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John Kurtyka is a local artist who has shown his work at diferent venues in Silicon Valley-- including the San Jose Museum of Art, the Triton Museum, the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, and d.p.fong Gallery.

John has a Master of Fine Arts degree from San Jose State University and works with children as an artist in residence in public schools.

He is currently showing at Kaleid Gallery
in downtown San Jose.

     "This is the giant cursor I built and painted for the show in San Francisco called Wish You Were Here --Souvenirs of the San Francisco Bay Area Created by Artists. It's called Greetings from Silicon Valley and I described it like this:

Its face includes a variety of skin colors--like those whose work brought it to life and began its search (some got rich, many made a living, bought homes and raised families--some families broke up because of the stress and long work hours.) 

Its not polite to point--so it acquiesces silently to our every whim--cursoring across the colors and flashing lights of your screen--pointing to knowledge as well as opinions informed by ignorance and poor reasoning--searching for doorways and plateaus of understanding as well as reinforcement of suspicions and prejudices