Roel Caboverde Llacer - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Roel Caboverde Llacer was born in Baracoa

Baracoa

Baracoa is a municipality and city in Guantánamo Province near the eastern tip of Cuba. It was founded by the first governor of Cuba, the Spanish conquistador Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar in 1511...

, Cuba

Cuba

The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...

on November 20, 1947. He grew up in the towns of La Poa and Moa

Moa, Cuba

Moa is a municipality and city in the Holguín Province of Cuba.Large nickel deposits located in the Moa area are exploited in part by joint ventures with the Canadian company Sherritt International.-Demographics:...

. Llacer started his painting career as a house painter followed by work painting signs. He even painted murals during his service in the military. After the service, Llacer trained as a visual arts instructor in the School of Fine Arts

School of Fine Arts

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in the provincial capital of Guantánamo

Guantánamo

Guantánamo is a municipality and city in southeast Cuba and capital of Guantánamo Province.Guantánamo is served by the Caimanera port and the site of a famous U.S. Naval base. The area produces sugarcane and cotton wool...

, graduating in 1987. His paintings have been exhibited in the Netherlands

Netherlands

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, France

France

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, Italy

Italy

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, Germany

Germany

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, United States

United States

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, Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...

, Costa Rica

Costa Rica

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and Japan

Japan

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Llacer's great-grandmother was a slave from Cape Verde

Cape Verde

The Republic of Cape Verde is an island country, spanning an archipelago of 10 islands located in the central Atlantic Ocean, 570 kilometres off the coast of Western Africa...

, named Caridad Cabo Verde. Llacer currently lives and teaches in Baracoa

Baracoa

Baracoa is a municipality and city in Guantánamo Province near the eastern tip of Cuba. It was founded by the first governor of Cuba, the Spanish conquistador Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar in 1511...

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