Alicia de la Campa Pak (Cuban, b.1966), a Cuban artist of South Korean descent, is one of the key figures in the Cuban cultural landscape. She began her artistic training at the Elementary School of Fine Arts, later graduating from the San Alejandro Art Academy in Havana, where she is currently a professor of art. She works in a range of media, including painting, drawing, illustrating, and engraving, and is a writer and illustrator for numerous cultural publications, as well as being a member of the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba. Her work has been exhibited in major solo and group shows in Cuba, Japan, Spain, Mexico, Chile, France, Brazil, and the United States. De la Campa is a master of dramatic surrealism, using scenes, poses, costumes and Western art-extracted characters depicted in a mythical dimensions. Using her own body as inspiration, de la Campa’s work often deals with eroticism and the woman’s role in Cuban life.
