Carlos Alberto Cruz Boix

Carlos Alberto Cruz Boix
Carlos Boix (born June 1949, in Havana, Cuba) is an artist.
Considered a self-taught artist as he had no formal academic training, he uses different art forms, including drawing, painting, ceramics, engraving and graphic design. He worked as an illustrator for the newspaper Juventud Rebelde, Havana, Cuba.
Based in Europe, he has lived in Paris, Stockholm, Algeria, Tunisia, Geneva and, since 2009, in Madrid.
Awards
During his life he has received many awards and honours such as First Prize in Drawing at the Salón Nacional para Artistas Jóvenes, in Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba, 1971 and 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 National Bank of Cuba's offices in London, UK.
Exhibitions
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
External links
Boix web site
Galeria Jose de Ibarra
List of Cuban artists
List of contemporary Cuban painters
Latin American art
References
Cuban contemporary artists
1949 births
Living people
Artists from Havana