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Curriculum Vitae - Carlos Cruz-Diez

Biography

1923 - Born on August 17th in Caracas, Venezuela.

1940 - He studied at the School of Fine Arts in Caracas, where he obtained the diploma ofprofessor in Applied Arts.

1944 - Worked as illustrator for the publication El Farol of the Creole Petroleum Corporation, aswell as for other magazines such as La Esfera and Élite.

1944 - He made comics for various newspapers.

1946 - Creative director of advertising agency McCann-Erickson, Venezuela.

1947 - He travelled to New York for an advertising training course.

1947 - He held his first personal exhibition “12 gouaches de Carlos Cruz-Diez” at the InstitutoVenezolano-Americano in Caracas.

1953 - Illustrator for El Nacional newspaper.

1955 - Settled in El Masnou, Barcelona, Spain.

1955 - He travelled to Paris and saw the works that were exhibited at the exhibition “LeMouvement” at the Galerie Denise René.

1956 - He exhibited at the Galería Buchholz in Madrid where he presented the seriesParénquimas and Objetos Rítmicos Móviles.

1956 - He returned to Caracas.

1957 - Illustrator of literary publications of the Venezuelan Ministry of Education.

1957 - He founded the Estudio de Artes Visuales [Visual Arts Studio] for graphic and industrialdesign in Caracas.

1958 - Adjunct director and Painting professor at the School of Fine Arts in Caracas.

1958 - Professor of Typography and Graphic Design at the Escuela de Periodismo [JournalismSchool], Universidad Central of Caracas.

1959 - He created his first Couleur Additive and Physichromie.

1960 - Settled permanently in Paris with his family.

1961 - He participated at the exhibition “Bewogen Beweging” at the Stedelijk Museum inAmsterdam, Netherlands.

1963 - He created and developed the first series of Induction Chromatique, Chromointerférenceand Transchromie.

1963 - He participated at the exhibition “Nove Tendencije 2” in Zagreb, Croatia.

1964 - He participated at the exhibition “Le Mouvement 2” at the Galerie Denise René in Paris.

1965 - Advisor of the Centre culturel Noroît in Arras, France.

1965 - He inaugurated at the Galerie Kerchache “Physichromies de Cruz-Diez. Œuvres de 1954 à1965”, his first personal exhibition in Paris.

1965 - He participated at the exhibition “The Responsive Eye”, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) inNew York.

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1965 - Venezuela’s general curator at the IV Biennale de Paris. He exhibits works by AlirioRodríguez, Edgar Guinand and Carlos Prada.

1967 - Graphic designer and co-founder of the art magazine Robho.

1967 - He participated at the exhibition “Lumière et Mouvement” held at the Musée d’Art Modernede la Ville de Paris.

1969 - He featured Labyrinthe de Chromosaturation on the boulevard Saint-Germain in Paris.

1970 - Personal exhibition at the XXXV Venice Biennale, Venezuelan Pavilion, Venice, Italy.

1972 - Taught “kinetic techniques” at the Unité d’Études et Recherches d’Arts Plastiques at theUniversité Panthéon-Sorbonne in Paris.

1973 - He opened a workshop in Caracas.

1973 - Jury member for the diploma of the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris.

1973 - He worked on numerous projects related to integrated architectural works such as theMaiquetia Airport and the José Antonio Páez Power Plant in Venezuela.

1975 - He created the Environnement Chromatique for the headquarters of the Union de BanquesSuisses in Zürich.

1978 - He inaugurated his work Physichromie double face located at Place du Venezuela, Paris.

1980 - Opening of the travelling exhibition “Didáctica y Dialéctica del Color” at the UniversidadSimón Bolívar in Caracas.

1986 - Head of the Art Unit of the Instituto de Estudios Avanzados (IDEA) in Caracas.

1989 - He published his book “Reflexión sobre el color” in Caracas.

1997 - Opening of the Museo de la Estampa y el Diseño Carlos Cruz-Diez [Carlos Cruz-DiezMuseum of Print and Design] in Caracas.

2007 - Honorary Member of the Venezuelan Academy of Language, Caracas.

2009 - He published the second edition in Spanish and English of his book “Reflexión sobre elcolor” in Madrid.

2011 - He inaugurated his most important retrospective exhibition “Carlos Cruz-Diez. Color inSpace and Time”, at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), United States.

2012 - Rank of Officer of the National Order of the Legion of Honor, Paris.

2014 - He published his memoirs “Vivir en Arte, recuerdos de lo que me acuerdo” in Paris.

Personal Exhibitions

1947 - 12 gouaches de Carlos Cruz-Diez, 12 gouaches de Carlos Cruz-Diez, Centro VenezolanoAmericano, Caracas, Venezuela.

1956 - Carlos Cruz-Diez, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Galería Buchholz, Madrid, Spain.

1960 - Fisicromías de Cruz-Diez, Fisicromías de Cruz-Diez, Universidad Central de Venezuela,Faculty of Architecture, Caracas, Venezuela.

1960 - Fisicromías de Cruz-Diez, Fisicromías de Cruz-Diez, Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas,Venezuela.

