ARTIST STATEMENT

With my visual work I want to bring people together. My purpose is to create links between us. To create the space to talk about the things we all have in common, the most universal things like family ties, cultural identity, the sense of belonging… I feel humanity's fate is to forget and that’s why my work invites us all to remember. I am fascinated by the stories that hide behind the objects and why people keep them, cherish them, guard them, collect them... Still life for me is an excuse to explore the human being and the social ties that we all build and need to keep.
Photography is the best medium of expression I have to capture the life that resides in people and objects. I often use long-time exposure in the studio. I give a careful, silent look and I take the necessary time for the subjects to be observed and for people to feel comfortable being seen. It is my way to communicate my view against the speed that rules our lives in society today. When we take the time to look, to reflect, to share, we fight against the absurd machinery of contemporary production that constantly manufactures images with incredible rapidity, images that will fall into oblivion a few seconds later. This intimacy is worth being observed because it is at the same time universal; it does not belong to a single individual, but rather to the whole humanity. In this way, my work is linked to anthropology and history.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS / EXHIBITIONS

Exhibition La mémoire et l´oubli, (Memory and Oblivion), Espace Mur-Mur des Arts. Library of Brossard, Montréal. January 2020.
Exhibition La mémoire et l´oubli, (Memory and Oblivion), Maison de la Culture Plateau Mont-Royal. December 2019 - January 2020.
Group Exhibition Inter@meriques. Macho exposé, Conseil des Arts de Montreal. October 2019.
Exhibition La mémoire et l´oubli, (Memory and Oblivion), Ahuntsic Library, Montreal. October and November 2018.
Exhibition La mémoire et l´oubli, (Memory and Oblivion), Saint Michel Library, Montreal. September 2018.
Exhibition La mémoire et l´oubli, (Memory and Oblivion), Conseil de Arts de Montreal. June and July 2018.
Winner of Vivacité grant awarded by Conseil des Arts et lettres du Québec, La mémoire et l´oubli (Memory and Oblivion) project. 2016.
Selected artist for the Portrait of a Photographer project, Maison de la Photo. 2016.
Project Portraits des Immigrants (Portraits of Immigrants), Photo Studio at TOHU. 2016.
Group Exhibition Nulle p'art ailleurs. Commissioner, Iris Amizlev (Fine Arts Museum of Montreal). DAM - TOHU. 2016.

MEDIA

TicArtToc # 9 Magazine. L´Exil (The Exile) De Repentigny, Mylène. Artist Portrait. October, 2017.
Radio Canada International. Martinez, Paloma. Adriana Garcia Cruz: l’humain, la mémoire et l’oubli au bout de sa lentille (The Human, Memory and Oblivion). June 22, 2017. Article Link.
Métro Journal. Mangado, Sophie. Un programme de mentorat pour jeter des ponts entre les artistes d’ici et d’ailleurs (A Mentorship Program to Build Bridges between local and Foreign Artists). June 21, 2017. Montreal. Article Link.
Maison de la photo de Montréal. Portrait de photographe (Photography Portrait). February 17, 2017. Article Link.
Latinarte Magazine, video. July Edition, 2016. Interview. Article Link.
Métro Journal. Amérique latine à l’honneur (Latin America in the Spotlight). About the exhibition, Photographes d’Amérique du Sud: regards croisés (Photographs of South America: Different Perspectives). August 31, 2014.

SKILLS AND ASSETS

More than seven years of experience in the field of photography. Experience in the conceptualization, development and implementation of projects with an artistic photography approach.
Expertise in the production of film photography and digital photography.
Continuous photography collaborations with artists from different domains in Montreal.
4 years as a university art teacher (courses in drawing and visual communication).
Work experience with photo studio equipment.
Expertise in photography software and digital manipulation.