Carlos Alberto Cruz Boix

Carlos Boix (born June 1949, in Havana, Cuba) is an artist.

Considered a self-taught artist as he had no formal academic training, he uses different art forms, including drawing, painting, ceramics, engraving and graphic design. He worked as an illustrator for the newspaper Juventud Rebelde, Havana, Cuba. Based in Europe, he has lived in Paris, Stockholm, Algeria, Tunisia, Geneva and, since 2009, in Madrid.

Awards During his life he has received many awards and honours such as First Prize in Drawing at the Salón Nacional para Artistas Jóvenes, in Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba, 1971 and First Prize in Painting at I Salón Nacional de Pintura y Escultura Carlos Enríquez, Centro de Arte, Havana, Cuba, 1980.

Collections The principal collections of his work are Casa de las Américas, Havana, Cuba; the Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden; the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana, Cuba; the National Bank of Cuba's offices in London, UK.

Exhibitions

Individual exhibitions 2007 Galería de José de Ibarra, Barcelona, Spain 2007 Deutscher Ring, Hamburg, Germany 2005 Galeria Sonia Zannettacci, Geneva, Switzerland 2005 Artevie, Abbaye de Cercanceaux, Souppes sur Loing, France 2004 Modern Art Gallery Studio f.22, Palazzolo s/O, Italy 2002 Eskilstuna Konstmuseum, Eskilstuna, Sweden 2002 Monasterio de San Francisco, Havana, Cuba 2002 Galeria Sonia Zannettacci, Geneva, Switzerland 2001 Dalarnas Museum, Falun, Sweden 2000 Modern Art Gallery Studio f.22, Palazzolo s/O, Italy 1999 Salon Art Open, Essen, Germany 1999 Galerie Cherif Fine Art, La Marsa, Tunisia 1998 Galerie Arte Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco 1996 Galerie Art Présent, Paris, France 1995 Galerie Editart, Geneva, Switzerland 1994 Moderne Art Gallery Studio f.22, Palazzolo s/O, Italy 1994 Galleria Severgnini, Cernusco-Milano, Italy 1993 Galerie L'Orangerie, Neuchâtel, Switzerland 1992 Centre d'Art en l'Ile, Geneva, Switzerland 1992 Galleria Severgnini, Cernusco-Milano, Italy 1991 Galleria Linea 70, Verona, Italy 1991 Galleria de Clemente, Brescia, Italy 1990 Modern Art Gallery Studio f.22, Palazzolo s/O, Italy 1990 Galleria Rinaldo Rotta, Genua, Italy 1988 Galerie L'Oeil du Boeuf, Paris, France 1984 Konstfrämjandet, Stockholm, Sweden 1983 Latinamerikanska institutet, Stockholm, Sweden 1980 Museo de Artes Decorativas, Havana, Cuba 1980 Fundación Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba 1979 Galería de la UNEAC, Havana, Cuba 1979 Galería de Plaza, Havana, Cuba 1979 Konstfrämjandet, Stockholm, Sweden 1975 Prensa Latina, Havana, Cuba

Collective exhibitions

2006 Art en Capital, Grand Palais, Paris, France 2003 Modern Art Gallery Studio f.22, Palazzolo s/O, Italy 2001 Galerie Reinhold Ketelbutere, Bruxelles, Belgium 1997 Galleria Artistudio, Milano, Italy 1997 Galleria del Rigoletto, Milano, Italy 1996 Salon de Mai, Paris, France 1996 Galleria Severgnini, Cernusco-Milan, Italy 1995 Galerie Editart, Geneva, Switzerland 1995 Salon Comparaisons, Paris, France 1995 Salon de Mai, Paris, France 1995 Grands et jeunes d'aujourd'hui, Paris, France 1994 Modern Art Gallery Studio f.22, Palazzolo s/O, Italy 1994 Galleria Severgnini, Cernusco-Milano, Italy 1993 Galerie de l'Orangerie, Neuchâtel, Switzerland 1991 Art Gallery Pewny, Geneva, Switzerland 1991 Galerie Editart, Geneva, Switzerland 1991 Institut National Genevois, Geneva, Switzerland 1990 Galerie Editart, Geneva, Switzerland 1990 Salon Comparaisons, Paris, France 1990 Espacio Latinoamericano, Paris, France 1990 Modern Art Gallery Studio f.22, Palazzolo s/O, Italy 1988 Espacio Latinoamericano, Paris, France 1984 Bienal Internacional de La Habana, Cuba