1965 - Physichromies de Cruz-Diez : Œuvres de 1954 à 1965, Physichromies de Cruz-Diez :Œuvres de 1954 à 1965, Galerie Kerchache, Paris, France.

1965 - A Decade of Physichromies by Carlos Cruz-Diez, A Decade of Physichromies by CarlosCruz-Diez, Signals London, London, United Kingdom.



1969 - Cruz-Diez: Fisicromías, Transcromías y Cromointerferencias, Cruz-Diez: Fisicromías,Transcromías y Cromointerferencias, Galería Conkright, Caracas, Venezuela.

1969 - Cruz-Diez : Multiples, Cruz-Diez : Multiples, Galerie Denise René - Rive gauche, Paris,France.

1969 - Cruz-Diez : Cinq propositions sur la couleur, Cruz-Diez : Cinq propositions sur la couleur,Galerie Denise René - Rue la Boétie, Paris, France.

1970 - 35th Venice Biennial, 35th Venice Biennial, Venezuelan Pavilion, Venice, Italy.

1974 - Carlos Cruz-Diez, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Sofía Imber - SalaCadafe, Caracas, Venezuela.

1975 - Cruz-Diez : El artista y la ciudad, Cruz-Diez : El artista y la ciudad, Sala de Exposicionesde la Gobernación del Distrito Federal, Caracas, Venezuela.

1976 - Fisicromías (Cromocinetismo) : Carlos Cruz-Diez, artista venezolano, Fisicromías(Cromocinetismo) : Carlos Cruz-Diez, artista venezolano, Museo de Arte Moderno, MexicoCity, Mexico.

1976 - Cruz-Diez : Color Evolution, Cruz-Diez : Color Evolution, Galerie Denise René, New York,United States.

1980 - Cruz-Diez : Didáctica y dialéctica del color, Cruz-Diez : Didáctica y dialéctica del color,Museo de Arte de la Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas, Venezuela.

1981 - Cruz-Diez : Didáctica y dialéctica del color. Intervenciones en la arquitectura. Induccionescromáticas, Cruz-Diez : Didáctica y dialéctica del color. Intervenciones en la arquitectura.Inducciones cromáticas, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Sofía Imber - Sala Cadafe - SalaIpostel, Caracas, Venezuela.

1988 - Carlos Cruz-Diez : Die Autonomie der Farbe. Bilders - Plastiken - Objekte aus den Jahren,1959-1988, Carlos Cruz-Diez : Die Autonomie der Farbe. Bilders - Plastiken - Objekte ausden Jahren, 1959-1988, Josef Albers Museum Quadrat Bottrop, Moderne Galerie, Bottrop,Germany.

1990 - Cruz-Diez, Cruz-Diez, Abbaye des Cordeliers, Chateauroux, France.

1992 - Carlos Cruz-Diez: La visión del color, Carlos Cruz-Diez: La visión del color, Museo de Artede Maracay, Maracay, Venezuela.

1994 - Carlos Cruz-Diez: Metáfora de lo efímero. Cromosaturación. Paneles pictóricos y laberintosensorial, Carlos Cruz-Diez: Metáfora de lo efímero. Cromosaturación. Paneles pictóricos ylaberinto sensorial, Museo de Arte Moderno, Plaza de la Cultura Juan Pablo Duarte, SantoDomingo, Dominican Republic.

1995 - Reflexión sobre el color, Reflexión sobre el color, Museo Jacobo Borges, Caracas,Venezuela.

1998 - Carlos Cruz-Diez “...und gebe dem Raum die Farbe”, Carlos Cruz-Diez “...und gebe demRaum die Farbe”, Städtisches Museum, Gelsenkirchen-Buer, Germany.

1998 - Carlos Cruz-Diez, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Museo de Arte Moderno Jesús Soto, Sala Múltiple,Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela.

1999 - Retrospectiva 1954-1998, Retrospectiva 1954-1998, Museo de Arte Moderno del Zulia,Maracaibo, Venezuela.

1999 - El rojo, el verde y el azul, entre la luz y las tinieblas, El rojo, el verde y el azul, entre la luzy las tinieblas, Casa de las Américas, Galería Latinoamericana, Havana, Cuba.

2000 - Cruz-Diez: La visión del Color, Cruz-Diez: La visión del Color, Fundación Carmona, SalaJuan Carmona, Barquisimeto, Venezuela.



2001 - Cruz-Diez: De lo participativo a lo interactivo, Cruz-Diez: De lo participativo a lointeractivo, Centro Cultural Corp Group, Caracas, Venezuela.

2003 - Carlos Cruz-Diez : De lo participativo a lo interactivo, otra noción del color, Carlos Cruz-Diez : De lo participativo a lo interactivo, otra noción del color, Sala de exposicionesL'Almodí, Valencia, Spain.

2004 - Cruz-Diez: Arte en Guri, Cruz-Diez: Arte en Guri, Museo de la Estampa y del Diseño CarlosCruz-Diez, Caracas, Venezuela.

2005 - Cruz-Diez: La couleur dans l'espace, Cruz-Diez: La couleur dans l'espace, Galerie DeniseRené - Espace Marais, Paris, France.

2007 - Cruz-Diez : La couleur dans l'espace, Cruz-Diez : La couleur dans l'espace, Maison del’Amérique latine, Paris, France.

