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Nancy Hom

Chinese-born American artist (born 1949)

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Nancy Hom (born 1949) is a Chinese-born American visual artist, illustrator, curator, writer, and arts administrator. She served as the executive director of Kearny Street Workshop for many years. Hom lives in San Francisco, California.

01Biography

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. She graduated in 1971 with a BFA degree in illustration from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. Hom moved to San Francisco in the 1974.

Much of her poster art is graphic and political. She has worked extensively within the Asian American movement. 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. 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. In December 1995, the organization was forced to move locations, and restructure the program into a nonprofit, which was led by Hom.

Her artwork is in museum collections, including at the Blanton Museum of Art in Austin, Texas; the Oakland Museum of California; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C..

02Publications

Watch videos about Nancy HomExplainers and documentaries on YouTube (opens in a new tab)

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