Sheila Pinkel

Sheila Mae Pinkel (born 1941) is an American artist best known for her cameraless photography work.[1] Her artwork has environmental and political themes, with series about nuclear reactors, U.S. involvement in El Salvador, prisons and the lack of natural grown foods.[2] Sheila Pinkel was born in Newport News, Virginia. She attended Santa Monica High School and University of California, Berkeley (Bachelor of Arts in Art/Sculpture, 1963) before getting her MFA in Art/Photography from UCLA in 1977. From 1986 - 2012 she was a Professor of Art at Pomona College in California.[3]

Notes

  1. Edwards, Latasha. "Sheila Pinkel mixes science with photography". The Corsair. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  2. Von Blum, Paul (1994). Other visions, other voices: women political artists in greater Los Angeles. University Press of America, Inc. p. 149. ISBN 0-8191-9475-1.
  3. "Pinkel, Sheila". Museum of Contemporary Photography. Retrieved 8 March 2015.

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