2008 - Carlos Cruz-Diez : La couleur dans l'espace, Carlos Cruz-Diez : La couleur dans l'espace,Centre d'Art Contemporain Frank Popper, Marcigny, France.

2008 - Carlos Cruz-Diez: (In)Formed by Color, Carlos Cruz-Diez: (In)Formed by Color, AmericasSociety/Council of the Americas, New York, United States.

2009 - Carlos Cruz-Diez: El color sucede, Carlos Cruz-Diez: El color sucede, Museo de ArteAbstracto Español - Fundación Juan March, Cuenca, Spain.

2009 - Carlos Cruz-Diez: El color sucede, Carlos Cruz-Diez: El color sucede, Museu d’Art EspanyolContemporani, Palma de Majorca, Spain.

2010 - Environment Chromatic-Interferences: Interactive Space by Carlos Cruz-Diez,Environment Chromatic-Interferences: Interactive Space by Carlos Cruz-Diez, GuangdongMuseum of Art, Guangzhou, China.

2010 - Carlos Cruz-Diez: The Embodied Experience of Color, Carlos Cruz-Diez: The EmbodiedExperience of Color, Miami Art Museum, Miami, United States.

2011 - Carlos Cruz-Diez: Color in Space and Time, Carlos Cruz-Diez: Color in Space and Time,Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), Houston, United States.

2011 - Cruz-Diez: Color in Space, Cruz-Diez: Color in Space, Dream Forest Arts Center, SangSang Tok Tok Gallery, Seoul, South Korea.

2011 - Carlos Cruz-Diez: El color en el espacio y en el tiempo, Carlos Cruz-Diez: El color en elespacio y en el tiempo, Museo de Art Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA) -Fundación Costantini, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2012 - Carlos Cruz-Diez: Circumstance and Ambiguity of Color, Carlos Cruz-Diez: Circumstanceand Ambiguity of Color, Henan Art Museum, Zhengzhou, China.

2012 - RVB, RVB, Le Musée en Herbe, Paris, France.

2012 - Cruz-Diez: Color in Space, Cruz-Diez: Color in Space, Jeonbuk Art Museum, Jeonbuk,South Korea.

2012 - Cruz-Diez: A cor no espaço e no tempo, Cruz-Diez: A cor no espaço e no tempo,Pinacoteca do Estado, São Paulo, Brazil.

2012 - Carlos Cruz-Diez: El color en el espacio y en el tiempo, Carlos Cruz-Diez: El color en elespacio y en el tiempo, Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo (MUAC), Mexico City,Mexico.

2013 - Cruz-Diez en blanco y negro. Fotografías 1942-1986, Cruz-Diez en blanco y negro.Fotografías 1942-1986, Fundación BBVA Provincial, Caracas, Venezuela.

2013 - Carlos Cruz-Diez: Circumstance and Ambiguity of Color, Carlos Cruz-Diez: Circumstanceand Ambiguity of Color, Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), Beijing, China.



2014 - Within the Light Trap: Cruz-Diez in Black and White, Within the Light Trap: Cruz-Diez inBlack and White, Americas Society/Council of the Americas, New York, United States.

2014 - Cruz-Diez en noir et blanc. Photographies de 1943 à 1975, Cruz-Diez en noir et blanc.Photographies de 1943 à 1975, Maison de l'Amérique latine, Paris, France.

2014 - Cruz-Diez en blanco y negro. Fotografías 1942-1986, Cruz-Diez en blanco y negro.Fotografías 1942-1986, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Buenos Aires (MACBA), BuenosAires, Argentina.

2014 - Carlos Cruz-Diez: Circumstance and Ambiguity of Color, Carlos Cruz-Diez: Circumstanceand Ambiguity of Color, Hong Kong University Museum and Art Gallery, Hong Kong, China.

2014 - Carlos Cruz-Diez: Circonstance et ambiguïté de la couleur, Carlos Cruz-Diez: Circonstanceet ambiguïté de la couleur, Fondation Vasarely, Aix-en-Provence, France.

2014 - Cruz-Diez: Color espacial, Cruz-Diez: Color espacial, Centro Niemeyer, Avilés, Spain.

2015 - Cruz-Diez : Bidimensional Research 1959-2015, Cruz-Diez : Bidimensional Research 1959-2015, Espace Expression, Miami, United States.

2015 - Carlos Cruz-Diez : Didaktik und Dialektik der Farbe, Carlos Cruz-Diez : Didaktik undDialektik der Farbe, Das Kleine Museum, Weissenstadt, Germany.

2016 - Cruz-Diez : du statique au dynamique, Cruz-Diez : du statique au dynamique, GalerieDenise René - Espace Marais, Paris, France.

2016 - Cruz-Diez, Cruz-Diez, Galería Cayón, Madrid, Spain.

2016 - Carlos Cruz-Diez : Un être flottant, Carlos Cruz-Diez : Un être flottant, Galerie Mitterrand,Paris, France.

Collective Exhibitions

1948 - Exposición de pintores jóvenes, Exposición de pintores jóvenes, Taller Libre de Arte,Caracas, Venezuela.

