George Crespo
grew up in Puerto Rico and New York. He received his BFA from Parsons School of Design, NY and his MA from Lehman College, CUNY. Crespo constructs mixed media installations using materials indigenous to Puerto Rico. He is a published author and illustrator of children's books that feature Puerto Rican folktales. Crespo has had solo exhibitions at El Museo del Barrio, NY and the Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, NY. He has participated in group exhibitions at The Studio Museum in Harlem, NY and The National Black Theater, NY and is a graduate of the Artist in the Marketplace Program, Bronx Museum of the Arts, NY. Crespo's recent commission from the MTA Arts for Transit program is a permanent installation on the Jackson Avenue Station of the #2 train line in the Bronx that represents stories from six different areas of Latin America.
[View Art]