jose, California
1993 “California Art”, Art Amon, Tokyo, Japan
Sakura Gallery, Otaru, Japan
1989 Allegra Gallery, San Jose, California
1988 Porter College, University of California, Santa Cruz, California
1987 Freight Door Gallery, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California
1986 Creative Growth Gallery, Oakland, California
1983 Art Center, Santa Cruz, California
1982 Candy Store Gallery, Folsom, California
1981 Cedar Street Gallery, Santa Cruz, California
Group
2015 “Local Color”, Aticama Cultural Center, Nayarit, Mexico
6th Annual “Art of Painting in the 21st Century”, Natsuolas Gallery,
Davis, California
“Laluzapalooza”, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Hollywood, California
26th Annual California Conference for Advancement of Ceramic Art, Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California.
2014 “ Christmas Exhibition” Gallery IMA, Seattle Washington
“Sin Agua Sin Vida”, Galeria Ajolote, Guadalajara, Mexico
SCU Faculty Exhibition, Freight Door Gallery, Santa Clara University
5th Annual “Art of Painting in the 21st Century”, Natsuolas Gallery,
Davis, California
“Laluzapalooza”, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Hollywood, California
25th Annual California Conference for Advancement of Ceramic Art, Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California.
“Thought Bubbles” Invitational Enrique Chagoya, Petra Valentova, Don Fritz, Rhombus Space Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
“An Eclectic Grouping”, Elliot Fouts Gallery, Sacramento, California
“Coaster Invitational”, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Hollywood,
California
35th Annual Anderson Ranch Art Auction, Aspen, Colorado
“Big Names. Small Art”, Crocker Kingsley Art Museum, Sacramento, California
35th Annual Anderson Ranch Art Auction, Aspen, Colorado
2013 4th Annual “Art of Painting in the 21st Century”, Natsuolas Gallery,
Davis, California
24th Annual California Conference for Advancement of Ceramic Art, Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California.
“Laluzapalooza”, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Hollywood, California
“Coaster Show Invitational” La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Hollywood, California
“Figurative Art”, Luna Gallery, Mazatlan, Mexico
“Big Names. Small Art”, Crocker Kingsley Art Museum, Sacramento, California
“Sin Agua Sin Vida”, Mazatlan Contemporary Museum, Sinaloa Mexico
34th Annual Anderson Ranch Art Auction, Aspen, Colorado
“Big Names. Small Art”, Crocker Kingsley Art Museum, Sacramento, California
2012 “27th Annual Hospitality House Art Auction”, San Francisco, California
“18th Annual Steve Chase Humanitarian Awards Gala”, Palm Springs, California
Jacob’s Heart Children’s Hospital: “The 17th Annual Spring Forward Against Cancer Gala”, Santa Cruz, California
“Show & Tell, The Art of Pop Culture,” Zimmer Children’s Museum, Los Angeles, California.
23rd Annual California Conference for Advancement of Ceramic Art, Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California.
3rd Annual “Art of Painting in the 21st Century”, Natsuolas Gallery, Davis, California
La Luz a Palooza, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Hollywood, California
“Mitos, Patrones y Obsesiones”, Galleria Angela Peralta, Mazatlan
33rd Annual Anderson Ranch Art Auction, Aspen, Colorado
2011 “La Luz de Jesus 25”, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
“Wet Art” Santa Cruz Boys and Girls Club Fundraiser, Santa Cruz, California.
“Chain Letter “ Shosona Wayne Gallery, Bergamont Station, Santa Monica, California
“SF Fine Art Fair: Modern and Contemporary Art”, Sandra Lee Gallery, Fort Mason, California.
“Curious Association”, Sandra Lee Gallery, San Francisco, California.
“Feedback” Arts alumni exhibition. Porter College Faculty Gallery, University of California, Santa Cruz
“Ultra-Sweet, azucar y cosas de ninos”, Jesus Gallardo Gallery, Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico.
2nd Annual “Art of Painting in the 21st Century”, Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California.
“30 Ceramic Sculptors”, CCACA 22nd Annual California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art”, Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California
“Go Figure”, invitational figurative group show, Elliot Fouts Gallery, Sacramento, California
“Cartoon Network Exhibition”, Cartoon Network, Los Angeles, California.
“Everything but the Kitchen Sink”, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Hollywood, California.
“Gala Exhibition and Fund Raiser”, Triton Museum. Santa Clara, California
Jacob’s Heart Children’s Hospital: The 16th Annual Spring Forward Against Cancer Gala, Santa Cruz, California
32nd Annual Anderson Ranch Art Auction” Aspen, Colorado
“Show & Tell, The Art of Building”, Zimmer Children’s Museum, Los Angeles, California
“The Arneson Legacy”, Blue Line Gallery. Roseville, California
“The Bird House Exhibition”, James Kaneko Gallery. American River Community College, Sacramento, California
32st Annual Anderson Ranch Art Auction, Aspen, Colorado
26th Annual Hospitality House Art Auction, San Francisco, California
2010 “Day of the Dead International Exhibition”, Mazatlan Museum, Main Gallery, Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico.
“Child’s World”, Triton Museum, Santa Clara, California.
“Surf City Santa Cruz: A Wave of Inspiration”, Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History
“Earth Bound”, City Windows Gallery, San Jose, California.
19th Annual Stars Art Action, Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, California.
