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Maria Cruz



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Born:           1957      Born Manila, Philippines

 

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS:
2006

Paintings, Galeria Duemila Manila, Philippines
one million dollars, Artspace Sydney
 

2005 Give me Something, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne,                  Australia      
2004

Nothing in this World, Kaliman Gallery, Sydney
No, No, No Lewers House, Penrith Regional Gallery, NSW Australia
 

2002 Homesick,Palettes  Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney
2001 Hard Times Are Over Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney
2000

Feeling The Space & Approximately Infinite Universe, Sarah Cottier                       Gallery, Sydney 

1999

That Occult and Metaphysical Quality of Gravity  & Studio Suite, Sarah                  Cottier Gallery 

1997 Sarah Cottier Gallery
1995

Mori Gallery 
Atlantis, CBD Gallery Sydney
 

1994 Galerie Droescher-Meyer, Duesseldorf Germany
1993 Australia Centre, Manila Philippines
1992 Standards of Good and Bad, Mori Gallery, Sydney
1991 When I Liked Romantic Paintings, Mori Gallery
1990

Mori Gallery  First Draft (West) Sydney 

1989 Photospace, Canberra Institute of the Arts
1987

Artspace, Sydney 
The Globe, Darlinghurst Sydney
 

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2004 Seven Beauties, Tin Sheds Gallery, University of Sydney
2003

Pearl (2 person exhibition) with Stefan Seler, Cross Art Projects, Biennale of Sydney Satellite exhibition 

2002

Freespace  Provincaal Centrum voor Beeldende Kunsten Hasselt, Belgium     Painting as Paradox  Artists Space Green Street, New York, USA 

2001

Art > Music Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney  art32, Sarah cottier Gallery Basel,Switzerland
Stangers/Etrange, PS1 Clocktower Gallery New York
 

2000

Word Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
art31, Sarah Cottier Gallery Basel, Switzerland
 

1999 Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney
1998

Opening Exhibition, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney  Verve, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney 

1997

Portia Geach Memorial Art Award, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Saldo KunstMuseum im Ehrenhof Duesseldorf

Urban Details Circular Quay, The Festival of Sydney
 

1996 State of Design Casula Powerhouse, Liverpool, NSW
1994

Localities of Desire Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
She Says, She Says, CBD Gallery Sydney

Already Painting, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney

Five, Yuill/Crowley Gallery, Sydney
 

1993

Contemporary Australian Paintings, Allen, Allen & Helmsley Collection,            Victorian Arts Centre Melbourne
Informationsdienst Kunstlerhaus Stuttgart, Zurich, New York

Here Not There Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
 

1992

Signals, Flag Project Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
On Genre (with E. Newman) Deakin Univ. Geelong, Vic., Artspace, Sydney          Black Gallery, Sydney
Blast Mori Gallery, Sydney 

Group Exhibition Artspace, Adelaide festival Centre
 

1991

Rules For Drawing Mori Gallery, Sydney
Microcosm Gary Anderson Gallery, Sydney 

Who’s Sorry Now? Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, Umbrella Studios, Townsville
Painting & Perception, Mori Gallery Sydney
Body Without Organ First Draft West Sydney
Believers (with M. Dwyer) First Draft West Sydney

Industry First Draft West Sydney

19990

No Milburn Arte Brisbane Exhibition of Miniatures Mori Gallery                        Architecture of Light Mori Gallery
Sites Unseen Bitumen River Artspace, Canberra

Mist From the Chest Aglassodwater Gallery, Brisbane
 

1989

Red Colour Blind Mori Gallery Sydney 
Fresh Art S H Ervin Gallery Sydney
Pure Mori Gallery, Queensland College of the Arts Gallery, Brisbane                    Shapelessness W.I.N.D.O.W. gallery Sydney

Victory Over the Sun First Draft Sydney
 

1987

Paintings (with Kathleen Done) 338 Gallery, Sydney 
Vertigo Sydney College of the Arts

 

VIDEO PRODUCTIONS:
2003 Shangri-la Collective, Artspace Sydney
1995

The European (24 min.) co-editor  with Jan Bruck  funded by AFC, screened at artspace, Oct. 1995

 


COLLABORATIONS/PROJECTS:
2006 What form would a life take? with Reuben Keehan, curatorial project for  MOP Projects, Sydney
2002

Shangri-la Collective, Artspace Sydney        
one fine day, Block Gallery, Sydney

