1. Inverna Lockpez was born on November 21,1941 and is a Cuban American painter, sculptor, and activist, that participated in the second wave of America's feminist movement.
13 Facts About Inverna Lockpez
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Inverna Lockpez is known for her graphic novel Cuba: My Revolution, a fictionalized memoir of her life prior to coming to the United States.
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However, in 1959, after Fidel Castro overthrew Cuban President Fulgencio Batista, Inverna Lockpez decided to set aside art and pursue a career in medical studies.
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Later she began to focus on art again, and in September 1965, Inverna Lockpez had an art exhibition at the Czechoslovakian Embassy.
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Inverna Lockpez's artwork was confiscated and she had to go into hiding.
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Inverna Lockpez exhibited in the first all-female art exhibition X12 in 1970.
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Inverna Lockpez attended the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan and studied film, video, and computer graphics.
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Inverna Lockpez's art reflected themes of ecology and the welfare of the environment.
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Inverna Lockpez moved to a converted Mill on the East Branch of the Delaware River in upstate New York in 1985, and began her series Markings of the Land.
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Inverna Lockpez's art was mainly black and white and full of mountains and animal iconography.
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Inverna Lockpez's work is represented by Arts on Douglas Gallery in New Smyrna Beach and The Other Half Gallery in Vero, both of Florida.
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Inverna Lockpez attended medical school at the University of Havana, then she studied painting and sculpture at the National Academy of San Alejandro.
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Inverna Lockpez attended the School of Social Work at Columbia University once she came to the United States and later in the 1980s, she attended the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan.