Lionel Cruet

Lionel Cruet born in San Juan, Puerto Rico lives and works in New York City and San Juan, in 2013 was the recipient of the Juan Downey Audiovisual Award 2013 at the 11th Media Arts Biennale at the National Museum of Fine Arts, Santiago, Chile and recently had a solo show, Lionel Cruet: In Between, Real and Digital with Bronx River Art Center in New York. Cruet numerous group exhibitions include, SuperReal: Alternative Realities in Photography and Video at El Museo del Barrio in New York, and the Sound Art Fair at Sala de las Artes, Universidad de Sagrado Corazón in Puerto Rico, amongst others. Cruet received a Master of Fine Arts from The City College of New York – CUNY and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from La Escuela de Artes Plasticas in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He is interested in subjects of geographies, technology, and nature, using digital printing processes, audiovisual material, performance, and installations.

BFA - La Escuela de Artes Plásticas
MFA - CUNY - The City College of New York
CE - School of Visual Arts

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2014 - MFA Thesis Exhibition, CUNY – The City College of New York, New York, NY

2014 - Me, Myself & I, Runnels Gallery, Golden Library, Eastern New Mexico University, NM

2013 - 11 Bienal de Artes Mediales, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile

2013 - Feria de Arte Sonoro, El Status, Universidad del Sagrado Corazón, San Juan, PR

2013 - Rapid Pulse International Performance Festival 2013, Defibrillator Gallery, Chicago IL

2013 - Sea and Sky, Liz Afif Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2013 - Working it out!, The Painting Center, New York, NY

2013 - SuperReal: Alternative Realities in Photography and Video, El Museo del Barrio New York, NY

2013 - Igniting Self-Expression, Casita Maria Gallery, Bronx, NY

2013 - ¡Dale! from Puerto Rico to Galapagos Islands, Casita Maria Gallery, Bronx, NY

2012 - DIAP First MFA Show, CUNY – The City College of New York, New York, NY

2012 - Artist Wanted: Art Takes Time Square, Chashama, New York, NY

2011 - Graduate Exhibition, La Galeria Nacional, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, PR

2011 - Florece la primavera Glade, Escuela de Artes Plásticas (multiple locations), San Juan, PR

2011 - Intersecciones: arte y naturaleza, Escue...