Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Janice Tanaka is a Japanese American media artist born in Hollywood, California known for making video collages. She received her B.F.A. (1978) and M.F.A. (1980) from the Art Institute of Chicago.Tanaka started her career as a ballet dancer with the Allegro American Ballet in 1955. In 1957 she performed with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. From 1960 to 1961 she was with the Jim Hetzer's Japanese Spectacular. Her last foray in dancing was with the Conservatorio International de Musica from 1961 to 1964.Tanaka has taught at universities around the country. After receiving her graduate degree she headed to University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1980. From 1982 to 1985 she was at the Columbia College Chicago. Next she moved to the University of Colorado in Boulder from 1985 to 1989. After spending 1990 to 1994 at UCLA, she briefly left academia to work at Sonic Boom, Inc. until 1996. From 1996 on she has held her current position at the California Institute of the Arts.K.K. Hallmark describes her work as, \"Tanaka's videos are documentary in style, using a variety of techniques; some images are abstract, distorted, and blurred to an unrecognizable degree, while others are clear and informal, as if they could be a family snapshot.\""@en }
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- Janice_Tanaka abstract "Janice Tanaka is a Japanese American media artist born in Hollywood, California known for making video collages. She received her B.F.A. (1978) and M.F.A. (1980) from the Art Institute of Chicago.Tanaka started her career as a ballet dancer with the Allegro American Ballet in 1955. In 1957 she performed with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. From 1960 to 1961 she was with the Jim Hetzer's Japanese Spectacular. Her last foray in dancing was with the Conservatorio International de Musica from 1961 to 1964.Tanaka has taught at universities around the country. After receiving her graduate degree she headed to University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1980. From 1982 to 1985 she was at the Columbia College Chicago. Next she moved to the University of Colorado in Boulder from 1985 to 1989. After spending 1990 to 1994 at UCLA, she briefly left academia to work at Sonic Boom, Inc. until 1996. From 1996 on she has held her current position at the California Institute of the Arts.K.K. Hallmark describes her work as, \"Tanaka's videos are documentary in style, using a variety of techniques; some images are abstract, distorted, and blurred to an unrecognizable degree, while others are clear and informal, as if they could be a family snapshot.\"".