CYNTHIA CRUZ

Born in Miami, FL

Lives and works in Miami 

EDUCATION

MFA at Goldsmiths University of London, UK

BFA at New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL

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Solo and 2 person shows

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2019

Faces Faeces (2 person show with James Lincoln),Thames-Side Studios Gallery, London, UK

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2015

The Girl Who Ate All Her Hair, Goldsmiths studio award show ACME project space, Judges David Batchelor, Adriana Paice, Richard Noble and Jonathan Harvey, London, UK

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

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2021

Bakehouse Art Complex, Summer Open, Miami, FL

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2019

Elephant Lab Residency, Elephant studios, London, UK

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Group exhibition curated by Kirsty Maffioli, The Scalpel Building, London, UK

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2018

Art on a postcard auction, Hepatitis C Trust, London, UK

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The Strangeness Will Wear Off (Art Basel 2018), David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL

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Summer Hots, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL

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Interior fiction (curated by Julia Alexander Bates), The vast lab, Los Angeles, CA

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SSFX Space sounds film screening, (GROK), Queen Mary University, London UK

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2017

NSWA Alumni Art Auction, Faena Forum, Miami, FL

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Electric Spectra, (GROK), ASC Gallery, London UK

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Domain of Sensible Knowledge, ASC Gallery, London UK

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Eye Catcher Big Screen Southend (GROK), Focal Point Gallery, London, UK

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2016

Griffin Art Prize, Griffin Gallery curated by Judges Becca Pelly-Fry, Vicky Wright, Rebecca Lewin and Jenny Lindén Urnes, London, UK

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Myth Material curated by Cynthia Cruz and Stephanie Moran, TAP (Temporary Arts Project), Southend, UK

2015

Liminal Space Residency, Temporary Arts Project, Southend, UK

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Transmetric, Lewisham Art House, London, UK

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Slideluck Miami II Curated by José Carlos Diaz, Bass Museum, Miami, FL

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2014

Goldsmiths MFA Show, Goldsmiths University, London, UK

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2013

Shortlisted (1st round) Bloomberg New Contemporaries, London, UK

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2012

Situation Range, Legal Art, Miami, FL

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2011

Art Basel, Casa Lin, Miami, FL

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Wynwood Art Fair, Miami, FL

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Smash and Grab Fundraiser, Locust Projects, Miami, FL

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Mission Impossible, Little River Yacht Club, Miami, FL

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80 Inches of Art, NWSA Alumni Art Auction, Sagamore Hotel, Miami, FL

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Abe's Penny, Artseen, Miami, FL

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Collections (The End), BFI, Miami, FL

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2010

Art Basel, Walgreens Window commissioned by the Bass Museum, Miami, FL

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Art Basel, Casa Lin, Curated by Fred Snitzer, Miami, FL

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Smash and Grab Fundraiser, Locust Projects, Miami, FL

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DCG Open, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL

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2009

Art Basel, Casa Lin, Miami, FL

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Bindings, New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL

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Smash and Grab Fundraiser, Locust Projects, Miami, FL

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Optic Nerve, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL

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Drawings and Paintings, Artseen, Miami, FL

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Arte Americas, Miami, FLScreenings (Experimental Films), Artseen, Miami, FL

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WORKSHOPS

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2016

​Whitechapel Gallery, Digital painting Workshop, London, UK

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CURATORIAL

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2017

Domain of Sensible Knowledge curated by Cynthia Cruz and Stephanie Moran, ASC Gallery, London UK

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Electric Spectra curated by Cynthia Cruz and Stephanie Moran, ASC Gallery, London UK

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2016

​Myth Material curated by Cynthia Cruz and Stephanie Moran, TAP (Temporary

Arts Project), Southend, UK

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​Myth Material Artist talks with artist Alastair MackInven and writer Josephine

Berry, Southend, UK

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AWARDS / SCHOLARSHIPS / RESIDENCIES

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2021 - 2021        Bakehouse Art Complex Summer Open Residency

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2019 - 2019        Elephant Lab Residency

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2014 - 2015       Acme Goldsmiths MFA Studio Award

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2009 - 2010       Douglas Turner Grant

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2009 - 2010       New World School of the Arts Honors Program

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2006 - 2009       New World School of the Arts Scholarship

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2005 - 2006       Frances Wolfson Scholarship

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COLLECTIONS      

Imago Mundi Luciano Benetton Collection

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SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introductions by Luciano Benetton, Pernilla Holms, Francesca Gavin, "England: Talking of Art". www.imagomundiart.com, 2020

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Benson, Louise. "Monsters and Aliens Roam Free in the Sci Fi World of Cynthia Cruz". Elephant.art, February 19, 2019

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Preece, Robert. "London Calling? Exploring the overseas MFA option - A conversation with Cynthia Cruz". artdesigncafe.com,Sept 17, 2018

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Laugh Magazine, (issue 3), laugh-magazine.com,2017

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Floor Magazine, floorrmagazine.com, February 09, 2017

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Mothes, Kate. young-space.com, January 06, 2017

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Clarendon, Emma. “REVIEW: Griffin Art Prize Exhibition, Griffin Gallery” Lovelondonloveculture.com, Nov 24,2016

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Brewer, Jenny. “Griffin Art Prize shortlist reveals a female-heavy line-up of emerging contemporary artists” Itsnicethat.com, Oct 10, 2016

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Warren, Caitlin. “Women take the lead in the Griffin Art Prize shortlist” Spindlemagazine.com, Oct 10, 2016

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Hutchinson, Jack. “The week’s top exhibitions” a-n.co.uk, Nov 9, 2015

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Maraffio,Costanza. “ Art and Provocation: Intellectual Stimulation or Bad Taste?” Thevoiceoflondon.co.uk, Nov 06, 2015

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Folgar, Abel. “Artist Cynthia Cruz takes on Silver Hollow’s Four” Tuffgnarl.com, April 21, 2014

“Long live transfinite mountains, the hollow earth, time machines, fractal writing, aliens, dada, telepathy, flying saucers, warped space, teleportation, artificial reality, robots, pod people, hylozoism, endless shrinking, intelligent goo, antigravity, surrealism, software highs, two-dimensional time, gnarly computation, the art of photo composition, pleasure zappers, nanomachines, mind viruses, hyperspace, monsters from the deep and, of course, always and forever, the attack of the giant ants!” 
― Rudy Rucker