Vaginal Davis (born February 20, 1959) is a drag queen, performance artist, painter, independent curator, composer, and writer. Davis's name is a homage to activist Angela Davis.
Davis is often associated with the formation of the queercore zine movement. She has performed with such artists as Lisa Crystal Carver, Margaret Cho, Beck, and Ernesto Tomasini, and has collaborated with underground photographers/filmmakers Bruce LaBruce, Rick Castro, t...
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Vaginal Davis (born February 20, 1959) is a drag queen, performance artist, painter, independent curator, composer, and writer. Davis's name is a homage to activist Angela Davis.
Davis is often associated with the formation of the queercore zine movement. She has performed with such artists as Lisa Crystal Carver, Margaret Cho, Beck, and Ernesto Tomasini, and has collaborated with underground photographers/filmmakers Bruce LaBruce, Rick Castro, the performance artist Ron Athey and, more recently, with the Cheap art collective in Berlin, Germany.
Since the late 1970's, Davis has led many conceptual art bands, beginning with "The Afro Sisters". Davis is also a founding member of "¡Cholita!" with Alice Bag (of seminal 1970's punk band The Bags). She co-founded "Pedro, Muriel & Esther (PME)" with Glen Meadmore. PME recorded their first single for independent record label Amoeba Records, and went on to record The White To Be Angry with producer Steve Albini. She was in a band called Black...
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