biografía de Emilio CRUZ (1938-2004)

Lugar de nacimiento: NYC

Direcciones: Chicago, IL

Profesión: Painter, educator

Estudios: ASL, with Edwin Dickinson, George Grosz, Frank Reilly; John Hay Whitney fel, 1964-1965; Cintas Found fel, 1965-1966.

Exposiciones: Sun Gallery, Provincetown, MA, 1959-61, 1963; Zabriskie Gallery, NYC, 1963, 1965 (solo); Richard Grey Gallery, Chicago, 1963; Gallery of Modern Art, NYC, 1965; Univ. of North Carolina, 1965; Wadsworth Athenaeum, Hartford, CT, 1965; American Federation of Arts, 1965-66; Dickson Art Center, Los Angeles, 1966; 1st World Festival of Nefro Arts, Dakar, Senegal, Africa, 1966; UCLA, 1966; RISD, 1966; Ithaca, NY, Mus. of Art, 1966; Bowdoin Col., 1966; Martha Jackson Gallery, NYC, 1966; PMA, 1967; Fontana Gallery, Phila., 1967; American Greetings Gallery, NYC, 1968; BMFA, 1968; Minneapolis Inst. of Art, 1968; Nat Collection Fine Arts, Smithsonian Inst, Washington, DC, 1968; SFMA, 1969; Univ Tex Mus, Austin, 1969; High Mus., Atlanta, 1969; Flint, MI, Inst. of Arts, 1969; Everson Mus. of Art, 1969; IBM Gallery of Arts & Sciences, 1969; Loretto-Hilton Gallery, Webster Col, Mo, 1969 (solo); Contemporary Arts Mus., 1970; NJ State Mus., 1970; Roberson Center for the Arts & Sciences, Binghampton, NY, 1970; UC Santa Barbara, 1970; Spanish Pavillion, Saint Louis, Mo, 1970. Awards: Walter Gutman Found, 1962; Nat Endowment Arts, 1970-1971.

Obra: MOMA; World Trade Ctr; Ciba-Geigy Collection; plus many others in pvt collections.

Comentarios: Positions: Chmn events & exhibs comt & dir, Wabash Transit Gallery, 1972-. Teaching: Ramblerny Sch Performing Arts, Bucks Co, Pa, 1967; mem bd educ, South Bronx Multi-Purpose Educ Serv, New York, 1967-1968; artist-in-residence team, Rockefeller-Danforth grant, Metrop Educ Coun Arts, Saint Louis, Mo, 1969; asst prof painting, Art Inst Chicago Sch, 1970-.

Fuentes: WW73; Cederholm, Afro-American Artists.