Carlos Cruz-Diez was born in 1923 in Caracas, Venezuela. Cruz-Diez attended the Escuela de Artes Plásticas y Aplicadas from 1940 to 1945. In 1960 he moved to Paris where he continues to live and work. Known as one of the founders of the kinetic art movement, Cruz-Diez has exhibited all over the world. Recent exhibitions include: Carlos Cruz- Diez: Color in Space and Time, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (2011); Supra-sensorial: Experiments in Light, Color, and Space, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (2010); Los Cinéticos, Museo Centro Nacional de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain (2007); L’Abstraction Géometrique, Chateau de Tours, France (2007); The Sites of Latin American Abstraction, CIFO, Miami, Florida (2006); Encounters, Daros-Latinamerica Collection (2006); Beyond Geometry, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California (2004) and Inverted Utopias, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (2004). His works are included in the permanent collections of Tate Modern, London, England; Museum of Modern Art of New York; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas; The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England; Daros-Latinamerica Collection, Zurich, Switzerland; The Diane and Bruce Halle Collection, Phoenix, Arizona; and Centre National d’Art Contemporain Georges Pompidou, Paris, France.

Carlos Cruz-Diez currently lives and works in Paris, France.

2013: Carlos Cruz-Diez, Light Show, Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, London, United Kingdom
2012: Carlos Cruz-Diez, Sicardi Gallery, Houston, Texas
2011: Carlos Cruz-Diez: Color in Space and Time, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, Texas

2010: Carlos Cruz Diez: The Embodied Experience of Color, Miami Art Museum, Miami, Florida
2008: (In)formed by Color: Carlos Cruz-Diez, Americas Society, New York, New York
2007: Carte Blanche Denise René Gallery, Paris, France
La Couleur Dans L’Espace, Maison de l’Amerique llatine, Paris, France
Carlos Cruz-Diez, Sicardi Gallery, Houston, Texas
Carlos Cruz-Diez, Gabinete de Arte Raquel Arnaud, Sao Paolo, Brazil
2006: Volume réel, couleur virtuelle, Maison des Arts, Châtillon, France
Certain 50 x 50 Carlos Cruz-Diez, Sala Trasnocho Arte Contacto TAC, Caracas, Venezuela
Carlos Cruz-Diez Die farbe im raum, Galerie Konkret Martin Worn, Sulzburg, Germany
Carlos Cruz-Diez Farbe im raum Kleinformate und Multiples, Galerie Emilia Suciu, Ausstellungsdauer, Germany
Hommage a Cruz-Diez, Stand Meyer-Zafra, Paris, France
La Vida en el Color, Galería Fundación Previsora, Caracas, Venezuela
2005: Carlos Cruz-Diez, Gego, Jesus-Rafael Soto, Works from the 1950’s to 1970’s, Sicardi Gallery, Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, Florida
22 of the future for the future of Vukovar, Muzeum Sztukiw Lodzi, Vukovar, Poland
Universe Sprit du Geometrie, MADI Museum & Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1989: Realites de la Peinture, Pouchkine Museum, Moscow & Leningrad, Soviet Union
Latin American Art, Hayward Gallery, London, England; National Museum + Moderna Museet, Stockholm,
Sweden; Palacio Velazquez, Madrid, Spain
1988: 1910-1980, Solomon R. Guggenheim Collection, Museum of Modern Art, New York

