kiliallano Mural @ 41 Buffum St

This public mural in downtown Lynn is the work of Kilia Lliano, a fine artist, illustrator and art teacher born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, in 1972. The project was organized by Beyond Walls, and the mural is listed among the public art sites of the Downtown Lynn Cultural District. Lliano’s background spans newspaper and magazine illustration, children’s books and years of art education for children and teachers in the Dominican Republic.

Lliano studied fine arts and illustration at Altos de Chavón School of Design and earned a bachelor’s degree in fine arts and illustration at Parsons School of Design in New York. She spent eleven years as head illustrator at the national newspaper Listín Diario, contributed to magazines such as Global Magazine, and illustrated children’s books for publishers including Alfaguara, Ediciones SM and Editorial Everest. She founded her own art academy for children in 2002.

What to Know

• She has led art workshops for elementary school teachers at public schools in Santo Domingo.
• Lliano also studied art history at Universitat de Barcelona and art education at Unibe University.
• She has taught for the Dominican government’s Ángeles de la Cultura art program for underserved communities.
• She works as art teacher and art projects coordinator at The Community for Learning school in Santo Domingo.