1950 - De Reverón hasta hoy, De Reverón hasta hoy, Taller Libre de Arte, Caracas, Venezuela.

1961 - Bewogen Beweging, Bewogen Beweging, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

1962 - Anti-peinture, Anti-peinture, Hessenhuis, Antwerp, Belgium.

1963 - Esquisse d’un salon, Esquisse d’un salon, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France.

1963 - Nove Tendencije 2, Nove Tendencije 2, Galerija Suvremene Umjetnosti, Zagreb, Croatia.

1964 - Mouvement 2, Mouvement 2, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France.

1964 - Nouvelle Tendance : Propositions visuelles du mouvement international , NouvelleTendance : Propositions visuelles du mouvement international , Musée des Arts Décoratifs,Palais du Louvre, Pavillon de Marsan, Paris, France.

1965 - Licht und Bewegung, Kinetische Kunst, Licht und Bewegung, Kinetische Kunst, Kunsthalle,Bern, Switzerland.

1965 - Lumière, mouvement et optique, Lumière, mouvement et optique, Palais des Beaux-Arts,Brussels, Belgium.

1965 - The Responsive Eye, The Responsive Eye, Museum of Modern Art, New York, UnitedStates.

1966 - Weiss auf Weiss, Weiss auf Weiss, Kunsthalle, Bern, Switzerland.

1967 - Lumière et mouvement, Lumière et mouvement, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris,Paris, France.



1968 - Cinétisme, spectacle, environnement, Cinétisme, spectacle, environnement, Maison de laCulture de Grenoble, Grenoble, France.

1971 - Carlos Cruz-Diez and Francisco Sobrino: Two Optical Artists of the 70s, Carlos Cruz-Diezand Francisco Sobrino: Two Optical Artists of the 70s, Galerie Denise René, New York,United States.

1976 - Creadores latinoamericanos contemporáneos, 1950 -1976 : pinturas y relieves, Creadoreslatinoamericanos contemporáneos, 1950 -1976 : pinturas y relieves, Museo de ArteModerno, Mexico City, Mexico.

1977 - Plástica latinoamericana en homenaje al Uruguay en lucha , Plástica latinoamericana enhomenaje al Uruguay en lucha , Casa de las Américas, Galería Latinoamericana, Havana,Cuba.

1978 - L’altro occhio di Polifemo, L’altro occhio di Polifemo, Galleria d’arte moderna, Bologna,Italy.

1978 - Stiftung Anne-Marie und Victor Loeb, Stiftung Anne-Marie und Victor Loeb, Kunsthalle,Bern, Switzerland.

1983 - Arte programmata e cinetica 1953/1963. L’ultima avanguardia, Arte programmata ecinetica 1953/1963. L’ultima avanguardia, Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy.

1985 - Forty years of Modern Art 1945-1985, Forty years of Modern Art 1945-1985, Tate Gallery,London, United Kingdom.

1985 - Contrasts of Form: Geometric Abstract Art 1910-1980 from the Guggenheim Museum andThe Museum of Modern Art, Contrasts of Form: Geometric Abstract Art 1910-1980 fromthe Guggenheim Museum and The Museum of Modern Art, Museum of Modern Art, NewYork, United States.

1988 - La couleur seule : L’expérience du monochrome, La couleur seule : L’expérience dumonochrome, Musée d’Art Contemporain, Lyon, France.

1989 - Art in Latin America : The Modern Era, 1820-1980, Art in Latin America : The Modern Era,1820-1980, The Hayward Gallery, London, United Kingdom.

1992 - L'Art en mouvement, L'Art en mouvement, Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence,France.

1993 - Mouvement, Mouvement, Museum of Modern Art, Sydney, Australia.

1993 - Latin American Artists of the Twentieth Century, Latin American Artists of the TwentiethCentury, Museum of Modern Art, New York, United States.

1993 - Manifeste: Une histoire parallèle (1960-1990), Manifeste: Une histoire parallèle (1960-1990), Centre Pompidou, Paris, France.

1996 - Lumière et mouvement, Lumière et mouvement, Galerie Denise René - Espace Marais,Paris, France.

1998 - Kinetische Kunst, Kinetische Kunst, Städtisches Museum, Gelsenkirchen, Germany.

2000 - Heterotopías: Medio siglo sin-lugar, 1918-1968, Heterotopías: Medio siglo sin-lugar, 1918-1968, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain.

2001 - Denise René, l’intrépide: Une galerie dans l’aventure de l’art abstrait, 1944-1978, DeniseRené, l’intrépide: Une galerie dans l’aventure de l’art abstrait, 1944-1978, CentrePompidou, Galerie d’Art Graphique and Galerie du Musée, Paris, France.

2002 - Paralelos: Arte brasileira da segunda metade do século XX em contexto, ColecciónCisneros, Paralelos: Arte brasileira da segunda metade do século XX em contexto,Colección Cisneros, Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.



2003 - Une Tour Eiffel haute en couleurs, Une Tour Eiffel haute en couleurs, Centre Pompidou,Galerie des Enfants, Paris, France.

2004 - Inverted Utopias: Avant-Garde Art in Latin America, Inverted Utopias: Avant-Garde Art inLatin America, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), Houston, United States.

