Lorraine García-Nakata

Place: Yuba City

Born: 1950

Biography:

Lorraine García-Nakata is an American artist born in Yuba City, California in 1950. She works with various mediums including pastel, charcoal, ceramics, printmaking, installation, sculpture, and paint. Her work often explores themes of daily life, portraiture, and realism, and she is known for her large-scale artworks. García-Nakata is a member of the Royal Chicano Air Force (RCAF) artist collective since 1974. She earned an Associates of Arts Degree from Yuba College in 1973 and transferred to California State University, Sacramento as an Art major, graduating with honors in 1974. In 1976, she was accepted into the art department of the University of Washington, Seattle as a sculpture major and was on the Dean's List. She is also recognized for her contributions to the Chicano art movement and has exhibited extensively since 1970 on a local, regional, national, and international level.