Lionel Cruet

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

2014 - MFA Thesis Exhibition, CUNY – The City College of New York, New York, NY

2013 - 11 Bienal de Artes Mediales, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile

2013 - Feria de Arte Sonoro, El Status, Universidad del Sagrado Corazón, San Juan, PR

2013 - Rapid Pulse International Performance Festival 2013, Defibrillator Gallery, Chicago, IL

2013 - Sea and Sky, Liz Afif Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2013 - Working it out!, The Painting Center, New York, NY

2013 - SuperReal: Alternative Realities in Photography and Video, El Museo del Barrio New York, NY

2013 - Igniting Self-Expression, Casita Maria Gallery, Bronx, NY

2013 - ¡Dale! from Puerto Rico to Galapagos Islands, Casita Maria Gallery, Bronx, NY

2012 - DIAP First MFA Show, Compton Goethals Hall, CCNY, New York, NY

2012 - Artist Wanted: Art Takes Time Square, Chashama, New York, NY

2011 - Graduate Exhibition, La Galeria Nacional, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, PR

2011 - Florece la primavera Glade, Escuela de Artes Plásticas with Glade; Grant, San Juan, PR

2011 - Intersecciones: arte y naturaleza, Escuela de Artes Plásticas Gallery, San Juan, PR

2010 - Image and Design: annual exhibition, Escuela de Artes Plásticas Gallery, San Juan, PR

2009 - Image and Design: annual exhibition, Escuela de Artes Plásticas Gallery, San Juan, PR

Collaborations

2015 - Strange Oasis, Project by Pablo Helguera, Kent Fine Art, New York, NY

2015 - Ripen: Forbidden Truth Leslie Parker, HERE and Performance Mix Festival, New York, NY

2014 - Artist Summer Institute Lower Manhattan Cultural Council + Creative Capital, New York, NY

2014 - Poetics of ReparationMonica Carrillo aka Oru and Martin Fuks

2013 - Spanish Lessons, A Project by Gabriel Orozco, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, NY

2013 - Building Community Center for Youth Program Quality, New York, NY

2012 - Figure Drawing Atelier, A Project by Nicole Eisenman, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

2010 - Araña de Agua Dhara Rivera Art Collective, San Juan, PR

2009 - Araña de Agua Dhara Rivera Art Collective, Dorado, PR