Laura Molina | |
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Born | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | December 15, 1957
Area(s) | Painter Writer Penciller Inker |
Pseudonym(s) | The Angriest Woman In The World, La Diabla |
Notable works | Naked Dave Cihualyaomiquiz, The Jaguar |
Laura Molina (born December 15, 1957) is an American artist, musician, and actress from Los Angeles, California.[1] Molina is perhaps best known for her Naked Dave paintings.[2] She is also the creator of Cihualyaomiquiz, The Jaguar, a self-published comic book printed under Molina's own Insurgent Comix imprint.[3][4]
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[5] and the British Pre-Raphaelites. Her projects have included the Naked Dave series of paintings and a self-published comic book, "Cihualyaomiquiz, The Jaguar."[6] 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.[7]
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."[8]
Naked Dave is a series of paintings inspired by her relationship with illustrator and Rocketeer creator, Dave Stevens.[9] A five-month-long sexual relationship between the artists ended in early December 1978 after she miscarried their child at 11 weeks.[10] Molina started the series in 1993 after an attempted reconciliation initiated by Stevens failed to settle things between them.[11]
Molina would record with Bob Casale (Bob2) of Devo.[12]
She has been involved in the Occupy Movement since October 2011.[13][14]
Molina is currently writing her first novel The Red Moon.