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Nengudi, Senga, 1943-

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Personal name headingNengudi, Senga, 1943-
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Variant(s)Irons, Sue, 1943-
Associated countryUnited States
LocatedColorado Springs (Colo.) Los Angeles (Calif.)
Birth date1943-09-18
Place of birthChicago (Ill.)
Field of activityMixed media (Art) Performance art Installations (Art)
Profession or occupationPerformance artists Sculptors
Found inL.A. rising : SoCal artists before 1980, 2010: page 337 (Senga Nengudi; born 1943; performance, installation, mixed media)
Artist's website, May 14, 2013 (Senga Nengudi; born in Chicago; raised and educated in Los Angeles and Pasadena; post grad study in Tokyo; lived in New York City in early 1970s; currently living in Colorado Springs, Colo.)
   <http://www.sengasenga.com/>
Afro-American abstraction, 1981: page 32 (Senga Nengudi (Sue Irons); born 1943 in Chicago; studied California State University, Pasadena City College, and Weseda University in Tokyo; lives in Los Angeles)
Wikipedia, Feb. 15, 2020 (Senga Nengudi (b. Sept. 18, 1943) is an African-American visual artist best known for her abstract sculptures that combine found objects and choreographed performance; she is part of a group of African-American avant-garde artists working in New York and Los Angeles from the 1960s onward)
   <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senga_Nengudi>