Wendy Maruyama

Wendy Maruyama was one of the first women to graduate from the prestigious School for American Craftsmen at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Since the early 1970s, Maruyama has been teaching - first metalworking and jewelry, then woodworking and furniture design - at San Diego State University, the California College of the Arts, and the Appalachian Center for Crafts. She has received numerous awards, including a Fulbright Grant and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, and has participated in many exhibitions across the United States.

Education: B.A., San Diego State University, 1975; M.F.A., Rochester Institute of Technology, 1980