Born in Ontario, Canada,Artis Lane studied at the Art College in Toronto, the Cranbrook Academy
of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI and the University of California in Los Angeles. Today, Artis Lane is
celebrated for her portraits in both sculpture and painting of famous and historic figures. She has
been commissioned to paint portraits of such luminaries as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton,Michael
Jordan, President Kennedy (for Frank Sinatra), Nelson Mandela, Rosa Parks and Oprah Winfrey. In
2007, the California African American Museum of Los Angeles mounted a major retrospective
exhibition of her work. In 2009, First Lady Michelle Obama unveiled Lane’s bronze bust of Sojourner
Truth, which became the first sculpture of a black woman installed in the U.S. Capitol.
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