Arnold Iger has shaped his career over 25 years, exploring and synthesizing visual media including , film, video, mask making, puppetry, painting and design. His search for new forms of visual media has led him to study mechanical and technological innovations as they relate to his art.

After years of study and travel, including two years at San Francisco’s Academy of Art, three years in filmmaking and painting at the prestigious San Francisco Art Institute, and a term at Japan’s Oomoto Foundation in traditional Japanese art forms, Iger launched his career as a fine artist and has established a reputation in painting, printmaking, and mixed media works. He is represented by galleries in San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York.

Education

1967-1969 New Mexico State University – Literature.

1969-1971 University of Hawaii – Philosophy

1971-1973 San Francisco Academy of Art – Design, Advertising

1973-1976 San Francisco Art Institute – Film and performance

1980 Oomoto Foundation - Kameoka, Japan – Traditional Japanese Arts

1980-Presesnt San Francisco State University – Industrial design, Animation

1988 University of California, Berkley – Marketing

Awards/Fellowships

1988 Artist in Residence – Kala Institute – Berkley, CA

1992 Artist in Residence – San Francisco Exploratorium

1993 National Endowment for the Arts – Traveling fellowship to China

Production/Directing/Design

1983-Present Co-artistic director – Persona Grata Productions – Fine Artist in sculpture, painting and printmaking