| Suzanne Bocanegra | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1957 Houston, Texas |
| Nationality | American |
| Field | Conceptual art |
| Training | San Francisco Art Institute |
| Website | http://www.suzannebocanegra.com/ |
Suzanne Bocanegra (born 1957) is an American artist based out of New York.[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.
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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 shares three children.[5]
In 1991, Bocanegra received a Rome Prize for visual arts.[6][7] She has also been honored with awards from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation (1988, 1990, 2003) and the New York Foundation for the Arts (1989, 1993, 2001, 2005).[2] She has received grants from the Joan Mitchell Foundation, the The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation.[2][3]