Timeline

1915

Born in Washington, DC

1935

BS cum laude, Howard University School of Art, Washington, DC

1940

MFA, University of Iowa

1941

Studied ceramics, Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1942 - 1943

Studied lithography, Art Students League, New York, NY

1943

Studied with sculptor Ossip Zadkine in New York

1944

Taught dressmaking and sculpture at George Washington Carver School in Harlem

1947

Had first solo exhibition at Barnett-Aden Gallery, Washington, DC

1958

Became Professor of Sculpture and Head of Sculpture Department at School of Fine Arts, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City

1962

Became Mexican citizen and was cited as an "undesirable alien" by the United States State Department

1971

Had first solo exhibition at the Studio Museum in Harlem

1976

Retired as Professor of Sculpture at University of Mexico
Moved to Cuernavaca, Mexico

2012

Died in Cuernavaca, Mexico