Baruj Salinas CV
Baruj Salinas was born in Havana, Cuba. He received a degree in architecture from Kent State University in Ohio. 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 Joan Miró and Antoní Tapies. His work can be seen in several important museums and collections in Europe, Asia and the Americas.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2019 “Baruj Salinas, Infinite Oceans”, America’s Collection, Coral Gables, FL
2013 “Baruj Salinas”, America’s Collection, Coral Gables, FL
2011 “Caminos, 30 Años entre América y Europa”, Museo José Luis Cuevas, Mexico City
“Baruj Salinas”, Ayuntamiento de Soria,Spain
2008 “Claros del Bosque”, America’s Collection, Coral Gables, FL
2007 “Baruj Salinas: Homenaje a Maria Zambrano”, Sala de Exposiciones, Diputación de Málaga, Spain
“Baruj Salinas: A Retrospective”, ICCAS Casa Bacardi, University of Miami, FL
“New Paintings,” MDC InterAmerican Gallery, 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 Tórculo, 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", in collaboration with Vahé Godel, Geneva, Switzerland
1991 Galerie Editart, Geneva, Switzerland
1989 Galerie Gisele Linder, Basel, Switzerland
Galeria Nomen, Barcelona, Spain
1988 Galeria Tórculo, Madrid, Spain
Galerie des Arcades, Bern, Switzerland
Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City
Galeria del Palau, Valencia, Spain
Artconsult, Boston, MA
Witte Museum, San Antonio, TX
ARTIST’S BOOKS
2017 THE TORAH BOOK, texts by Prof. Adolfo Roitman, Curator of the Dead Sea Scrolls, Israel Museum; Monsignor Pagano, Prefect of the Secret Archives of the Vatican; Prof Otilio Lottino, Curator of the Contemporary Art Collection, Roma Tre University; Rabbi Abraham Skorka, Rector of the Rabbinical Seminary of Latin America; and a written and signed note by Pope Francis.
Including 27 color litho-serigrahias by Baruj Salinas. Arte Scritta, Urbino,Italy.
2017 L’Aurore Accomplie, poems by Maria Zambrano, including one color etching by Baruj Salinas.
Editart, Editor, Geneva, Switzerland
2016 Suite Guadalupe, poems by José Kozer, including nine color illustrations by Baruj Salinas.
Lumme Editor, Sao Paolo, Brazil
2003 Elegía, poems by José Kozer, including one color etching bu Baruj Salinas. Editor JK, Miami, FL
2001 Gesta, poems by Pere Gimferrer, including one color etching and an original drawing by Baruj Salinas.
Editart, Editor, Geneva, Switzerland
2000 Nucleos (Nuclei), text by Carlos M. Luis, including three etchings and three illustrations by Baruj Salinas. CML Editors, Miami, FL
1992 Nocturno Duo (Nocturne Due), text by Vahe Godel, including four color engravings by Baruj Salinas.
Editart, Editors, Geneva, Switzerland
1992 Sefarad: 500 Años, texts by David Altabe, Yitzhak Navón, Baltasar Porcel, Horacio Saenz Guerrero and Mario Satz, including three color etchings by Baruj Salinas. Abdy Shama Levy, Editor, Barcelona, Spain
1990 Teatre, poem by Pere Gimferrer, including one color etching by Baruj Salinas. Editart, Editor, Geneva, Switzerland
1988 Arbol, texts by Maria Zambrano, including seven xilographs, (woodcuts) by Baruj Salinas. Agra, Editor, Barcelona, Spain
1987 Cantiques pour les trois enfants dans la founaise (Songs for the Three Children by the Bonfire), texts by Michel Butor, including three color etchings by Baruj Salinas. Editart, Editors, Geneva, Switzerland
1983 Antes de la Ocultación: Los Mares (Before the Hiding: the Seas), texts by Maria Zambrano, including three color lithographs by Baruj Salinas. Editart, Editors, Geneva, Switzerland
1980 Tres Lecciones de Tiniebla (Three Lessons in Gloom), poems by Jose Angel Valente, including 14 lithographs based on 14 Hebrew letters by Baruj Salinas. La Gaya Ciencia Editores, Barcelona, Spain
1980 Hommage a Joan Miro (Tribute to Joan Miro), text by Maria Zambrano, including a lithograph by Baruj Salinas.
Editart, Editors, Geneva, Switzerland
1979 Homenaje a Maria Zambrano,(Tribute to Maria Zambrano) , handwriteen texts by José Lezama Lima, including a color etching by Baruj Salinas. Editart, Editors, Geneva, Switzerland
1976 Le Disque D’Argent,( The Silver Disc), texts by Anatole France, including five color lithographs by Baruj Salinas.
Editart, Editors, Geneva, Switzerland
COLLECTIONS
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Art Museum of Ft. Lauderdale, FL
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
City of Miami Public Library, Miami, FL
Cuban Museum of Art, Miami, FL
Frost Museum, Florida International University, Miami, FL
Fundación Joan Miro, Barcelona, Spain
Fundación Maria Zambrano, Velez-Malaga, Spain
Fundación Miguel Aleman, Mexico City
Institute of International Education, New York, NY
Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, PR
Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mexico City
John Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL
Lowe Art Museum (Cuban Collection) Coral Gables, FL
McNay Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX
Musée Villa du Parc, Annemasse, France
Museo Arte Contemporaneo LatinoAmericano (MACLA),
La Plata, Argentina
Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City
Museo de Arte Moderno, Ibiza, Spain
Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City
Museo de Villafames, Villafames, Spain
Museo del Barrio, New York, NY
Museo José Luis Cuevas, Mexico City
Museo Maria Zambrano, Velez-Malaga, 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 Israel, Jerusalem, Israel
Museum of the Americas (OAS), Washington, DC
Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
National Gallery, Palazzo Ducale, Urbino, Italy
Pemex Collection, Mexico City
Phoenix Museum of Art, Phoenix, AZ
San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX
University of Ohio Museum of Art, Miami, OH
Vatican Gallery, Vatican City, Rome, Italy
Villa de Montecatini