Carlos Cruz-Diez

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: formed by Color, Americas Society, 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, MALBA, Buenos Aires 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, Americas Society, 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, Germany, 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, National University of Córdoba, 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, 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 Doctor Honoris Causa, Casa Rectoral, Simón Bolívar University, Caracas, Venezuela.
• 2007 Doctor Honoris Causa in Art, University of the Andes, Mérida, Venezuela.
• 2008 Honorary Medal of the city of Marcigny, Marcigny, France.
• 2010 AICA 2009 Award, International Association of Art Critics, 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. .
• 2012 Premio Penagos, Fundación Mapfre, Madrid, Spain.
• 2015 Turner Medal for Colour, Physical Society of London, London, United Kingdom.