was born in Puerto Rico. Between 1968 and 1980 he worked in New York City as an illustrator for various marxist publications and taught in the city's public schools. In 1979 he began to work as an artist in the Hispanic Arts Association and the Museo del Barrio. During these years his paintings were exhibited in the Bronx Arts Council, Workers Arts Festival, the Second Festival of Hispanic Art, and elsewhere.In April, 1980 he was accused of belonging to the Armed Forces for National Liberation (of Puerto Rico) and convicted of seditious conspiracy. Elizam is now seIVing a sixty-eight year sentence. In prison he continues to paint and to write. The paintings have been exhibited in Chicago, New York City, and in Puerto Rico. His articles, poetry, and drawings appear in De Pie en Luchar, Red Bass, Left Curve, and other publications. A major exhibition entitled Art As An Act Of Liberation has been organised by the Friends of Elizam Escobar Committee. In the catalogue for that exhibition Escobar writes: Art and poelly, and their discourses, if they are for
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