
Javier Cruz
Specialty
Bellas Artes
Training
Master in Research in Art and Creation from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM)
Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM)
Career path
In his individual practice and as part of the Elgatoconmoscas and PLAYdramaturgia collectives, he has developed projects and participated in exhibitions and festivals in spaces such as the Reina Sofía Museum, CA2M, La Casa Encendida, the Sala de Arte Joven de la Comunidad de Madrid or PHotoEspaña, among others. much others.
Together with Fernando Gandasegui, he has developed the workshop Die trying at the Cultural Center of Spain in La Paz, as well as the educational program jet lag. present contractures in the same center. Both have collaborated with Pedagogías Invisibles in the edition of Art Thinking 2018 and in the project Platypus. In the same year, she worked on the conceptualization of Velada Valpo at the Centro Cultural de España in Santiago, Chile.
For several seasons he was a teacher in the IED fashion module, and currently teaches classes in the Master in Performing Practice and Visual Culture at the Reina Sofía Museum/UCLM.
In recent years it has programmed different exhibition contexts, such as VIVAC in Matadero Madrid and the 2016 season at the Teatro Pradillo. Next to Jacobo Cayetano design the artistic platform royal forest y Lycra, curated together with Lorenzo García-Andrade for the Young Art Room of the Community of Madrid.
Collaborates in the development of scenic and exhibition processes with a presence on the international circuit.
His work is represented by the Luis Adelantado Gallery in Valencia.
Subjects and workshops
DEGREE IN FINE ARTS
Stage Design Projects Workshop
Awards, mentions and recognitions
INJUVE Aid for Young Creation
Second prize in the XV Young Prize for Plastic Arts of the Complutense Foundation
Other merits
INTRANSIT participant. A university creation laboratory
Participant in the XXV Plastic Arts Circuits
Participant in the I Edition of La Colmena
Artist in residence at CA2M and La Casa Encendida with PLAYdramaturgia