Resume

LENORE CHINN
email: chinn@earthlink.net

SELECTED ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

The Michael Himovitz Gallery, Sacramento, CA, 1991
Rasmussen Gallery, Pacific Union College, Angwin, CA, 1991
UC Extension Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1985
Lucien Labaudt Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1980

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Mission Cultural Center, “Active Edge,” Lesbians in the Visual Arts, San Francisco, CA, 1999
Center for Visual Arts, “Of Our Own Voice,” Asian American Women Artists Association, Oakland, CA, 1998
Stanford Art Spaces, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 1998
Women Artists of the American West, Purdue and Pennsylvania State University web site curriculum, 1998
"Anne Frank and the World Today," Nourse Auditorium, San Francisco Unified School District, San Francisco, CA, 1998
White Columns, "Home Is Where the Heart Is - Our Family Values," New York, NY, 1997
Sargent Johnson Gallery, Center for African & African American Art & Culture, San Francisco, CA, 1997
Euphrat Museum of Art, De Anza College, "Families: Rebuilding, Reinventing, Recreating," Cupertino, CA, 1996
Thomasina DeMaio Gallery, “The Wall of Restitution," Guerneville, CA, 1996
ACI Art Communication International, "Curators Collection CD," CD-Rom juried Collection, Philadelphia, PA, 1996
Bedford Gallery/Regional Center for the Arts, "Family Matters: Traditional and Contemporary Depictions of Home Life," Walnut Creek, CA, 1996
No More Scapegoats - Companion Exhibit to "Anne Frank and the World Today," Corte Madera, CA, 1995
Esperanza Peace and Justice Center, San Antonio, TX, 1995
The Luggage Store Gallery, "Family Album," San Francisco, CA, 1994
SOMAR Gallery, Asian American Women Artists Association, San Francisco, CA, 1994
SOMAR Gallery, HIV Healing Arts Project - Project Open Hand, San Francisco, CA, 1993
Levi Strauss & Co., San Francisco, CA, 1993
Gallery Route One, Pt. Reyes Station, CA, 1993
San Francisco State University, Artists Equity, Northern California Chapter, San Francisco, CA, 1992
Pro-Arts Gallery, Co-Sponsored by Guerrilla Girls West, Oakland, CA, 1991
16th Annual Open Studios of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 1991
Visible for a Change, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. 1991
Women's Building Arts & Crafts Fair, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA, 1990
15th Annual Open Studios of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 1990
Lesbian & Gay Fine Art Exhibit, City Hall Rotunda, San Francisco, CA, 1990
SOMAR Gallery, Artists Equity, Northern California Chapter, San Francisco, CA, 1990
Artists Against AIDS - Phase IV, San Francisco, CA, 1988
Mom...Guess What! Newspaper, Sacramento, CA, 1988
Images... A Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1987
Beyond Power - A Celebration, Women's Caucus for Art and Southern Exposure Gallery, Belmont, CA and Redwood City, CA, 1987
La Grange National XI, Chattahoochee Valley Art Association, La Grange, GA, 1986
72nd American Annual Exhibition at Newport, Newport, RI, 1983
National Arts Club, Allied Artists of America, New York, NY, 1982
Art in the Park, San Francisco, CA, 1982
Westwood Center of the Arts, Los Angeles, CA, 1982
Hayward Area Forum of the Arts, Hayward, CA, 1982
Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA, 1980
Capricorn Asunder, San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco, CA, 1980
San Francisco Arts Festival, San Francisco, CA, 1977 - 1982

SELECTED CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE

South of Market Cultural Center, "They Hold Up Half the Sky" - "Bernice Bing: A Memorial Tribute and Retrospective." Co-curated with Flo Oy Wong, Moira Roth and Kim Anno for Qcc. San Francisco, CA, 1999
South of Market Cultural Center, "Face: Queer Expression through Self-Portraiture." Co-curated with Rudy Lemcke for Qcc. San Francisco, CA, 1998
The Luggage Store Gallery, "Family Album." Co-curated with Steven Compton. San Francisco, CA, 1994
City Hall Rotunda, "The Lesbian and Gay Fine Art Exhibit." Co-curated with Dori Friend and Richard Bolingbroke. San Francisco, CA, 1990

SELECTED JURYING EXPERIENCE

The Luggage Store Gallery, 4th Annual Juried - Co-juried with Laurie Lazer, Rene Yanez and Carlos Villa,
San Francisco, CA, 1995
SOMAR Gallery, Lesbian Visual Artists, "Public/Private." Co-juried with Adrienne Fuzee and Billy Lynn.
San Francisco, CA, 1994

