Marina CRUZ Philippines , b. 1982

Education

2003

B.F.A., Major in Painting, Best Thesis and cum laude

College of Fine Arts, University of the Philippines

 

Selected Solo Exhibition

2024

Belonging and Belongingness, Albertz Benda, New York City, USA

2023

Rhythmic Patterns, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Fabric, Interior and Water, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan

2022

Heir to the Loom, Pinto Art Museum, Rizal, Philippines

2021

Tide Table, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan

2019

Read between the Lines…, Galerie Ernst Hilger, Vienna, Austria

2017

Material Maternal, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Breathing Patterns, Solo Presentation and Book Launch, A3 at ASIA NOW, Paris, France

2016

Mend and Amends, A3, Berlin, Germany

Memory of the Mundane, DKS Deutsche Bank Knowledge Services: Appreciating Art Exhibition, BGC, Taguig, Philippines

2015

Loose Threads, 1335MABINI, Manila, Philippines

Wear and Tear, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Meditations on Unearthed Landscapes, West Gallery, Manila, Philippines

2014

Fabric Skin, Art Informal, Mandaluyong, Philippines

2013

Flower Arrangements, Finale Art File, Manila, Philippines

Lost Finds, Artesan Gallery, Raffles Arcade, Singapore

2012

Corners of My Sleep, Artinformal Greenhills, Manila, Philippines

In the House of Memory, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Inside Out, BenCab Museum, Baguio, Philippines

2011

Forget me not, West Gallery, Quezon City, Philippines

The Connective Thread, Ernst and Young Building, Singapore

2009

Spontaneous Moments, The Drawing Room, Makati, Philippines

Un/Fold, Ateneo Art Gallery, Quezon City, Philippines

Home is the place that you will leave, The Drawing Room, China International Gallery Exposition, Beijing

2008

Open House,The Drawing Room, Makati, Philippines

Embroidered Landscapes,Main Gallery, La Trobe Visual Arts Center, Australia

Lest you forget, Boston Gallery, Cubao, Quezon City, Philippines

Resollections, Artinformal Greenhills, Manila, Philippines

2007

Dollhouse, Art Informal, Mandaluyong, Philippines

2005

Kambal, Boston Gallery, Cubao, Quezon City, Philippines

 

Selected Group Exhibition

2024

She & Hers, Lanyang Museum, Yilan, Taiwan

2023

Figurative Abstraction: An Exhibition of Contemporary Arts, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan

2022

The Crack Between Two Worlds,Artinformal Makati, Makati, Philippines

Flowing Light: A Group Show of Contemporary Artists, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan

2021

The Poetic Realm,Yu-Hsiu Museum of Art, Nantou, Taiwan

2020

Florae: The Women Artists-The Special Project for MSAC 10th Anniversary III, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Renaissance: Marina CRUZ, Rao FU and SHI Jin-Hua, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Janus: ABHK Booth at MSAC, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Visionaries: The Special Project for MSAC 10th Anniversary I, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Closer than they appear, Yavuz Gallery, Singapore; Sydney, Australia

The Possibility of an Island, presented by A3 Arndt Art Agency, Cromwell Place, London, United Kingdom

2019

Living Earth: Contemporary Philippine Art, Music Art Culture (M.A.C.), Milan, Italy

2018

Casting Stones into Still Water,curated by Patrick D. Flores, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Au, Station Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

Dialogue with Nature, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan

2017

Passion and Procession,Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Pauses of Possibility,Lopez Museum and Library, Pasig City, Philippines

Mutable Truths: Perspectives in Philippine Contemporary Art, La Trobe Art Institute, Bendigo, Australia

2016

Every Island from Sea to Sea: Recent Philippine Art, curated by Patrick D. Flores, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan

The Road Not Taken Ch.2, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Chimeres: Visions of Southeast Asia,curated by Matthias Arndt and Herve Mikaeloff, Paris, France

2015

ReVision: MSAC 5th Anniversary Special Presentation, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Wasak!: Filipino Art Today,Arndt, Berlin, Germany

