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 75–76) |
| Education | Pratt Institute (BFA) |
| Occupation(s) | 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]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
[edit]- Rohmer, Harriet; Hom, Nancy (1999). "My Father: Fook Tow Hom". Honoring Our Ancestors: Stories and Pictures by Fourteen Artists. Children's Book Press. pp. 17–. ISBN 978-0-89239-158-5.
- Rohmer, Harriet; Hom, Nancy (1997). Just Like Me: Stories and Self-portraits by Fourteen Artists. Children's Book Press. pp. 10–. ISBN 978-0-89239-149-3.
- Xiong, Blia (2013). Nine-In-One, Grr, Grr. Nancy Hom (illustrator). Children's Book Press. ISBN 9780892391103.
References
[edit]- ^ "APEX Express". KPFA. May 12, 2011. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
- ^ a b c d "Nancy Hom". The Brooklyn Rail. July 30, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
- ^ "Nancy Hom". Queer Cultural Center. April 21, 2019. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
- ^ a b c Ressler, Susan R. (2003). Women Artists of the American West. McFarland. pp. 52–53. ISBN 978-0-7864-1054-5.
- ^ "CEMA: Nancy Hom". UCSB Library. August 19, 2011. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
- ^ Kost, Ryan (May 17, 2017). "In exhibition, 40 artists consider Yuri Kochiyama's legacy". SFGATE. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
- ^ Bonetti, David (February 19, 1999). "Saluting two generations of artists". SFGate.
- ^ Chao, Julie (September 6, 1998). "Outmoded media image of Asians draws fire". SFGate.
- ^ a b Nakao, Annie (December 7, 1995). "Kearny workshop finds a home". SFGate.
- ^ "Nancy Hom". Blanton Museum of Art. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
- ^ "Carnaval San Francisco 1987". Oakland Museum of California (OMCA). Retrieved January 28, 2025.
- ^ "Hom, Nancy". SFMOMA. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
- ^ "Nancy Hom". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
External links
[edit]- 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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