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Biographical Note: Baruj Salinas was born in Havana, on July 6, 1935, and immigrated in 1959 to San Antonio, TX, and holds a BA in Architecture from Kent State University. He eventually settled in Miami in 1961, where he stayed until 1974, when he left for Spain. He returned to Miami in 1993, where he still resides. Salinas began exhibiting in Miami immediately upon his arrival in 1961 and co-founded the Grupo GALA, which included: Enrique Riverón, Rafael Soriano, José Mijares, Osvaldo Gutiérrez, and Roxana McAllister (b. Argentina, emigrated from Cuba to Miami with the first wave of exiles). His awards include: Best Transparent Watercolor, Texas Watercolor Society, San Antonio, Texas (1964); First prize, watercolor, 10th Hortt Memorial Exhibition, Fort Lauderdale, Florida (1968); Special Mention, VII Grand Prix International de Peinture, Cannes, France (1971) and First Prize, VI Latin American Print Biennial, Puerto Rican Culture Institute, San Juan, PR (1983). Among the collections in which his work is found are: Villafames Museum, Spain; Carrillo Gil Museum, Mexico; Fine Arts Museum, Budapest, Hungary; Beit Uri Museum, Israel. Interview: available in Jorge J. E. Gracia, et al (eds), Identity, Memory, and Diaspora: Voices of Cuabn-American Artists, Writers, and Philosophers (Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 2007) Contact Information: Additional Information: N/A |
