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Luis Cruz Azaceta Biography
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1942
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Azaceta's works are in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Smithsonian Institution, New York; and the Whitney Museum of Art, New York, among others. He has been recipient of numerous awards, including the Cintas Foundation Fellowship, the National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, and the Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Grant.
Born in Havana, Cuba in 1942.
Lives and works in New Orleans.EDUCATION: School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
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1942
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Born in La Habana, Cuba
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1967
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Acquires U. S. Citizenship
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1969
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School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, USA
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1976
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Cintas Foundation, Institute of International Education, New York
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1981
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National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, DC
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1982
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Creative Artist Public Service (CAPS), New York, NY
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1984
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Mira: Canadian Club Hispanic Award
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1985
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National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, DC
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1985
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Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Grant, New York, NY
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1985
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New York Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
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1989
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Mid-Atlantic Grant for Special Projects
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1991 - 1992
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National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, DC
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1992
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Penny McCall Foundation
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Lives and works in New Orleans / NY, USA
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2009 |
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Arteamericas 09, Miami Beach Convention Center, Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, Miami, Fl |
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2008 |
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DOMINICAN POWER & SOLID FRIENDS, DURING ART BASEL MIAMI BEACH 08, Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, Wynwood Art District, Miami, Fl |
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2008 |
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No Bounds, Gertrude Herber Institute of Art, Augusta, GA* (solo) |
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2008 |
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On the margins, The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA |
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2007 |
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Sin Palabras/Without Words, Galeria Lyle O. Rietzel, Santo Domingo, DR (solo) |
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2007 |
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Ambulatory: Museum Plan, Galeria Ramis Barquet, New York* (solo) |
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2007 |
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Local Anesthesia, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA * (solo) |
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2007 |
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Atraves del Espejo: Arte Cubano Hoy, Allegro Galeria, Panama |
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2007 |
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Latin American Art: Myth & Reality, The Nassau County Museum of Art, New York |
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2007 |
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Peep (Kerry Stokes Art Collection), Tarrawarra Museum of Art, Melbourne, Australia |
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2007 |
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Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection, Samuel P. Hearn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA (exposición itinerante) |
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2006 |
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Unbroken ties: Dialogues in Cuban Art, Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, California, USA |
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2006 |
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Art Basel Miami Beach, Galeria Ramis Barquet, Miami, FL |
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2006 |
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Bloom: Paintings and Constructions by Luis Cruz Azaceta, Jacksonville Museum of Modern Art, Jacksonville, FL (solo) |
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2005 |
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Eyeshot, Galeria Ramis Barquet, New York (solo) |
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2005 |
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Art in the Toon Age, organized by Kresge Art Museum, Michigan, USA. (exposición itinerante) |
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2005 |
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Migraciones, Laberintos y Alucinaciones, Galería Lyle O. Reitzel, Santo Domingo, República Dominicana (solo) |
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2004 |
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Happy/Deadly, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans (solo) |
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2003 |
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Navegante, Galeria Ramis Barquet, Monterrey, Mexico. (solo) |
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2003 |
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Joy-Ride, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, Florida (solo) |
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2003 |
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25th Anniversary Exhibition, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA. |
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2003 |
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Paper, Galeria Ramis Barquet, New York, NY. |
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2003 |
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Inside the Paper, Centro Cultural Espanol, Miami, FL. |
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2003 |
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Rutgers Center for Innovative Print & Paper, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC. |
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2003 |
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Visiones: 20th Century Latin Art: Selections from the Nassau County Museum of Art’s Permanent Collections, Dowling College, NY, USA |
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2002 |
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Human Park/ Parque Humano, Institut de Cultura de Barcelona, España. (exposición itinerante) |
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2002 |
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Structuring Fear, Galeria Ramis Barquet, New York (solo) |
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2002 |
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NO/NY, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA (solo) |
