Great Migration Painting

Carmen Cespedes de Fajth studied painting at the San Alejandro School of Fine Arts in Havana as well as at the Hernando Siles School of Fine Arts in La Paz. She participated in several auctions and joint expositions with other artists and held three solo paintings expositions in Bolivia and two in the US. She also prepared illustrations for books, taught children art and acted as the director of a gallery of fine arts in La Paz. To support her artistic career Carmen also worked as administrative assistant for the Ministry of Economy and Development, the Bolivian Federal Reserve, and the Treasury. Her exhibitions stirred interest among leading intellectuals in her country and were substantially covered by the Bolivian press. Carmen was included in a book on contemporary painters in Bolivia. Carmen has lived in seven countries in four continents. Currently she paints in Bangkok, Thailand.