Nancy Hom

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. She graduated in 1971 with a BFA degree in illustration from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. Hom moved to San Francisco in the 1974. 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. In December 1995, the organization was forced to move locations, and restructure the program into a nonprofit, which was led by Hom. the Oakland Museum of California; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C..

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