Was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1936. Graduated with a Master of Arts from the American University in Washington, DC, USA in 1961, after obtaining a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, in 1959.
1995-2000 • Director - Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte (University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, PR)
1975 • Director - Department of Fine Arts (University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, Faculty of Humanities, PR)
1971 • Interim Director - Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte (University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, PR)
1970 • Interim Director - Department of Fine Arts (University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, Faculty of Humanities, PR)
1968-75 • Fine Arts Professor (University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, Faculty of Humanities, PR)
1966-71 • President - Section of Plastic Arts (Ateneo Puertorriqueño, San Juan, PR)
1964 • Director’s Assistant - Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, San Juan, PR
1961-63 • Humanities Professor (University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, Faculty of General Studies, PR)
Selection
2014 • Selection of Paintings and Sculptures (1982-2014). Obra Gallery, Old San Juan, PR.
2012 • Figurative/Abstract (2008-2012). National Gallery, Old San Juan, PR.
2005 • Chimeric Landscapes. Petrus Gallery, San Juan, PR.
2003 • Retrospective 1960-2003. Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR.
2002 • Seas and skies. Biaggi Faure Gallery, Río Piedras, PR.
2001 • Paisajes, Monumental glass wall (dalles d’ verres). Fine Arts Center, Caguas, PR.
• From Geometry to Space. Museo de las Américas, Old San Juan, PR.
1991 • Chase Manhattan Bank, Hato Rey, PR.
1991 • Luis Hernández Cruz: Graphic Work 1962-1990, Tribute Exhibition. IX San Juan Biennial of Latin American and Caribbean Prints, San Juan, PR.
1990 • The Romantic Suite, 30 crayons over paper. Artist's Studio, Guaynabo, PR.
1988 • New Paintings. Antiguo Arsenal de la Marina Española, Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, San Juan, PR.
1986 • Paintings. Antiguo Arsenal de la Marina Española, Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, San Juan, PR.
1984-85 • Obra Reciente 1981-84. Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce, PR & Chase Manhattan Bank, Hato Rey, PR.
1983 • Coconut Grove Gallery, Virginia Miller Galleries, Miami, FL.
• Artspace, Virginia Miller Galleries, Miami, FL.
1981 • Inaugural Exhibition, Glass wall (dalles d’ verres): Formas y Trópicos (Shapes and Tropics). Puerto Rico Fine Arts Center, Santurce, PR.
• Creative Graphics. Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyvaskyla, Finland.
1980 • Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte. University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, PR.
• HUD Hubert Humphrey Bld., Washington, DC.
1978 • Meeting Point Art Center, Miami, FL.
• Andes Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
• Art Museum of the Americas, OEA, Washington, DC.
1976, 65, 61 • Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, San Juan, PR.
1975 • Special Space, XIII Sao Paulo Biennial, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
1973 • Museo del Grabado, San Juan, PR.
• Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Museum of Contemporary Art, Madrid, Spain.
1971 • Newark Museum, NJ.
• Caravan House Gallery, NY.
1970 • Luis Hernández Cruz - Pinturas - 69. Museo de Antropología, Historia y Arte, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR.
1969 • University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus, PR.
1968, 66 • La Casa del Arte, San Juan, PR
1968 • Institute of Hispanic Culture, Madrid, Spain.
1963 • Galería Sol 13, San Juan, PR.
1962 • Pinturas - Luis Hernández Cruz. Museo de Antropología, Historia y Arte, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR.
1961 • Pinturas - Luis Hernández Cruz. Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, PR.
Selection
2021 • El Arte en Tiempos de Pandemia: una Crónica Artística Puertorriqueña. Virtual exhibition. All About Art.
• […] ENTREFORMAS. Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. San Juan, PR.
2019 • Puerto Rico Plural. Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. San Juan, PR.
2017 • Summerford Legacy. American University Museum. Washington, DC.
2004 • International Sculpture Symposium on the Centennial of the University of Puerto Rico. University of Puerto Rico, PR. (1992).
2003 • Paradise Lost - Aspects of Landscape in Latin America. Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, FL.
2001 • Art on paper. Museo Luis González Robles, University of Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain.
1994 • Puerto Rican Artists at UNESCO. Association of Plastic Artists of Puerto Rico, Ferré Rangel Foundation, UNESCO Room, Paris, France.
• Chiesa, Irizarry, Hernández Cruz and Suárez. Museo de Arte de Ponce, PR; Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, San Juan, PR; Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC.
