Carlos Cruz-Diez Venezuelan, 1923-2019
Carlos Cruz-Diez (17 August 1923 – 27 July 2019) was a Venezuelan artist whose studies of color, light, pattern, and perception helped pioneer kinetic and Op art.
He studied art in Caracas, worked in journalism and advertising, and moved to Paris in 1960. Drawing on Pointillist precedents, he produced neon-hued linework and gridded compositions that appear to shift and vibrate — prints, paintings, and installations that extend into large-scale experiential environments such as the Physichromie and Chromosaturation series.
In 1965 he was included in The Responsive Eye at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. His work belongs to the collections of Tate, Centre Pompidou, Museu de Arte Moderna (Rio de Janeiro), the Museum of Modern Art, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, among others. He is presented by The Wall Art Gallery, Miami.
Training
Escuela de Artes Plásticas y Aplicadas, Caracas.
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Physichromie № 2476, 2005$ 75,000.00 -
Physichromie № 752, 1974$ 350,000.00
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Physichromie № 334, 1967$ 380,000.00
Carlos Cruz-Diez (1923–2019) was a Venezuelan artist and a central innovator of kinetic and Op art, whose Physichromies and Chromosaturations made color an event in space and time.
Carlos Cruz-Diez (1923–2019) was a Venezuelan artist and a central innovator of kinetic and Op art, whose Physichromies and Chromosaturations made color an event in space and time.
2023 L'Euforia del Colore, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano
2022 Chromosaturation, Pérez Art Museum Miami
2022 The Euphoria of Colour / Chromointerferent environment, Galleria Continua, Dubai / Paris
2022 Color and Line in Motion, Galería RGR, Mexico City
2021 The Weight of Form — Graphic Design of Carlos Cruz-Diez, Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid
2019 Cruz-Diez. El color haciéndose, MAC Panamá
2017 Carlos Cruz-Diez. Color Motion, Museum für Konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt
2011 Carlos Cruz-Diez. Color in Space and Time, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; MALBA, Buenos Aires
2011 Carlos Cruz-Diez. El color en el espacio y en el tiempo, MUAC, Mexico City
1965 The Responsive Eye, Museum of Modern Art, New York
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Tate, London
Centre Pompidou, Paris
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro
and other major international collections