Lionel Cruet
Lionel Cruet (b. San Juan, Puerto Rico) lives and works in New York City and San Juan. Cruet received a Bachelor in Fine Arts from La Escuela de Artes Plásticas en Puerto Rico and a Master in Fine Arts from CUNY - The City College of New York, and a Masters in Education from the College of Saint Rose; was the recipient of the Juan Downey Audiovisual Award in 2013 at the 11th Media Arts Biennale at the National Museum of Fine Arts in Santiago, Chile and in 2018 was a Fellow at the Socrates Sculpture Park in New York City, and a fellow from The Laundromat project an organization that focuses on the arts and social engagement in New York City.
Cruet uses multiple mediums including experimental digital printing processes, performance, and audiovisual installations to confront issues that concern economics, geopolitics, and technology. Cruet's artworks have been included in exhibitions at the Bronx Museum of the Arts (2017); Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse (2017); Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico (2013); and Universidad de Sagrado Corazón, Puerto Rico (2014); and a solo exhibition at the Bronx River Art Center (2015) and have been reviewed Made in Mind Magazine, designboom, Daily Serving California College of the Arts, and Latinx Spaces. Cruet works with New York City Department of Education, as well as multiple nonprofits that promote art and aesthetic education for immigrant youth.
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Lionel Cruet - Rhetorics of an Uncertain Future
Special Project Curated by Dianne Brás-Feliciano, Ph.D. 24 Sep 2021 -
Lionel Cruet - Dusk/Daybreak
Solo Exhibition 21 Aug - 19 Sep 2020Yi Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of new works by Lionel Cruet, on view from August 21 through September 19. With a photographic aspect, focusing on the ecological...Read more
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Lionel CruetDusk / Daybreak 1, 2020
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Lionel CruetDusk / Daybreak 4, 2020
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Lionel CruetDusk / Daybreak 2, 2020
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Lionel CruetDusk / Daybreak 3, 2020
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Lionel CruetDusk / Daybreak 5, 2020
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Lionel CruetDusk / Daybreak 6, 2020
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Lionel CruetDusk Daybreak Exhibition Poster I, 2020
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Lionel CruetDusk Daybreak Exhibition Poster II, 2020
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Lionel CruetParadis, 2018
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Lionel CruetParadis, 2018
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Lionel CruetShade of Paradise, 2016
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Lionel CruetShade of Paradise, 2016
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Lionel CruetFractured Light (Sunrise), 2014
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Lionel CruetFractured Light (Sunset), 2014
Lionel Cruet is a visual artist and art educator born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He lives and works in New York City and San Juan where he has studied and exhibited his artwork. In his artistic work, he uses digital media from printed materials and audiovisual installations that confront problems related to the economy, geopolitics, and technology through referential metaphors about nature.
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LIONEL CRUET: DUSK/DAYBREAK
Noticias, ARTISHOCK, September 6, 2020 -
Creator Series: Lionel Cruet
Ann Binlot, atoms, September 3, 2020 -
Dusk / Daybreak Lionel Cruet
Blog, Terremoto, September 2, 2020 -
Delicious Line Exhibition Review
Audra Lambert, Delicious Line, August 27, 2020 -
El artista boricua Lionel Cruet presenta una nueva exhibición en Nueva York
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The Weekly Journal - Lionel Cruet Explores Ecological Spaces With Latest NYC Exhibit
Giovanna Garofalo, The Weekly Journal, August 26, 2020
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Lionel Cruet - Rhetorics of an Uncertain Future: Reflections on the Anthropocene
An Essay by Dianne Brás-Feliciano, Ph.D. September 23, 2021Rhetorics of an Uncertain Future: Reflections on the Anthropocene “Unless we change ourselves as individuals and our culture—the way we relate to the earth—we...Read more -
Lionel Cruet: Layers of Place
By Jonas Albro February 28, 2020In the digital era, our human understanding of location is rapidly changing. New possibilities are emerging in between “spaces” and “places.” Traditionally, a space is a physical area, a location defined by concrete measurements, with little to no significance outside that.Read more