“First Annual Santa Clara Faculty Exhibition”, Santa Clara University Learning Commons, Santa Clara, California.
“Group Show”, Bill Gould Design Art and Architecture, San Jose, California.
“On Sight/In Sight and Just In”, de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, California.
“A Seed Planted: a Tribute to Robert Arneson”, Davis Art Center, Tsao Gallery, Davis, California.
“30 Ceramic Sculptures”, CCACA 21st Annual Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art. Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California
“The Art of Painting in the 21st Century”, Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California.
“Go Figure”, invitational figurative group show, Elliot Fouts Gallery, Sacramento, California.
31st Annual Anderson Ranch Art Auction, Aspen, Colorado
“ICA’S 29th Annual Fall Auction”, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose California
25th Annual Hospitality House Art Auction, San Francisco, California
“Keeping Art Alive”, Annual Art Auction, Triton Museum, Santa Clara, California.
2009 “Beyond Eden Art Fair”, Barnsdall Art Park, Billy Shire Fine Arts, Los Angeles, California
“30 Ceramic Sculptors”, CCACA 20th Annual Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art. Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California
“The Art Object Gallery”, San Jose, California
“Showmee Festival” Jana Center. Seoul, Korea
“Deja Vu”, Billy Shire Fine Art Gallery. Culver City, California
“Good Ol Days” Hespe Gallery” San Francisco, California
30th Annual Ranch Art Auction” Aspen, Colorado
“Sculpture Is ’09 PVAC/ “Pajaro Valley arts Council”, Watsonville, California
“Gala Exhibition and Fund Raiser”, Triton Museum. Santa Clara, California
18th Annual Stars Art Action, Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, California.
Jacobs Heart Children’s Hospital: The 14th Annual Spring Forward Against Cancer Gala, Santa Cruz, California
“ICA’S 28th Annual Fall Auction”, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, California
24th Annual Hospitality House Art Auction, San Francisco, California
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“ARAC@AAM: Ranch Arts Center At The Aspen Art Museum” Anderson Ranch, Aspin, Colorado. October 31 – December 7, 2008
2008 “Kelly and Don Exhibition”, Yeongcheon/City Santa Clara City, Art Exchange Exhibition, May 2008
Yeongcheon Art Studio. May 13-26
Banasil Cultural Center. May 15-26
Gallery Godo. May 14-20
“New Ceramics”, Julie Baker Fine Art, Grass Valley, California
“ICA’S 27th Annual Fall Auction”, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, California
“Open Studios, Santa Cruz, California
17th Annual Stars Art Action, Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, California.
“Eccentric Image”, Blue Line Gallery, Roseville, California
“War Show”, Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California
“Art For Art”, Mill Gallery, Santa Cruz, California
29th Annual Anderson Ranch Art Auction” Aspen, Colorado.
“Mass Consumption”, Mesa Contemporary Arts Center, Mesa, Arizona
“Gallery Artist Group Show”, Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle, Washington
“Everything but the Kitchen Sink”, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Hollywood, California
“Show & Tell, The Art of Vision”, Zimmer Children’s Museum, Los Angeles, California
23rd Annual Hospitality House Art Auction, San Francisco, California
2007 “Experience Teaches”: Santa Clara University”, Art Faculty Exhibition, de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, California
“Nor-Cal Clay”, Freight Door Gallery, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California
“Bridge Art Fair”, Billy Shire Fine Art, London, England
“Bridge Art Fair”, Billy Shire Fine Art, Miami Beach, Florida
“Scope Chicago”, Billy Shire Gallery, Culver City, California
“Show & Tell: The Art Of Harmony”, Zimmer Children’s Museum, Los Angeles, California
“Time And Place” Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, California
16th Annual Stars Art Action, Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, California.
“Everything but the Kitchen Sink”, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Hollywood, California
28th Annual Anderson Ranch Art Auction, Aspen, Colorado
22nd Annual Hospitality House Art Auction, San Francisco, California
2006 “Bridge Art Fair”, Billy Shire Fine Art, Miami Beach, Florida
“ART LA”, Billy Shire Gallery, Culver City, California
“Scope Chicago”, Billy Shire Gallery, Culver City, California
“International Art Exposition”, San Francisco, California
“Painting, Faculty Works”, Sesnon Gallery, University of California, Santa Cruz, California
“666, Beat the Devil”, Drawing Invitational, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, California
15th Annual Stars Art Action, Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, California.
“Inaugural Group Exhibition”, Homey Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
“Chicago Art Exhibition”, Julie Baker Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois
“Everything but the Kitchen Sink”, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Hollywood, California
27th Annual Anderson Ranch Art Auction, Aspen, Colorado
21st Annual Hospitality House Art Auction, San Francisco, California
2005 “Inaugural Group Exhibition”, Billy Shire Gallery, Culver City, California
“Faculty Exhibition”, Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snow Mass, Colorado
“Funnel Cake Fantasy”, Roshambo Gallery, Healdsburg, California
“Emerging Artist’s Exhibition”, Julie Baker Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
14th Annual Stars Art Action, Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, California.
