Nancy Hom
Nancy Hom | |
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谭咏诗 | |
 Nancy Hom takes artwork out of the International Hotel in San Francisco, a day after the hotel's tenants were evicted | |
| Born | 1949 (age 76–77) |
| Education | Pratt Institute (BFA) |
| Occupations | Visual artist, illustrator, printmaker, curator, writer, arts administrator, social activist |
| Spouse | Bob Hsiang |
| Website | www |
Nancy Hom (born 1949) is a Chinese-born American visual artist, illustrator, curator, writer, and arts administrator.[1] She served as the executive director of Kearny Street Workshop for many years.[2] Hom lives in San Francisco, California.[2]
Biography
[edit | edit source]Nancy Hom was born in 1949, in Taishan in Guangdong, China. She moved at the age of five to New York City, where she was raised.[2][3][4] She graduated in 1971 with a BFA degree in illustration from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn.[5] Hom moved to San Francisco in the 1974.[4]
Much of her poster art is graphic and political.[4][6][7] She has worked extensively within the Asian American movement.[8] She is a member of the Asian American Women Artists Association (AAWAA).
Hom served as the executive director of Kearny Street Workshop in San Francisco, from 1995 to 2003.[2] When she started her role Hom's was working with the first-ever board of directors for the organization, and at the time the Kearny Street Workshop was located on the ground floor of the I-Hotel.[9] In December 1995, the organization was forced to move locations, and restructure the program into a nonprofit, which was led by Hom.[9]
Her artwork is in museum collections, including at the Blanton Museum of Art in Austin, Texas;[10] the Oakland Museum of California;[11] the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art;[12] and the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C..[13]
Publications
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References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Oral history interview with Nancy Hom, 2020 August 30 from Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
- Nancy Hom Papers, at University of California, Santa Barbara
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