David Kuraoka

David Kuraoka (an haife shi a shekara ta 1946) ƙwararren mai zane ne na yumbu ɗan ƙasar Amurka. An haife shi a Lihue, Hawaii, ya girma a tsibirin Kauai, Hawaii a Hanamaulu da Lihue, kuma ya kammala karatunsa daga Makarantar Sakandare ta Kauai a shekara ta 1964. Kuraoka ya yi shekarunsa na farko a Hanamaulu inda ya zauna tare da iyayensa a gidan kakarsa ta uba a sansanin aikin gona. Mahaifinsa, ɗaya daga cikin 'ya'ya bakwai kuma ɗa tilo, ya zama ɗan jarida, yana rubuta wani shafi na mako-mako da ake bugawa a ranakun Laraba, kuma manajan kamfen na ɗan siyasa na yankin Kauai Hiram Fong da Richard Nixon. Mahaifiyarsa, Emiko Kuraoka, malamar makaranta ce. Yana auren Carol Kuraoka. Kuraoka ya koma California a shekarar 1964 don yin karatun gine-gine a Kwalejin San Jose City, daga ƙarshe ya koma Jami'ar Jihar San José (San Jose, California) inda ya sami digirin BA a shekarar 1970 da kuma digirin MA a shekarar 1971. Bayan kammala karatun digiri na biyu wanda ya mayar da hankali kan zane-zane, Kuraoka ya shiga jami'ar Jami'ar Jihar San Francisco, daga ƙarshe ya zama shugaban sashen zane-zanenta.   

Yana da shekaru 35, an sanya masa suna a cikin Taskokin Rayuwa na Hawai'i .

Yanzu ya yi ritaya a matsayin farfesa a fannin fasaha kuma shugaban sashen tukwane na Jami'ar Jihar San Francisco, Kuraoka yana kula da ɗakunan studio a San Francisco da Kauai, Hawaii .  

David Kuraoka ya ce a cikin wata sanarwa ta mai zane, "Aikina ba shi da tsari, kuma salona mai sauƙi ne, mai tsabta kuma mai kauri." [undefined] Ya fi shahara da manyan kayan yumbu waɗanda aka fara jefawa a kan ƙafa, sannan aka ƙara siffanta su da hannu, aka goge su, aka rufe su da gishirin dutse da jan ƙarfe carbonate, sannan aka harba su a cikin rami mai buɗewa. Hakanan yana yin ƙarin kayan yumbu masu siffar gargajiya tare da gilashin celadon mai launin toka-kore kuma ya fara yin wasu daga cikin kayan yumbunsa masu siffar halitta da aka yi da tagulla, waɗanda aka yi musu fenti don su yi kama da kayan yumbunsa. [1] Hanakapi'ai 3, a cikin tarin Gidan Tarihi na Fasaha na Jihar Hawaii, misali ne na sassaka na tagulla. Kuraoka ya kuma ƙirƙiri zane-zanen bango. [2]

 Manazarta 

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 Hartwell, Patricia L. (edita), Tunawa da 1967-1987, Gidauniyar Jihar Hawaii kan Al'adu da Fasaha, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1987, shafi. 97
 International Art Society of Hawai'i, Kuilima Kākou, Hawai'i-Japan Haɗin gwiwar Nunin, Honolulu, International Art Society of Hawai'i, 2004, p. 26
 Morse, Marcia da Allison Wong, Shekaru 10: Gidan Tarihi na Zamani a Cibiyar Hawaii ta Farko, Gidan Tarihi na Zamani, Honolulu, 2006, , shafi. 68
 Praag, Judith van, Taskar Rayuwa: David Kuraoka, Mai jarrabawar Duniya, Nuwamba 17, 2004.
 Wong, Allison, Shekaru 10 - Gidan Tarihi na Zamani a Cibiyar Hawaii ta Farko - Nunin Bikin Cika Shekaru Goma, Gidan Tarihi na Zamani, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2006, , shafi. 68
 Yoshihara, Lisa A., Hangen Nesa na Gamayyar Jama'a, 1967-1997, Nunin Bikin Cika Shekaru 30 na Gidauniyar Jiha kan Al'adu da Fasaha, Shirin Fasaha a Wuraren Jama'a, An Gabatar a Gidan Tarihi na Fasaha na Honolulu, Satumba 3-12 ga Oktoba, 1997, Honolulu, Gidauniyar Jiha kan Al'adu da Fasaha, 1997, shafi. 88.
 Saville, Jennifer, Inuwar Tsibiri: Aikin Kwanan Nan a cikin Laka da Tagulla ta David Kuraoka, Gidan Tarihi na Fasaha na Honolulu, Honolulu, 2006, shafi. 8
 Takaitaccen Labari tare da Leslie Wilcox David Kuraoka, PBS Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, 2018
Rukuni:Rayayyun mutane
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1946