Laura Molina
Laura Molina (born December 15, 1957) is an American artist, musician, and actress from Los Angeles, California. Molina is perhaps best known for her Naked Dave paintings. She is also the creator of Cihualyaomiquiz, The Jaguar, a self-published comic book printed under Molina's own Insurgent Comix imprint.
Laura Molina
- Name
- Laura Molina
- Born
- 15 December 1957
- Birthplace
- Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- singer · actress · painter · comics artist
- Fields
- graphic arts · printmaking · screen printing
- Education
- Arroyo High School
- Languages
- English
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Laura Molina (born December 15, 1957) is an American artist, musician, and actress from Los Angeles, California. Molina is perhaps best known for her Naked Dave paintings. She is also the creator of Cihualyaomiquiz, The Jaguar, a self-published comic book printed under Molina's own Insurgent Comix imprint.
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Laura Molina (born 1957) is an actress, comics artist and painter, among other activities, of American nationality. The actress was born in Los Angeles.
Laura Molina was educated at Arroyo High School. Activity centred on graphic arts, printmaking and screen printing.
Languages used include English. Works are held at National Museum of Mexican Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum and Smithsonian Institution.
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Biography
Laura Molina studied at Arroyo High School. The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is graphic arts, printmaking and screen printing. Work by Laura Molina is recorded in the collections of National Museum of Mexican Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum and Smithsonian Institution.
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• Name — Laura Molina • Imagesize — 220 • Born — 15 December 1957 • Birthplace — Los Angeles, California, U.S. • Area — Painter Writer Penciller Inker • Alias — The Angriest Woman In The World, La Diabla • Notable Works — Naked Dave Cihualyaomiquiz, The Jaguar
Art career
Art career
Molina's distinct style is very much influenced by art associated with the Chicano Movement of the 1960s, Mexican culture, especially Frida Kahlo, 20th century Mexican Calendar artist, Jesus Helguera and the British Pre-Raphaelites. Her projects have included the Naked Dave series of paintings and a self-published comic book, "Cihualyaomiquiz, The Jaguar." She was an Artist-in-Residence at Self Help Graphics & Art from 1993 through 1995 and participated in the Screen Print Atelier in 2003 & 2006. "She was a woman with great artistic talent", says Barney Dino. In 2006, Molina founded Chicano Art Magazine and served as its first Editor-in-Chief. She has been quoted as saying on her art: "I will use my activism and creativity to end racism, sexism and patriarchy at both a social and interpersonal level. I do not accept a hierarchy of genders because there is no justifiable basis for it and it does not serve me as a woman." Naked Dave is a series of paintings inspired by her relationship with illustrator and Rocketeer creator, Dave Stevens. A five-month-long sexual relationship between the artists ended in early December 1978 after she miscarried their child at 11 weeks. Molina started the series in 1993 after an attempted reconciliation initiated by Stevens failed to settle things between them.
Music career
Music career
Molina would record with Bob Casale (Bob2) of Devo.
Politics
Politics
She has been involved in the Occupy Movement since October 2011. Molina ran as a candidate in the 2012 California's 25th congressional district election as a Democrat. However, she withdrew before the primary.
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Exhibitions that included Laura Molina's work
Exhibitions that included Laura Molina's work
• "Chicana Art and Experience: Mujeres con Garbo", AFL-CIO headquarters in Washington, D.C., 2008 • "Latino Artists of Los Angeles- Defining Self and Inspiration", The Millard Sheets Center for the Arts, Los Angeles, California, 2005
Identity
Identity
Laura Molina is recorded with the occupation comics artist. Recorded with the occupation film actor. Recorded as singer, actress, painter and comics artist.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
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1957
Laura Molina was born on 15 December 1957.
Collections that include Laura Molina's work
• Los Angeles County Museum of Art • California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives, University of California, Santa Barbara
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- 1.Laura Molina , amapedia.amazon.com; accessed July 2, 2015.
- 2.Laura Molina: Not Just The World's Angriest Woman. www.deuceofclubs.com.
- 3.amapedia: Laura Molina
- 4.Cihualyaomiquiz, The Jaguar, internationalhero.co.uk; accessed July 2, 2015.
- 5.Jesus Helguera.
- 6.PACAS Cartoonist Directory.
- 7.Archives. Los Angeles Times. October 2006.
- 8.Latina/o Art: Gender in Art. websites.umich.edu.
- 9.Fish-Flavored Baseball Bat: CAW Concluded: Dave Stevens
- 10.Laura Molina: Not Just The World's Angriest Woman
- 11.A letter from Dave Stevens, 1992
- 12.::7inch - Laura Molina::
- 13.Details emerge on Rep. Buck McKeon's Countrywide loan
- 14.Occupy PMC Meets a Candidate
- 15.Club hosts Q & A Forum for city, county & state candidates. The Antelope Valley Times. 2012-02-21.
- 16.California's 25th Congressional District elections, 2012. Ballotpedia.
- 17.Chicana Art and Experience.
- 18.The Millard Sheets Center for the Arts
- 19.Laura Molina. The Jaguar. Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
- 20.Cihualyaomiquiz, the Jaguar. 12 December 2002.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- Gary D. Keller (2002) : Contemporary Chicano and Chicano Art, Volume II, Bilingual Press/Review ;
- Frederick Luis Aldama (2009): Your Brain On Latino Comics: From Gus Arriola to Los Bros Hernandez, University of Texas Press ;
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