“International Art Expo”, Julie Baker Gallery, San Francisco, California
“Faculty Works”, Freight Door gallery, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California
“Everything but the Kitchen Sink”, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Hollywood, California
2004 “Scope”, Julie Baker Fine Art, Los Angeles, California
“50 Year Anniversary Exhibition”, Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, California
“Hard Candy”, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, California
“Lazy Days”,” Julie Baker Fine Arts, Grass Valley, California
“International Art Expo”, Julie Baker Gallery, San Francisco, California
“Chicago International Art Expo”, Navy Pier, Julie Baker Fine Art, Chicago, Illinois
“Group Show”, La Luz De Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, California
“Deep Focus”, Art Object Gallery, San Jose, California
“Everything but the Kitchen Sink”, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Hollywood, California
2003 “Faculty Exhibition”, Mary Porter Sesnon Gallery, University of California-Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California
“International Art Expo”, Julie Baker Gallery, San Francisco, California
“Group Show”, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, California
“Pacific Rim Art Now”, Otaru Museum, Hokkaido, Japan
“Ceramic Show”, Roshambo Gallery, Healdsburg California
“Everything but the Kitchen Sink”, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Hollywood, California
2002 “Faculty Exhibition”, Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snow Mass, Colorado
“Playground”, Julie Baker Fine Arts, Grass Valley, California
“1000 Clowns”, Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, California
“Affordable Art Fair”, New York, New York
“International Art Expo”, Robert Berman Gallery, San Francisco, California
“In Toon with the Times”, Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, California
“Un-Commercial Art by Commercial Artists”, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Hollywood, California
2001 “Chicago International Art Fair”, Catherine Clark Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois
“Ocean Festival 2001”, Pajaro Valley Arts Center, Watsonville, California
“Art for New York, c/o Focus on AIDS Foundation”, Butterfields, Los Angeles, California
“Juried All Media Exhibition 2001”, Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, California
“21st Annual Fall Auction”, Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, California
“Faculty Works”, Sesnon Gallery, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California
“Life from Clay”, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, California
“This is Not a Book”, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, California
“Un-commercial Art by Commercial Artists”, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Hollywood, California
“Hospitality House, Art Auction”, Braunstein/Quay Gallery and Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, California
2000 “Pacific Rim Art Now”, Otaru Museum, Hokkaido, Japan
“Luck of the Draw”, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Hollywood, California
“International Art Expo”, Robert Berman Gallery, San Francisco, California
“Piecing it Together, A Visual Journal”, Santa Cruz Museum, Santa Cruz, California
“Un-Commercial Art by Commercial Artists,” La Luz de Jesus, Hollywood, California
“Mystery Ball”, Auction Headlands Center for the Arts, Marin, California
“Strange Attractors,” collaboration, San Francisco Play Writers Association, San Francisco, California
“Art Document 2000”, Otaru Museum, Hokkaido, Japan
“Hospitality House Art Auction”, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, California
1999 “Ceramic Sculpture Installation”, Headlands Center for the Arts, Marin, California
“Bob Arneson and Friends”, Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California
“Works on Paper”, Forrest Scott Gallery, Millburn, New Jersey
“California Drawing”, Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, California
“International Art Expo”, Robert Berman and Catherine Clark Galleries, San Francisco, California
“Piecing It Together: A Visual Journal”, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California
“Ceramics”, Virginia Brier, San Francisco, California
“The Child Within: Innocence and Anxiety in Contemporary Art”, The Chase Foundation, Louise Stern Fine Arts, Los Angeles, California
“Group Exhibition”, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Hollywood, California
“Spinal Epidermal, Please”, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, California, La Luz De Jesus, Hollywood, California
1998 “Toy Show”, D.P. Fong Gallery, San Jose, California
“Everybody Loves A Clown, Baby, Why Don’t You?” Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman College, Orange, California
“S.O.F.A.” (Sculptural Objects and Fine Art), Navy Pier, Kumer/Winfield Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
“San Francisco International Art Exhibition”, Catherine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, California
“Group Exhibition”, Stewart Kumer Gallery, Gualala, California
“Group Show”, La Luz De Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, California
“Small Works”, Hayward Community College, Hayward, California
“Tweakville”, Catherine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, California
1997 “Time and Place: Fifty Years of Santa Cruz Studio Ceramics”, Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, California
“Grins, Humor and Whimsy in Contemporary Art”, Millard Sheets Gallery, Los Angeles, California
“S.O.F.A.” (Sculptural Objects and Fine Art), Navy Pier, Kumer/Winfield Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
“Pacific Rim ’97”, Otaru Museum, Otaru City, Hokkaido, Japan
“Toys”, D.P. Fong Gallery, San Jose, California
1996 “Time and Place: Fifty Years of Santa Cruz Ceramics”, The Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, California
KTEH, brochure, November 1996. Print. Image: [“Rooster Flight” ceramic book].
