David Antonio Cruz
Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York, and Boston, MA.
EDUCATION
MFA in Painting and Printmaking
Yale University School of Art, New Haven CT
BFA in Painting
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn NY
SELECTED SOLO/ GROUP EXHIBITION & PERFORMANCES
2019
Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago IL
One day I’ll turn the corner, and I’ll be ready for it | Solo
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn NY
Nobody Promised You Tomorrow | Painting
Ford Foundation Gallery, New York NY
Perilous Bodies | Painting
McNay Art Museum, San Antonio TX
Transamerica/n | Painting
2018
Jenkin Johnson Gallery, Brooklyn NY
The Least Orthodox Goddess IV | Painting
ResidencyArts, Los Angeles CA
Wegivesomuchandyetgivenothing, paintings for richard | Solo
Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit NJ
Oh, What a world! What a world! | Painting
Ramapo College Gallery, Mahwah NJ
Amillionlittlepieces | Solo/ Performance
Rutgers University Paul Robinson Gallery, Newark NJ
Mirror, Mirror | Painting/ Performance
2017
The Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico. San Juan, PR
Meca: Green,howIwantyougreen | Performance
Delaware County College Gallery
Butterfliesandviolteunicorns | Solo
Center for Craft, Creativity, and Design. Asheville, NC
Crafted Stranger | Painting
2016
Caribbean Museum Center for the Arts. Frederiksted, St Croix
Take Five: Green,howIwantyougreen | Performance
Gateway Project Spaces. Newark NJ
For I Am-Or I was, thereturnofthedirtyboys | Solo
El Museo Del Barrio. New York NY
Figure Form: New Acquisitions | Painting
BRIC, Brooklyn NY
Look Up Here: I’m In Heaven | Painting
Gateway Project Spaces. Newark NJ
Green,howiwantyougreen | Performance
BRIC. Brooklyn NY
How to Order a Chocolate Cake | Performance
2015
National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque
Portraiture Now | Painting
Momenta Arts, Brooklyn NY
Alwaysagoodtime | Solo
The High Line Park for AiOP, New York NY
How to Order a Chocolate Cake | Performance
Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden. Staten Island NY
Green,howiwantyougreen | Commissioned Performance
2014
National Portrait Gallery | Smithsonian Washington DC
Portraiture Now | Painting
Longwood Gallery, Bronx NY
The Piano Piece | Commissioned Performance
AiOP, New York, NY
Peterpiperwentupthehill | Performance
2013
Performa 13 | El Museo del Barrio, New York NY
The Opera | Commissioned Performance
Taller Puertorriqueño. Philadelphia, PA
TAKEABITE,elduendealwaystravels...light” | Solo
2012
Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York NY
Friends with Benefits | Painting
Islip Museum, Long Island NY
La Placita | Painting
Taller Puertorriqueño. Philadelphia, PA
TAKEABITE,elduendealwaystravels...light” | Solo
RESIDENCIES & FELLOWSHIPS
2018 Joan Mitchell Painting and Sculpture Award, New York NY
2018 Neubauer Faculty Fellowship, Boston MA.
2018 BRIC/ Workspace Residency, Brooklyn NY.
2017/18 Queer Mentorship/ Fellowship, New York NY.
2016 Gateway Project Spaces, Newark NJ.
2015/16 LMCC Workspace Residency Program, New York NY.
2006 Skowhegan School of Painting/Sculpture Fellowship Grant Award, Madison, ME
2006 Artist in the Marketplace, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Cotter, Holland. “Stonewall: When Resistance Becomes Too Loud to Ignore” NY Times. (May 2019). Vogel, Wendy. “Nobody Promised You Tomorrow” Art In America. (June 2019).
Rodney, Seph. “How Bodies in Peril Might Help Us See Our Humanity” Hyperallergic. (May 2019). Indrisek, Scott. “The 10 Must-See Exhibitions of Spring 2019” Observer. (March 2019).
Libbey, Peter. “Ford Foundation Announces Art Gallery Opening” NY Times. (Fen 2019).
McVoy, Kurt. “Take 5”. Whitehot Magazine. (April 2017).
Hernandez, Jasmine. “Studio Visit”. Gallery Girls. (March 2017).
Rodney, Seph. “Portraits of the Self as Tickets to Paradise”. Hyperallergic. (August 2016).
Embusco, Rain. “16 Must-See Summer Shows Featuring Queer Artists”. ArtNet. (June 2016).
McVoy, Kurt. “The Return of The Dirty Boys”. Whitehot Magazine. (April 2016).
Embusco, Rain. “Editors’ Picks: 12 Art Events To See This Week. (April 2016).
Dees, Sasha. “Portraiture Now”. ARC. (July 2015).
Carrion, Kelly. “Latino Identity Through The Self”. NBC News. (July 2015).
Che, Jenny. “Portraits Through Our Faces”. WSJ. (August 2014).
Dees, Sasha. “Alwaysagoodtime”. ARC. (March 2014).
Monsen, Lauren. “Hola, Art Lover”. Journal USA. (October 2013).
Norman, Lee Ann. “Takeabite”. Bomb. (November 2013).
“Studio Magazine”. Studio Museum In Harlem. (Winter|Spring 2012).
Norman, Lee Ann. “Come Flybabyboyfly with Me”, ArtSlant. (May 2011).
Cotter, Holland. “Art In Review”. New York Times. (October 2010).
McClure, Diana. “Else at Jack Tilton”. DaWire. (October 2010).
“Puerto Rican Queer Sexualities”. El Centro Journal. 2007. Cover.