| Code | DS/UK/536 |
| Person Name | Volcano; Del LaGrace (1957-); Photographer |
| Dates | 1957- |
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Del LaGrace Volcano is a photographer. They identify as a 'part-time gender terrorist'. Their photography revolves around gender constructions, nature/nurture debates in queer/transgender studies, and their experiences with gender. They refer to themselves as a gender variant visual artist. They were born and raised in California. They then moved to the UK in the early 1980s. In the late 80s-early 90s they were involved in the lesbian club Chain Reaction. They were born intersex. They have identified as non-binary, genderqueer and intersex since 1995. |
| Activity | Artist, 'Stolen Glances', 1992. |
| Source | Creighton, Sarah M., Greenberg, Julie A., Roen, Katrina, Volcano, Del LaGrace, 'Intersex Practice, Theory, and Activism', Gay and Lesbian Quartely, 15.2 (2009) pp. 249 - 260. |
| Siddons, Edward, 'Del LaGrace Volcano's Best Photograph: My Blue Mascara Masculinity', My Best Shot: Photography, The Guardian, 15 August 2019 <https://theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/aug/15/del-lagrace-volcano-best-photograph-between-genders> [accessed on 17 January 2024]. |
| Rosen, Miss, 'Lesbian Life', Art and Photography, Dazed, 20 December 2023, <https://www.dazeddigital.com/art-photography/article/61602/1/del-lagrace-volcano-phootgraphy-gender-sexuality-identity-women-revolt-tate> [accessed 17 January 2024]. |
| RefNo | Title |
| CWA/2/2/43 | Claire Colison, Edwina Ftizpatrick, Del LaGrace Volcano, Carol Hudson, Ute Klaphake and Amanda McKittrick: Imaging the Future – Women Explore Science Fiction, 21 October – 26 November, 1988 |
| CWA/2/2/85 | Tessa Boffin, Deborah Bright, Jacqui Duckworth, Jean Fraser, Del LaGrace Volcano, Mumtaz Karimjee, Nina Levitt, Lynette Molnar, Ingrid Pollard, Jill Posener: Stolen Glances - Lesbian Take Photographs, 9 September - 9 October, 1992 |