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Baruj Salinas Biography
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1935 |
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Born in La Habana, Cuba
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1958 |
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Graduated from School of Architecture, Kent State University, Kent, OH
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Baruj Salinas was born in Havana in 1938. Salinas ' career began in the field of architecture. He graduated from the University of Ohio with an architectural degree and left Cuba permanently in 1959. Salinas settled in Miami and later moved to Barcelona where he studied alongside artists Joan Miro and Antoni Tapies. Architecture informed his early work, but gradually he moved toward a purely abstract expression. His work resembles paintings of space, where colour is more important than form and itself becomes a principal theme. There are traces, also, of Jewish traditions, but having been born in Cuba has made its impact. For him Cuba is the tropics and sugarcane, it is also the sun and the light. He will never cease to be Cuban. Salina's paintings can be seen in important collections all over the world such as the Joan Miro Foundation, Barcelona; the National Museum of Catalonia, Barcelona; the National Institute of Fine Arts, Mexico D.F; the Beit Uri Museum, Israel; the Fort Lauderdale Museum of the Arts, Florida; the Fine Arts Museum, Budapest; the Art Institute of Chicago and the Phoenix Museum of Art, Arizona.
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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1999
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Galeria Joan Mas, Barcelona, Spain (solo)
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1999
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Galeria Trazo, Mexico (solo)
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1998
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Cuban Sephardie Artist Mizel Museum of Judaica, Denver EUA
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1998
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Loin Cuba Musee des Tapisseeries Aix-en-Provance, France
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1997
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Galeria Trazo, Mexico D.F.
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1997
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Il Trienal Arte Grafico Internacional de El Cairo, Egypt
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1997
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Fundacion Maria Zambrano, Malaga, Spain (solo)
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1997
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Galeria Villa Amadeus, Monterrey, Mexico D.F. (solo)
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1997
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Galeria Caligrama, Barcelona, Spain (solo)
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1997
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Americas Collection, Coral Gables, EUA (solo)
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1997
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Amaya Mahoney Gallery, Chicago, EUA (solo)
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1996
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Galeria Alfredo Melgar, Madrid, Spain (solo)
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1996
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Centre Culturel Editart, Ginebra, Suiza (solo)
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1996
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Premio Nacional de Grabado, Calcografia Nacional de madrid, Spain
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1996
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Michel Butor et La Gravure Musee Baron Gerard, Bayeux, France
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1995
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20 de Mayo Cuban Museum of Art, Miami EUA
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1995
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The Art Institute of Ft. Lauderdale, F. Lauderdale, EUA (solo)
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1995
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Galeria Arteconsult, Panama (solo)
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1994
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Forum de las Artes, San Juan, Puerto Rico (solo)
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1994
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Shuyu Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, (solo)
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1994
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Continental National Bank Gallery, Miami EUA (solo)
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1993
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Musee Villa du pure, Annemase, France
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1993
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Yamanashi Museum of Art Yamanashi, Japan
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1993
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Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art Yamanashi, Japan
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1993
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Vista Gallery, New York, EUA
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1993
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Selected Works from the Permanent Collection, Riling Museum of Art Sarasota, EUA
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1993
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Symposium on Lithography, La Coruna, Spain
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1992
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Homenaje a Octavio Paz, Patino Foundation , Ginebra, Suiza
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1992
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Museum Jose Luis Cuevas, Mexico D.F.
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