Suzanne Bocanegra

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Suzanne Bocanegra
Born1957
Houston, Texas
NationalityAmerican
EducationSan Francisco Art InstituteUniversity of Texas
Known forConceptual art
Websitehttp://www.suzannebocanegra.com/

Suzanne Bocanegra is an American artist based out of New York City.[1] Her works include performance and installation art as well as visual and sound art.[2][3][4] Museums and galleries across the United States and London have exhibited Bocanegra's works.

Personal life[]

A native of Houston, Texas, Bocanegra is an alumna of the University of Texas and the San Francisco Art Institute, from which she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts (1979) and a Master of Fine Arts (1984) respectively.[2][4] She is married to composer David Lang, with whom she has three children.[5]

Career[]

Her work is included in collections of the Tang Teaching Museum[6] and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston.[7] In 1991, Bocanegra received a Rome Prize for visual arts.[8][9] She has received awards from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation (1988, 1990, 2003) and the New York Foundation for the Arts (1989, 1993, 2001, 2005).[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "An Evening with Suzanne Bocanegra". Museum of Modern Art. 2010. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Suzanne Bocanegra". Wave Hill. 2005. Archived from the original on 13 June 2010. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
  3. ^ "Info". Suzanne Bocanegra. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "Opener 21 Suzanne Bocanegra: I Write the Songs". Tang Museum. Archived from the original on 18 July 2010. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
  5. ^ Woolfe, Zachary (19 October 2010). "The composer of modern life: David Lang, paycheck to paycheck". Capital. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
  6. ^ "Suzanne Bocanegra". Tang Teaching Museum.
  7. ^ "Suzanne Bocanegra Untitled No. 32". mfah.org.
  8. ^ "Directory by Year". Society of Fellows, American Academy in Rome. Archived from the original on 5 November 2010. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
  9. ^ Slosberg, Chelsea. "Mixed-Media at the Tang: Bocanegra's I Write the Songs Exhibit". The Free George. Retrieved 14 December 2010.

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