Nancy Hom

Education: Pratt Institute, BFA

Major: Illustration, Visual Communication


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California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives at UC Santa Barbara, CA Oakland Museum Collections


“Nancy Hom's artworks and service to the arts community mirror qualities of clarity, dedication, connection to issues both personal and universal, and strong, richly colored, precise beauty of presentation.”  

– Johanna Poethig, Artist and Professor Emeritus of CSU-Monterey Bay


Awards, Interviews, and Presentations

Selected Exhibitions

Frida: The Making of an Icon, Tate Museum of Modern Art, London and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX Catalog published

Weaving the Community Together, Abrams Claghorn Art Gallery, Albany, CA

I-Hotel Manilatown, mandala, Manilatown Center, San Francisco, CA

Mission Grafica: The Public’s Voice, KALW, San Francisco, CA

We Dream a World, mandala, Brown Palms, Yellow Balms, SOMArts Cultural Center, SF, CA

Crossing Borders: We Are All Immigrants, Wesbeth Gallery, New York, NY and Nine Eighteen Nine Gallery, Charlotte, NC Catalog published

Calli: The Art of Xicanx Peoples, Oakland Museum, CA

We Are Present, Artists with Asian Roots, Kitsune Community Studio, Half Moon Bay, CA

Mission Grafica: Reflecting a Community in Print, various venues throughout the U.S.

AAWAA 35th Anniversary, mandala In the Presence Of: Collected Stories of AAWAA, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA

Weaving Stories, mural, SF Public Library, San Francisco, CA

Crossings, mandala, 5 Wishes, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA

I Dream a World, mandala, Tarot in Pandemic and Revolution, CAST Gallery, SF, CA

¡Printing the Revolution!, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC Catalog published

Open Heart Prayer, ongoing mandala, San Francisco, CA

Precarious Lives, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA

Passing the Torch, mandala, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA

Evolving San Francisco, mandala, Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Passionate Engagement, retrospective, Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA

F213, ARC Gallery, San Francisco, CA Catalog published

KSW Evolving Legacy, mandala, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA

Open Heart, mandala, Orgyen Dorje Den Temple, Alameda, CA

Resistance and Compassion, mandala, Shifting Movements, SOMArts Cultural Center, SF, CA

Ripples of Influence, mandala, Dias de Los Muertos, SOMArts Cultural Center, SF, CA

Dinner Gathering II, table installation, Dias de Los Muertos, SOMArts Cultural Center, SF, CA

Nitartha, mandala, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

¡Que Rico, Que Bueno!, Jewish Community Center, San Francisco, CA

Nalandabodhi, mandala, Nalanda West, Seattle, Washington

Altar of My Passing, Studio Grand, Oakland, CA

Dias de Los Muertos, mandala, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA

Soul of San Francisco, mandala, Manilatown Center, San Francisco, CA

Japantown, mandala, Japantown Center, San Francisco, CA

Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here, traveling exhibition, various venues internationally

Journey of Transformation, mandala, Our American Stories, Madeleine Haas Russell Gallery, City College, San Francisco, CA

Reno, mandala, University of Nevada Downtown Gallery, Reno, NV

Dinner Gathering, installation, Dias de Los Muertos, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA

Carnaval 35th Anniversary, mandala, Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco, CA

Oakland Chinatown, mandala, Oakland Asian Cultural Center, Oakland, CA

Nomad: KSW’s 40th Anniversary Show, I-Hotel Manilatown Center, San Francisco, CA

California’s Designing Women 1896-1986, Autry National Center, LA, CA Catalog published

All of Us or None: Social Justice Posters of the SF Bay Area, Oakland Museum, CA

Evolving Identity, mandala, The Future is Now!, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA

Remnants, installation, Chinese Historical Society of America, San Francisco, CA

Nancy Hom: A Woman’s Perspective, Oakland Asian Cultural Center, Oakland, CA

Sanju, Jazz Heritage Center, San Francisco, CA

GOMDEN, An Evening of Contemplative Arts, poetry, art and dance performance, SF, CA

A Joining of Rivers, poetry, music and performance conceived and curated by Nancy Hom, Int’l Museum of Women, SF, CA

Deep Roots, New Shoots II, National Japanese Historical Society, San Francisco, CA

New World Border, traveling exhibit, venues throughout the U.S.

