Orlan
personal-info
known-for
Directing
gender
Female
birthday
1947-05-30
place-of-birth
Saint-Étienne, Loire, France
also-known-as
Mireille Suzanne Francette Porte
Mireille Porte
biography
ORLAN is a French contemporary artist best known for her work with plastic surgery in the early to mid-1990s. ORLAN is known as a pioneer of carnal art, a form of self-portraiture that utilizes body modification to distort one's appearance.