Adam Cruces
*1985, lives and works in Zürich
Adam Cruces was born in 1985 in Houston, TX. He graduated with his BFA in Interdisciplinary Art from the Kansas City Art Institute in 2008, and his MFA in Art and Media from Zürcher Hochschule der Künste in 2013. His work focuses on how we interact with the landscape, 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; and Cripta747, Turin, IT; Sigg Art Foundation, Le Castellet, FR; and Nordisk Kunstnarsenter Dale, Dale, NO. Cruces currently lives and works in Zurich, Switzerland.
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Education
2013 Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, Zürich CH
2008 Interdisciplinary Arts, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City USA
Selected solo exhibitions
2024 Necessary Evil, Blue Velvet, Zürich CH
2023 Adam Cruces - Chimera, Public Gallery, London GB
2022 Eavesdropping, Blue Velvet, Zürich CH
2021 When the dust settles, Rindermarkt 23, Zürich CH
2020 A curse in disguise, Disneyland Paris, Melbourne AT
2019 Hair of the Dog, Gelateria Sogni di Ghiaccio, Bologna IT
2018 Deleted Scene(s), with Louisa Gagliardi, Galerie Joseph Tang, Paris FR
2018 Rustic Murmur, Giorgio Galotti, Turin IT
2017 Tastes like headaches, kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga LV
2016 Pastel, Galerie Joseph Tang, Paris FR
2016 What A Silencer Sounds Like, with Sinae Yoo, Kunsthaus Langethal, Langenthal CH
2015 Diet Sonata, Smart Objects, Los Angeles USA
2015 Fixing to, Galerie Joseph Tang, Paris FR
2014 Un Coucher de Soleil, Exo Exo, Paris FR
2014 29, Plymouth Rock, Zürich CH
2013 Nothing To See Here, with Enrico Boccioletti, Instituto Svizzero, Milan IT
Selected group exhibitions
2026 Louisa Gagliardi & Adam Cruces, Merges and Acquisition, Ferme-Asile, Sion CH
2025 Haunts, Orthunga, Vordingborg DK
2024 Fedeli alla Linea, Chickentown, Zürich CH
The Last Artwork, Kunsthalle 8000, Wädenswil CH
2023 Care Package, Blue Velvet Projects, Zürich CH
2021 Werkschau, Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zürich CH
2020 Werk- und Auslandatelier- Stipendien, Halmhaus, Zürich CH
2019 Observer of the Techniques, WallRiss, Fribourg CH
2018 First I Have to Put My Face On, Foothold, Polignano a Mare IT
2017 Built like a memory, Tag Team, Bergen NO
2017 Vogelschiessen, Shanaynay, Paris FR
2016 The Conference, Kunsthal Aarhus, Aarhus DK
2016 Fast, Bite Hard!, Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Bergamo IT
2015 Fit For Purpose, Kunsthaus Glarus, Glarus CH
2013 It Is All In The Detail, Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel CH
2012 Gegenwartskunst, Basel CH
Awards / Honors / Residencies
2022 Nordisk Kunsndtnarsenter Dale Residency, Dale NO
2022 Sigg Art Foundation Residency, Bandol FR
2021 Nave Proyecto Residency, Guayllabamba EC
2018 Cripta747 Studio Residency, Turin IT
2017 Aldea Residency, Bergen NO
2016 La Brea Studio Residency, with Louisa Gagliardi, Los Angeles USA
2016 Artist Residency, Rupert, Vilnius LT
2015 Projektbeitrag: What A Silencer Sounds Like, Kunsthaus Langenthal, Kanton Zürich CH
2013 Werkbeitrag Bildende Kunst, Kanton Zürich CH
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Basel Social Club (solo) 14— 20 June
Art Genève (group) 28 January — 2 February, 2026
NADA Miami (group) 2 — 6 December, 2025
Art Genève (group) January 30 — 2 February 2025
Necessary Evil (solo)
4 September — 26 October 2024
Liste Art Fair Basel (solo) 10 — 16 June 2024
Basel Social Club (group) 11 — 18 June 2023
Eavesdropping (solo)
11 June — 9 September 2022 -
Sorry, 2024 Pastel on velour and mat board, framed 62 x 62 cm
Falling Anvil, 2024 Pastel on velour and mat board 62 x 62 cm
Scythe in the Stone (Blue), 2024 Scythe, acrylic, fiberglass 150 x 70 x 75 cm
Water Lilies IV, 2024 Polyamide MJF on aluminum 140 x 120 cm
Windmill, 2024 Acrylic on metal 120 x 55 x 55 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
Lucky to the Core(s), 2022 Nylon 12 SLS 3D prints, horseshoe 15 x 15 x 8 cm