Adriana Garcia Cruz

BIO

Growing up in a very modest family in Colombia, Adriana understood very early on that human beauty comes from its complexity: fragility behind strength, courage behind fear, anguish behind certainty. An immigrant to Canada in 2006, she refined her photographic technique thanks to the inspiration she found from artists like Irving Penn and Ruven Afanador and she began her artistic career.
For Adriana, to photograph the human is to access the invisible that hides in each of us: dreams, regrets, hopes and beauty. With the sensitivity that characterises her, she engages in the depths of the soul and celebrates the intimate.
In 2017, she received the research and creation CALQ grant for her work The Memory and Oblivion (La mémoire et l’oubli), where she offers us an intimate vision of objects and the secret of family. Adriana presented her first solo exhibition at the Montreal Arts Council in 2018.

EDUCATION
Inter@meriques. Programme for professional artists from the cultural plurality of the Americas towards digital arts. Agence Topo et Latinarte. Montreal, QC. 2019.
Representation and Art Production. Carrefour des arts de la scène et de l’entrepreneuriat (CASE). Montreal, QC. 2019.
Photo Engraving. Prof. Carlos Calado. L’imprimerie, centre d’artistes. Montreal, QC. 2018.
Starting a Business. ASP Program for women in the arts. Mon projet d´affaires. Montreal, QC. 2013.
Photography Courses. Continuing Education, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON. 2008-2010.
Graphic Design. Bachelor’s degree. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Bogota, Colombia. 1989-1994.

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.
Professional Artistic Mentorship Program (MAP) at Diversité Artistique Montréal (DAM), Mentor Damian Siqueiros. 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.