“21st Century Tiki”, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, California
“Screen Memories”, K. and E. Gallery, New York City, New York
“Consumption”, Catherine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, California
“Triton Art Fair”, Triton Hotel, San Francisco, California
1995 “Black and White”, Pope Gallery, Santa Cruz, California
“KTEH Art Auction”, Triton Museum, Santa Clara, California
1994 “Flights of Fancy”, Pope Gallery, Santa Cruz, California
“Moore Art”, Villa Montalvo, Saratoga, California
“D.P. Fong Gallery”, San Jose, California
“Pacific Rim Art Now,” Otaru Museum, Otaru City, Hokkaido, Japan
1993 “Exquisite Corpse”, Drawing Center, New York City, New York
“101 Wooster”, New York City, New York
“O.I.A. Gallery”, New York City, New York
1992 “C.B. Gallery”, New York City, New York
1991 “Morphos Gallery”, San Francisco, California
“Bob Arneson Invitational”, Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California
“Pacific Rim Art Now”, Otaru Museum, Otaru City, Hokkaido, Japan
“Jal Plaza Exhibition”, Sapporo, Japan
“California Clay”, Artery Gallery, Davis, California
“Thirty Years of T.B.9”, Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California
1990 “Art Document-90 Hokkaido”, Sapporo Museum, Sapporo City, Hokkaido, Japan
“New California Painting”, Gallery Laranne, Tokyo, Japan
“Collecting With a Passion”, San Jose State University, San Jose, California
“Tropical Topics”, Monterey Museum, Monterey, California
1988 “Exemplary Contemporary”, University of California-Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California
“22nd Biennial Exhibition”, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware
1987 “Himovitz Soloman Gallery”, Sacramento, California
1986 “Eccentric Image”, Ek’ymose Museum, Bordeaux, France
1985 “Works Gallery”, San Jose, California
“Santa Cruz Museum Annual”, Santa Cruz, California
“Wonder”, Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, California
1983 “Beyond Words”, San Jose Museum of Contemporary Art, San Jose, California
1982 “Sculptors at UC Davis, Past and Present”, Pence Gallery, Davis, California
1981 “A Critical Viewpoint”, Heller Gallery, Berkeley, California
1980 “Eccentric Representation”, Barbara Toll Gallery, New York City, New York
Permanent Collections (artwork acquisitions)
John Loring Emeritus Design Director Tiffany & Co.
De Saisset Museum, “Playground” Permanent Collection, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California
Crocker Art Museum, “Clowns World” Permanent Collection, Sacramento, California
Shields Library, “California Modern” University of California Davis, David California
Museum of Modern Art, New York City, New York
Microsoft Corporation, Seattle, Washington
Nicholas Cage, Actor, Los Angeles, California
Jim Carrey, Actor, Los Angeles, California
Cindy Miscikowski and Doug Ring, Los Angeles, California
Bob Arneson, Artist, Benicia, California
City Hall, Younchoen City, Korea
Otaru Museum, Otaru City, Hokkaido, Japan
Mark Ryden, Artist, Pasadena, California
Howard Tullman, Chicago Illinois
Miklos Forman, Director, Los Angeles, California
Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, California
David Gilhooley, Artist, Davis, California
Gerald Brett, Language Pacifica Director, San Francisco, California
Hiromie Ai, Art Amon Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Publications and Citations
2014 30 Ceramic Sculptors”. California: Natsoulas Press, 2012. Print. Image: [“Mermaid” Raku Fired Ceramic]
2013 “Clay Trippers” California: METRO Newspaper. 2013. Print. Image: [“Gift”, Raku Fired Ceramic]
“Sin Agua, Sin Vida” Review, web article, Tom Leddy
2012 “Exponen Dos Estilos” Mexico: Noroeste.com. 2012. Online. Image: [“Wolf”, “Shot in the Back”, “Cowboy” Mural, Mixed Media Drawings]
“3rd Annual Art of Painting in the 21st century” California: John Natsoulas Press. 2012. Print. Image: [“Spank”, Mixed Media Painting]
“30 Ceramic Sculptors”. California: Natsoulas Press, 2012. Print. Image: [“Atomic Robot 2” Raku Fired Ceramic]
“Show and Tell, The Art of Pop Culture,” Zimmer Children’s Museum, Los Angeles, California.
2011
Books
Janice S. Gore, “La Luz de Jesus 25: The Little Gallery That Could,” Los Angeles: La Luz de Jesus Press. 2011. Print. Image: [“Burro de Amor” Mixed Media Painting].
Hemachandra, Ray. “500 Raku”.New York: Lark Books, 2011. Print. Image: [“Atomic Iron”, Raku fired ceramic.
“30 Ceramic Sculptors”. California: Natsoulas Press, 2011. Print. Image: [“Atomic Robot”, Raku fired ceramic].
Newspaper
Dalkey, Victoria. “Make Time for 5 Exhibits of Note”. Sacramento, California: Sacramento Bee, 11 March 2011. Print. Image: [“Strong Arm”, mixed media drawing].
Catalog
“Creative Growth”. Santa Clara: Santa Clara University. 2011. Print. Image: [“Bowling Pin” Raku Fired Ceramic, “Robot” Raku Fired Ceramic, “Lexicon” Raku Fired Ceramic, “Pinnocchio” Mixed Media Painting, “Floppo” Mixed Media Painting]
“Anderson Ranch: Annual Auction”. Snowmass, Colorado: AndersonRanch Arts Foundation, 2011. Print. Image: [“New Man”, mixed media painting on paper].
Online Publications
Ramirez, Leonardo. “Ultra Sweet: Azucar Y Cosas de Ninos”. January 2011. Web. Image [“La Chica Perdida”, “Castigado” mixed media drawings]
“Anne & Marks Art Party 2011”. 25 October 2011.Web. Image: [“Floppo” mixed media painting].
Suzanne Williams. “La Luz de Jesus: Los Angeles Contemporary Art World Artists”,Coagula Art Journal. 30 October 2011. Web. Image: [“Burro” mixed media painting].
2010 Books
“The Art of Painting in the 21st Century”. California: John Natsoulas Press, 2010. Print. Image: [“Levity”, “Countdown” mixed media painting].
