Lori Kay

Lori Kay (born May 1, 1962 in San Diego, California) also known as Lori Kay Stout is an American artist, educator and activist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is known for her sculptures made of mixed media and recycled garbage.[1] Her work sometimes addresses issues of racial identity or mixed racial identity or issues of environmental awareness.[2][3] She is also the owner of the Lupin Lodge of Los Gatos, a nudist resort.[4][5]

Career

Kay was born May 1, 1962 in San Diego, California to a Filipino father and a Caucasian mother.[1] Sometimes her childhood and racial identity is the subject of her work.

In 1986, she received a B.A. in Art and Art History from the University of California, Santa Cruz with additional studies at the University of Geneva in 1984 and at the Muttenz Gymnasium in Basel in 1980-81.[1]

From 1990 until 1999, Kay taught art classes with ArtsEdConnect through Arts Council Silicon Valley.[1] From October 2003 until January 2004 she served as an artist in residency at San Francisco Recology.[6]

Kay’s public art can be found in San Francisco ("Chair in Motion", Norcal Sculpture Park and "Broken Wishbone", San Francisco State University), Seattle (Harborview Hospital), Fremont ("Flight IV (dog)", Fremont Fire Station No. 5), Half Moon Bay ("Broken Wishbone", Pilarcito City Park), Mountain View ("Broken Wishbone", Mountain View Center for Performing Arts Plaza), Los Gatos ("Broken Wishbone", Lupine Lodge) and Bellevue, WA.[7][8][9][10][11][12]

She was married to Glyn Stout, until his death in 2015.[4]

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References
  1. Hallmark, Kara Kelley (2007). Encyclopedia of Asian American Artists, Artists of the American mosaic. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 031333451X – via Google Books.
  2. Tuchman, Lara (1995-12-15). "Half-Breed or Whole Person?". San Jose Mercury News.
  3. Workman, Bill (1995-12-08). "Along the El Camino -- Searching For a Whole Identity". SFGate. San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
  4. Wadsworth, Jennifer (2016-02-04). "Owner of Los Gatos Nudist Resort Sentenced in Water Theft Case". San Jose Inside. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
  5. Wadsworth, Jennifer (2015-07-09). "Bad Nudes Bared: Lupin Lodge's Idyllic Clothing-Free Lifestyle Unravels in Alarming Fashion". San Jose Inside. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
  6. "Artist in Residence - Lori Kay". Recology SF. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
  7. "Lori Kay: REcycle, REuse, cREate". Peninsula Museum of Art. Peninsula Museum of Art. 2013. Retrieved 2016-12-29.
  8. "Flight IV". City of Fremont Official Website. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
  9. "Making a Wish Artistically Sculptor Creates an Image of Nostalgia with Simple Wishbone". San Jose Mercury News. 1996-06-21.
  10. "SFSU Magazine Fall/Winter '04 Campus Beat: Wishbone Makes a Break From Campus". SF State Magazine. SFSU. 2004. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
  11. "Coastside Sculpture Unveiling". SFGate. Examiner News Services. 1995-03-10. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
  12. "Lupin History (75th - N Magazine)". Lupin Lodge. 2011. Retrieved 2016-12-30.


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