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Marty Nikou

 

Photography of Marty Nikou, art instructorContact Information

Department of Humanities
Hale Na'auao , Room 124
Windward Community College
45-720 Kea‘ahala Rd.
Kaneohe, HI 96744

Phone: (808) 236-9224
Email: nikou@hawaii.edu


Courses Taught


Education

  • University of Hawaii at Manoa, MA in American Studies, 2004 – present (in progress).
  • University of Hawaii at Manoa, Graduate Museum Studies Certificate, 2004 - present (in progress).
  • San Francisco State University, MFA in art, 1996.
  • UHM, BFA in art with emphasis in photography, 1992.
  • Windward Community College, AA with emphasis in the liberal arts, 1989.

Research Interests

  • Museum informatics within the context of museums and community engagement

Writings


Favorite Food

  • Mexican and Thai (or, spicy anything)

Favorite Movies

  • All time favorites: Casablanca, King of Hearts, The Agony and Ecstasy of Michelangelo, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, and many more.
  • New favorites: James Cameron's Titanic and Paul Haggis' Crash, the very first Matrix, and Goal.
  • Television: The X-Files and Star Trek (past), Battlestar Galactica (present)

Favorite Books

  • Fiction: Nikos Kazantzakis' The Last Temptation of Christ
  • Nonfiction: Common law case studies in Contracts, Torts, and Criminal Law: All the first-year law school court Reporters

Most Interesting Job

  • First: Stage Acting
  • Second: Teaching

Favorite Place on the Island

  • Home

Photograph of Marty Nikou with son Malaki in ParisFavorite Quote

"I'm cruel only to be kind."


Favorite Artists

  • Francis Bacon (UK)
  • Vik Muniz, and many many more.

Favorite Music

  • Loreena McKennitt
  • Noa
  • UAKTI
  • Dead Can Dance
  • Azam Ali
  • Bird York
  • Paul Oakenfold, etc.

Favorite Sport

  • To do: Chess, Tennis, hiking, walking
  • To watch: Soccer

 

page last updated: November 1, 2008