“23rd Annual 30 Ceramic Sculptors”. California: John Natsoulas Press, 2010. Print. Image: [“Atomic Iron”, Raku Fired Ceramic]
Newspaper
Guardado, Hector. “Caracturas que hancen pensar”. Sinaloa, Mexico: Noreste,10 October 2010. Print. Image: [“Dia en la Vida” mixed media drawing].
Ordaz, Arcelia. “Las‘Nuevas Mitologias’ de Don Fritz”. Sinaloa, Mexico: Concepto101, October 2010. Print. Image: [“Burro” mixed media drawing, “Sueno De Conejo Blanco” mixed media drawing, “Paiso”, mixed media drawing, “Castigado”, mixed media drawing, “Dia en la Vida”, mixed media drawing].
Catalog
“Anderson Ranch: Annual Auction 2010”. Snow Mass, Colorado: AndersonRanch Arts Foundation. 2010. Print. Image: [“Birthday Book”, Raku fired ceramic].
Online Publications
Loaeza, Dania. “Fritz Ensena Mitologias”, Debate.com, 11 October 2010. Web. Image: [“Dia en la Vida” mixed media drawing].
“On Sight/In Sight and Just In”, de Saisset Museum. 15 January 2010. Web. Image: [“Playground” mixed media painting].
Learmonth, Stephanie. “Child’s World”. Santa Clara, California: Triton Museum, 1 March 2010. Web. Image: [“Sky is falling” mixed media painting].
“A Seed Planted: A Tribute To Robert Arneson”. California: Davis Art Center, 2010. Print. Text.
Announcement Cards
“Nuevas Mitologias 2010”. Maztlan, Mexico, 2010. Print (Banner). Image:[ “Pinocchio”, mixed media drawing, “La Vida”, mixed media drawing, “Cada Pero Necesita Un Hueso”, mixed media drawing].
2009 Books
Song, Chang Soo. “Showmee Festival”. Jana Center, Seoul, Korea: May 2009. Print. Images: [“Modern Minhwa” pastel drawings].
“The Santa Clara Review” Page 45, Volume 96 No.1, Santa Clara: Santa Clara University, 2009. Print. Image: [“Play”, raku fired ceramic].
Fritz, Don. “Exploring Pop Culture Through Mixed Media”. Snowmass, Colorado: AndersonRanch Arts Foundation, 27 July 2009. Print. Images: [“Monkey” mixed media painting. Print. Image: “Boy in Red Shorts” mixed media painting].
Other Periodicals
“A Peek into What Experience Teaches”. Santa Clara, California: Art Post, Winter 2009. Print. Image: [“Mom Book”, raku fired ceramic].
“Open Studio Art Tour”. Santa Cruz: Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County, 2009. Print. Image: [“Puzzle Piece”, raku fired ceramic].
“Annual Report”. Snowmass, Colorado: AndersonRanch Arts Foundation, 2009. Print. Image: [“Ring of Fire, Pot of Gold”, mixed media painting].
Endo, Tasia, “A Peek Into What Experience Teaches”. Santa Clara: Art Post, Winter 2009. Print. Image: [“Mom Book”, raku fired ceramic].
Catalog
“Exploring Pop Culture Through Mixed Media”. Snowmass, Colorado: AndersonRanch Arts Foundation, 10 May 2009. Print. Image: [“Underwater” mixed media painting].
“Anderson Ranch Annual Art Auction”. Snowmass, Colorado: AndersonRanch Arts Foundation, 2009. Print. Image: [“Offering” raku fired ceramic].
Online Publications
Goodwin-Guerrero, Erin. “Don Fritz Pushes the Margins.” ARTSHIFT, 27 August 2009. Web. Images: [‘Day in the Life”, mixed media drawing, “Girl Next Door”, mixed media painting, “Kawaii”, mixed media painting, “Barbie”, mixed media painting, “Genkie Girls”, mixed media drawing].
Edwin, Bruce. “The Good Ol Days Are Here Again”, The Hollywood Sentinel, 10 June 2009. Web. Images: [“Girl’s World” mixed media painting].
Kropoth, Phil. “Art: Cathy Bleck, Don Fritz, and Jenn Porreca”. Flavorpill: Your Culture Guide, Culver City, California. August 2009. Web.
“Déjà Vu” Artist Day. 8 Sept. 2009. Web. Image: [“Spring”, “The Sky is Falling”].
“Déjà Vu”. Los Angeles Times Entertainment, Summer Hot List. 28 July 2009.Web
“Culver City News and Announcements Cathy Bleck, Don Fritz, Jenny Porreca at Billy Shire Fine Arts”. Americantowns.com.28 July 2009. Web.
“Déjà Vu”. Real Reason. August 2009. Web.
“Slide Lecture Presented by Matt Long, Don Fritz and Amy Stein”. Aspen Daily News Online. 28 July 2009. Web.
“People”. Louie-Meager Art Gallery: Ohlone College, 9 Jan. 2009. Web. Image: [“The Sky is Falling”, “Fairy Tail”].
2008 Books
Stern, Kate. “Show & Tell – The Art of Vision”. Page 4, Canada: Jeffery Alec Communications. April-June 2008. Print. Image: [“Hawk Eye” mixed media ceramics].
