Angel Luis Cruz, Jr. was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico in 1951. His family relocated to New York City when he was five years old and settled in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NYC. He began developing an interest in art while attending New York City Community College (now New York City College of Technology) in the 1970's. At that time he majored in Early Childhood Education while working as a school paraprofessional and, as time progressed, he registered for elective courses in art history. Later, while attending Brooklyn College, he registered for his first elective drawing and painting classes while still majoring in Early Childhood Education. A few years later, after completing the requirements for a bachelor's degree in education, he returned to Brooklyn College as an art major and to complete the requirements for a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. As a graduate student at Brooklyn College he served as vice president of the Graduate Art Students Union (GASU) and, in the Spring of 1999, he completed the requirements for the graduate degree in Fine Arts. Since then Cruz has continued working independently at painting and sculpture. He has accepted invitations to conduct lectures in art and painting to elementary school as well as junior high school students and has participated in a number of group art shows and exhibitions.
Mr. Cruz's work can also be seen with other artists on the following websites:
