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Lenore Chinn
Email chinn@earthlink.net
Website http://www.queerculturalcenter.org/Pages/Chinn/ChinIndex.html >> This web site features photos of the artist's work.

Personal Statement: Lenore Chinn uses acrylics to explore the super-realistic depiction of a wide spectrum of people of color, lesbians and same sex couples. Employing a coded iconography rooted in a lesbian/gay cultural perspective, these portraits fuse an Asian aesthetic of sparseness and clarity with visual narratives that counteract the "magic-truth rituals" of racial and gender construction.

Short Bio
Chinn's inclusion in Harmony Hammond's groundbreaking book Lesbian Art in America: A Contemporary History, (Rizzoli, NY, 2000), the first study of American Lesbian visual artists, has vastly expanded her national visibility. Her portraits documenting the historical evolution of San Francisco's Queer community challenge the social conventions that currently constitute the racialized order of things.

She is currently president of Qcc - Queer Cultural Center, a San Francisco based non-profit arts organization which hosts the annual National Queer Arts Festival. Qcc's home page is www.queerculturalcenter.org
Honors
College Art Association, Gay/Lesbian Caucus

Union Affiliations/Professional Organizations
Qcc - Queer Cultural Center

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Contact
One Scott Street, #1
San Francisco, CA
94117
Artist Location
San Francisco, CA

Art forms
Visual/Graphic

Type of artist
Painter/Sculptor, Arts Educator, Writer

General Themes
Activism/Social Justice, Feminism/Gender Issues, Art Forms/Art Criticism, Education
Last updated on October 15th, 2003

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