2005 - L'Œil moteur: Art optique et cinétique, 1950-1975, L'Œil moteur: Art optique et cinétique,1950-1975, Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Strasbourg, France.

2007 - O(s) cinético(s), O(s) cinético(s), Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, Brazil.

2007 - The Geometry of Hope: Latin American Abstract Art from the Patricia Phelps de CisnerosCollection, The Geometry of Hope: Latin American Abstract Art from the Patricia Phelps deCisneros Collection, Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, United States.

2007 - Lo[s] cinético[s], Lo[s] cinético[s], Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid,Spain.

2008 - Color into Light, Color into Light, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), Houston, UnitedStates.

2010 - Suprasensorial : Experiments in Light, Color and Space, Suprasensorial : Experiments inLight, Color and Space, The Geffen Contemporary at The Museum of Contemporary Art(MOCA), Los Angeles, United States.

2010 - Lumière et mouvement / Luce e movimento, Lumière et mouvement / Luce e movimento,Signum Foundation Palazzo Donà, Venice, Italy.

2010 - Desenhar no espaço: Artistas abstratos do Brasil e da Venezuela na Coleção PatriciaPhelps de Cisneros, Desenhar no espaço: Artistas abstratos do Brasil e da Venezuela naColeção Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.

2010 - Desenhar no espaço: Artistas abstratos do Brasil e da Venezuela na Coleção PatriciaPhelps de Cisneros, Desenhar no espaço: Artistas abstratos do Brasil e da Venezuela naColeção Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, Fundação Iberê Camargo, Puerto Alegre, Brazil.

2011 - América fría: La abstracción geométrica latinoamericana (1934 - 1973), América fría: Laabstracción geométrica latinoamericana (1934 - 1973), Fundación Juan March, Madrid,Spain.

2011 - Gallery One, New Vision Centre, Signals and Indica, Gallery One, New Vision Centre,Signals and Indica, Tate Gallery, London, United Kingdom.

2012 - Intercambio global. Abstracción geométrica desde 1950, Intercambio global. Abstraccióngeométrica desde 1950, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Buenos Aires (MACBA), BuenosAires, Argentina.

2012 - Something Along Those Lines, Something Along Those Lines, School of the Museum ofFine Arts - SMFA, Boston, United States.

2012 - Néon: Who’s afraid of red, yellow and blue?, Néon: Who’s afraid of red, yellow and blue?,La Maison Rouge - Fondation Antoine de Galbert, Paris, France.

2012 - Suprasensorial: Experiments in Light, Color, and Space, Suprasensorial: Experiments inLight, Color, and Space, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.,United States.

2012 - Arte programmata e cinetica. Da Munari a Biasi a Colombo e..., Arte programmata ecinetica. Da Munari a Biasi a Colombo e..., Galleria nazionale d'arte moderna econtemporanea, Rome, Italy.

2012 - Hommage à Denise René, Hommage à Denise René, Galerie Denise René - Espace Marais,Paris, France.



2013 - Dynamo. Un siècle de lumière et de mouvement dans l’art. 1913-2013, Dynamo. Un sièclede lumière et de mouvement dans l’art. 1913-2013, Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais,Paris, France.

2013 - Pan American Modernism: Avant-Garde Art in Latin America and the United States, PanAmerican Modernism: Avant-Garde Art in Latin America and the United States, Lowe ArtMuseum, Miami, United States.

2013 - La invención concreta. Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, La invención concreta.Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid,Spain.

2013 - Lightopia, Lightopia, Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany.

2013 - Light Show, Light Show, Hayward Gallery, London, United Kingdom.

2014 - Radical Geometry: Modern Art of South America from the Patricia Phelps de CisnerosCollection, Radical Geometry: Modern Art of South America from the Patricia Phelps deCisneros Collection, Royal Academy of Arts, London, United Kingdom.

2014 - Light Show, Light Show, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Auckland, New Zealand.

2014 - Formes simples, Formes simples, Centre Pompidou-Metz, Metz, France.

2014 - Lightopia, Lightopia, Design Museum Gent, Ghent, Belgium.

2014 - Que la lumière soit !, Que la lumière soit !, Espace Fondation EDF, Paris, France.

2015 - Spatial Illumination - 9 Lights in 9 rooms, Spatial Illumination - 9 Lights in 9 rooms,Daelim Museum / D Museum, Seoul, South Korea.

2015 - Parcours 2015, Parcours 2015, Parc de sculptures contemporaines, Domaine du Muy, LeMuy, France.

2015 - Lightopia, Lightopia, Hofmobiliendepot, Vienna, Austria.

2015 - Light Show, Light Show, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, Australia.

2015 - Testing Testing: Painting and Sculpture since 1960 from the Permanent Collection, TestingTesting: Painting and Sculpture since 1960 from the Permanent Collection, Ackland ArtMuseum, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, United States.

2015 - Libertad de Expresión: The Art Museum of the Americas and Cold War Politics, Libertad deExpresión: The Art Museum of the Americas and Cold War Politics, Art Museum of theAmericas, Organization of American States, Washington, D.C., United States.

2015 - Short Cuts, Short Cuts, Centre PasquArt, Bienne, Switzerland.