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2001 |
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Prayers-Beads-Cells, Arthur Roger Gallery (solo) |
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2001 |
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New Orleans Mapping, Fredric Snitzer Gallery (solo) |
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2001 |
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Miami Adrift, Generous Miracles Gallery, New York (solo) |
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2000 - 2001 |
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The Figure: Another Side of Modernism, The Human Figure in Painting from 1950 to the Present, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY |
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2000 |
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This is Not the Place, Ramapo College, Berrie Center, Mahwah, NJ |
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1999 |
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Contemporary Narrating in American Print, Whitney Museum of American Art at Champion, Stamford, CT |
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1999 |
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Saints, Sinners and Sacrifices: Religious Imagery in Contemporary Latin American Art, George Adams Gallery, New York, NY |
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1999 |
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FIAC, Paris Art Fair, Galeria Ramis Barquet, Paris, France |
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1999 |
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Peintures et Sculptures D'Amerique Latine, CHEFS D'OEUVRE DU XXcme SIECLE (colecion Museo de Beaux Artes de Caracas, Venezuela, Festival de Biarritz, France |
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1999 |
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Contemporary Collaborations: The Artist and the Master Printer, Sherman Gallery, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA |
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1999 |
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Material Preception: Celebrating Art & Architecture, LA Salle Gallery at National Bank Plaza in Charlotte, NC |
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1999 |
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Accounts Southeast Transience, SECCA, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC |
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1999 |
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Fabled Impressions, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA |
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1999 |
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Back Streets, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA (solo) |
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1998 |
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Bound, Mary-Anne Martin/Fine Art, New York (solo) |
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1998 |
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Breakout, Galería Ramis Barquet, New York (solo) |
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1998 |
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Susurro, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, Florida (solo) |
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1998 |
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Hybrid States, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ (solo) |
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1998 |
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1998 New Orleans Triennial, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA, USA |
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1997 |
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Out of Bounds: Part II, Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, Austin, TX , USA |
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1996 |
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Thinking Print: Books to Billboards 1980 - 1995, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, USA. |
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1996 |
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Self as another, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA , USA (solo) |
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1995 |
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Dislocations, Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland, CA, USA (solo) |
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1995 |
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It`s Only Rock & Roll: Currents in Contemporary Art, The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA. (traveling exhibition: Lakeview Museum of Art, Peoria, IL; Virginia Beach Center for the Arts, VA; Tacoma Art Museum, WA; Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, FL; Nexus, Atlanta, GA; The Phoenix Art Museum, AZ; Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, TX; Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, OH: Lowe Art Museum, FL; Milwaukee Art Museum, WI) |
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1995 |
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Cuba: La Isla Posible, Centre de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona, Spain |
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1994 |
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Old Glory: The American Flag in Contemporary Art, The Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, OH, USA |
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1994 |
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Hell: Luis Cruz Azaceta, Selected Works from 1978 - 93, The Alternative Museum, New York, NY, USA (solo) |
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1993 |
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Biting the edge, Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, LA, USA (solo) |
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1993 |
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43rd Biennal of Contemporary American Painting, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., USA |
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1992 |
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Latin American Artists of the 20 th Century, curated by The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY * (traveling exhibition: Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Sevilla, Spain; Pompidou Museum, Paris, France; Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany) |
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1992 |
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The AIDS Epidemic Series, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH, USA (solo) |
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1988 |
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Luis Cruz Azaceta, Kunst Station, Sankt Peter, Cologne, Germany (solo) |
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Alternative Museum, New York, NY
Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Ohio
The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
Chemical Bank Collection, New York, NY
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
Diana & Moises Berezdivin Art Collection. Puerto Rico
Fulton Montgomery Community College, State University of NY.
Greenville County art Museum, S.C..
Harlem Art Collections, State Office Building, New York, NY
The Howard Farber Cuban Art Collection, NY, NY
Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, TX.
Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ
MACO, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, México
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, USA
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, NY, USA.
Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY
The New School of Social Research, New York, NY
Phillip Morris Art Collection, New York, NY
Rhode Island School of Design Museum Collection, RI, USA.
Richard Brown Baker Art Collection, Yale University, CT
Sidney & Frances Lewis Art Collection, Virginia Museum of Art, VA
Tucson Museum of Art, AZ |
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