Luis Cruz Azaceta
Luis Cruz Azaceta was born in Havana, Cuba in 1942. He fled the country as a teenager in 1960, and faced subsequent exile. He studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York and relocated to New Orleans in 1992. Working in a wide range of mediums, Azaceta's work spans conceptual, figurative, and abstract forms which speak to the state of humanity and society. His work addresses the Cuban struggle to escape harsh socio-political conditions, and the complications of the desire to return to a life that became inaccessible due to exile. His paintings, installations, sculptures, photo collages, and prints depict grotesque figures of greed, chaotic abstractions of industry, violence, and natural disasters, and create a feeling of entrapment. His recent series Swimming to Havana addresses exile and the endless state of limbo one faces when barred from their roots.
Azaceta has been awarded grants from The National Endowment of the Arts, the New York Foundation for the Arts, and The Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. His work is in permanent collections at the Miami Art Museum, The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, The Whitney Museum in New York, and the Houston …
Luis Cruz Azaceta was born in Havana, Cuba in 1942. He fled the country as a teenager in 1960, and faced subsequent exile. He studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York and relocated to New Orleans in 1992. Working in a wide range of mediums, Azaceta's work spans conceptual, figurative, and abstract forms which speak to the state of humanity and society. His work addresses the Cuban struggle to escape harsh socio-political conditions, and the complications of the desire to return to a life that became inaccessible due to exile. His paintings, installations, sculptures, photo collages, and prints depict grotesque figures of greed, chaotic abstractions of industry, violence, and natural disasters, and create a feeling of entrapment. His recent series Swimming to Havana addresses exile and the endless state of limbo one faces when barred from their roots.
Azaceta has been awarded grants from The National Endowment of the Arts, the New York Foundation for the Arts, and The Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. His work is in permanent collections at the Miami Art Museum, The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, The Whitney Museum in New York, and the Houston Museum of Fine Arts.
