Adam Cruces
*1985, lives and works in Zürich
Adam Cruces was born in 1985 in Houston, TX. He graduated with his BFA in Interdisciplinary Art from the Kansas City Art Institute in 2008, and his MFA in Art and Media from Zürcher Hochschule der Künste in 2013. His work focuses on how we interact with the landscape, while incorporating a wide variety of material approaches - painting, sculpture, and video. These elements often culminate in installations that collapse notions of obligation and leisure, nature and domestication, the familiar and the foreign. Cruces has exhibited at Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel, CH; Swiss Institute, Milan, IT; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; Kunsthaus Langenthal, Langenthal, CH; kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, LV; Kunsthal Aarhus, Aarhus, DK; Museo della Frutta, Turin, IT. He has held residencies at Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, FR; Rupert, Vilnius, LT; and Cripta747, Turin, IT; Sigg Art Foundation, Le Castellet, FR; and Nordisk Kunstnarsenter Dale, Dale, NO. Cruces currently lives and works in Zurich, Switzerland.
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Education
2013 Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, Zürich, Switzerland
2008 Interdisciplinary Arts, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, USA
Selected solo exhibitions
2024 Necessary Evil, Blue Velvet, Zürich, Switzerland
2023 Adam Cruces - Chimera, Public Gallery, London
2022 Eavesdropping, Blue Velvet, Zürich, Switzerland
2021 When the dust settles, Rindermarkt 23, Zürich, Switzerland
2020 A curse in disguise, Disneyland Paris, Melbourne, Australia
2019 Hair of the Dog, Gelateria Sogni di Ghiaccio, Bologna, Italy
2018 Deleted Scene(s), with Louisa Gagliardi, Galerie Joseph Tang, Paris, France
2018 Rustic Murmur, Giorgio Galotti, Turin, Italy
2017 Tastes like headaches, kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, Latvia
2016 Pastel, Galerie Joseph Tang, Paris, France
2016 What A Silencer Sounds Like, with Sinae Yoo, Kunsthaus Langethal, Langenthal, Switzerland
2015 Diet Sonata, Smart Objects, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2015 Fixing to, Galerie Joseph Tang, Paris, France
2014 Un Coucher de Soleil, Exo Exo, Paris, France
2014 29, Plymouth Rock, Zürich, Switzerland
2013 Nothing To See Here, with Enrico Boccioletti, Instituto Svizzero, Milan, Italy
Selected group exhibitions
2024 Fedeli alla Linea, Chickentown, Zürich, CH
The Last Artwork, Kunsthalle 8000, Wädenswil, CH
2023 Care Package, Blue Velvet Projects, Zürich
2021 Werkschau, Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zürich, Switzerland
2020 Werk- und Auslandatelier- Stipendien, Halmhaus, Zürich, Switzerland
2019 Observer of the Techniques, WallRiss, Fribourg, Switzerland
2018 First I Have to Put My Face On, Foothold, Polignano a Mare, Italy
2017 Built like a memory, Tag Team, Bergen, Norway
2017 Vogelschiessen, Shanaynay, Paris, France
2016 The Conference, Kunsthal Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark
2016 Fast, Bite Hard!, Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Bergamo, Italy
2015 Fit For Purpose, Kunsthaus Glarus, Glarus, Switzerland
2014 Nie Jetzt, Helmhaus, Zürich, Switzerland
2014 Megarave, Kunsthaus Langethal, Langenthal, Switzerland
2013 It Is All In The Detail, Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel, Switzerland
2012 Gegenwartskunst, Basel, Switzerland
Awards / Honors / Residencies
2022 Nordisk Kunstnarsenter Dale Residency, Dale, Norway
2022 Sigg Art Foundation Residency, Bandol, France
2021 Nave Proyecto Residency, Guayllabamba, Ecuador
2018 Cripta747 Studio Residency, Turin, Italy
2017 Aldea Residency, Bergen, Norway
2016 La Brea Studio Residency, with Louisa Gagliardi, Los Angeles, USA
2016 Artist Residency, Rupert, Vilnius, Lithuania
2015 Projektbeitrag: What A Silencer Sounds Like, Kunsthaus Langenthal, Kanton Zürich, Switzerland
2013 Werkbeitrag Bildende Kunst, Kanton Zürich, Switzerland
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Sorry, 2024 Pastel on velour and mat board, framed 62 x 62 cm
Scythe in the Stone (Blue), 2024 Scythe, acrylic, fiberglass 150 x 70 x 75 cm
Water Lilies IV, 2024 Polyamide MJF on aluminum 140 x 120 cm
A Falling Knife Has No Handle, 2024 Pastel on velour and mat board 62 x 62 cm
Windmill, 2024 Acrylic on metal 120 x 55 x 55 cm
Waiting, 2022 Wood, paint, hardware, canvas 90 x 120 cm open; 90 x 60 cm closed
Sex, 2021 Miniature bricks, mortar, glass, acrylic 24 x 17 x 2 cm
Void, 2021 Miniature bricks, mortar, glass 24 x 17 x 2 cm
Flowers and Fruits, 2022 Wood, paint, hardware, canvas 90 x 120 cm open; 90 x 60 cm closed
Souvenir, 2022 Faux ostrich skin, umbrella parts, cobwebs 110 x 110 Ø 80 cm
Lucky to the Core(s), 2022 Nylon 12 SLS 3D prints, horseshoe 15 x 15 x 8 cm
Feldschlösschen, 2017 Plastic and acrylic on canvas 30 x 24 cm
San Pellegrino, 2017 Plastic and acrylic on canvas 30 x 24 cm