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Alejandro Anreus was born in Havana,
Cuba on the 11th of September, 1960. He grew up in his maternal
grandparent's home in Vedado. The nephew of actresses Gladys
and Idalia Anreus, he was exposed to theatre, film, literature
and painting and sculpture from an early age. At the Museo Nacional
he was profoundly affected by the sight of Collazo's La siesta,
Enríquez' El rapto de las mulatas and Antonia Eiriz'
La anunciación. In 1970 part of the family went into
exile, settling in Elizabeth, New Jersey. In the mid to late
1970s Anreus was a member of Abdala, A Cuban exile anti-Castro
group with a social-democratic ideology. Through this group
he met and befriended the sculptor Roberto Estopiñán,
who would be one of his mentors.
Education
1976-79
Private studies with sculptor Mario Santi, Elizabeth, NJ
1978-79
Life drawing and painting with Isaac Soyer, Art Students League
of New York
1979
Lithography with José Luis Cuevas, Mexico City
1984
BA in art history, Kean College, Union, NJ
1995
MA in art history, City University of New York, NYC
1997
PhD in art history, City University of New York, NYC
Awards
1979
Oscar B. Cintas Foundation
1986
Oscar B. Cintas Foundation
1990
New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Individual Artist Grant
(Drawing)
Recent Exhibitions
1999
Buscando América (one person), Aljira Center for the
Arts, Newark, New Jersey
2004
American Voices (two person with photographer Julio Nazario),
Edge Art, Rahway, New Jersey
(From 1981 through 1987 Anreus was represented by Schweyer-Galdo
Galleries, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, where he had a one person
exhibition every two years)
Public Collections
The Museum of the Americas, Washington,
DC
The Art Institute of Chicago
The Detroit Institute of Art
Museo del Papel Omar Rayo, Roldanillo, Colombia
Museo José Luis Cuevas, Mexico City
Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
The Montclair Art Museum
Catedral de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
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