Given the question: Orlan (born Mireille Suzanne Francette Porte) is a French artist born May 30 1947 in Saint-Etienne Loire. She adopted the name Orlan in 1971 which she always writes in capital letters : ORLAN. She lives and works in Los Angeles New York and Paris. She was invited to be a scholar in residence at the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles for the 2006-2007 academic year. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
The answer is:
Artist