Born in Manila, Philippines (1957)
www.mariacruz.org
Lives in Berlin and Manila
Education
1976-78 . Fine Arts, University of Santo Tomas, Manila , Philippines
1981-83 . Bachelor of Arts, Visual Arts, Sydney College of Arts
1984-85 . Post Graduate Studies Visual Arts, Sydney College of Arts
1985-87 . Post Graduate Studies Art Academy Duesseldorf, Germany with Prof. Klaus Rinke
1999 . Master of Visual Arts, Sydney College of the Arts, The University of Sydney
Employment
1990 – 1999 . Lecturing positions at Canberra Institute Arts, Australian National University; Sydney College of Arts, The University of Sydney
2000 – 2008 . Senior Lecturer, School of Contemporary Arts, University of Western Sydney.
Grants/Residencies/Prizes/Acknowledgements
2012 . Exhibition Grant (IFA) Institut fuer Auslandsbeziehungen, Germany
2008 . Artist in Residence, University of Woolongong, Faculty of Creative Arts
2007 . New Work Grant, (established) VACF Arts Council of Australia
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
1997 . James Kentley Memorial Scholarship, Univ. of Sydney
Portia Geach Memorial Prize for Portraiture
1996 . Project Grant, Australia Arts Council
Monash University Contemporary Art Prize(second Prize)
1989 . Artist in Residence, Canberra Institute of the Arts
Solo Exhibitions (selected)
2018 . Six Hundred and Fifteen Thousand Four Hundred and Eighty Eight | Galeria Duemila Metro Manila, Philippines
2017 . Five Hundred Thousand, Two Hundred & Eleven | Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2015 . Paintings | Galeria Duemila, Metro Manila, Philippines
2014 . Maria Cruz Paintings | Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Psychology Today | Bulwagang Amorsolo, Cultural Center of the Philippines
2012 . Painting rituals, ritual paintings | Galeria Duemila, Manila, Philippines
2010 . I want you to know. What I am. (with Elizabeth Newman) | MoSpace Fort, Metro Manila, Philippines
2009 . Forty Six Thousand Two Hundred Seventy Three | Galeria Duemila, Metro Manila, Philippines
Oo Selected paintings and projects 1996 – 2009 Survey Exhibition | UTS Gallery University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
Your Daydreams Reveal Something About Your Ethnic Background | PABLO Fort, Metro Manila, Philippines
2008 . Oo Selected paintings and projects 1996 – 2008 Survey Exhibition | Ateneo Art Gallery, Philippines
Kaliman Gallery, Sydney
2006 . Galeria Duemila Manila, Philippines
one million dollars, Artspace Sydney
2005 . Give me Something, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne
Coins, Kaliman Gallery, Sydney
2004 . Nothing in this World, Kaliman Gallery, Sydney
No, No, No Lewers House, Penrith Regional Gallery, NSW Australia
2003 . Pacific/Pearl with Stefan Sehler, Cross Art Projects,Biennale of Sydney Satellite exhibition
2002 . Homesick & Palettes Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney
2001 . Hard Times Are Over Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney
2000 . Feeling The Space 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,Sydney
First . Draft (West) Sydney
1989 . Photospace, Canberra Institute of the Arts
1987 . Artspace, Sydney
The Globe, Darlinghurst Sydney
Selected Group Exhibitions
2018 Bastards of Misrepresentation : Planet Merde Galerie Melike Milir, Hamburg Germany
1st Manila Biennale,Manila Open, Intramuros, Manila
2017 Process/ Meaning, Mo_space BGC Taguig, MetroManila
Traffic Articulate Sydney, Australia
2016 Abortion of Cute 8 Salon, Hamburg Germany
Electric Bulalo , Painting in Exile Vinyl on Vinyl, Makati, Metro Manila
Topsy Turvy Finale Gallery Makati Metro Manila
Fabric, Pablo, BGC Taguig, Metro Manila
2015 Scoring for Patti Smith CrossArt Projects, Sydney, Australia
2014 Articles of Disagreement Lopez Museum Metro Manila, Philippines
Brave New Worlds Manila Metropolitan Museum Philippines
2013 Manila Vice MIAM Musee International des Artes Modestes, Sete, France
Defile Galeria Duemila Pasay, Metro Manila
Il Intruso/entremetido 1335 Mabini St. Gallery Ermita, Manila
You have every right, Ateneo Art Gallery Philippines
Unbound Yuchengco Museum, Makati Philippines
2012 Manila Art, SMX, Mall of Asia Complex, Pasay City
Art Now, Atrium, Mall of Asia, Pasay City
Subject To Be, (Maria Cruz, Liza Andrew, Sarah Goffman, Elizabeth Newman, Stefan Sehler, Gerry Tan) DAGC GAllery, Makati
Philippines
