CHRONOLOGY

Born: October 19, 1949 Toisan, China
Went to Hong Kong: 1952 Went to New York: 1954 Came to California: 1974
Education:1971, Pratt Institute, BFA with honors Majors: Illustration, Visual Communication

EXHIBITIONS
2005 - Full Circle, Retrospective with Betty Kano, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center, Somarts Gallery, San Francisc
- Children's Book Illustrators, Sun Gallery, Hayward
2004 - Re-Mix 2004: An Exhibition on Humor and Social Commentary, Somarts Cultural Center
2003 - One Struggle, Two Communities: Late 20th Century Political Posters of Havana, Cuba, and the SF Bay Area, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley
- At Work: The Art of California Labor, California Historical Society, San Francisco
- Mission Cultural Center 25th Anniversary Exhibition, San Francisco
- Making Our Mark: Concepts, Visions, and Narratives, Asian American Women Artists Association, San Francisco
- War and Silence, Kearny Street Workshop, San Francisco Brochure published
2002-4 - Exhibits USA, national tour of Just Like Me, Honoring Our Ancestors, and additional posters
2002 - The AAAC Story, Asian American Arts Centre, New York City
- Fine Art Prints, A Statement within Communities Exhibition, Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, San Francisco
2001 - Contemporary Asian American Art, Oakland Museum Collectors Gallery
2000 - Solo Retrospective, ODC Theater Gallery, San Francisco
1999 - The War Room, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco
- 25/25, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco
- We Are Family: Celebrating Diversity, Embracing Similarities, Sunnyvale Cultural Gallery, Sunnyvale, California
1998 - No More Scapegoats, Nourse Auditorium, San Francisco, California
- Celebrating the Arts, ODC Theater Gallery, San Francisco, California
1997 - Lifeclusters, Sunnyvale Cultural Gallery, Sunnyvale, California
- Honoring Diversity: Multicultural Perspectives, Koret Gallery, Palo Alto, California
1996 - The People’s Art: An Exhibit of Posters and Broadsides, Mendocino College Art Gallery, Ukiah, California
- Images of Community, Chinatown Community Arts Gallery, San Francisco, California
1995 - Sharing Stories: Exploring Cultural Diversity, Exhibits USA, travelling throughout the U. S. for 2 years
1994 - Multicultural Children’s Literature, Bureau of Exhibitions and Cultural Education, SF International Airport, CA
- Under One Sky: Opening Young Minds With Books, Bedford Gallery, Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA
- From Public to Private: Personal Works by Bay Area Muralists, Oakland Museum Collectors Gallery, California
- Yellow Forest, Asian Women Artists Association, South of Market Cultural Center, San Francisco, California
- Children's Book Illustrators Show, Sun Gallery, Hayward, California
- Solo Exhibition, Tassajara Bakery, San Francisco
1993-4 - Exhibits USA, national tour of Nine-in-One Grr! Grr!
1993 - Time Echoes, Asian American Women Artists Association, C.N. Gorman Museum, Davis, CA Brochure published
- Espiritu de Cuba, Taller Sin Fronteras, La Pena Cultural Center, Berkeley, California
- 3 Asian Children's Book Illustrators, Ohana Cultural Center, Oakland, California
- Lumieres de Californie, C. A. L. Valeyre, Paris, France
- 3x3x3, San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, California
1992 - International Artists Conference Show, Artists Equity, Spectrum Gallery, San Francisco, California
- 500 Years of Resistance, Galeria Museo, Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, California
- Women of Color Creating, Ohana Cultural Center, Oakland, California
- The Fourth R: Art and the Needs of Children and Youth, Euphrat Museum of Art, Cupertino, California Brochure
- Urgent Images: Selections from the Pro Arts Exhibition, Ohlone College, Fremont, California
1991 - History: Truth or Consequences, Salad Bar, SF State University Art Department Gallery, S. F., CA Catalogue
- Urgent Images, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, California Panel discussion
- Spirit of East and West, Asian Women Artists Association, Berkeley Store Gallery, Berkeley, California
- Bay Area Muralists, South of Market Cultural Center, San Francisco, California
- Children's Book Illustrators: Hideo Yoshida & Nancy Hom, Community Arts Gallery, San Francisco, California
- Espiritu de El Salvador, Taller Sin Fronterars, La Pena Cultural Center, Berkeley, California
1989 - Imagenes Vivas, Somart San Angel, Villa Obregón, Mexico City, Mexico Catalogue
- Cowell Theater, San Francisco, California
1988 - La Raza Graphics Center, San Francisco, California
- Images of Change, Vanguard Foundation’s 15th Anniversary Exhibition, Galeria Museo, San Francisco, California
1987 - Still Screening After All These Years, Academy of Art College, San Francisco, California
- Speak, You Have the Tools, De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, California Catalogue published
1986 - Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California
- Euphrat Museum of Art, De Anza College, Cupertino, California
1985 - Content Art: Contemporary Issues, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, California
- Japantown Art and Media Workshop, San Francisco, California
- 6 Asian Women Artists, Tigress 50 Gallery, San Francisco, California
- Chinese for Affirmative Action, San Francisco, California
1984 - Ohana Cultural Center, Oakland, California
- National Lawyers Guild, San Francisco, California
- La Pena Cultural Center, Berkeley, California
- Artistas Indignas, Dougherty Arts Center, Austin, Texas
- San Francisco Art Festival, San Francisco, California
1983 - New World Gallery, Carmel, California
1982 - In Progress, Galería de la Raza, San Francisco, California Catalogue published
- Kearny Street Workshop 10th Anniversary Show, Chinese Culture Center, San Francisco, California
- Solo Exhibition, Screenprints by Nancy Hom, Asian Resource Gallery, Oakland, California
- Solo Exhibition, Grassroots Cultural Center, San Diego, California
1981 - A/P About People: Stephanie Lowe, Nancy Hom, Zand Gee, Chinese Culture Center, San Francisco, California
- America is in the Heart, Nihonmachi Street Fair, San Francisco, California
1980 - Impressions/ Expressions, Japantown Art and Media Workshop, Chinese Culture Center, San Francisco, California
1979 - East Wind Bookstore, San Francisco, California
- Images of Ourselves, Sargent Johnson Gallery, Western Addition Cultural Center, San Francisco, California
- Oakland Museum, Special Exhibits and Education Department, Oakland, California
1978 - Membership Show, Kearny Street Workshop, Chinese Culture Center, San Francisco, California
- Homage to Frida Kahlo, Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco, California
1976 - Political Posters, San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, California