2014

Woman-Home: In the Name of Asian Female Artists, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Body and Narrator, Silverlens, Manila, Philippines

2013

The Philippines Contemporary: To Scale the Past and the Possible, curated by Patrick D. Flores, Metropolitan Museum of Manila,Manila, Philippines

2011

BISA: Potent Presences, Metropolitan Museum of Manila,Manila, Philippines

2010

Simple Depictions,Total Gallery, Alliance Francaise de Manille, Manila, Philippines

Looking Back,Drawing Room and Ark Galerie, Jakarta, Indonesia

2009

Daloy Exhibition,CCP Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines

Cloud Cuckoo Land,Boston Gallery, Quezon City, Philippines

2008

Sentimental Value,Soka Art Center, Beijing

Uncommon Grounds,West Gallery, Quezon City, Philippines

Strange Familiarities, Familiar Strangers, Alliance Française de Manille, Manila, Philippines

2007

Sungduan 4: Extensions, Museum of Three Cultures, Capitol University, CDO, Philippines

Tampu+Lapuk: Contributions to Teracotta,2nd Dumaguete Teracotta Bienale, Philippines

2006

A/P: Analogue Playground,Ateneo Art Gallery, Ateneo de Manila University, Manila, Philippines

2005

Armour, Corredor Gallery, UP College of Fine Arts, University of he Philippines, Manila, Philippines

2004

Babaylan@Kasibulan.net,Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines

Gamit, The Edge, Up Jorge Vargas Museum, University of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines

2003

Buod: Celebration of the Year of the Family,NCCA National Commission for Culture and the Arts, Manila, Philippines

2002

Trap Doors False Buttons,West Gallery, Quezon City, Philippines

Toys, Ayala Museum, Makati, Philippines

 

Residency

2008

Asian Fellowship Grant, Sponsored by Freeman Foundation Vermont Studio Art Center, USA

Artist Residency Grant From La Trobe Visual Arts Center, La Trobe University, Bendigo, Australia

 

Art Fair

2024

Art Basel Hong Kong, Mind Set Art Center, Hong Kong

Art Fair Philippines, Mind Set Art Center, Makati, Philippines

2023

ART TAIPEI, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Kiaf Seoul, Mind Set Art Center, Seoul, Korea

2022

ART TAIPEI, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Art Basel Hong Kong, Mind Set Art Center, Hong Kong

Taipei Dangdai, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei Taiwan

2021

ART TAIPEI, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Art Basel Hong Kong, Mind Set Art Center, Hong Kong

2020

Art Fair Philippines, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Taipei Dangdai, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan

2019

Artissima, Mind Set Art Center, Torino, Italy

Art Fair Philippines, Mind Set Art Center, Makati, Philippines

2018

Art Fair Philippines, Mind Set Art Center, Makati, Philippines

Art Düsseldorf, Mind Set Art Center, Düsseldorf, Germany

2015

Artissima, Turin, Italy

2014

ART TAIPEI, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Art Fair Philippines, Mind Set Art Center, Makati, Philippines

2012

ART TAIPEI, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan

2009

China International Gallery Exposition, The Drawing Room, Beijing

 

Award

2012

Winner of the 2012 Thirteen Artists Award 

2008

Grand Prize Winner, Philippine Art Awards, Philip Morris

One of the 3 Winners Ateneo Art Awards: Zones of Influence

Shortlisted for 3 Exhibits Ateneo Art Awards

2007

One of the 10 Finalist for NCR National Capital Region Philippine Art Awards Philip Morris

2006

Shortlisted Ateneo Art Awards: Outbound

2004

Juror’s Choise GSIS Painting Competition

2003

Semi-Finalist Philippine Art Awards, Philip Morris

2000

Semi-Finalist Metrobank Young Painter’s Annual Art Competition

Finalist, Shell Student Art Competition

Semi-Finalist Nokia: Modern Art Asia Pacific [National Level]