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In 1959, Pellón traveled to France to continue her studies. Following the
Cuban Revolution, she decided not to return to the island and remained in
France after her visa expired. She had exhibited in Cuba for the last time
that same year, but her career thereafter would unfold in Europe and within
the wider Cuban diaspora.

Paris became the center of Pellón’s artistic and personal life. She quickly
found success in Europe, having her first solo show outside of Cuba in
Lucern, Switzerland the year after her arrival. In 1961 she received the
Medal of the City of Cholet, France. She became a central figure in a
community of Latin American and Cuban artists in Paris, including the
painter Angel Acosta León. She also connected with figures associated
with Surrealism, among them André Breton, Roberto Matta,
and Wifredo Lam, and prominent intellectuals like José Pierre,
Édouard Glissant, and José Gómez Sicre.

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