INdiVISIBLE, MCC Lounge and Meeting Room, UC Santa Barbara

Deep Roots, New Shoots I, National Japanese Historical Society, San Francisco

A Place of Her Own, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco Monograph published

100 Years of Women Rockin’ the World, ArtRage Gallery, Syracuse, NY

Come Together, College of Creative Studies Gallery, UC Santa Barbara, CA

A Place of Her Own, Driftwood Salon, San Francisco Monograph published

Mining the Creative Source, SOMArts Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Nancy Hom, solo exhibit, Stanford Art Spaces Gallery, Stanford University

Nancy Hom, solo exhibit, Multicultural Center, UC Santa Barbara

Icons of Presence, Chinese Culture Center, San Francisco Catalog published

A Woman's Plight / A Woman's Right, I-Hotel Manilatown Center, San Francisco, CA

Ying: Inspired by the Art and History of China, Museum of Art & History, Santa Cruz, CA

Dirty Work, Kearny Street Workshop, San Francisco, CA

Cheers to Muses, Chinese Culture Center, San Francisco, CA Book published

Our Stories/Our Way, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA

Chicano Encounters: Local Places and Global Communities, De Young Museum, SF, CA

Hope and Healing in Times of War, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA

Ghosts of Little Boy, National Japanese Historical Society, San Francisco, CA

17th Annual Children’s Book Illustrators, Sun Gallery, Hayward, CA

Change, Euphrat Museum of Art, Cupertino, CA

Trazos, Myth and Memory, Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco, CA

Full Circle, Retrospective and commission of new work, SOMArts Cultural Center, SF, CA

California Printmakers, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA Jurors Award

Re-Mix 2004: An Exhibition on Humor & Social Commentary, SOMArts Cultural Center, SF, CA

One Struggle, Two Communities: Late 20th Century Political Posters of Havana, Cuba, and the SF Bay Area, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA

At Work: The Art of California Labor, California Historical Society of America, SF, CA

Making Our Mark: Concepts, Visions, and Narratives, SOMArts Cultural Center, SF, CA

War and Silence, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco Brochure published

The AAAC Story, Asian American Arts Centre, New York, NY

Fine Art Prints, A Statement within Communities Exhibition, Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, San Francisco, CA

Solo Retrospective, ODC Theater Gallery, San Francisco, CA

The War Room, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA

25/25, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA

We Are Family: Celebrating Diversity, Embracing Similarities, Sunnyvale Cultural Gallery, Sunnyvale, CA

No More Scapegoats, Nourse Auditorium, San Francisco, CA

Celebrating the Arts, ODC Theater Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Honoring Diversity: Multicultural Perspectives, Koret Gallery, Palo Alto, California

The People’s Art: An Exhibit of Posters and Broadsides, Mendocino College Art Gallery, Ukiah, CA

Images of Community, Chinatown Community Arts Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Sharing Stories: Exploring Cultural Diversity, Exhibits USA, 2 years

Multicultural Children’s Literature, SF International Airport, CA

From Public to Private: Personal Works by Bay Area Muralists, Oakland Museum, CA

Time Echoes, C.N. Gorman Museum, Davis, CA Brochure published

Espiritu de Cuba, Taller Sin Fronteras, La Pena Cultural Center, Berkeley, CA

Lumieres de Californie, C. A. L. Valeyre, Paris, France

3x3x3, San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, California

International Artists Conference Show, Artists Equity, Spectrum Gallery, SF, CA

500 Years of Resistance, Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, San Francisco, CA

The Fourth R: Art and the Needs of Children and Youth, Euphrat Museum of Art, Cupertino, CA Brochure published

History: Truth or Consequences, SF State University Art Department Gallery, SF, CA

Bay Area Muralists, SOMArts Gallery, San Francisco, California

Espiritu de El Salvador, Taller Sin Fronteras, La Pena Cultural Center, Berkeley

Imagenes Vivas, Somart San Angel, Villa Obregón, Mexico City, Mexico

Images of Change, Galeria Museo, San Francisco, California

Still Screening After All These Years, Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA

Speak, You Have the Tools, De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA

Content Art: Contemporary Issues, Southern Exposure Gallery, SF, CA

Artistas Indignas, Dougherty Arts Center, Austin, Texas

In Progress, Murals, Galería de la Raza, San Francisco, California

Screenprints by Nancy Hom, solo exhibit, Asian Resource Gallery, Oakland, CA

A/P About People, Chinese Culture Center, San Francisco, California

Impressions/ Expressions, Chinese Culture Center, San Francisco, California

Images of Ourselves, Sargent Johnson Gallery, Western Addition Cultural Center, SF, CA

Homage to Frida Kahlo, Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco, California

Don’t Call Me Sweetheart, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, California

Political Posters, San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, San Francisco, California

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Daniel, Audrey, Rock Paper Paint, film, San Francisco, CA

