decade

1940s

1941

Lynn Hershman Leeson is born in Cleveland.

1944

Allen Ruppersberg is born in Cleveland.

1948

Douglas Huebler attends the Cleveland School of Art.

1949

Judith Barry is born in Columbus.

decade

1950s

1954–57 1954

Douglas Huebler teaches at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.

decade

1960s

1961

Catherine Opie is born in Sandusky, Ohio.

1963

Lynn Hershman Leeson earns her BS in museum administration and art at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.

1965

Andrea Bowers is born in Wilmington, Ohio.

decade

1970s

1970

Laura Owens is born in Euclid, Ohio.

decade

1980s

1987

Andrea Bowers earns her BFA from Bowling Green State University in Ohio.

decade

1990s

1992

Catherine Opie and Andrea Bowers meet at a party at Miles Coolidge’s place—a house out in the country that CalArts students would take over. They discover that they’re from neighboring small towns on Lake Erie and spend the entire night talking about Ohio.

1994

Jessica Jackson Hutchins earns her BA from Oberlin College in Ohio.

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