1992 • From Torres García to Soto. Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC.
• Eco-92 Exhibition. Banco Bozano, Simonsen, Río de Janeiro, Brazil.
1991 • XII International Art Impact Festival. Kyoto City Museum, Japan.
• IV La Habana Biennial. Cuba.
1989 • XVIII Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts. Ljubljana, Yugoslavia. (1983, 81, 79, 77, 75).
1988 • Olympiad of Arts. Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea.
• XII International Print Biennial. Krakow, Poland.
• The Latin American Spirit: Art and Artists in the US 1920-1970. The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY.
• XI International Exhibition of Drawings. Rijeka, Yugoslavia. (1985-84).
• V International Biennial of Portrait. Tuzla, Yugoslavia.
1987 • First International Cuenca Biennial. Cuenca, Ecuador.
1986 • VIII Norwegian International Print Biennale. Fredrikstad, Norway. (1984, 82, 80, 78, 76).
• Abstract Artists of Puerto Rico. Gallery of Modern Art, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
• II Exhibition Congress of Abstract Artists of Puerto Rico. Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, San Juan, PR.
• VIII International Print Triennial. Frechen, West Germany. (1976).
1985 • VII Biennial of Latin American Print. San Juan, PR. (1985, 83, 79, 74, 71, 70).
• X International Triennial of Original Graphic Prints. Grenchen, Swiss.
1984 • Selection of Drawings from Rijeka to Cheltenham, Belfast, Edimburgo, Llandudno from the UK.
• Intergrafika 84’. Berlin, Germany.
• Christopher Columbus Prize for Painting Exhibition. Madrid, Spain.
• 1st Exhibition Congress of Abstract Artists of Puerto Rico. Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, San Juan, PR.
1983 • IX Biella Prize, International Print Competition. Biella, Italy. (1976).
• IV World Print. San Francisco, CA.
1982 • VII British International Print Biennale. Bradford, England.
• IX International Triennal of Colored Graphic Prints. Grenchen, Swiss.
1981 • Graphica Creativa 81. Jyvaskyla, Finland.
1980 • II Ibero-American Art Biennial. Domecq, Mexico.
1979 • Caribbean Art. De Armas Gallery, Miami, FL.
• International Triennial of Graphic Arts. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1978 • Frente (Movement for the Social Renewal of Art). Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, San Juan, PR.
• Frente. San Juan Art Students League, San Juan, PR.
1977 • Current Art of Ibero-America. Madrid, Spain.
• I Print Biennial of America. Maracaibo, Venezuela.
• Contemporary Graphics of Puerto Rico. Dubini Gallery, Swiss.
1976 • III American Biennial of Graphic Arts. Cali, Colombia. (1973).
1975 • XIII Sao Paulo Biennial. Sao Paulo, Brazil.
1974 • I International Biennial of Graphic Art and Serial Art. Segovia, Spain.
1973 • The Cultural Heritage of Puerto Rico. Museo del Barrio & Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY.
• New World Engravers. Aele Gallery, Madrid, Spain.
1972 • VII International Print Biennial. Tokyo, Japan.
1971 • International Christmas Exhibition. Caravan House, NY.
1970 • II Coltejer Art Biennial. Medellín, Colombia.
1967 • The New Abstraction. Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR & Tibor de Nagy Gallery, NY.
1965 • I Pan American Salon of Graphic Arts. Cali, Colombia.
1964 • Esso Salon of Young Artists. Washington, DC.
1963 • Current Art of America and Spain. Madrid & Barcelona, Spain.
1958 • Luis Hernández Cruz and Miguel A. Ríos, Paintings and Drawings. Library of the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus & College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus, PR.
Selection
2019 • Tribute to the Career in the Visual Arts, AICA-PR. Bayamón, PR.
2012 • Member of Merit of the Order of Carlos III, Carlos III Foundation.Madrid, Spain.
2009 • Doctor Honoris Causa, School of Plastic Arts of Puerto Rico. San Juan, PR.
2002 • UNESCO Medal of the Americas, Puerto Rico Chapter. San Juan, PR.
• Public Art Award for Paisajes glass walls (dalles de verre) at the Fine Arts Center, AICA-PR. Caguas, PR.
1991 • Best Individual Exhibition Award (The Romantic Suite), AICA-PR. San Juan, PR.
• Honored Artist of the IX Biennial of San Juan of Latin American and Caribbean Prints. San Juan, PR.
• Medal of the Academic Society of Arts, Sciences and Letters. Paris, France.