Newspapers
Martin, Krista. “Art for Art”. Santa Cruz: Santa Cruz Good Times, 4 June 2008. Print. Image: [“Wonderland”, (Mixed Media Drawing].
“Que Ver en el Museo”. Sinaloa, Mexico: Noreste, 2 May 2008. Print. Image: [“Teachers Pet” mixed media drawing].
“Que Ver, Manana en el Mueso De Arte: Don Fritz”. Page 16. Sinaloa, Mexico: El Sol de Mazatlan, May 1 2008. Print. Image: [“California Modern” Mixed Media Painting].
“PLASTICA. La muestra sera en el Mueso de Arte”. Page 18. Sinaloa, Mexico: El Debate, Friday May 2, 2008. Print. Image:[“Forgotten Day” Ceramic].
“Mostrara al Publico Parte de sus Recuerdos”. Sinaloa, Mexico: Noreste, May 1, 2008. Print. Image: [“California Modern” Mixed Media Painting].
“Recuerdos: Mazatlan Museum”. Sinaloa, Mexico: Noreste, May 4, 2008. Print. Image: [“Dreamer” Mixed Media Drawing].
Guardado, Hector, “Cuestiona con sus recuerdos”. Page 14. Sinaloa, Mexico: El Debate, May 3, 2008. Print. Image: [“Wonderland” Mixed Media Drawing].
Trazos del pasado”. Sinaloa, Mexico: El Debate, 4 May 2008. Print. Photographs of artist with work in gallery.
“Que Ver? Este Mes En El Mueso De Arte”. Page 14. Sinaloa, Mexico: El Sol de Mazatlan, May 8, 2008. Print. Image: [“Stroller” ceramic puzzle piece, various ceramic books, Raku fired Ceramic].
“Recuerdos del pintor Don Fritz”. Sinaloa, Mexico: Viejo Mazatlan, 2008. Print. Image: [“Garden”, mixed media drawing].
Catalog
Hwa Kim, Jung. Seok Kang, Hong. “Kelly & Don Exhibition”. Youngcheon City, Korea: Santa Clara City Art Exchange Exhibition. 13 May 2008. Print. Images: [Many paintings, drawings, ceramics].
“ARAC@AAM: Anderson Ranch Arts Center At The Aspen Art Museum”. Aspen, Colorado: AndersonRanch Arts Foundation, 31 October 2008. Print. Image: [“Ring of Fire, Pot of Gold” mixed media painting].
Other Publications
“Anderson Ranch Art Center Annual Report”. Snowmass, Colorado: AndersonRanch Arts Foundation, May 2008. Print. Image: [“Ring of Fire, Pot of Gold” mixed media painting].
Online Publications
Tullman, Howard. “Hind Sight” Collectors Blog. 23 March 2008. Web. Image: [Stroller” raku fired ceramic, “Humpty” Raku fired ceramic, “ Secret” raku fired ceramic].
Goodwin-Guerro, Erin, “Childhood Deceptions, Don Fritz in Mexico and Korea”. ARTSHIFT. May 2008. Web. Images: [“Bobbie Sox” mixed media painting, ”Ubber Boy”, mixed media painting, “Little Cow Boy” mixed media painting, “Explorer” mixed media drawing, “Consumption” mixed media drawing, “Mom” Raku fired ceramic book].
Announcement Cards
“Kelly & Don Exhibition” Yeongcheon City: Santa Clara City Art Exchange Exhibition, 2008. Print. Image: Large poster with image and banner with text advertising exhibitions. [“Red Phone” Raku fired ceramic].
2007
Other Periodicals
Fischer, Zane. “Poker, Pasticcio and Possibility: ART Santa Fe”. Santa Fe, New Mexico: Art LTD. August 4, 2008. Print. Image: [“Father”, mixed media painting].
Catalog
“Show & Tell – The Art of Harmony”. Los Angeles, California: Zimmer Children’s Museum, April 30-June 2007 Print. Image: [“Pinocchio” raku fired ceramic.
Kinezel, Karen, “Experience Teaches”. Pages 12-13. Santa Clara, California: De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, 2007. Print. Image: [“Lexicon”, “Mom Book”, “Emergency Telephone” Raku fired ceramic].
2006 Online Publications
“Dick and Jane Re-Cast”. Mountain View, California: Mountain View Voice, 10 April 2006. Print.
2005
Other Periodicals
M Nostalgia With a Twist”. Sherman Oaks, California: Lifescapes Publishing, October 2005. Print. Image: [“Playground”].
NWP Beck, John. “Another Artsy Spectacle at Roshambo Winery”. Sonama, California: Press Democrat, April 2005. Print. Image: [“Mom’s World” Raku fired ceramic].
M“Wonderland”. New York, New York: Art Forum International Magazine, October 2005. Print. Image: [”Playground”].
M “Wonderland”. New York, New York: Art in America Magazine, June 2005. Print. Image: [“Playground”].
2004 Newspaper
Magazine
Baker, Julie, “Circa 1950”, Art Contemporaries Magazine, April 2003. Print. Image: [“Sci-Fi Cowboy” pastel, charcoal, gesso, paper].
Thurman, Judith. “Before & After: John Loring in West Palm Beach”. New York, New York: Architectural Digest, October 2003. Print, Image: [“Fighting Boys”, “Boy Eating Sandwich”].