Gartendtudio, Berlin
Bastards of Misrepresentation, Topaz Art Center New York,USA
Masculin Feminin, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Australia
Gallery H Thailand
2011 Hollywood Hotel (with Lisa Andrew, Simon Barney) Pablo Fort, Manila Philippines
Music for everyone (with Lisa Andrew, Simon Barney) Lost Projects Marikina, Philippines
rays on the shutter (with Elizabeth Newman and Gerardo Tan) Galeria Duemila, Manila Philippines
BISA: Potent Presences Metropolitan Museum of Manila
Signal maria cruz, annika eriksson, claudia del fiero IAC Berlin
Vernacular Cultures and Contemporary Art from Australia, India and the Philippines La Trobe University Museum, Australai
2010 Bastards of Misrepresentation- Doing time on Filipino time Freies Museum, Berlin
2009 Silberkuppe, Berlin
Dank An Galerie Isabella Czarnowska, Berlin
What makes this poem beautiful? VCA Gallery, University of Melbourne, Australia
MO Space Manila, Philippines
2008 An Ever Expanding Universe Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth, West Australia
2007 Our Lucky Country (2) Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Sydney
2006 Our Lucky Country (1) Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Sydney
2005 UnAustralian Anna Bibby Gallery Auckland, New Zealand
2004 Seven Beauties, Tin Sheds Gallery, University of Sydney
2002 Freespace Provincaal Centrum voor Beeldende Kunsten Hasselt, Belgium
Painting as Paradox Artists Space Green Street, New York
2001 Art > Music Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Stangers/Etrange, PS1 Clocktower Gallery New York
2000 Word Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
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 ,Rinke-Klasse, kunst palast, 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, Brisban
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, Adelaide
Rules For Drawing Mori Gallery, Sydney
1991 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
1990 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 338 Gallery, Sydney
Vertigo Sydney College of the Arts
Video Productions
2003 Shangri-la Collective, Artspace Sydney
1995 The European (24 min.) co-editor
funded by Australian Film Commission, Artspace, Sydney
Collaborations/Projects
2006 What form would a life take? curatorial project for MOP Projects, Sydney
2004 The Dead Travel Slow, Artspace 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 Level 2 Art Gallery of New South Wales,Sydney
1997 The Believers Artspace, Auckland New Zealand
The Believers at CBD Sydney
Collections
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
University of Technology, Sydney
Cruthers Collection of Womens Art, University of Western Australia, Perth
City of Hobart Tasmania, Australia
Allen, Allen and Helmsley, Sydney
Boulten/Holder Collections Sydney
Ateneo Art Gallery, Philippines
Bangko Sentral ng Piliinas
Private Collections in Europe, Asia and Australia
Selected Publicatons/Catalogues/Citations
2015 Filipina Lippi “Painting in tongues” Manila Bulletin 30 November 2015
Lisa Ito, exhibition catalogue
2010 Irmgard Berner “Postkoloniale Kunstrebellen aus Manila” Berliner Zeitung nummer 6, 2 Nov.
Anna Gibbs, Article: Constant Oscillation: Maria Cruz’s ‘Oo (yes)’ Eyeline issue# 71 (2010), Australia
2008 ‘Oo’ Exhibition Catalogue Ateneo Art GAllery Maila, Philippines 2008
Gina Fairley, Review: Maria Cruz at Kaliman Gallery, Asian Art News vol. 18 no.2 March/April 2008
2006 Reuben Keehan,” Working with Tension and Time: Maria Cruz’s One Million Dollars” Artspace Sydney Publications, 2006
2004 Eve Sullivan Catalogue Essay “Nothing in this World” Kaliman Gallery Publication
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, Syd
2000 Feeling the Space exhibition catalogue Sarah Cottier Gallery
1999 Bruce James “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 ecember
Angela Bennie Painting with Words Spells ….. Sydney Morning Herald10 Oct.
1995 Jo Holder “Cruz” Monument Issue #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,Victoria
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.
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 Festival 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 Sydney Morning Herald Dec. 27
Terrence Maloon Arts Review Artspace Sydney Morning Herald Oct. 2
Jennifer McCamley Exhibition Catalogue Artspace Oct.22