AWARDS/COMMISSIONS
2004 - Juror's Award, California Printmakers, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica
Commission of new work and retrospective for 2005 Full Circle exhibition, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center
2003 - Artist Residency, Self Help Graphics, Los Angeles
- Board of Supervisors Proclamation: Nancy Hom Day - September 4, 2003
- Local Hero Award, KQED and Union Bank of California
- Kevin Shelley Proclamation
1999 - Nominee, Woman of Achievement Award, San Jose
1998 - Gerbode Foundation Fellowship, U.C. Berkeley
1995 - Individual Artist Cultural Equity Grant, San Francisco Art Commission
1992 - Certificate, New York Asian Women’s Center
1991 - American Library Association Notable Book Award, Nine-in-One Grr! Grr!
- Cooperative Children’s Book Center Choice, Nine-in-One Grr! Grr!


TEACHING/ART RELATED EXPERIENCE
2004-5 - Workshop Facilitator, Children’s Book Illustration, Chinatown Beacon Center, California
2004 - Presenter, Children’s Book Illustration, Beach Elementary School, California
- Panelist, Workshop Facilitator, Chinese Intercollegiate Students Conference, Duke University, North Carolina
- Panelist, Silkscreen as a Design Medium, Design on Democracy Conference, UC Berkeley, California
- Presenter, Children’s Book Illustration, Gold Country Writers and Illustrators Forum, Sutter Creek, CA
2003 - Panelist, Self Help Graphics, Los Angeles - 30 Years of Chicano Art
- Panelist, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley
- One Struggle, Two Communities: Late 20th Century Political Posters of Havana, Cuba, and the SF Bay Area
1995-2003 - Executive Director, Kearny Street Workshop
1999 - Panelist, California Arts Council - Nurturing the Next Generation
1998 - Illustrator and writer (page spread), Honoring Our Ancestors, Children’s Book Press, San Francisco, California
1996 - Illustrator and writer (page spread), Just Like Me, Children’s Book Press, San Francisco, California
- Panelist, The Peer Review Process, Council on Foundations, Atlanta
1995 - Book Designer, Singing Your Own Song, Glide Memorial Church
1994 - Slide Lecturer, San Francisco State University, California - own work
- Lecturer, University Art Museum, Berkeley, California - The Print Collection of C. S. Lewis
1991-94 - Book Designer, Children’s Book Press, Emeryville, California
1993, 94 - Slide lecturer, California College of Arts and Crafts - own work
1978-1994 - Silkscreen poster designer for numerous non-profit organizations nationwide
1992 - Illustrator, Judge Rabbit and the Tree Spirit, Children’s Book Press, Emeryville, California
1991 - Panel participant: Art, Politics and Screenprinting, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, California
- Silkscreen edition, America is in the Heart, Japantown Art and Media Workshop
- Mural, Chinese Workers and East Bay’s Early Water Systems, East Bay Mudd, Oakland, California
1990-1991 - Art Director, San Francisco Study Center, California
1989 - Illustrator, Nine-in-One Grr! Grr!, Children’s Book Press, Emeryville, California
1987 - Silkscreen edition, Festival Latino, Mission Cultural Center
- Commemorative silkscreen edition, Vanguard Foundation
1983 - Exhibit and Book Designer, Chinese Women in America, Chinese Culture Center, California
1982 - Teacher, Silkscreen, New College of California
- Mural, Celebration of the Spirit, Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco, California
1979-1980 - Art Director, Asian American Bilingual Center, Berkeley, California
1980 - Illustrator, The Little Weaver of Thai-Yen Village, Children’s Book Press, Emeryville, California
1977 - Curator, Sargent Johnson Gallery, Western Addition Cultural Center, San Francisco, California
1976 - Mural Assistant to Jim Dong, International Hotel, Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
- Curator, San Francisco Arts Commission Neighborhood Arts Program, California
1975-76 - Teacher’s Assistant to Jim Dong in Art and Culture Class, Asian Studies Department, U.C. Berkeley, California
1975 - Kearny Street Workshop Group Mural, Jackson Street Gallery, San Francisco, California
1971-74 - Designer, Sterling Publishing Company, New York City


