Mallica reynolds biography

Mallica Reynolds, OD (10 February 1911 – 24 February 1989), better known by the adopted name "Kapo", was a Jamaican artist and religious leader.

Considered one of the greatest artists in Jamaica's "Intuitives" artistic movement, Kapo's religious beliefs were reflected in his work.

Biography

Mallica Reynolds was born in Byndloss, Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica on 10 February 1911.^[1] At the age of 12, Reynolds had a religious experience and began going by the name "Kapo".^[2] At age 16, he received a vision and became a preacher.

He later moved to Kingston, where he founded a Zion Revival church, St. Michael's Revival Apostolic Tabernacle.^[3] Kapo was a leader in the Zion Revival movement, and from 1976 until his death, was the patriarch Bishop of St.

Michael's Revival Apostolic Tabernacle.^[2]

He began creating paintings in the 1940s, and he rose to national and international acclaim in the 1960s. Edward Seaga, a p