Carlos Alberto Cruz Boix

=The Artist=

"Carlos Boix" was born in June, 1949, in Havana, Cuba. He develops different art forms like drawing, painting, ceramics, engraving and graphic design. He doesn't have any academic education, therefore he is considered as a self-taught artist.He worked as a sketcher of newspaper Juventud Rebelde, Havana, Cuba.He resides in Europe (Paris, Stockholm, Geneva).

Individual Exhibitions

2007 Galería de José de Ibarra, Barcelona, Spain
2007 Deutscher Ring, Hamburg, Germany
2005 Galeria Sonia Zannettacci, Geneva, Switzerland
2005 Artevie, Abbaye de Cercanceaux, Souppes sur Loing, France
2004 Modern Art Gallery Studio f.22, Palazzolo s/O, Italy
2002 Eskilstuna Konstmuseum, Eskilstuna, Sweden
2002 Monasterio de San Francisco, Havana, Cuba
2002 Galeria Sonia Zannettacci, Geneva, Switzerland
2001 Dalarnas Museum, Falun, Sweden
2000 Modern Art Gallery Studio f.22, Palazzolo s/O, Italy
1999 Salon Art Open, Essen, Germany
1999 Galerie Cherif Fine Art, La Marsa, Tunisia
1998 Galerie Arte Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco
1996 Galerie Art Présent, Paris, France
1995 Galerie Editart, Geneva, Switzerland
1994 Moderne Art Gallery Studio f.22, Palazzolo s/O, Italy
1994 Galleria Severgnini, Cernusco-Milano, Italy
1993 Galerie L'Orangerie, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
1992 Centre d'Art en l'Ile, Geneva, Switzerland
1992 Galleria Severgnini, Cernusco-Milano, Italy
1991 Galleria Linea 70, Verona, Italy
1991 Galleria de Clemente, Brescia, Italy
1990 Modern Art Gallery Studio f.22, Palazzolo s/O, Italy
1990 Galleria Rinaldo Rotta, Genua, Italy
1988 Galerie L'Oeil du Boeuf, Paris, France
1984 Konstfrämjandet, Stockholm, Sweden
1983 Latinamerikanska institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
1980 Museo de Artes Decorativas, Havana, Cuba
1980 Fundación Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba
1979 Galería de la UNEAC, Havana, Cuba
1979 Galería de Plaza, Havana, Cuba
1979 Konstfrämjandet, Stockholm, Sweden
1975 Prensa Latina, Havana, Cuba

Collective Exhibitions

2006 Art en Capital, Grand Palais, Paris, France
2003 Modern Art Gallery Studio f.22, Palazzolo s/O, Italy
2001 Galerie Reinhold Ketelbutere, Bruxelles, Belgium
1997 Galleria Artistudio, Milano, Italy
1997 Galleria del Rigoletto, Milano, Italy
1996 Salon de Mai, Paris, France
1996 Galleria Severgnini, Cernusco-Milan, Italy
1995 Galerie Editart, Geneva, Switzerland
1995 Salon Comparaisons, Paris, France
1995 Salon de Mai, Paris, France
1995 Grands et jeunes d'aujourd'hui, Paris, France
1994 Modern Art Gallery Studio f.22, Palazzolo s/O, Italy
1994 Galleria Severgnini, Cernusco-Milano, Italy
1993 Galerie de l'Orangerie, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
1991 Art Gallery Pewny, Geneva, Switzerland
1991 Galerie Editart, Geneva, Switzerland
1991 Institut National Genevois, Geneva, Switzerland
1990 Galerie Editart, Geneva, Switzerland
1990 Salon Comparaisons, Paris, France
1990 Espacio Latinoamericano, Paris, France
1990 Modern Art Gallery Studio f.22, Palazzolo s/O, Italy
1988 Espacio Latinoamericano, Paris, France
1984 Bienal Internacional de La Habana, Cuba

Awards

During his life he has obtained many awards and recognitions like the First Prize in Drawing at the Salón Nacional para Artistas Jóvenes, in Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba, 1971 and the First Prize in Painting at I Salón Nacional de Pintura y Escultura Carlos Enríquez, Centro de Arte, Havana, Cuba, 1980.

Collections

The principal collections of his work are Casa de las Américas, Havana, Cuba; the Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden; the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana, Cuba; the Offices of the National Bank of Cuba, London, U.K.

External links

* [http://www.carlosboix.ch Boix web site]
* [http://www.galeriajosedeibarra.com/artistas/Carlos_Boix/CarlosBoix_Biografia.html Galeria Jose de Ibarra]
* List of Cuban artists
* List of contemporary Cuban painters
* Latin American art