Artworks by Luis Cruz Azaceta at George Adams Gallery on artnet

Luis Cruz Azaceta

(American/Cuban, born 1942)

Luis Cruz Azaceta

Abandoned, 1986

Luis Cruz Azaceta

AIDS Count III, 1988

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Luis Cruz Azaceta

The Patriarch, 1986

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Luis Cruz Azaceta

Figure in Horror, 1986

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Luis Cruz Azaceta

Gunman, 1986

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Luis Cruz Azaceta

Untitled (Self-Portrait), 1987

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Luis Cruz Azaceta

AIDS: Suicidal Leap, 1987

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Luis Cruz Azaceta

The Plague: AIDS Epidemic, 1987

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Luis Cruz Azaceta

Ji Ji Ji Express, 1975

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Luis Cruz Azaceta

January 6 Rampage and Insurrection at the Capitol , 2021

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Luis Cruz Azaceta

Crisis I, 2020

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Biography

Timeline

1942: Born in Havana, Cuba
1960: Emigrated to the U.S.
1967: Acquired U.S. Citizenship
1969: School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
1972: Cintas Foundation, Institute of International Education, New York, NY
1975 - 1976: Cintas Foundation, Institute of International Education, New York, NY
1980 - 1981: National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, DC
1981 - 1982: Creative Artist Public Service (CAPS), New York, NY
1984: Mira! Canadian Club Hispanic Award
1985: National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, DC
: Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Grant, New York, NY
: New York Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
1989: Mid-Atlantic Grant for Special Projects
1991 - 1992: National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, DC
1992: Penny McCall Foundation Award
: Lives and works in New Orleans, LA and New York, NY

