Lionel Cruet (born in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a contemporary audiovisual and geopolitical artist best known for depicting the interactive nature of the environment using digital printing, performance, and installations. Cruet lives in both New York City and San Juan, Puerto Rico and frequently collaborates with other artists, as well as musicians, students, writers, and communities.
In 2013, Cruet was the recipient of the Juan Downey Audiovisual Award at the 11th Annual Media Arts Biennale at the Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts in Santiago, Chile.
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Education and career
Cruet received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School of Plastic Arts of Puerto Rico (Escuela de Artes Plásticas y Diseño de Puerto Rico) in 2011 and a Masters of Fine Arts from the City College of New York in 2014.
In 2016, Cruet participated in the Artist in the Marketplace (AIM) Program at The Bronx Museum of the Arts which provides professional development opportunities and mentorships to emerging artists and audiovisual performers living in New York City.
In his 2014 solo exhibition, Lionel Cruet: In Between, Real and Digital at the Bronx River Art Center in New York City, Cruet presented a digitally interactive show to incite pertinent discussions relating to geopolitics, nature, and technology.
In 2013, Cruet's art was featured in various group exhibitions including "SuperReal: Alternative Realities in Photography and Video" at El Museo del Barrio in New York, "Colonial Comfort" at the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico, and "Sound Art Fair at Sala de las Artes" at the Universidad del Sagrado Corazón in Puerto Rico.
Cruet's work has been published in Made in Mind Magazine, Designboom, and Catálogodiseño Magazine.
Cruet has served as a Teaching Assistant of 2D Design under Professor Joy Garnett at the City College of New York and as a Teaching Artist and Mentor at Casita Maria Center for Arts and Education, a contributing organization to the Center for Bronx Non-Profits (CBNP).
Articles, Reviews, and Publications
2015 - Puerto Rico Art News, Exhibition ExplorArt: Puerto Rico
2014 - Zona f8, Exhibicion fotografica ‘Colonial Comfort’ en St. Croix
2014 - Repeating Islands, Colonial Comfort in St. Croix
2014 - ARC the Magazine, Colonial Comfort photography exhibition CMCArts in St Croix
2014 - Arte-Sur.org, Colonial Comfort
2014 - Art Haps, Lionel Cruet: In Between, Real and Digital
2014 - NY Art Beat, Lionel Cruet: In Between, Real and Digital
2014 - American Towns Bronx NY, Exhibition - Lionel Cruet: In Between, Real and Digital
2014 - Time Out New York, Lionel Cruet: In Between, Real and Digital
2014 - Michael Corbin, Interview, Environmental Immersion ArtBookGuy, NY
2013 - Daniela Silva Astorga, Hoy comienza la Bienal de Artes Mediales
2013 - Artishock, Autonomía: La Bienal de Artes Mediales y su enfoque artístico cultural y educacional
2013 - Cheryl Hartub, FAS/PR/2013, Visión Doble, (San Juan, PR)
2013 - David Gonzalez, Lens Blog: What Is Real, The New York Times (New York, NY)
2011 - Ana Teresa Toro, El muchacho y las tortugas El Nuevo Dia, Art & Culture Supplement (San Juan, PR)
2011 - David Moscoso & Dhara Rivera, Cosiendo Agua, Collective Anaña de Agua (online review on vimeo.com)
2010 - Ana Teresa Toro, También la curiosidad se siembra El Nuevo Dia, Art & Culture Supplement (San Juan, PR)
2010 - Ana Teresa Toro, Puntadas para el agua El Nuevo Dia, Art & Culture (San Juan, PR)
2010 - Vasco A. Carinhas, Photo Gallery Papel Mag, (San Juan, PR)
2009 - Artefacto2, Artefacto2 (San Juan, PR)
2009 - David Moscoso, Homenaje al Pterocaurpus Dhara Rivera and Collective
Solo Exhibitions
2015 - Colonial Comfort, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico (MAC PR), San Juan, PR
2015 - An Economy of Light, XY Atelier, New York, NY
2015 - Explorart: Puerto Rico, Vargas Gallery, Jose Maria Vargas University, Pembroke Pines, Miami, FL
2014 - Colonial Comfort, Caribbean Museum Center for the Arts, Frederiksted, St. Croix, USVI, Curated by Lisa Ladner
2014 - Lionel Cruet: In Between, Real and Digital, Bronx River Art Center, Bronx, NY, Curated by Karine Duteil
2014 - Jardin Cerra, Recinto Cerra, San Juan, PR
2014 - Me, Myself & I, Runnels Gallery, Golden Library, Eastern New Mexico University, NM