Passing It On, film, Asian American Women Artists Association, San Francisco, CA

Oral History, Smithsonian Archives of American Art, Washington DC

The Dream Builder, wine label, Cantadora Winery, Napa, CA

Speaker, Pandemic Oral History Project, Monterey Museum of Art symposium, Monterey, CA

Speaker, IMU UR2: Art, Aesthetics, & Asian America, Stanford University, CA

Smithsonian Archives of American Art, Washington DC

Lim, Madeleine, The Worlds of Bernice Bing, film, produced by AAWAA and QWOCMAP, SF, CA

Community Leadership Award, San Francisco Foundation, San Francisco, CA

Joan Mitchell Foundation Painting and Sculpture Award, New York City, NY

Individual Artist Award, Zellerbach Family Foundation, San Francisco, CA

Artist Residency, Self Help Graphics, Los Angeles, CA

Board of Supervisors Proclamation: Nancy Hom Day - September 4, 2003, San Francisco, CA

Local Hero Award, KQED and Union Bank of California, San Francisco, CA

Gerbode Foundation Fellowship, U.C. Berkeley, CA

Individual Artist Award, San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco, CA

American Library Association Notable Book Award, Nine-in-One Grr! Grr!, Chicago, IL

Cooperative Children’s Book Center Choice, Nine-in-One Grr! Grr!, Madison, WI

Selected Bibliography - Art

Crossing Borders: We Are All Immigrants, Global Art Project, Oakland, CA

Gonzalves, Theodore, Smithsonian Asian Pacific American History, Art, and Culture in 101 Objects, Washington D.C.

Hazelwood, Art, Mission Grafica: Reflecting a Community in Print, San Francisco, CA

The Brooklyn Rail, Brooklyn, NY

Cushing, Lincoln, All of Us or None: Social Justice Posters of the Bay Area, Heyday Books, Berkeley, CA

Chang, Gordon, Asian American Art: A History, 1850-1970, Stanford Univ. Press, Stanford, CA

Machida, Margo, Icons of Presence, Chinese Culture Center, San Francisco, CA

Cushing, Lincoln, Visions of Peace & Justice: 30 Years of Political Posters from the Archives of Inkworks Press, Inkworks Press, Berkeley, CA

Cheers to Muses, Asian American Women Artists Association, San Francisco, CA

Triumph of Our Communities: Four Decades of Mexican American Art, Bilingual Press, Arizona

Putting the Movement Back into Civil Rights Teaching, Teaching for Change, Washington, D.C.

At Work: The Art of California Labor, Heyday Books, Berkeley, California

High Point: Success in Language Literature Content, Hampton-Brown, Carmel, CA

Louie, Steve, The Movement and the Moment, UCLA Press, Los Angeles, CA

Ressler, Susan, Women Artists of the American West, Purdue University, Texas

Honoring Our Ancestors, one illustration, Children’s Book Press, SF, CA

Of Our Own Voice, Asian American Women Artists Association, San Francisco, CA

Just Liked Me, one illustration, Children’s Book Press, SF, CA

Judge Rabbit and the Tree Spirit, all illustrations, Children’s Book Press, SF, CA

Drescher, Tim, San Francisco Murals: Community Creates Its Muse, 1914-1990, Pogo Press, St. Paul, Minnesota

Nine in One, Grr! Grr!, all illustrations, Children’s Book Press, SF, CA

The Little Weaver of Thai-Yen Village, all illustrations, Children’s Book Press, SF, CA

Lee, C.N., Poster Nostalgia, Bridge Magazine, Asian Cine-Vision, INC., New York, NY

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Selected Bibliography - Literary

Shuck, Kim, This Wandering State: Poems from Alta, San Francisco, CA

Rima Fujita Has a Dream, Lion’s Roar Magazine, January 2024, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Fantone, Laura, Local Invisibility, Postcolonial Feminisms, Palgrave MacMillan, US

Hernandez, Claudia, Women, Mujeres, Ixoq: Revolutionary Visions, Conocimientos Press, TX

Namjai: A Tribute to Bay Area Poets, ReWrite Bay Area, SF, CA

Cheers to Muses: Contemporary Works by Asian American Women, AAWAA, SF, CA

Blue Arc West, Tebot Bach, Huntington Beach, CA

Major, Devorah, The Other Side of the Postcard, Citylights Foundation, SF, CA

So Luminous the Wildflowers: An Anthology of California Poets, Tebot Bach, Huntington Beach, CA

Louie, Steve, The Movement and the Moment, UCLA Press, Los Angeles, CA

Lucy R. Lippard, Mixed Blessings: New Art in a Multicultural America, Pantheon Books, NY, NY

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