2011: Color on Color, Frost Art Museum, Miami, Florida

2009: North Looks South: Building the Latinamerican Art Collection, MFAH, Houston
2007: After Image: Op Art of the 1960’s, Jacobson Howard Gallery, New York, New York
An Architect Collects, University of Illinois at Urbana-Campaign
Arco 07, Stand Galeria Dan, Madrid, Spain
Artistes Estrangers a Paris 1900-2005, National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan
Dialogue Cinétique, Espace Meyer Zafra, Paris, France
Die Neuen Tendenzen, Museum Leopold-Hoesch, Hoeschplatz, Duezn, Germany
L’Abstraction Géometrique, Chateau de Tours, France
La Utopia Cinética, Salas Caja, San Francisco, California
Los Cineticos, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
Op Art, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Germany
Optic Nerve: Perpetual Art of the 1960’s, Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio
2006: Cruz-Diez, Gego, Maggi, Soto & Tomasello, Sicardi Gallery, Houston, Texas
Certain Encounters: Daros-Latinamerica Collection, Vancouver, Canada
60 Réalités Nouvelles, Parc Floral de Paris, France
Art Basel, Stand Denise René, CH
Arte Cinética, Spazio Boccioni, Milan, Italy
Chromatiques, Galerie Konkret, Sulzburg, Germany
Cruce de Miradas Colección Cisneros, Museo de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Mexico
Die Neuen Tendenzen, Museum Fur Konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt, Germany
Diversas Constancias, Gabinete de Arte Raquel Arnaud, Sao Paolo, Brazil
European Neo-Constructivism of 1930 - 2000, Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia
Fla.g. Ships, Schwimmende Visionen, Museum de Sant Ratingen, Germany
Horizontales Verticales Sueles, Art Concret, Musee de Pontoise, Pontoise, France
La Utopia Cinética 1955 - 1975, Centro Cultural Sa Nostra, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Les Artistes s’Affranchissent, Parc Floral de Vincens, Salon de Timbre, France
Op Art, Joyce Palais Royal, Paris, France
Quadrature de Cercle, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France
Riflemaker becomes Indica, Riflemaker Gallery, London, Great Britain
Stetes Konkret, Galerie Lelau Sberg, Dusseldorf, Germany
The Sites of Latin American Abstraction, CIFO, Miami, Florida
Une Conquete de l’Art d’Amérique Latine, Oeuvres de la Fundación Daniela Chapard, Biarritz, France
Une Historie de Cinétisme, Espace Meyer Zafra, Paris, France
Volume Réel, Coleur Virtuelle, Ovres de Carlos Cruz-Diez et Sculptures de Agueda Lozano, Marie de
Chatillon, France
2005: Brought to Light: Recent Acquisitions in Latin American Art, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
2004: Inverted Utopias, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
Parallel Stories, Sicardi Gallery, Houston, Texas
Beyond Geometry, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California and the Miami Art
Museum, Miami, Florida
2002: Cromosaturacion, XXV Biennial, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2000: Heterotopias, Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
1995: La Transparence dans l’Art du XX Siecle, Musee des Beaux Arts Andre Malraux, La Havre, France
1993: Latin American Art of the Twentieth Century, Cologne Kunsthalle, Cologne, Germany. Museum of Modern Art, New York
Mouvement, Museo de Arte Moderno, Sidney, Australia
Manifeste, Une historie parallele 1960- 1990, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
1992: Latin American Art of the Twentieth Century, Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York; Expo Seville 92, Spain; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
L’Art en Mouvement, Foundation Maeght, Saint Paul, France
Visiones de Americas Instituto de America, Sta. Fe Granada, Spain
1989: Realites de la Peinture, Pouchkine Museum, Moscow & Leningrad, Soviet Union
Latin American Art, Hayward Gallery, London, England; National Museum + Moderna Museet, Stockholm,
Sweden; Palacio Velazquez, Madrid, Spain
1988: La Couleur Seule, Musee d’Art Contemporain, Lyon, France
Olympiad of Art, Seoul, Korea
1986: Contrastes de Forma Abstraccion Geometrica, 1910 – 1980, Solomon R. Guggenheim Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1985: Forty Years of Modern Art 1945 - 1985, Tate Gallery, London, England
1972: 12 ans d’Art Contemporain en France, Grand Palais, Paris, France
1968: Cinetisme, Maison de la Culture de Grenoble, France
France, Optique, Kunstnernes hus Oslo, Norway
El Arte Cinetico y sus Origenes, Caracas, Venezuela
1967: Lumiere et Mouvement, Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France
IX Biennale de Sao Paulo, Brazil
1965: The Responsive Eye, Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
Lumiere et Mouvement, Kunsthalle, Bern, Switzerland
Lumiere, Mouvement et Optique, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, Belgium
1964: Nouvelle Tendance, Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France
First Pilot Show of Kinetic Art, Signals, London, England
Il Bienal Americana de Arte Cordoba, Argentina
L’Aujourd’hui de Demain, Palais St. Vaast, Arras, France
1963: Nove Tendencije 2, Zagreb, Croatia
Esquisse d’ un Salon, Galerie Denise Rene, Paris, France
Panorama de la Nouvelle Tendance, Amesterdam, The Netherlands
1962: XXXI Biennale de Venezia, Italy
Anti-Peinture, Hessenhuis, Anvers, Belgium
1961: Le Mouvement, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Pittsburg International Exhibition, Carnegie Institute
Galerie Denise Rene, Paris, France
Galerie Iris Clerc, Paris, France
1960: 1661-1961 Pintura Venezolana, Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela
1958: Exposition International de Bruxelles, Venezuela Pavillion, Belgium
1953: Biennal de Sao Paulo, Brazil

