This biography from the Archives of AskART:
|  Kenneth Nack was a painter, collage and mixed media artist and
long-time teacher at the Santa Barbara City College. He received
his master's degree in fine arts from the Art Institute of Chicago in
1948 and studied and worked throughout his career in Paris.
Beginning
September 18, 2003, Nack has an exhibition at the Arvada, Colorado
Center for Art and Humanities. He received his master's degree in
fine arts from the Art Institute of Chicago in 1948, and studied and
worked throughout his career in Paris.
He died on December 15, 2009. A memorial celebration in
conjunction with a student exhibition was held in his honor on May 1,
2009 at the Atkinson Gallery of the Santa Barbara City College.
Information submitted by Patricia Tokmachi
Source:
Santa Barbara Independent, November 28, 2010
http://www.independent.com/obits/2010/apr/26/ken-nack/
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Biography from Annex Galleries:
| A Chicago Native, Kenneth George Nack received his master's degree in
fine arts at the Art Institute in 1949, after which he traveled
extensively before settling in California. Directly after graduation he
moved to Paris to study with Fernand Leger.
LIFE magazine named one of America's best young painters in
1950. He traveled throughout Mexico and Europe, and eventually
ran a gallery in San Francisco before moving to Santa Barbara to
teach. He was the Chair of the art department at Santa Barbara
City College for 35 years, retiring in 2003 at the age of 80. |
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