Inez Storer (b. 1933) was born in Santa Monica, California, and studied at the San Francisco College for Women, the San Francisco Art Institute, and UC Berkeley before completing a B.A. at Dominican University in San Rafael (1970) and an M.A. at San Francisco State University (1971). She taught for three decades at Bay Area institutions including the College of Marin, San Francisco State University, Sonoma State University, and the San Francisco Art Institute (1981–1999), and was twice a visiting artist at the American Academy in Rome (1996–97). Working in layered, mixed-media paintings and assemblage that combine found objects, photographs, and faux-naïve imagery, Storer explores personal and family history; her work has been recognized with a Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant (1999) and is held in the collections of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the Oakland Museum of California, and the San Jose Museum of Art, among others. She lives and works in Inverness, California.