Visiting Artist Lecture: Glexis Novoa

Please join us for an artist talk with visiting artist Glexis Novoa on Tuesday, October 26 at 6:15 p.m. in Little Hall, Room 101.

Glexis Novoa was born in Holguín, Cuba, in 1964. He grew up in Havana and received a degree from the National School of Arts in 1984. He lives in Miami, USA since 1995 and shares his time working on his studies in Vedado, Havana and Wynwood, Miami. In addition to his painting practice, Novoa also works on site-specific wall-drawings and ephemeral projects anywhere around the world.

Since 1987 his work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. He has had solo exhibitions at Cheekwood Museum, Nashville, Tennessee; Lowe Museum, Coral Gables, Florida; Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts; Locust Project Miami, Miami, Florida; Miami Art Museum, Miami, Florida; The Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana; Espacio Aglutinador, Havana, Cuba; Castillo de la Real Fuerza, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba and Galería Habana, Havana, Cuba, among many other venues.

Novoa has been awarded with The Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant Program and Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation Grants among others. His work is featured in numerous private collections, international Museums and art in public places.