Other Periodicals
Dalkey, Victoria. “Edging Back”, Sacramento, California: Sacramento Bee, May 2004. Print.
Catalog
“Don Fritz and Marnie Spencer at Julie Baker Fine Art”, California: Art Week, July-August 2004. Print. Image: [“Playground”].
2003 Book
“Santa Clara Review (Cover)” Santa Clara, California: Santa Clara University, 2003. Print. Image: [“Father” mixed media drawing].
Magazine
“New Ceramics: Juxtapoz Magazine” California: High Speed Productions, March 2004. Print. Images: [“Saw” “Running Girl ‘ Raku fired ceramic].
Other Periodicals
“Allegories Exhibition”. Seattle, Washington: Seattle Art Magazine, 2 January 2003. Print. Image: [“Green Tent” mixed media painting, “Red Phone” Raku fired ceramic].
Catalog
“Pacific Rim Art Now 2003”. Hokkaido, Japan. 2003. Print. Image: [“Humpty Dumpty” Raku fired ceramic].
“Anderson Ranch Annual Art Auction”. Snowmass, Colorado: AndersonRanch Arts Foundation, May 2003. Print, Image: [“Lost Boy” mixed media painting].
2002 Magazine
“Playground Exhibition”. Sacramento, California: Sacramento Magazine, January 2002. Print. Image: [“Little Cowboy,” painting].
Catalog
“Palo Alto Cultural Center”. Palo Alto, California, January 2002. Print. Images: [“In Toon with Time”, “Rebus,” Raku fired ceramic].
“Anderson Ranch Arts Center”. Snowmass, Colorado: AndersonRanch Arts Foundation. July 2002. Print. Image: [“California Post-Modern” mixed media painting].
Announcement Cards
“Tuesday Night Artist Lecture Series”. San Jose, California: San Jose State University. 2002. Print. Image: [“Rocket Ships and Roller Skates” pastel on paper].
2001 Other Periodicals
“This Is Not A Book” California: Art Week, March 2001. Print. Image.
“Fictitious Identities”, San Jose, California: San Jose Metro, 29 March 2001. Print. Image.
“Faculty Works” San Jose, California: San Jose Metro, April 2001. Print. Image: [“Red Phone” Raku fired ceramic].
“Books That Are Not Books”. San Jose, California: San Jose Mercury News, 8 April 2001. Print. Image: [Book, Raku fired ceramic]
“Ocean Festival”. Santa Cruz, California: Santa Cruz Metro, May 2001. Print. Image: [“Underwater” mixed media painting].
“Faculty Works”, Santa Cruz, California: Santa Cruz Sentinel, May 2001. Print, Image: [“Ring of Fire, Pot of Gold” painting].
“Picture This”, Santa Cruz, California, Santa Cruz Metro, June 2001.
2000 Other Periodicals
“Piecing It Together: A Visual Journal”, San Jose, California: San Jose Museum Newsletter, January 2000. Print. Image: [“Explorer” mixed media painting].
“San Jose Mercury”, San Jose, California: San Jose Mercury, 12 November 2000. Print. Image: [“Mama Chicken” Raku fired ceramic].
Catalog
“Pacific Rim:Art Now” Otaru Museum, Japan, July 2000. Print. Image: [“New World” drawing].
Announcement Cards
“Life from Clay” San Jose, California: San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, October 2000. Print Image: [ Mama Chicken” Raku fired ceramic].
1999 Other Periodicals
“On The Fritz” San Jose, California: San Jose Metro, 6 October 1999. Print. Image: [“Nuclear Family” mixed media painting].
“On the Fritz,” Santa Cruz, California: Santa Cruz Metro, 6 Oct. 1999. Print. Image: [“Boys Life” mixed media painting].
Catalog
“The Child Within: Innocence and Anxiety in Contemporary Art” The Chase Foundation, Louise Stern Fine Arts, 29 April 1999. Print. Image: [“Seed” mixed media painting].
1998 Books
“New American Painting”. Wellesley, Massachusetts: Open Studios, 1996. Print. Image: [“Reminiscence” “Rocket Ships and Roller Skates”].
Other Periodicals
“Clowning Around with a Cliché”. Los Angeles, California: Los Angeles Times, 15 Sept. 1998. Print. Image: [“Clown” mixed media painting].
Catalog
Hunt, David, “Tweakville Reflections”. San Francisco, California: Catherine Clark Gallery, 6 July 1998. Review. Print. Image: [“Ko-gal” mixed media drawing].
Announcement Cards
“Life From Clay” San Jose, California: San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, October 1998. Print. Image: [“Mama Chicken” Raku fired ceramic].
1997 Magazine
Porges, Maria. “San Francisco Fax”. Santa Monica, California: Art Issues, October 1997. Print. Image: [“Rocket Ships and Roller Skates”].
Other Periodicals
“Toys”. San Jose, California: San Jose Mercury, December 1997 Print. Image: [“Momma Chicken” Raku fired ceramic].
Catalog
“Sculptural Objects and Fine Art”. 1997. Print. Image: [“Book” ceramic sculpture].
“Pacific Rim Art Now ’97”. Otaru Museum, Otaru City, Hokkaido, Japan. 1997. Print. Image: [“Father” mixed media drawing].
Announcement Cards
“Grins, Humor and Whimsy in Contemporary Art”. Los Angeles, California: Millard Sheets Gallery, 1997. Print. Image: [“Time” mixed media painting].
“New California Painting”. Sapporo, Japan: Tapio Gallery, August 1997. Print. Image: [“Geisha Girl” mixed media drawing]
1996 Brochure
KTEH, brochure, November. Print. Image: [“Rooster Flight” ceramic book].
1995 Catalog
Burkhart, Dorothy, “More Art, The Vision and Influence of Russel Moore”. Los Gatos California: Montalvo Art Center, 10 December 1995. Print. Image: [“Pacific Rim” mixed media drawing].
1994 Newspaper
Blumberg, Mark, “Two Tales: Don Fritz and Kelly Detweiler Visualize Off Beat Stories”. San Jose, California: San Jose Metro, 17 Feb.1994. Print. Image: [“Shaman and Pacific Rim” mixed media drawing].
1993 Newspaper
“Toys Review”. San Jose, California: San Jose Mercury News, 1993. Print.
Catalog
“S.O.F.A. Exhibition”. Chicago, Illinois: Kumer/Winfield Gallery, 1993. Print.
1991 Books
“Thirty Years of T.B.9”. Davis, California: Natsoulas Gallery, 8 June 1991. Print. Image: [“Clay Tablet” Raku fired ceramic].
Catalog
“Pacific Rim Art Now ’91”. Otaru City, Hokkaido, Japan: Otaru Museum, 1991. Print. Images: [“Self Portrait”, “optimistic Existentialist” mixed media drawings].
1990 Books
“Art Document 1990 Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art”. Sapporo City, Hokkaido, Japan: Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, 4 March 1990. Print. Images: [“Car Paintings”].
Other Periodicals
Waters, Christina, “On the Fritz”. Monterey, California: The Monterey Bay Monthly, February 1990. Print. Images: [“Hunter” mixed media painting].
1989 “Collecting with a Passion, Gerald Brett”. catalog, 1989. San Jose State University, San Jose, California. Print. Image: [“Blue Boy” oil painting].
1988 “Clay Still a Powerful Medium”, Monterey Herald, Monterey, California. Print. 1988.
“Tropical Topics”, Monterey Herald newspaper, October 1988. Print. Image: [“Dangerous Crossings” cast paper].
1986 Marechal-Workman, Andree, Eccentric Image, catalog, Ekymose Museum, Bordeaux, France. 1896. Print. Image: [“Zulu Chief” Raku fired ceramic].
1984 Waters, Christina, “The Art of Don Fritz”, Santa Cruz Sun. Santa Cruz, California 1984. Print. Image: [“Boogie Boy” painting].
1982 “Attesting to Pluralism”, Art week, Magazine, November 1982. Print. Image: [“House” painting].
“Sculptors at UC Davis – Past and Present”, catalog. Print. Image: [“Untitled” ceramic bas-relief].
1979 “Gestures in 2 and 3 Dimensions”. University of California, Berkeley Gallery. Artweek, 3 Nov.1979.Print. Image: [“Totem” ceramic sculpture].
Lectures and Workshops
*2010 Lecture in Conjunction with Nuevas Mitologias exhibition at Mazatlan Museum
3 Day Workshop exploring tradition of the Day of the Dead through mixed media
*2009 Public Lecture in Conjunction with “Exploring Pop Culture Through Mixed Media” class at Anderson Ranch Art Center Auditorium
Powerpoint on exhibitions in Korea at the Reception of the Adobe Lodge Faculty Recognition for Outstanding Research
*2008 Public Lecture Mazatlan Museum for Requerdos Exhibition
Public Lecture at Benasil Culture Center, Daegu City, Korea
Participated in Panel Discussion for Santa Clara community for the “Experience Teaches” SCU Art Faculty Exhibition at de Saisset Museum
Teaching Experience
2011-2015 Santa Clara University, Associate Professor, (basic and advanced ceramics)
*2007- 11 Santa Clara University, Assistant Professor, (basic and advanced ceramics)
2002-07 Santa Clara University, Lecturer: ceramics, drawing, mixed media, basic and advanced painting
*2002-07-09 Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snow Mass, Colorado, Instructor, Guest artist
2001 University of California, Santa Cruz, Lecturer: ceramics, drawing, painting, mixed media
2001 University of California, Santa Cruz, Lecturer: beginning, intermediate and advanced drawing
1990- 02 University of California, Santa Cruz, Lecturer: beginning, intermediate and advanced drawing, ceramic sculpture, painting, mixed media
1999 California College of Arts and Crafts Instructor: ceramics
1994-99 Monterey Peninsula College, Instructor: drawing and mixed media
1994-98 Monterey Peninsula College, Instructor: ceramic sculpture
1988-98 Children’s Art Foundation, Instructor: ceramic sculpture drawing and painting
1986-96 Santa Cruz Public Schools (S.P.E.C.T.R.A.) Instructor: painting and drawing
1994 Santa Clara University, Instructor: drawing and ceramic sculpture
1993 Santa Clara University, Instructor: painting
1992-93 Henry Street Settlement, New York City, New York, Instructor: experimental art
1990 Monterey Peninsula College, Instructor: design
1989 University of California, Santa Cruz, Lecturer: ceramic sculpture
1988-92 University of California, Santa Cruz, Lecturer: painting
1988-90 University of California, Santa Cruz, Lecturer: visual fundamentals
