Carmen Novoa

Carmen Ibis Novoa
Novoa in 2017
Born (1941-08-21) 21 August 1941
Montevideo, Uruguay
OccupationAuthor
writer
painter
poet
Alma materFootscray Art Center, Melbourne
GenreFiction
poetry
surrealism
mixed media
SubjectLatino culture
multiculturalism
Years active2002–present
Notable worksEvasion/Evasion
Arabescos
Rozando Memorias
Website
carmen.net.au

Carmen Ibis Novoa (born 21 August 1941) is a Uruguayan artist, painter, award-winning writer and poet. Novoa was born in El Cerro, a suburb of Montevideo and immigrated to Melbourne in 1978 where she currently resides. Novoa was the first person to organise an exhibition in Parliament House, Melbourne building. Julia Gillard who is a former Australian Prime Minister officially opened one of her art exhibitions in Melbourne.