AWARDS

Fleischacker Foundation Eureka Fellowship Nominee, 1998
Serpent Source Grant, San Francisco, CA, 1998
Art of California Magazine, Discovery 1993 Awards, Bronze Award, Contemporary Painting, Napa, CA, 1993
Art Search, Mom...Guess What! Newspaper, Sacramento, CA, 1988
Women in Design International, Second Annual Compendium, Ross, CA, 1983
Art in the Park, First Place, Painting, San Francisco, CA, 1982
Westwood Center of the Arts, First Award-Painting, Los Angeles, CA, 1982
Ligoa Duncan Award, Prix de Centenaire de Raymond Duncan, Musee des Duncan, 31 Rue de Seine, 75006, Paris, France, 1981
San Francisco International Airport Competition, 31st Annual San Francisco Arts Festival, Purchase Award, 1977

PUBLIC SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

TCI San Francisco, "Inside City Limits," Cable TV Channel 35 and Bay TV, San Francisco, CA, March 1997.
3x2: An Intergenerational Dialogue Between Asian American Women Artists, National Women's Caucus for Art, Philadelphia, PA, February 9, 1997.
Lesbian Visual Artists, Artists Salon, San Francisco Women's Building, June 22, 1996.
Bedford Gallery/Regional Center for the Arts, Docent Tour of "Family Matters," Walnut Creek, CA, January 18, 1996.
DYKE TV, New York, NY, Fall 1995.
KQED-FM Forum, "Voice of the Voter," Panelist, San Francisco, CA, October 6,1995.
KUSP, Lesbian Visual Artists. Abby Bogomolny, Santa Cruz, CA, August 6,1995.
KNBR Community Forum, "Family Album." Gimmy Park Li, San Francisco, CA, February 1994.
City Visions, Susan Kay's Wide World O'Women, San Francisco, CA, February 27,1994.
The Eye Gallery, Lesbian Visual Artists, Panelist: Courting Your Art Market, San Francisco, CA, May 23, 1993.
KPFA broadcast, Queer in Your Ear, "Hobnail Boots to Stiletto Heels - Lesbian Sensibilities," Berkeley, CA, September 28, 1993.
The Eye Gallery, Sunday's Child Salon, Guest Speaker, San Francisco, CA, October 1992.
Pacifica Community Television, Inc., Suzy's Cue, Profile. Suzanne St. John, Producer, Pacifica, CA. October 1992.
College Art Association, Annual Conference, Panelist, Chicago, IL, February 1992.
Outwrite Writers Conference, Panelist: Discussion of artists and media, San Francisco, CA, March 1991.
KQED 88.5 Forum, Panelist, Lesbian and Gay Issues, San Francisco, CA, December 31, 1990.
Viacom six, The City Station, Electric City Video, Profile, Sande Mack, Director/Susan Kay Gilbert, Program Host, San Francisco, CA, June 25, 1987.
Galeria de la Raza, BRAVA! For Women in the Arts, Guest Speaker, San Francisco, CA, July 13, 1986.

SLIDE REGISTRIES/ARCHIVES

The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
Mills College Art Department, Oakland, CA
Women's Caucus for Art, Northern California Chapter, Berkeley, CA
Artists Equity, Northern California Chapter, San Francisco, CA
Harvard University, Women's Studies Department, Cambridge, MA
Harvard University, Visual Collections of the Fine Arts Library of the Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA
Radcliffe College, Schlesinger Library, History of Women in America, Cambridge, MA
Brown University, Department of Visual Art, Providence, RI
Oberlin College, Department of Art, Oberlin, OH
Godzilla, Asian American Art Network, New York, NY
The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
Lesbians in the Visual Arts, San Francisco, CA
Asian American Women Artists Association, Oakland, CA

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

College Art Association, Gay and Lesbian Caucus
Lesbian Visual Artists, San Francisco, CA, Co-Chair 1995
Qcc - Lesbian Gay Bi and Transgender Center for Art and Culture, San Francisco, CA, President
Asian American Women Artists Association, Oakland, CA
Consortium of Neighborhood Cultural Centers, San Francisco, CA

EDUCATION
B.A., Sociology - San Francisco State College, 1972 - Dean's List, 1971, San Francisco, CA
A.A., Advertising Art & Design - City College of San Francisco, 1970, San Francisco, CA