Carlos Cruz-Diez (17 August 1923 – 27 July 2019) was a Venezuelan artist said by some scholars to have been "one of the greatest artistic innovators of the 20th century."

Exhibitions

* ''Physichromies de Cruz-Diez: Oeuvres de 1954 à 1965'', Galerie Kerchache, Paris, France, 1965. * ''Cordoba Has III Bienal Interamericana de Arte'', Cordoba, Argentina, October 1966. * ''Physichromies, Couleur Additive, Induction Chromatique, Chromointerferences'', Galerie Denise René, 1971, New York, NY. * Venezuelan Art Show presented by the Consulate General of Venezuela, Galeria Venezuela, New York, NY, October 1980. * ''Geometric Abstraction: Latin American Art from the Patricica Phelps de Cisneros Collection'', Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, August–November 2001. * ''Geométriques et cinétiques'', Gabinete de Arte Raquel Arnaud, São Paulo, Brésil Cruz-Diez, Galerie d'art de Créteil, France. Cruz-Diez, Galerie Lavigne Bastille, Paris, 2002. * ''Couleur événement'', Galerie Lavignes Bastille, Paris, 2004. * ''Carlos Cruz-Diez: (In)formed by Color'',

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, New York, NY, 2008. * ''Cruz-Diez, 50 ans de recherche'', Galerie Lavigne Bastille, Paris, from November 2009 to March 2010. * ''Carlos Cruz-Diez: El color en el espacio y en el tiempo'',

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2011. * ''Circumstance and Ambiguity of Color'', at Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York, NY, from 2 May to 28 June 2013. * ''Carlos Cruz-Diez in Black & White'',

, New York, NY, 2014. * ''Carlos Cruz-Diez: Evolving Color'', Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood, CA, from 17 May until 26 July 2014. * ''Transfiguration de la couleur'', at Marlborough Gallery, Monaco, from 19 March until 26 May 2015. * ''Chromatic Transfiguration'', at Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York, NY, from 28 May to 3 July 2015. * ''Light Show,'' Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia, from May to 5 July 2015.' * ''Didaktik und dialektik der farbe'', Kleine Museum, Weißenstadt,

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, from 7 July to 17 October 2015. * ''Carlos Cruz-Diez: Mastering Colour'', at Puerta Roja, Hong Kong, from 18 March to 25 May 2017. * ''Carlos Cruz-Diez: Luminous Reality'', at Phillips Gallery, London, UK from 16 July to 6 September 2018.

Selected works

* , 1954–65 * , 1960 * , 1969

Awards

* 1966 Grand award, III Bienal Americana de Arte,

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, Exact science department, Córdoba, Argentina. * 1967 International painting Award, IX Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil. * 1969 Second prize, International painting festival, Château-Musée de Cagnes-sur-Mer, Cagnes-sur-Mer, France. * 1971 National Prize of Plastic Arts of Venezuela, National Institute of Arts and Culture (INCIBA), Caracas, Venezuela. * 1976 Art integration award, VI Architecture Biennale, Architecture school of Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela. * 1981 Order of Andrés Bello, First class, Caracas, Venezuela. * 2002 Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, París, France. * 2006

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, Casa Rectoral, Simón Bolívar University, Caracas, Venezuela. * 2007

in Art, University of the Andes, Mérida, Venezuela. * 2008 Honorary Medal of the city of

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, Marcigny, France. * 2010 AICA 2009 Award,

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, Caracas, Venezuela. * 2011 Gold Medal of the Americas Society, Cipriani Wall Street, New York City. 31st Annual Spring Party, organized by Americas Society. * 2011 Best living artist award, Estampa 2011 fair, Madrid, Spain. * 2012 Ordre National de la Légion d'Honneur, Officier, París, France. * 2012 Paez Medal of Art, New York City. (VAEA). * 2012 Premio Penagos, Fundación Mapfre, Madrid, Spain. * 2015 Turner Medal for Colour,

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, London, United Kingdom.

References

Other sources

* Bann, Stephen. Four Essays on Kinetic Art. St. Albans: Motion Books 1966. * Brett, Guy. ''Kinetic Art''. New York: Reinhold Book Corporation 1968. *

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''Origins and Development of Kinetic Art'', Studio Vista and New York Graphic Society, 1968 * Chacon, Katherine. Carlos Cruz-Diez: Cultural Center of the Fundacion Corp Group Art Nexus no. 44 April/June 2002 * Glueck, Grace. ART REVIEW: A Universe of Art, Centered in Boston. New York Times August 17, 2001. * Latin American Research Review Vol. 3, No. 1 (Autumn, 1967), pp. 189–90 * On Campus: The University of Texas at Austin September 13, 1999 Constructive Horizons: The Latin American Perspective. * Yunes, Gladis. Luisa Richter: Museo de la Estampa y del Diseno Carlos Cruz-Diez. Art Nexus no. 43 Ja/Mr 2002

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