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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

 

​SOLO and TWO PERSON SHOWS

 

2024

Relic, funded by Knight Foundation, [NAME] Publications, Miami, FL

 

2023

Slug and Slag, [NAME] Publications, Miami, FL

 

2022 

Time’s Up, Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, FL

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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

 

2025

New Media Block Party and Floating Films: PAMMTV INTERTIDAL Premiere, Pérez Art Museum, Miami, FL

 

Mel Bokner (notes on value), [NAME] Publications, Miami, FL

 

Immaterial, curated by Melissa Wallen, Collective 62, Miami, FL

 

I Woke up dreaming, curated by Patricia Margarita Hernandez, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

 

2024

Autonomous, curated by Lisa Rockford, Doral Contemporary Art Museum, Miami, FL

 

2023

Aim Biennial 2023, Organized by Gean Moreno, Marie Vickles, William Cordova and Mikhaile M. Solomon, Site specific (Sharpshooters), Miami, FL

 

Imaginary persons, Good Naked Gallery curated by TopTop and Jaqueline Cedar with support by Oolite Arts, Patient info, Chicago, Il

 

Bluprnt curated by Robert Chambers, BridgeRed Studios, Miami, FL

 

2022 

Campo Artfest 2022 curated by Natalia Zuluaga, Patricia M. Hernandez and Roxana Fabius, Garzon, Uruguay

 

Untitled Art fair Art Basel Miami, [NAME] Publications, Miami, FL

 

​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

 

​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

 

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

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​WORKSHOPS / SYMPOSIUMS / LECTURES

 

2025      (Upcoming) Locust Projects, Locust Art Builders (LAB), Miami, FL

 

2025     Collective 62, Tech Body figure drawing session, Miami, FL

 

2024     Locust Projects, Stop Motion Workshop, Miami, FL

 

2024      Locust Projects, Ai Workshop Locust Late @ the Dill, Miami, FL

 

2024      FIU, Artist Talk funded by Oolite Arts, Miami, FL

 

2023     Oolite Digital lab, symposium moderated by Kelani Nichole, Miami, FL

 

2016     Whitechapel Gallery, Digital painting Workshop, London, UK

 

Employment – 2023 – 2024 Video / Digital art teacher at New World School of the Arts High School

 

​CURATORIAL

 

2024

Person, Place or Thing curated by Cynthia Cruz (AKA TopTop @topainterstopaintings, Project Gallery V, Online

 

2023

Imaginary persons curated by Cynthia Cruz (AKA TopTop @topainterstopaintings and Good Naked Gallery, Patient info, Chicago, Il

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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

 

2025 – 2026        Oolite Ellies Creator Award

 

2024 – 2024        Miami Individual Artists Grant

 

2023 – 2023       (Nominated) Knight arts and Tech Fellowship

 

2022 – 2022        Knight Foundation New Work Award

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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

Women Artists Archive Miami (WAAM)

Gean Moreno (Curator for the ICA)

Natalia Zuluaga (Chief Curator at the Frost Art Museum)

 

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​SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Hernandez, Patricia M. “Shape-Shifting Fingers and Saturn’s Dry Deserts: A Reflection on Reality” https://namepublications.org/item/2023/cynthia-cruz-slug-and-slag/ , 2023

 

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

 

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