Exhibitions

2012: “Under the Influence: The Comics,” Edith Alstchul Lehman College Gallery, Bronx, NY
: “RAW,” Homespace Gallery, New Orleans, LA,
: “Painting Borges,” Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery, Worchester, MA
2011 - 2012: Latin America: Art and Confrontation 1920-2010, Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City; Museo de Arte del Banco de Republica/Museo de Arte Moderna de Medellin; Museo Arocena, Torreon Coah
2011: Shifting States,” Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans (solo)
: “Self Portraits: Watercolors and Drawings 1977-1981,” George Adams Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
2010: EXILE 50, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA (solo)
: Trajectories/Trayectorias, Pan American Art Projects, Miami, FL (solo)
: Swimming to Havana, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA (solo)
: Ambulatory: Museum Plan, Emmanuel Gallery, Colorado University Museum, Denver, CO (solo)
: Trouble in Paradise: Examining Discord between Nature & Society, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
2009: Arteamericas 09, Miami Beach Convention Center, Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, Miami, FL
: Matrix, Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
: AJIACO: Spirituality in Contemporary Cuban Art, Lyman Allyn Art Museum, CT
: Katrina: Catastrophe and Catharsis, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA
: Dominican Power & Solid Friends, During Art Basel Miami Beach 08, Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, Wynwood Art District, Miami, FL
: In Katrina’s Wake, The Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX
: Andamiajes/Scaffoldings, Allegro Galeria, Panama
: In Katrina’s Wake, Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas, Austin, TX
2008: No Bounds, Gertrude Herber Institute of Art, Augusta, GA (solo)
: Museum Plans, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL (solo)
: Luis Cruz Azaceta: 1999, Contemporary Arts Center, New York, NY (solo)
: On the margins, The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
: Prospect 1, International Biennial, New Orleans, LA
: Local Anesthesia, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA (solo)
: Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection, Samuel P. Hearn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
: Peep (Kerry Stokes Art Collection), Tarrawarra Museum of Art, Melbourne, Australia
: Latin American Art: Myth & Reality, The Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn, NY
: Ambulatory: Museum Plan, Galeria Ramis Barquet, New York, NY (solo)
: Atraves del Espejo: Arte Cubano Hoy, Allegro Galeria, Panama
: Katrina: Catastrophe and Catharsis, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, CO
: In Your Face, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL
: Calentando La Pista, Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, Miami, FL
2007: 25th Anniversary Exhibition for Segura Publishing Co., Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ
: Sin Palabras/Without Words, Galeria Lyle O. Rietzel, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (solo)
: Bloom: Paintings and Constructions by Luis Cruz Azaceta, Jacksonville Museum of Modern Art, Jacksonville, FL (solo)
: 20th Anniversary Show, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
: Art Basel Miami Beach, Galeria Ramis Barquet, Miami, FL
2006: Unbroken ties: Dialogues in Cuban Art, Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA
: In Transit: New Work by Luis Cruz Azaceta, The University of Georgia Lamar Dodd School of Art, Athens, GA (solo)
2005: Eyeshot, Galeria Ramis Barquet, New York, NY (solo)
: Made in New Orleans, Center for the Living Arts, Mobile, AL
: Dissidence: Political Social and Artistic Protest, University of Connecticut, Stanford Art Gallery, Stanford ,CT
: Works on Paper, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL (solo)
: Art in the Toon Age, organized by Kresge Art Museum, Lansing, MI
: Migraciones, Laberintos y Alucinaciones, Galería Lyle O. Reitzel, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (solo)
: Happy/Deadly, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA (solo)
: Ahora es el futuro/The Future is Now, organized by Paul Sharpe Contemporary Art, The Durst Organization, New York, ny
2004: Latin American Graphics: The Evolution of Identity From Mythical to the Personal, Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA
: Paper, Galeria Ramis Barquet, New York, NY
: Graphic Diversity: 500 Years of Printmaking, Museum of Art, University of Missouri at Columbia, Columbia, MO
2003: Navegante, Galeria Ramis Barquet, Monterrey, Mexico (solo)
: Joy-Ride, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL (solo)
: 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA
: Paper, Galeria Ramis Barquet, New York, NY
: Inside the Paper, Centro Cultural Espanol, Miami, FL
: Rutgers Center for Innovative Print & Paper, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
: Multiple Artists, George Adams Gallery, New York, NY
: Visiones: 20th Century Latin Art: Selections from the Nassau County Museum of Art’s Permanent Collections, Dowling College, NY
: Structuring Fear, Galeria Ramis Barquet, New York, NY (solo)
: Prayers-Beads-Cells, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA (solo)
: NO/NY, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA (solo)
: Reality and Figuration in Contemporary Latin-American Presence, Boca Raton Museum of Art, FL
: Happy/Deadly, Galeria Ramis Barquet, New York, NY (solo)
: Crisis Response, The RISD Museum, Providence, RI
: Me, Myself & I, George Adams Gallery, New York, NY
2002: Human Park/ Parque Humano, Institut de Cultura de Barcelona, Spain
2001 - 2002: Real(ist) Men, Selby Gallery, Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL
2001: Artists Respond: A Benefit Exhibition of Works by Gallery Artists, George Adams Gallery, New York, NY
: 2001 Collector's Show, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
: About Face: The Collection of Jackye and Curtis Finch, Jr, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
: New Orleans Mapping, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL (solo)
: Adrift, Generous Miracles Gallery (in collaboration with Galeria Ramis Barquet), New York, NY (solo)
2000 - 2001: The Figure: Another Side of Modernism, The Human Figure in Painting from 1950 to the Present, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY
: Luis Cruz Azaceta, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA (solo)
: Structuring Fear, Galeria Ramis Barquet, New York, NY (solo)
: La Luz: Contemporary Latino Art in the United States, National Hispanic Cultural Center of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
: American Embassy Havana, Cuba
: Cuban Art of Three Generations, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
2000: This is Not the Place, Ramapo College, Berrie Center, Mahwah, NJ
1999 - 2000: Contemporary Narrating in American Print, Whitney Museum of American Art at Champion, Stamford, CT
1999: Saints, Sinners and Sacrifices: Religious Imagery in Contemporary Latin American Art, George Adams Gallery, New York, NY
: FIAC, Paris Art Fair, Galeria Ramis Barquet, Paris, France
: Contemporary Collaborations: The Artist and the Master Printer, Sherman Gallery, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA
: Material Preception: Celebrating Art & Architecture, LA Salle Gallery at National Bank Plaza in Charlotte, NC
: Accounts Southeast Transience, SECCA, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC
: Fabled Impressions, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA
: Back Streets, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA (solo)
: Hybrid States, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ (solo)
: Susurro, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL (solo)
: 1998 New Orleans Triennial, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
1998: Bound, Mary-Anne Martin/Fine Art, New York, NY (solo)
: Breakout, Galería Ramis Barquet, New York, NY (solo)
1997: Out of Bounds: Part II, Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, Austin, TX
: Deadline, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Coral Gables, FL (solo)
1996: A Painter’s Passage, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ (solo)
: Thinking Print: Books to Billboards 1980 - 1995, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
: Self as another, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA (solo)
1995: Dislocations, Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland, CA (solo)
: It`s Only Rock & Roll: Currents in Contemporary Art, The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH; Traveled to: Lakeview Museum of Art, Peoria, IL; Virginia Beach Center for the Arts, Virginia Beach, VA; Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA; Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, FL; Nexus, Atlanta, GA; The Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ; Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, TX; Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, OH: Lowe Art Museum, FL; Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
: Cuba: La Isla Posible, Centre de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
: Stripped Bare, Frumkin/Adams Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
: Old Glory: The American Flag in Contemporary Art, The Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH
: HELL, Selected Works from 1978-1993, The Alternative Museum, New York, NY (solo)
1994: Recent Works, J. Maddux Parker Gallery, Sacramento, CA (solo)
: Street Life in America, A Man Caught Between Two Cultures--A Survey of Northern California and Bay Area Collections, La Raza / Galeria Posada, Sacramento, CA (solo)
1993: Biting the edge, Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, LA (solo)
: 43rd Biennal of Contemporary American Painting, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
: Identity and Chaos, Daniel Saxon Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
: The AIDS Epidemic Series, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, CA (solo)
: The AIDS Epidemic Series, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH (solo)
: Latin American Artists of the 20th Century, Curated by The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; traveled to: Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Sevilla, Spain; Pompidou Museum, Paris, France; Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany
: Luis Cruz Azaceta: Selections from the ‘Aids Epidemic’ Series, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI (solo)
1992: Picturing the World Turned Upside Down: Paintings by Luis Cruz Azaceta, Galeria Ramis Barquet, Monterrey, Mexico (solo)
1991: Obras Selectas: Trayectoría, Galería Botello, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico (solo)
: Trayectoría, Museo de Arte De Ponce, Puerto Rico (solo)
: Opus Art Studios, Inc., Coral Gables, FL (solo)
1990 - 1993: Luis Cruz Azaceta: The Aids Epidemic Series, Queens Museum, New York, NY; John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL; Tweed Museum of Art, Deluth, MN; Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH (solo)
: Eugene Binder Galerie, Cologne, Germany (solo)
1990: Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA (solo)
1988: Luis Cruz Azaceta, Kunst Station, Sankt Peter, Cologne, Germany (solo)

Public Collections

: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
: Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
: Greenville County art Museum, Greenville, SC
: Harlem Art Collections, State Office Building, New York, NY
: Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
: The Howard Farber Cuban Art Collection, New York, NY
: The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
: Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, OH
: Alternative Museum, New York, NY
: Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
: Sidney & Frances Lewis Art Collection, Virginia Museum of Art, Richmond, VA
: Richard Brown Baker Art Collection, Yale University, New Haven, CT
: Rhode Island School of Design Museum Collection, RI
: Phillip Morris Art Collection, New York, NY
: Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY
: The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
: Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ
: MACO, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, México

Luis Cruz Azaceta

(American/Cuban, born 1942)

Luis Cruz Azaceta

Luis Cruz Azaceta

Luis Cruz Azaceta

Luis Cruz Azaceta

Luis Cruz Azaceta

Luis Cruz Azaceta

Luis Cruz Azaceta

Luis Cruz Azaceta

Luis Cruz Azaceta

Luis Cruz Azaceta

Luis Cruz Azaceta

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Public Collections

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