Adam Cruces

Adam Cruces is a contemporary artist who has showcased his works in numerous solo and group exhibitions worldwide.

Biography of Adam Cruces

Adam Cruces was born in 1985 in Houston, Texas, US. In 2008, he graduated from Kansas City Art Institute. Cruces earned an MFA in Art and Media from the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste in 2013. 

Cruces' artworks have been exhibited in numerous solo and group shows, including Gegenwartskunst, Basel, Switzerland (2012); Nothing To See Here, with Enrico Boccioletti, Instituto Svizzero, Milan, Italy (2013); Megarave, Kunsthaus Langethal, Langenthal, Switzerland (2014); Fit For Purpose, Kunsthaus Glarus, Glarus, Switzerland (2015); Pastel, Galerie Joseph Tang, Paris, France (2016); Built like a memory, Tag Team, Bergen, Norway (2017); Hair of the Dog, Gelateria Sogni di Ghiaccio, Bologna, Italy (2019); Observer of the Techniques, WallRiss, Fribourg, Switzerland (2019); Eavesdropping, Blue Velvet Projects, Zürich, Switzerland (2022), among others.

Currently, Adam Cruces lives and works in Zürich.

Adam Cruses' Art Style

Cruces explores the dynamics of our interaction with the environment, employing diverse material approaches such as painting, sculpture, and video. These elements often converge in installations that blur the boundaries between obligation and leisure, nature and domestication, and the familiar and the foreign.

In his personal practice, Cruces creates site-specific installations that explore the interplay between obligation and recreation, in relation to contemporary lifestyles. These are often referred to as both contextual factors in which the work is perceived physically and conceptual factors, relating to the utilization of space and time.