Bernice Bing | |
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| Born | Bernice Lee Bing 10 April 1936 San Francisco, California, United States |
| Died | 18 August 1998 (aged 62) Philo, California, United States |
| Education | Studied with Richard Diebenkorn, Nathan Oliveira, Elmer Bischoff, Clyfford Still, Frank Lobdell |
| Alma mater | California College of Arts and Crafts, California School of Fine Arts |
| Known for | Oil painting |
| Movement | Abstractionism |
| Awards | Asian Heritage Council award (1990)[1] National Women's Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Award (first Asian-American to receive award) (1996)[1] |
Bernice Bing (10 April 1936 – 18 August 1998) was a Chinese American lesbian artist involved in the San Francisco Bay Area art scene in the 1960s.[1][2] She was known for her interest in the Beats and Zen Buddhism, and for the "calligraphy-inspired abstraction" in her paintings, which she adopted after studying with Saburo Hasegawa.
Bernice Bing was a co-founder of San Francisco’s SCRAP, according to the 2013 film about her life[3] and an article in the SF City College Guardsman.
- ^ a b c "Bernice Bing, Class of 1955". School Historical Archive. 14 March 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- ^ Hallmark, Kara Kelley (1 January 2007). "Bernice Bing (1936–1998), painting (China)". Encyclopedia of Asian American Artists. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313334511.
- ^ Pogash, Carol (12 October 2022). "Ignored in Life, Bernice Bing Is Discovered as Museums Rewrite History". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 14 August 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2024.