2015 - Light Show, Light Show, Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

2015 - Pan American Modernism: Avant-Garde Art in Latin America and the United States, PanAmerican Modernism: Avant-Garde Art in Latin America and the United States, ArtGallery, University of Saint Joseph, West Hartford, United States.

2015 - Let's Move, Let's Move, La Patinoire Royale, Brussels, Belgium.

2016 - The Illusive Eye : Op Art and the Americas in the 1960s, The Illusive Eye : Op Art and theAmericas in the 1960s, El Museo del Barrio, New York, United States.

2016 - Eye Attack: Op Art and Kinetic Art 1950-1970, Eye Attack: Op Art and Kinetic Art 1950-1970, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark.

2016 - Pan American Modernism: Avant-Garde Art in Latin America and the United States, PanAmerican Modernism: Avant-Garde Art in Latin America and the United States, WeismanArt Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, United States.

2016 - Light Show, Light Show, CorpArtes, Santiago de Chile, Chile.



2016 - In the Studio, In the Studio, Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom.

2016 - Un musée imaginé. Et si l’art disparaissait ? Trois collections européennes : CentrePompidou, Tate, MMK, Un musée imaginé. Et si l’art disparaissait ? Trois collectionseuropéennes : Centre Pompidou, Tate, MMK, Centre Pompidou-Metz, Metz, France.

2016 - Das imaginäre Museum / An Imagined Museum. Works from the Centre Pompidou, Tateand MMK collections, Das imaginäre Museum / An Imagined Museum. Works from theCentre Pompidou, Tate and MMK collections, Museum für Moderne Kunst - MMK2,Frankfurt, Germany.

2016 - Lightopia, Lightopia, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey (MARCO), Monterrey,Mexico.

2016 - Pan American Modernism: Avant-Garde Art in Latin America and the United States, PanAmerican Modernism: Avant-Garde Art in Latin America and the United States,Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, United States.

2016 - Lightopia, Lightopia, Centro de Artes e Tecnologia da Fundação EDP, Lisbon, Portugal.

Integrated Architectural Works

1967 - Transcromía, Transcromía, Torre Phelps, Caracas, Venezuela.Entrance door to the building, 3 x 4,80 m (10 x 16 ft), arch. José Puig.Architect: José Puig.

1973 - Ambientación Cromática, Ambientación Cromática, José Antonio Páez Hydroelectric Plant,Santo Domingo, Venezuela.Couleur Additive, Chromosaturation and wall of Induction du Jaune in the 90 m longmachine room (295 ft).Engineer: CADAFE, Electrowatt Ingénieurs-Conseils, Brown Boveri.

1974 - Ambientación de Color Aditivo, Ambientación de Color Aditivo, Simón Bolívar InternationalAirport, Maiquetia, Venezuela.Floor and wall of Couleur Additive in the main hall, 270 x 9 m (886 x 30 ft).Architect: Felipe Montemayor, Luis Sully.

1975 - Cilindros de Inducción Cromática, Cilindros de Inducción Cromática, Port of La Guaira, LaGuaira, Venezuela.Grain silos, 35 m height and 4 000 m2 (115 ft. height and 13 123 sq. ft).Architect: Guinand, Brillembourg.

1975 - Ambientación Cromática, Ambientación Cromática, Torre ABA, Caracas, Venezuela.Ceiling, door and floor of the main hall, 11 x 40 m (36 x 131 ft), Arch. Julio Maragall.Architect: Julio Maragall.

1975 - Environnement chromatique, Environnement chromatique, Union de Banques Suissesheadquarters (UBS), Flurpark SBG, Zürich, Switzerland.Global intervention inside the building.Architect: Fred A. Widmer, Reinhard Widmer.

1976 - Physichromie double face, Physichromie double face, Place du Venezuela, Paris, France.3 x 18 m double-sided (10 x 59 ft).Architect: Tony Blanco Navarro.

1977 - Ambientación Cromática, Ambientación Cromática, Simón Bolívar Hydroelectric Plant,Guri, Venezuela.Global intervention inside the building. Hall n°1: 26 x 260 x 23 m (85 x 853 x 75 ft); Halln° 2: 28 x 300 x 26 m (92 x 984 x 85 ft).Engineer: Herman Roo, Argenis Gamboa, Efraín Carrera, Gerardo Chavarri.



1980 - Plafond Physichromie, Plafond Physichromie, Passenger platform at the railway station,Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France.104 x 7,20 m (341 x 24 ft).Architect: Renzo Moro.

1982 - Fisicromía cóncavo-convexa. Homenaje a Don Andrés Bello, Fisicromía cóncavo-convexa.Homenaje a Don Andrés Bello, Plaza Andrés Bello, Caracas, Venezuela.3,60 x 38 m double-sided (12 x 125 ft).Architect: Manolo Silveira.

1982 - Cromoestructura radial - Homenaje al Sol, Cromoestructura radial - Homenaje al Sol,roundabout Las Trinitarias, Barquisimeto, Venezuela.32 steel elements of 3 x 15 m each (10 x 49 ft), 80 m circle (262 ft).Engineer: Alfred Pappe, Jaime Domínguez, Alexander Potyka, Estanislao Potyka, IvánFaroh.

