Lionel Cruet's artworks expresses ideas of nature and its threats due to
global warming, pollution, climate change and
colonization.[8][9] His art got scholarly acknowledgment as it addresses
hurricanes and the environment globally and in
Puerto Rico[10][11] Other scholarly acknowledgment include the aspects of patterns in art.[12][verification needed]
He exhibited his first individual exhibition in Puerto Rico, "Lionel Cruet: Rhetoric of an uncertain future"[13]
Through drawings and animations of sea turtles, sea crabs, the artist depicts a
transmedia ecosystem of creatures. A key component of the artist's approach to the natural environment is the use of digital media video projections and sound.[14]
Previous exhibitions include Lionel Cruet: In Between, Real and Digital at the
Bronx River Art Center[15] where traditional elements like unfinished canvas are merged with video projections that depict water and other natural occurrences in Cruet's interactive installations. Interactions between the actual world and the virtual world exceed their respective borders. Between and within at the
EFA Project Space Program,[16]Eco Urgency: Now or Never,
Wave Hill[17] and[18]Seen and Heard,
Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, New York.[19]
Awards and recognition
Following are a few notable awards and recognition to mention.