Jon Fischer
Jon Fischer is an interdisciplinary artist with a background in printmaking and engineering. Born in Southern California to Jewish refugees from Morocco and Poland, he was raised on the East Coast where his family permanently settled. He earned degrees in engineering and philosophy of science before relocating to the West Coast for the adult portion of his life. In California he studied fabrication at the Exploratorium and learned screen printing at CELLspace, the celebrated San Francisco arts warehouse. He has operated a studio in San Francisco since 2005, growing a practice that includes and often combines drawing, video, and sound. Since 2006, Fischer has worked as a professor of engineering at CSU Maritime Academy, the only maritime academy on the West Coast.
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