Roel Caboverde Llacer Explained

Roel Caboverde Llacer (born 20 November 1947, Baracoa[1]) is a Cuban graphic artist, painter, and teacher, whose great-grandmother was a slave from Cape Verde, named Caridad Cabo Verde.

He grew up in the towns of La Poa and Moa and started his painting career as a house painter followed by work painting signs. He even painted murals during his service in the military. After, he the service, he trained as a visual arts instructor in the School of Fine Arts in the provincial capital of Guantánamo, graduating in 1987.[2] His paintings have been exhibited in the Netherlands, France, Italy, Germany, United States, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica and Japan.[1] [3] He currently lives and teaches in Baracoa.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. http://cubanartstore.com/caboverde.htm#1 Roel Caboverde Llacer - Interview
  2. http://www.meridian.org/ARTS/Cuba/artists.html Cuba Oriente
  3. http://www.staugustine-baracoa.org/comm/edu/gallery/artists.htm#Cabo "The Binding of Two Cultures" participating artists
  4. http://www.oll.state.oh.us/multimedia/programs/person.cfm?person_id=107526&program_id=15 The Ohio Channel