Gian Cruz

Gian Cruz is an emerging multidisciplinary Filipino artist (of Spanish and Chinese origins) whose artistic practice is strongly rooted in photography integrated with his institutional work and his training in art theory and criticism. For the 2019-2020 cycle, he became the first Southeast Asian participant to complete MACBA’s Independent Studies Programme. He is also the first student of Asian heritage in its 16-year history. His practice extends to performance, translation, history, architecture, ecology, film, HIV/AIDS activism and various other fields and contexts that relate to her current concerns as an artist.

Over the years she has collaborated closely with the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Korea, the Jeu de Paume in Paris, the Picto Foundation (Paris), the Palais Galliera, Musée de la Mode de la Ville de Paris, the Museum of Photography in Seoul, the Biennale di Venezia the Japan Foundation, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Curitiba Biennial, Blackwood Gallery (University of Toronto Mississauga), Pride Photo Award (Amsterdam), Visual AIDS (New York), 4A Centre for Contemporary Art, Sydney, PHotoESPAÑA, Fundación SGAE and Casa Asia, Madrid.

Last updated: November 11th, 2022