Baruj Salinas

Baruj Salinas was born in Havana of Jewish parents in 1938. His career began in the field of architecture. He graduated from the University of Ohio with an architectural degree and left Cuba permanently in 1959.

Baruj Salinas settled in Miami and later moved to Barcelona where he studied alongside artists Joan Miro and Antoni Tapies. Salina's paintings can be seen in important collections all over the world such as the Joan Miro Foundation, Barcelona; the National Museum of Catalonia, Barcelona; the National Institute of Fine Arts, Mexico D.F; the Beit Uri Museum, Israel; the Fort Lauderdale Museum of the Arts, Florida; the Fine Arts Museum, Budapest; the Art Institute of Chicago and el Phoenix Museum of Art, Arizona.