Alejandro Anreus, Ph.D.

Dr. Anreus is a nationally and internationally-recognized scholar for his commitment to exhibiting, documenting and teaching the critical role of Latin-American, Caribbean and other underrepresented artists. His scholarship has enriched our museums, colleges, universities, community art centers, galleries and professional art associations. He has authored, edited, reviewed and contributed to dozens of publications across the globe such as, The Social and The Real Political Art of the 1930s in the Western Hemisphere and Orozco in Gringoland: The Years in New York. Anreus was born in Havana, Cuba. He received his B.A. in Art History, Kean College; M.A. in Art History and Ph.D. in Art History from the Graduate Center, City University. He currently serves as Professor of Art History and Latin American/Latina/ Studies, William Paterson University, since 2001 and Coordinator of Graduate Art Program at William Paterson University.

As the curator at the Jersey City Museum between 1993-2001 a sampling exhibitions he presented of which many traveled to other museums included: Fred Wilson: Drawings and Maquettes for a Jersey City Lightrail Station, Melvin Edwards: The Prints of a Sculptor; Freddy Rodríguez: In This House Trujillo Is Chief, Juan Sánchez: Printed Convictions; The Saturated Soul: Lace Paintings by David Ambrose; TOYS: Sculpture by Orlando Cuevas; Gloria Rodriguez: Figures Torn and Pasted; Subversions/Affirmations: Jaune Quick-to-See Smith; Estopiñán: 5 Decades of Prints; Sweet Life: Photographs by Mauro Altamura; The Book of Embraces: An Installation by Janet Taylor Pickett; The Skin Room: Paintings by Sandi Slone; Temples of the Holy Spirit: An Installation by Michael Bramwell; Albizu Vive: A Visual Commemoration; La Patria es el Pueblo: An Installation by Lillian Mulero; Shango/Changó: An Installation by Ben Jones; Peter Paone: Ben Shahn; The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti; Victor Davson: The Chain Link Series, Fausto Sevila: Metamorphoses of a Rocking Chair; and Latino Visions II.

During his eight year tenure at the Montclair Art Museum he organized 60 exhibitions, both loan and from the permanent collection, ranging from the Colonial to the Contemporary periods in American art.