ARTIST STATEMENT

Being from the Caribbean region has served as a source of inspiration for my artwork. It informs and shapes the interdisciplinary and hybrid quality of my artistic practice. Elements of collaboration and research are part of the work in the interest to discuss the complexities of technological, geo-political, and natural effects that transform our understanding of reality. The artworks take the form of digital images, printing processes, audiovisual material, performance, and three-dimensional installations.

BIOGRAPHY

Lionel Cruet was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico lives and works in New York City and San Juan. In 2013 he was the recipient of the Juan Downey Audiovisual Award 2013 at the 11th Media Arts Biennale at the National Museum of Fine Arts, Santiago, Chile and had a solo show, Lionel Cruet: In Between, Real and Digital with Bronx River Art Center in New York.
Cruet's numerous group exhibitions include SuperReal: Alternative Realities in Photography and Video at El Museo del Barrio in New York, Colonial Comfort at the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Puerto Rico and the Sound Art Fair at Sala de las Artes, Universidad de Sagrado Corazón in Puerto Rico.
Cruet received a Master of Fine Arts from The City College of New York – CUNY, Continuing Education in Contemporary Photography at SVA School of Visual Arts in New York and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from La Escuela de Artes Plasticas in San Juan, Puerto Rico.