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.
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.
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.
2007 Galería de José de Ibarra, Barcelona, Spain2007 Deutscher Ring, Hamburg, Germany2005 Galeria Sonia Zannettacci, Geneva, Switzerland2005 Artevie, Abbaye de Cercanceaux, Souppes sur Loing, France2004 Modern Art Gallery Studio f.22, Palazzolo s/O, Italy2002 Eskilstuna Konstmuseum, Eskilstuna, Sweden2002 Monasterio de San Francisco, Havana, Cuba2002 Galeria Sonia Zannettacci, Geneva, Switzerland2001 Dalarnas Museum, Falun, Sweden2000 Modern Art Gallery Studio f.22, Palazzolo s/O, Italy1999 Salon Art Open, Essen, Germany1999 Galerie Cherif Fine Art, La Marsa, Tunisia1998 Galerie Arte Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco1996 Galerie Art Présent, Paris, France1995 Galerie Editart, Geneva, Switzerland1994 Moderne Art Gallery Studio f.22, Palazzolo s/O, Italy1994 Galleria Severgnini, Cernusco-Milano, Italy1993 Galerie L'Orangerie, Neuchâtel, Switzerland1992 Centre d'Art en l'Ile, Geneva, Switzerland1992 Galleria Severgnini, Cernusco-Milano, Italy1991 Galleria Linea 70, Verona, Italy1991 Galleria de Clemente, Brescia, Italy1990 Modern Art Gallery Studio f.22, Palazzolo s/O, Italy1990 Galleria Rinaldo Rotta, Genua, Italy1988 Galerie L'Oeil du Boeuf, Paris, France1984 Konstfrämjandet, Stockholm, Sweden1983 Latinamerikanska institutet, Stockholm, Sweden1980 Museo de Artes Decorativas, Havana, Cuba1980 Fundación Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba1979 Galería de la UNEAC, Havana, Cuba1979 Galería de Plaza, Havana, Cuba1979 Konstfrämjandet, Stockholm, Sweden1975 Prensa Latina, Havana, Cuba2006 Art en Capital, Grand Palais, Paris, France2003 Modern Art Gallery Studio f.22, Palazzolo s/O, Italy2001 Galerie Reinhold Ketelbutere, Bruxelles, Belgium1997 Galleria Artistudio, Milano, Italy1997 Galleria del Rigoletto, Milano, Italy1996 Salon de Mai, Paris, France1996 Galleria Severgnini, Cernusco-Milan, Italy1995 Galerie Editart, Geneva, Switzerland1995 Salon Comparaisons, Paris, France1995 Salon de Mai, Paris, France1995 Grands et jeunes d'aujourd'hui, Paris, France1994 Modern Art Gallery Studio f.22, Palazzolo s/O, Italy1994 Galleria Severgnini, Cernusco-Milano, Italy1993 Galerie de l'Orangerie, Neuchâtel, Switzerland1991 Art Gallery Pewny, Geneva, Switzerland1991 Galerie Editart, Geneva, Switzerland1991 Institut National Genevois, Geneva, Switzerland1990 Galerie Editart, Geneva, Switzerland1990 Salon Comparaisons, Paris, France1990 Espacio Latinoamericano, Paris, France1990 Modern Art Gallery Studio f.22, Palazzolo s/O, Italy1988 Espacio Latinoamericano, Paris, France1984 Bienal Internacional de La Habana, Cuba