Adam Cruces
*1985, lives and works in Zürich
Adam Cruces, born in 1985 in Houston, TX, graduated in Interdisciplinary Art from the Kansas City Art Institute in 2008, and completed his MFA in Art and Media at the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste in 2013. Cruces is interested in how we interact with the environment, 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; Aldea, Bergen, NO; and Cripta747, Turin, IT, and Sing Art Foundation, Le Castellet, FR. 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 TBA, Blue Velvet Projects, Zürich, CH (Forthcoming)
2023 Adam Cruces - Chimera, Public Gallery, London
2022 Eavesdropping, Blue Velvet Projects, 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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Fountain, 2022 Dried cactus, rotating motor each, 50 x 11 x 10 cm
Bather, 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
Waiting, 2022 Wood, paint, hardware, canvas 90 x 120 cm open; 90 x 60 cm closed
Flowers and Fruits, 2022 Wood, paint, hardware, canvas 90 x 120 cm open; 90 x 60 cm closed
Guest, 2022 Wood, paint, hardware, canvas 90 x 120 cm open; 90 x 60 cm closed
Lucky to the Core(s), 2022 Nylon 12 SLS 3D prints, horseshoe 15 x 15 x 8 cm
Remnant, 2022 Faux ostrich skin, umbrella parts, cobwebs 100 x 90 Ø 55 cm
Lucky Still Life, 2022 Polyamide (MJF) 3D print, horseshoe 14 x 17 x 6.5 cm
Feldschlösschen, 2017 Plastic and acrylic on canvas 30 x 24 cm
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
San Pellegrino, 2017 Plastic and acrylic on canvas 30 x 24 cm