Artis Shreve

Place: Toronto

Born: 1930

Biography:

Artis Lane is a Black Canadian sculptor and painter. She was born in Toronto, Canada in 1930. Lane's bronze bust of Sojourner Truth is on display in Emancipation Hall at the Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, D.C. It was unveiled in 2009, and was the first statue in the Capitol to represent an African-American woman. Lane's sculpture of Rosa Parks is on display in the Oval Office of President Biden.