• Sol Sobre El Yunque Award, Civic Ladies Club. San Juan, PR.
1986 • Honorable Mention, International Biennial of Graphic Arts. Fredrikstaad, Norway.
• First Prize, VII Biennial of San Juan for Latin American and Caribbean Prints. San Juan, PR.
1977 • Mobil Award. San Juan, PR.
1976 • UNESCO Prize. San Juan, PR.
1972 • National Award, II San Juan Biennial of Latin American and Caribbean Prints. San Juan, PR.
1964 • First Prize Puerto Rico, Esso Contest (Inter American Contest). Washington, DC .
1962 • First Prize, Urban Landscape Contest, Institute of Puerto RicanCulture. San Juan, PR.
• First Prize, IBEC Competition. San Juan, PR.
Selection
Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR
Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce, PR
Museo de Arte de Bayamón, Bayamón, PR
Galería Nacional, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, PR
Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR
Centro de Bellas Artes Luis A. Ferré, San Juan, PR
Centro Cultural y de Bellas Artes, Caguas, PR
Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Mayagüez, PR
Jardín Botánico (Jardín Escultórico), San Juan, PR
Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Humacao, PR
Cooperativa de Seguros Múltiples de Puerto Rico y COSVI, San Juan, PR
Departamento de Turismo, San Juan, PR
Ballori y Farré, San Juan, PR
Lopito, Ileana y Howie, Guaynabo, PR
René de la Cruz Group, Guaynabo, PR
Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR
First Bank, San Juan, PR
MOMA, NY, USA (prints collection)
Brooklyn Museum of Art, USA
Chase Manhattan Bank, NY, USA
David Lyons, NYC, New York, USA
Kidder Peabody, NYC, New York, USA
Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC, USA
Lowe Art Museum, Florida, USA
Banco Bozano, Simonsen Collection – Simonsen, São Paulo, Brazil
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyvaskyla, Finland
Museo Luis González Robles, Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Selection
Rasmussen, Jack & American University Museum. (2017). Summerford Legacy. Washington, DC. Alper Initiative for Washington Art.
Tribunal Supremo del Reino de España. (2012). Bicentenario de la Constitución del Tribunal Supremo del Reino de España (1812-2012). Madrid, Spain. Tribunal Supremo del Reino de España.
Ramírez Aponte, Marianne & Ramos Collado, Lilliana. (2010). careos/relevos, Tomo 1. San Juan, PR. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico.
Van Marissing, Neeltje. (2007). Esencia de Puerto Rico. San Juan, PR. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaría Puerto Rico.
Delgado Figueroa, Elaine. (2004). Simposio Internacional de Escultura en el Centenario de la Universidad de Puerto Rico. San Juan, PR. Universidad de Puerto Rico.
Palomero, Federica. (2003). Retrospectiva: 1959-2002. San Juan, PR. Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico.
Delgado, Osiris. (1998). Cuatro Siglos de Pintura Puertorriqueña. San Juan, PR. Banco Santander de Puerto Rico.
Puopeye, Veerle. (1998). Caribbean Art. New York, NY. Thames and Hudson.
Hermandad de Artistas Gráficos de Puerto Rico. (1988). Puerto Rico: Arte e Identidad. San Juan, PR. Hermandad de Artistas Gráficos de Puerto Rico y Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto Rico.
Bayón, Damián. (1992). Historia del Arte Hispanoamericano. Tomo 3. Siglos XIX a XX (2nd ed.).Madrid, Spain. Alhambra.
Marozzini, Luigi. (1991). Luis Hernández Cruz: Obra Gráfica 1962-1990. San Juan, PR. Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña.
Tolentino, Marianne. (1989). Luis Hernández Cruz: Tiempos y Formas de un Itinerario Artístico. San Juan, PR. Publicaciones Puertorriqueñas.
Misool-Gogreon, Sa. (1989). Contemporary Art Print of the Word. Seoul, South Korea. Chongro-Gu.
Giblota, Ante. (1988). Olympiade Des Arts / Olympiad of Art. Seoul, South Korea. Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee.
Azcoaga, Enrique. (1984). Premio Cristobal Colón de Pintura, 1983 de la Unión de Ciudades Capitales Iberoamericanas. Madrid, Spain. Centro Cultural del Conde Duque.
Fernández, Wifredo. (1972). Luis Hernández Cruz: o El Tiempo Enemistado. San Juan, PR. Xaguey.
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