Founding Member: Believers with Mikala Dwyer and Anne Ooms
 

1999 Brainland, The Believers AGNSW Level 2 Sydney
1997

The Believers Artspace, Auckland New Zealand 
The Believers at CBD Sydney

 


GRANTS/RESIDENCIES/ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
2005 Karl Hoffer Gesselschaft, International studio, Berlin
2004 Asialink Grant, Ateneo de Manila, The Philippines , NSW Ministry of Arts
2000-01

PS1 International Studio Program, New York 
Artist Development Grant, Australia Arts Council
City of Hobart Contemporary Art Prize 
James Kentley Memorial Scholarship, Univ. of  Sydney
Portia Geach Memorial Prize for Portraiture
Project Grant, Australia Arts Council
Monash University Contemporary Art Prize(second Prize)

Artist in Residence, Canberra Institute of the Arts

 


PUBLICATONS/CATALOGUES/CITATIONS:
2004

Eve Sullivan Catalogue Essay “Nothing in this World” Kaliman Gallery               Publications
Ann Finnegan Shangri-La Collective, Catalogue Essay, Artspace  Publication, Sydney
 

2003 Eve Sullivan “Ways of Saying” essay, Art & Australia vol.41 no.1 Spring
2002 Eve Sullivan “Maria Cruz  Songlines” Art Asia Pacific, issue 34
2001 Art > Music, Exhibition Catalogue, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
2000 Feeling the Space exhibition catalogue Sarah Cottier Gallery
1999

Bruce Jmes Just Have A Look Sydney Morning Herald 17 July                        Benjamin Genocchio Penny Drops On Shaper ..... The Australian 16 July          Bronwyn Clark-Coolee Holy Hell Brainland Catalogue essay 

1997

Bruce James Galleries SMH 5 December 
Angela Bennie Painting with Words Spells ..... SMH 10 Oct.
 

1995

Jo Holder Cruz Monument #8, Spring
John Nixon (ed) Z International Art artist page no.1 Sydney

J. Riva, G. Lowe (eds) Artfan artist page Summer 1995 Monash  University,
       Vic Ute Meta-Bauer & T. Geisseler Informationsdienst Oct no 71 winter 

1994 Catriona Moore Museum Hygiene Photofile 41, March
1993

Julie Ewington Splash Art (interview) Art and Asia Pacific vol.1 no.1                        Natalie King Rituals of Subjective Ordering catalogue, Australia Centre                Philippines
Trevor Smith On Genre (review) Artspace Newsletter July
 

1992

Ken Bolton Contemplating Women (review) The Advertiser April 29                       John Neylon Cracking the Code (review) Adelaide Review May                          Eve Sullivan Maria Cruz: A Personal Epistemology Eyeline issue 20                     Natalie King ‘On Genre’, John Welchman, Genre(L) Knowledge, Exhibition Catalogue
Deakin University Gallery, October 

Julie Ewington Many Tendrils Exhib. Catalogue, Artspace Adelaide Fest.
            Centre,  April 

1991

Rex Butler review Who’s Sorry Now Agenda No.17
Graham Forsythe review Painting & Perception Agenda 16
 

1990

West Magazine (artist page) no.1
Urszula Szulakowska ‘Mist from The Chest’ review Art and Text 37 p.142
        Catherine Lumby (review) Tension Magazine Biennale 1990 issue 

1986

John McDonald Strong Return & Solo Stars SMH Dec. 27                         Terrence Maloon Arts Review Artspace SMH Oct. 2 
Jennifer McCamley Exhibition Catalogue Artspace Oct.22
 


EDUCATION:
1969-99 Ma.Vis .Arts . Sydney College of the Arts, The University of Sydney
1985-86 Staatliche Kunstakademie, Duesseldorf, Germany (Prof. Klaus Rinke)
1984 Post Graduate Studies, Sydney College of the Arts
1981-83 Bach.V.A. Painting, Sydney College of the Arts
1980 East Sydney Techical College. , Painting
1976-78 Fine Arts, University of Santo Tomas, Manila , Philippines

EMPLOYMENT:

Lecturer in Painting, Canberra School of Art, ACT  

Lecturer in Painting, Sydney College of Arts, University of Sydney, Australia

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT:
Senior Lecturer, (Interdisciplinary Arts) School of Communication Arts, University of Western Sydney, Australia


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