Fulbeck's artwork includes video, spoken word, photography and slam poetry. He has exhibited and performed in over 20 countries and has been featured on CNN, MTV, PBS and The Today Show.[10][11] He has directed twelve films (including Banana Split; Some Questions for 28 Kisses; Sex, Love, & Kung Fu; and Lilo & Me), published four books and keynoted scores of conferences and festivals nationwide.[5] He is a prominent speaker on the college circuit.[12][13]
Much of Fulbeck's work is autobiographical, combining personal stories with political activism, pop culture and stand-up comedy.[14]
Exhibitions
Fulbeck's group and solo exhibition record is expansive.[15] Group exhibitions include the Whitney Museum of American Art ('93 Biennial), Getty Museum (California Video), Science Museum of Minnesota (Race: Are We So Different?), Singapore International Film Festival, Bonn Videonale, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Made in California), World Wide Video Festival and Sydney International Film Festival.[16] Solo exhibitions include the Japanese American National Museum (2006 & 2010),[17] Space180 Gallery,[18] Ghettogloss Gallery,[19] A/P/A Institute,[20] Invisible NYC Gallery,[21] the University of North Carolina,[22] the Field Museum,[23] the Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center[24] and the Asia Society Houston.[25]
Fulbeck's first book, a fictional autobiography entitled Paper Bullets was published in 2001 by the University of Washington Press.[26] His second, a photographic book entitled Part Asian, 100% Hapa was published in 2006 by Chronicle Books. It features a foreword by Sean Lennon and an afterword by Paul Spickard.[27] Many of the photographs from this book were featured in a solo show of the same name at the Japanese American National Museum in 2006.[28][29] The show is currently touring nationally.[27]
Fulbeck is represented by the Faye Bender Literary Agency.[34]
Teaching
Fulbeck teaches as a Professor of Art at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he initiated and taught the first Spoken Word course ever offered as part of a collegiate art program's core curriculum.[35] He received the UCSB Academic Senate's Distinguished Teaching Award in 2009,[36] and has been named an Outstanding Faculty Member four times by the Office of Residential Life.[15] He is also an affiliate faculty in Asian American Studies and Film & Media Studies at UCSB, and has taught as a visiting professor of Asian American Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.[37]
Additional activities
Fulbeck is extensively tattooed, and wears the work of Horitaka, Horitomo, and Horiyoshi III.[38][39][40] He is also a multiple national champion and world-ranked masters swimmer,[41][42][43] ocean lifeguard, and junior lifeguard instructor.[44] In 2010, he was named Athlete of the Year by the Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table.[45] He received his black belt in shotokan karate from Steve Ubl.[46] An avid guitar player, he produces videos for the Seymour Duncan company.[47]
References
^Date of birth found on the California Birth Index 1905–1995, under FULBECK, LAWRENCE K., on April 30, 1965 in San Bernardino County.
^ ab"Nichi Bei Times". Nichi Bei Times. September 10, 2009. Archived from the original on September 30, 2011. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
^"Loving Prize". Mxroots.org. June 11, 2011. Archived from the original on September 4, 2012. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
