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Carlos Boix, also known as Boix, is an artist born in Havana, Cuba, in June 1949. He did not have an academic education, but is considered a self-taught artist. Read the full biography

Carlos Alberto Cruz Boix Biography

Carlos Boix, also known as Boix, is an artist born in Havana, Cuba, in June 1949. He did not have an academic education, but is considered a self-taught artist. Uses different art forms, including drawing, painting, ceramics, printmaking and graphic design. He worked as an illustrator for the newspaper Juventud Rebelde in Havana, Cuba. He currently resides in Europe, having lived in Paris, Stockholm, Algeria, Tunisia, Geneva and, since 2009, Madrid.

During his lifetime he received many awards and recognitions, including the First Prize for Drawing at the Salón Nacional para Artistas Jóvenes, held at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Havana, Cuba, in 1971, and the First Prize for Painting at the I Salón Nacional de Pintura y Escultura Carlos Enríquez, at the Centro de Arte in Havana, Cuba, in 1980.

Major collections of his works are located at the Casa de las Américas and the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana, both in Havana, Cuba, the Moderna Museet in Stockholm, Sweden, and at the offices of the National Bank of Cuba in London, UK.