1988 - Inducción Cromática a doble frecuencia, Inducción Cromática a doble frecuencia, Facadeof the Torre Stratos Building, Valencia, Venezuela.43 x 7 m (141 x 23 ft).Architect: Carlos Yáñez, Vicente Antonorsi, Juan Carlos Láncara.

1989 - Inducción Cromática por cambio de frecuencia, Inducción Cromática por cambio defrecuencia, Port of La Guaira, La Guaira, Venezuela.3 x 2 000 m (10 x 6 561 ft),destroyed on October 20th, 2005.

1991 - Fisicromía para Madrid, Fisicromía para Madrid, Parque Juan Carlos I, Madrid, Spain.2 x 40 m (6 1/2 x 131 ft).Engineer: Miguel Angel Moreno, Emilio Baños.

1991 - Fisicromía para Andorra, Fisicromía para Andorra, Spain’s border, Sant Julià de Lòria,Andorra.1,50 x 24 m (5 x 79 ft).

1994 - Cilindros de Inducción Cromática por cambio de frecuencia, Cilindros de InducciónCromática por cambio de frecuencia, Silos de Molinos Dominicanos, Port, Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic.28 grain silos of 11 256 m2 (121 158 sq. ft).

1997 - Fuente de Inducción Cromática, Fuente de Inducción Cromática, Porlamar, Venezuela.Three arches of 4 x ø 8 m each (26 ft).

1997 - Ambientación Cromática, Ambientación Cromática, Museo de la Estampa y del DiseñoCarlos Cruz-Diez, Caracas, Venezuela.Physichromie of 2 x 53 m (6 1/2 x 174 ft); Induction Chromatique à double fréquence of 2x 50 m (6 1/2 x 164 ft).

2007 - Ambientación Cromática, Ambientación Cromática, Centro Nacional de Acción Social por laMúsica - Sala Simón Bolivar, Sistema Nacional de Orquestas Juveniles e Infantiles deVenezuela, Caracas, Venezuela.Couleur Additive displayed throughout the 1500-seat concert hall and on the backdrop;Induction Chromatique à double fréquence floor of 550 m2 (1 804 sq. ft).Architect: Tomás Lugo.

2011 - Chromatic Induction in a Double Frequency, Chromatic Induction in a Double Frequency,Walkways at the Marlins Ballpark Stadium, Miami, United States.1 672 m2 (5 485 sq. ft).



2012 - Modulación sustractiva, Modulación sustractiva, Sister Carmelita's hall, Academia Merici,Caracas, Venezuela.Stained glass, 6 modules (Transchromie) of 6.87 x 13.9 m (22 1/2 x 45 1/2 ft).Architect: Oscar Carpio, Pablo Zulli.

2014 - Transchromie Washington, Transchromie Washington, One CityCenter’s Covington &Burling LLP hall building, Washington, D.C., United States.Two Physichromies of 370 x 305 cm (145 x 120 in) and 461 x 380 cm (181 x 150 in) andone Transchromie in 13 sections for a total length of 34,6 m (113 ft).Architect: Debra Lehman-Smith (LSM).

2014 - Physichromie Berrini One, Physichromie Berrini One, Berrini One Building, São Paulo,Brazil.3 x 58 m (10 x 190 ft).Architect: Aflalo / Gasperini.

2014 - Transchromie Faena House, Transchromie Faena House, Miami Beach, United States.875 x 400 x 50 cm (344 1/2 x 157 1/2 x 19 1/2 in).Architect: Norman Foster, Brandon Haw.

2014 - Cromovela, Cromovela, Cinta Costera III, Panama, Republic of Panama.11 m (36 ft).

2015 - Cromoestructura, Cromoestructura, Kenex Plaza Building, Panama, Republic of Panama.North Facade: 9,36 x 42,5 m (31 x 139 ft); West Facade: 9,36 x 36,25 m (31 x 119 ft).

2016 - Physichromie Longchamp, Physichromie Longchamp, Boutique Longchamp, Paris, France.460 x 220 cm (181 x 87 in).

Ephemeral Events

1969 - Labyrinthe de Chromosaturation [Chromosaturation pour un lieu public], Labyrinthe deChromosaturation [Chromosaturation pour un lieu public], Festival "Art dans la rue",boulevard Saint-Germain, Paris, France.20 booths of 2,75 x 1,20 m each (108 x 47 in), organized by the Centre National d’ArtContemporain.

1975 - Color Aditivo en pasos peatonales, Color Aditivo en pasos peatonales, Avenida Principal deSabana Grande and other avenues, Caracas, Venezuela.Intervention on crosswalks at the festival “El Artista y la Ciudad”, organized by the FederalDistrict Government.

1989 - Induction Chromatique à double fréquence, Induction Chromatique à double fréquence,autobus public, Marseille, France.Intervention on a public bus on regular service at the festival “l'Art dans la rue” at theprogram “l’Été marseillais”.

1989 - Couleur Additive, Couleur Additive, La Canebière, Place Général de Gaulle, Marseille,France.Intervention on three crosswalks at the festival “l'Art dans la rue” on the occasion of “l’Étémarseillais”.

