lilibernard6
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Lili Bernard is a Cuban-born, Los Angeles-based visual artist, activist and actor. Primarily a painter, she has exhibited her artwork in numerous galleries and institutions. As an actress Lili has performed extensively in theatre and TV, and has been a member of SAG/AFTRA since 1987. An arts activist and independent curator, Lili is the founder and organizer of the movement, BAILA (Black Artists in Los Angeles). She is currently a graduate student at Otis College of Art and Design, in the Public Practice Program, under the tutelage of Suzanne Lacy. Married to civil rights attorney, Franklin L. Ferguson, Jr., Lili gave birth to six children in a ten year span: Rafael, Isaiah, Elias, Uriel, Joshua and Zion.
“The generational struggle of my family and Afro-Indigenous Caribbean ancestors, coupled with my own personal experiences as a mixed-heritage, Black Cuban immigrant in the United States of America, informs my exploration of the diasporic stain of racism, born of colonialism, and of the unconquerable nature of the human spirit.” -- LILI BERNARD