'''Lorraine O'Grady''' is a Black American Performance_artist. She is known for her conceptual and visual art, and is a faculty member of the University_of_California, Irvine with a joint appointment in Studio_art (as the UCI Chancellor's Lecturer in Studio Art) and African American studies. Her work has been featured in many exhibitions, particularly in California and New_York. O'Grady is known for using a Persona during many of her performances, known as 'Mlle. Bourgeoise Noire', and has been known to invade art openings in that persona, swinging a Whip and shouting out Poems that rail against an Art world she perceives as not looking beyond a small circle of friends. Le_Tigre has mentioned O'Grady in their song, "Hot Topic." {{US-artist-stub}} O'Grady, Lorraine O'Grady, Lorraine O'Grady, Lorraine O'Grady, Lorraine O'Grady, Lorraine O'Grady, Lorraine