BIBLIOGRAPHY
2006 - Harcourt Art 2006, Harcourt School Publishers, Orlando, Florida
2004 - Putting the Movement Back into Civil Rights Teaching, Teaching for Change, Washington, D.C.
2003 - At Work: The Art of California Labor, Heyday Books, Berkeley, California
- Asian American Women Artists Association Educational Slide Packet, San Francisco, California
2001 - Many Kinds of Smart, Hampton-Brown, Carmel, California
1999 - Ressler, Susan, Women Artists of the American West, Purdue University, Texas
1998 - Of Our Own Voice, Asian American Women Artists Association, San Francisco
1993 - Young, Susan, Books Without Borders, Oakland Tribune, February 20
- Wei, William, The Asian American Movement, Temple University Press, Philadelphia
1992 - Women of Color Calendar and Resource Guide, Morena Newspaper, Oakland
- Drescher, Tim, The Art of Self Defense: Bay Area Political Posters, AIGA, Volume 10, No. 2, New York
1991 - It’s a Not So Small World, Newsweek Magazine, September 9, New York
- Hom, J. K., Two Asian American Artists Talk About Their Work and Their Roots, Asian Week, April 12, SF
- Wada, Patty, Community Artists Illustrate Children’s Books, Hokubei Manichi, May 2, San Francisco
- Drescher, Tim, San Francisco Murals: Community Creates Its Muse, 1914-1990, Pogo Press, St. Paul
1990 - Hammond, Susan, Children’s Small Press Publishing, Publisher’s Weekly, February 23
1988 - Without Ceremony IKON #9, Asian Women United, Oakland
1987 - Matross, Susan, A Girl’s Search for the Truth of Vietnam, S. F. Chronicle Book Review, June 28
1983 - Kim, Elaine, With Silk Wings, Asian Women United, Oakland
1981 - Bock, Jane, Community Love, Commitment Shine Through in Poster Exhibit, East/West Magazine, December 16, S. F.
1980 - Conditions Number 6, Summer
1979 - Lee, C. N., Poster Nostalgia: Ten Years of Asian American Poster Art, Bridge Magazine, Volume 8, No. 1, New York


PUBLISHED WRITINGS
2005 - major, devorah, The Other Side of the Postcard, City Lights Foundation, San Francisco
- Casey, Barbara, The Mindfulness Bell, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2003, 2005 - Suntup, Paul, So Luminous the Wildflowers: An Anthology of California Poets, Tebot Bach, Huntington Beach, CA
2001 - Louie, Steve, The Movement and the Moment, UCLA Press, Los Angeles
1999, 2000 - Writings From the Long Table (Vol. I and II), Kearny Street Workshop Press, San Francisco
1990 - Lucy R. Lippard, Mixed Blessings: New Art in a Multicultural America, Pantheon Books, New York


ORGANIZATIONS
Board Member, Heyday Institute
Board Member, Asian American Women Artists Association
Advisory Board Member, Kearny Street Workshop
Arts Advisory Committee Member, Manilatown Heritage Foundation
Member, Community Arts Distribution Committee, Zellerbach Family Foundation