2002: Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, France

1992: Gold Medal. Norwegian International Print Triennale, Fredrikstad, Norway
1981: Order “Andres Bello”, First Class, Caracas, Venezuela
1978: Prize “Carlos Raul Villanueva” XXXVI Salon de Arte Arturo Michelena, Valencia, Venezuela
1976: Prize “Intervencion del Arte en la Arquitectura”, VI Biennial of Architecture, Venezuela
1971: National Prize of Fine Arts, Venezuela
1969: Second Prize, Festival International de Peinture, Cagnes-sur-Mer, France
1971: Internationl Painting Prize Ixth Biennial of Sao Paulo, Brazil
1970: First Prize III American Art Biennial, Cordoba, Argentina

1969: Art dans la Rue, organized by le Centre National d'Art Contemporain. Paris, France Chromosaturation, Labyrinthe pour un lieu public in subway station Odeon, Boulevard Saint Germain, Paris, France

1975: L'artiste et la ville. Chromatic action in Caracas
Chromoprisme Spacial, luminous projections in the sky. Series of crossings for pedestrians in various avenues
Induction Chromatique in La Pastora Square
Induction Chromatique in a regular public bus
L’Eté Marseillais, Chromatic action in Marseille, France
Induction Chromatique, Series of crossings for pedestrians in various avenues
Induction Chromatique in a regular public bus
Chromostructure Spaciale, 16 helium balloons of 4m diameter and 100m length
Action Ephémère dans la Ville de Fortaleza, Crossings for pedestrians, Brazil

Museum of Modern Art, New York

Tate Gallery, London
Centre National d’Art Contemporain Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Dr. Peter Ludwig Collection, Cologne, France
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Musee de Grenoble, France
Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Sofia Imber, Caracas, Venezuela
Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela
Galeria de Arte Nacional, Caracas, Venezuela
Quadrat Josef Albers Museum, Bottrop, Germany
Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Bogota, Colombia
Sonja Henie-Musee d’Art Moderne, Hovikodden, Oslo, Norway
Museum fur Konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt, Germany
Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery University of Texas, Austin
Stadtische Kunsthalle, Manneheim, Germany
Neue Pinakothek, Munich, Germany
Musee d’Art Contemporain, Montreal, Canada
Museum des 20, Jahrhunderst, Vienna, Austria
Kunstmuseum, Bern, Switzerland
Museo de Arte Moderno “Jesus Soto”, Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela
Museo de Arte Moderno, “La Tertulia”, Cali, Colombia
Museum of Modern Art of Latin America, Washington, DC
Musee de la Chaux-des-Fonds, Switzerland
Cabinet des Estampes, Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France
Cabinet des Estampes, Geneva, Switzerland
Bibliotheque Nationale, Zagreb, Croatia
Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Museo Civico, Turin, Italy
Casa de las Americas, Havana, Cuba
Museo de la Solidaridad, Salvador Allende, Santiago de Chile
Museum Rhode Island, School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
Museum of Modern Art, Taiwan
Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellin, Colombia
Museo de Arte Costarricense, San Jose, Costa Rica
Kunstverein Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Museum Moderner Kunst, Cuxhaven Otterndorf, Germany
Centre de la Gravure et de l’Image Imprimee, Belgium
Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, California
Museum of Modern Art, Sydney, Australia
Muzeum Okregowe, Chelm, Poland
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambrige University, Cambridge, England
Collection of Latin American Art, University of Essex, England
Stadtische Kunsthalle. Manneheim, Germany
Wurth Museum. Schawabish Hall, Germany

1923: Born in Caracas, Venezuela, August 17th

1940-45: Works as Graphic Designer at the Creole Petroleum Corporation, Venezuela
1946-51: Creative Director at McCann-Erickson Advertising of Venezuela
1947: Travels to New York
Designer and illustrator of the newspaper El Nacional, Caracas
1953-55: Professor of History of Applied Art of the Caracas School of Fine Arts
1955-56: Lives in Barcelona, Spain and travels several times to Paris
1958-60: Assistant Director and Professor of Caracas School of Fine Arts
1957: Returns to Venezuela and “Estudio de Artes Visuales” Graphic Designer of Education Ministry publications, Caracas
1959-60: Typographie and Graphic Design Professor in the School of Journalism
Central University of Venezuela, Caracas
1960: Lives in Paris and travels regularly to Venezuela
1965-95: Graphic Designer of Centre Culturel NOROIT, Arras, France
1973-80: Member of the jury for diplome of Ecole Superieure des Beaux Arts, Paris, France
1986-93: Titular Professor and Director of the Art Unit of the Institute of Advanced Studies, IDEA, Caracas
1972-73: Professor of Kinetic Techniques in Ecole Superieur de Beaux Arts and in Universite d’Enseignement et de Recherches, Paris, France
1997: Appointed for life President and Member of Superior Council of “Museo de la Estampa y del Diseño Carlos Cruz-Diez” Foundation, Caracas
1998: Honorary Member of Academia de Ciencias, Arte y Letras, Merida, Venezuela

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