1995 - Couleur Additive, Couleur Additive, Centro Cultural de Boulogne-Billancourt, Boulogne-Billancourt, France.Entrance floor to the exhibition “Venezuela: De l'art populaire à l’art contemporain”.

2009 - Couleur Additive, Couleur Additive, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), Houston,United States.Intervention on 4 crosswalks within the framework of the exhibition “North Looks South”.



2010 - Couleur Additive, Couleur Additive, Miami Beach Convention Center (MBCC), Miami Beach,United States.Intervention on two crosswalks on the occasion of Art Basel Miami Beach art fair.

2011 - Induction Chromatique à double fréquence, Induction Chromatique à double fréquence,Miami Beach, United States.Intervention on a public bus on regular service between artfairs Burst Art Fair and ArtBasel Miami Beach.

2011 - Induction Chromatique Double Fréquence on a wall, Induction Chromatique DoubleFréquence on a wall, Casa Daros, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Intervention on the perimeter wall of 2,5 x 87 m (8 x 285 ft), on the occasion of“Meridianos” program.

2011 - Couleur Additive, Couleur Additive, Train station, University of Essex and Firstsite,Colchester, United Kingdom.Intervention on four crosswalks on the occasion of new Firstsite’s building.

2012 - Induction Chromatique à double fréquence, Induction Chromatique à double fréquence,Place des Victoires, Paris, France.Intervention on tarpaulin of 0,83 x 45 m (3 x 147 1/2 ft)at the exhibition “RVB” at theMusée en Herbe.

2014 - Induction Chromatique à double fréquence pour l’Edmund Gardner Ship, InductionChromatique à double fréquence pour l’Edmund Gardner Ship, Liverpool’s Albert Dock,Liverpool, United Kingdom.Dazzle ship. Intervention on the “Edmund Gardner” vessel of 4,4 x 9,6 x 54 m (14 x 31 x177 ft) at the 1st World War commemorations. In collaboration with Liverpool Biennial,Tate Liverpool, 14-18 Now and Merseyside Maritime Museum.

2014 - Intervention Chromatique dans la Cour ovale, Intervention Chromatique dans la Courovale, Cour Ovale, Maison de l’Amérique latine, Paris, France.Intervention on 16 pilasters at the interior court.

2016 - Environnement Chromatique, Environnement Chromatique, Palais d’Iéna, Paris, France.Ephemeral intervention on the occasion of the exhibition “Carlos Cruz-Diez : Un êtreflottant”, Galerie Mitterrand, Paris. 28 suspended Inductions Chromatiques of 4 x 2,7 m;Induction Chromatique on the floor of 42 x 3 m; Environnement Chromointerférent.

Honors and Awards

1966 - Grand Prize, III Bienal Americana de Arte, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Faculty ofScience, Córdoba, Argentina.

1967 - International Painting Prize, IX Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.

1969 - Second Prize, Festival International de la Peinture, Château-Musée de Cagnes-sur-Mer,Cagnes-sur-Mer, France.

1971 - National Art Award, Instituto Nacional de Cultura y Bellas Artes (INCIBA), Caracas,Venezuela.

1973 - Order Andrés Bello, Second Class, Palacio de Miraflores, Caracas, Venezuela.

1976 - Integración de las Artes Award, VI Bienal de Arquitectura, Colegio de Arquitectos deVenezuela, Caracas, Venezuela.

1981 - Order Andrés Bello, First Class, Caracas, Venezuela.

1986 - Rank of Officer, Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Paris, France.

1992 - Gold Medal, Norwegian International Print Triennale, Oslo, Norway.



1994 - Rank of Commander, Orden Heráldica Cristóbal Colón, Santo Domingo, DominicanRepublic.

2002 - Rank of Commandeur, Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Paris, France.

2006 - Honorary Doctorate, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas, Venezuela.

2007 - Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts, Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela.

2011 - Golden Medal, Americas Society/Council of the Americas, New York, United States.

2012 - Premio Penagos de Dibujo, Fundación Mapfre, Madrid, Spain.

2012 - Rank of Officer of the National Order of the Legion of Honor, Paris, France.

2012 - Páez Medal of Art, Venezuelan American Endowment for the Arts (VAEA), New York,United States.

2014 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Universidad Central, Caracas, Venezuela.

2015 - Turner Medal, City University, London, United Kingdom.

2016 - The International Trebbia Award, Trebbia Foundation, Prague, Czech Republic.

Public Collections

- Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, United States.

- Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom.

- Centre National d’Art Contemporain, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France.

- Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany.

- Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France.

- Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Sofía Imber, Caracas, Venezuela.

- Galería de Arte Nacional (GAN), Caracas, Venezuela.

- Josef Albers Museum Quadrat Bottrop, Bottrop, Germany.

- Museum für Konkrete Kunst Ingolstadt (MKKI), Ingolstadt, Germany.

- Kunstverein Gelsenkirchen, Gelsenkirchen, Germany.

- Neue Pinakothek, Munich, Germany.

- Museum Gegenstandsfreier Kunst, Otterndorf, Germany.

- Arithmeum, Bonn, Germany.

- Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, Australia.

- Leopold-Hoesch-Museum, Düren, Germany.

- Kunsthalle Messmer, Riegel am Kaiserstuhl, Germany.


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