Luna, James, 1950-2018

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James Luna was a Payómkawichum, Ipi, and Mexican-American performance artist, photographer and multimedia installation artist. Born on February 9, 1950, Luna lived on the La Jolla Indian Reservation in Pauma Valley, California, from 1975 until his death on March 4, 2018. Luna taught studio art at the University of California, Davis; University of California San Diego; and University of California Irvine.
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referencedIn Centro Cultural de la Raza Archives, 1970-1999 University of California, Santa Barbara, Davidson Library, Department of Special Collections, California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives
creatorOf LUNA, JAMES. Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
referencedIn Chicano Visual Arts Kit University of California, Santa Barbara, Davidson Library, Department of Special Collections, California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives
creatorOf Luna, James. James Luna: artist file] Philbrook Museum of Art, Chapman Library
referencedIn Stanford University, Institute for Diversity in the Arts, Records Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf LUNA, JAMES. Franklin Furnace artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
referencedIn Centro Cultural de la Raza Archives, 1970-1999 University of California, Santa Barbara, Davidson Library, Department of Special Collections, California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives
referencedIn Shifra M. Goldman papers University of California, Santa Barbara, Davidson Library, Department of Special Collections, California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives
referencedIn Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. recordings, 2008-2012 Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Paul Espinosa papers University of California, San Diego. Geisel Library. Mandeville Special Collections Library.
referencedIn Native Voices Archives Autry National Center, Braun Research Library
referencedIn Harald Szeemann artist files Getty Research Institute
referencedIn InSite. InSite Archive, 1992-2006. University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library
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associatedWith Institute of American Indian Arts corporateBody
employeeOf Palomar Community College corporateBody
associatedWith The Philbrook Museum of Art. corporateBody
employeeOf University of California, San Diego corporateBody
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Installation Art
Native American arts
Performance art
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Birth 1950

Death 2018

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Native Americans,

Mexican Americans

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