Abelardo Cruz Santiago recieved his BFA in Printmaking from Sonoma State University (2008), and his MFA from Hunter College in New York (2014).
He has been featured in a number of group exhibitions, both within the United States and internationally.
Most recently, his works have been shown in We Just Want To Make Things, Whitdel Arts, Detroit, MI. 2014, SHOW BEAUTY HOT, ASA Studios Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, 2014, and Filtering, Universität Der Künst, Berlin, Germany 2013.
Shared Location (Family Portraits) will be his first solo exhibition in New York City.