Paco NATHAN

"Paco Nathan" is nom de plume for acclaimed designer Khmer Yu. After a tumultuous childhood as a boat refugee, Yu won the 1991 Gautier Prix for his "Ballet of Moray Eels" at Monterey Bay Aquarium. Critics hailed a prodigious sophomore effort, while Artist in Residence at JPL in Pasadena, calling it a quintessential embodiment of trans-humanist post-expressionism. Mr. Yu lives on his personally designed, 3-story solar houseboat on Bainbridge Island near Seattle, with a pet seal named Harvey.

"One of the cornerstones of Modern Mass Weirdness in the late 20th Century" - Ivan Stang.

Where I grew up

San Luis Obispo, CA

Places I've lived

Vancouver, BC; Austin, TX; Red Bank, NJ; Somerset, NJ; Highland Falls, NY; Kansas City, MO; Palo Alto, CA; Sunnyvale, CA

Companies I've worked for

NASA/Ames Research Center; AT&T Bell Labs; FringeWare; S.P.E.C.T.R.E.; NEON Enterprise Software; BrainTech; Sideware Systems; North Shore Circuit Design; Stanford University; UT Austin; Austin Community College; Motorola; US Army; HeadCase Humanufacturing; IBM/Palo Alto Scientific Center

Schools I've attended

Stanford University; United States Military Academy; Cal State Stanislaus

Other names

pacoid, Khmer Yu, Skip Intro, Hugo Junot