Ann Leda Shapiro

Ann Leda Shapiro (born 1946) is an American artist.[1] Ann Leda Shapiro was born and raised in New York City.[2] She later attended the San Francisco Art Institute (BFA, 1969) and the University of California Davis (MFA, 1971).[3] Shapiro's work was shown in a 1973 solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art.[4] After a public outcry, The Whitney censored two works by the artist; "Anger" and "Two Sides of Self (the mermaids)" both of which contained sexually explicit imagery of hermaphrodites.[5] Forty-seven years later "Anger" was shown in a group show of censored artworks at Central Washington University's Gallery One. [6] Shapiro is also the author of the book "My Island," published in 2009.[7]

Permanent Collections

Her work is included in the collections of the:

References
  1. "Either Way". CU ART MUSEUM.
  2. "Formerly censored painting now belongs to SAM". Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber. 2015-06-17. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
  3. "VAS Weekly Newsletter, September 19, 2020". Visual Art Source. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
  4. "Formerly censored painting now belongs to SAM". 17 June 2015.
  5. Graves, Jen. "The Most Unusual Art Gift Ever". The Stranger.
  6. "Gallery One Explores What It Means To Be A Feminist". February 27, 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  7. Shapiro, Ann Leda. My Island – via Amazon.
  8. "Formerly censored painting now belongs to SAM". Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber. June 17, 2015. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
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