salinas

Baruj Salinas (b. 1935, Havana): An architect by training – he studied at Kent State University in Ohio – Salinas found early success as a painter and engraver.After his exile from Cuba in 1959, he moved to Miami. In 1974 he moved to Barcelona, Spain, where he worked closely with painters of the stature of Miró and Tapies. He is regularly featured in solo shows in galleries in Europe and the United States. His participation in group exhibitions includes Recent Developments in Latin American Drawing at The Art Institute of Chicago, Outside Cuba,Breaking Barriers: Selections from the Museum of Art’s Permanent Contemporary Cuban Collection at the Museum of Art in Fort Lauderdale. He is the winner of numerous awards, including the Prize to Excellency at the VII Grand Prix International de Peinture in Cannes, a first prize at the IV Pan American Exhibition in Miami, and a first prize at the Sexta Bienal de San Juan del Grabado Latinoamericano in San Juan. His works is in the collections of museums in Israel, Spain, Colombia, Mexico and the United States, including that of the Miami-Dade Public Library.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2008

“New Paintings”, Interamerican Gallery, MDC, Miami, FL.

2007

“Retorno de las Nubes”, Farside Gallery, Miami, FL

“Baruj Salinas: Homenaje a Maria Zambrano”, Sala de Exposiciones, Diputación de Málaga, Spain.

“Baruj Salinas: A Retrospective”, ICCAS Casa Bacardi, University of Miami,FL.

2004

“Otra Mirada”, Fabero, (León) Spain

“Gouaches” , Pesqueira Gallery, Key Biscayne, FL.

“Claros del Bosque”, MDC Frances Wolfson Gallery Miami, FL

2003

“Otra Mirada”, Astorga, (León) Spain

"Pintar de Palabras", Centro Cultural Español, Coral Gables, FL.

2002

"Gesta", Galerie Editart, Geneva, Switzerland

"New Works", Central Connecticut State University, Samuel Chen Art Center, Hartford, CT.

2001

25 Años de Obra Gráfica (Retrospectiva), Galeria Trazo, Mexico City

2000

Partial Retrospective of Paintings, Espace Vallon-Galerie Editart, Geneva, Switzerland

1999

Galeria Trazo, Mexico City

1998

America’s Collection, Coral Gables, FL

Amalia Mahoney Gallery, Chicago, IL.

1997

Fundación Maria Zambrano, Velez-Malaga, Spain.

1996

Galerie Editart, Geneva, Switzerland.

Galeria Alfredo Melgar, Madrid, Spain.

1995

Art Institute of Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

1994

Shuyu Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.

Forum de las Artes, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

The Art Gallery, Continental Bank, Miami, FL.

1993

Galeria Torculo, Madrid, Spain.

Galeria Pemex, Mexico City

Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Coral Gables, FL

Museum Villa du Parc, Annemasse, France.

Caja de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.

1992 Museo Rayo, Roldanillo, Colombia.

Centro Cultural Fatima, Monterrey, Mexico.

Galerie Editart, "Nocturno Duo", with Vahe Godel, Geneva, Switzerland.

1991

Galerie Editart, Geneva, Switzerland.

1989

Galerie Gisele Linder, Basel, Switzerland.

Galeria Nomen, Barcelona, Spain.

1988

Galeria Torculo, Madrid, Spain.

Galerie des Arcades, Bern, Switzerland.

Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City

Galeria del Palau, Valencia, Spain.

Basel, Switzerland.

Artconsult, Boston, MASS.

Witte Museum, San Antonio, TX.

COLLECTIONS

Art Museum of Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
Arte del Siglo XX, Casa de la Asegurada, Alicante, Spain.
Bacardi Collection, Miami, Fl
Beit Uri Museum, Israel.
Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Spain.
Cabinet des Estampes, Geneva, Switzerland.
Cuban Museum of Art, Miami, FL.
Fundacion Joan Miro, Barcelona, Spain.
Fundación Maria Zambrano, Velez-Malaga, Spain.
Fundacion Miguel Aleman, Mexico City
Institute of International Education, New York, NY.
Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mexico City
Musee Villa du Parc, Annemasse, France
John Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL.
Lowe Art Museum (Cuban Collection) Coral Gables, Fl.
McNay Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX.
Museo Alvar Carrillo Gil, Mexico City
Museo Arte Contemporaneo LatinoAmericano (MACLA), La Plata, Argentina.
Museo Cuevas, Mexico City
Museo de Arte Moderno, Ibiza, Spain.
Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City
Museo de Villafames, Villafames, Spain.
Museo Rayo, Roldanillo, Colombia.
Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City
Museu Nacional D'Árt de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.
Museum of Art, Budapest, Hungary.
Museum of the Americas (OAS), Washington, DC.
Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI.
Pemex Collection, Mexico City
Phoenix Museum of Art, Phoenix, AZ.
Public Library, City of Miami, Miami, FL.
San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX.
University of Ohio Museum of Art, Miami, OH.
Villa de Montecatini Collection, Italy
Museo Maria Zambrano, Velez-Malaga, Spain