Invited to the International Glass Symposium, Novy Bor, Czech Republic
Bronze sculpture outdoor public commission / Cinta Costera, Panama
Mid-Career retrospective at Museum of Art of Fort Lauderdale, “Paintings and Sculpture by Isabel De Obaldia”
Casting at Wheaton Arts
Participates in triathlons during many years
During her Fellowship at the Creative Center of America, Wheaton Arts
With sons, Sebastian and Pedro Joaquin working on large scale columns
Installation Art Basel / Miami Beach
Pilchuck Glass School
1st exhibition of her glass sculptures in NYC with Mary-Anne Martin/ Fine Art
Making molds for glass sculptures in her studio in Panama
Practices Hapkido / 2nd Dan Black Belt
De Obaldia receives 1st Prize of 1st Panamanian Painting Biennial
US invasion of Panama. The streets are in a state turmoil for weeks
Exhibition “ManiObras” at Museum of Contemporary Art of Panama
Panama is undergoing its worst political crisis under the regime of dictator Noriega. De Obaldia participates actively in protests and demonstrations. She starts a series of drawings and paintings called “ManiObras”
De Obaldia returns to Pilchuck Glass School. She takes an engraving course with Master Czech engraver Jiri Harcuba
Her sons start attending school, she goes to Pilchuck Glass School for the first time
1st solo exhibition of paintings
Her twins boys, Sebastian and Pedro Joaquin are born
Marries Horacio Icaza
1st solo exhibition of drawings
Studies at Rhode Island School of Design
BFA in Graphic Design and Cinematography
Works during the summer as a photographer for the Smithsonian Institute at Barro Colorado island
Her mother Janine, marries Guillermo Trujillo, a renowned Panamanian painter
Janine and Isabel move to Panama.They live for a year with Isabel’s grandmother, Maria Olimpia de Obaldia, a Panamanian poet
Marcelo and Janine move to Europe.
He died in a car accident in Vienna in 1963
Isabel De Obaldia was born in Washington D.C.
of French mother Janine Laneyrie, and Panamanian
father, Marcelo de Obaldia. They were both working for
their countries’ respective embassies.
