Translated from Spanish
Music in movement: dance. Music in poetry: song. Music in writing: a score. How to translate Music into painting? My work is born from the deep necessity to fuse my two vocations: music and visual arts. I first memorize a song, I study it. Then I choose a common place, on the sidewalk, on a wall… and I draw the music—how I hear it, how it comes out of the chalk, how I see it.
Música en movimiento: la danza. Música en poesía: una canción. Música escrita: una partitura. ¿Como traducir la Música en pintura? Este trabajo nace de una necesidad profunda de fusionar mis dos vocaciones: la música y las artes visuales. Primero memorizo la canción, la estudio. Luego escojo un lugar cualquiera, sobre la acera, en un muro… Y dibujo la música. Como la escucho, como nace bajo la tiza, como la veo.
Selected Biographical Information
Education / Training
- Master de Artes Plásticas en la Universidad de París I, La Sorbonne.
Prizes / Fellowships
- 2008: Prix Spécial du Jury, Festival Côté Cour, Paris, France.
Solo Exhibitions
- 2012: “Rhythm & Chalks, videos by Fabiana Cruz”, LA Artcore Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
- 2010: “SaludArte Foundation”, IdeoBox ArtSpace, Miami FL, USA.
Group Exhibitions
- 2013: “Arte Para Cuatro”, Aires de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain.
- 2013: “Schöffer dnas le monde”, Institut Hongrois, Paris, France.
- 2012: “Venezuela en Arts”, Marcigny, France.
- 2010: “Dialogues: Chapters of Latin American Art in the MOLAA Permanent Collection”, MOLAA, Long Beach, CA, USA.
- 2010: “Toys ART US”, Curator’s Voice Project Space, Miami, USA.
- 2008: “Marked Pages II”, Sicardi Gallery, Houston TX, USA.
- 2010: “Art Dans les Bars”, Baraka productions, au O’ Duo café, Paris, France.
- 2010: 1rst International Art Triennale, Satoru Sato Museum, Tome, Japan.
- 2010: “Collect Collage”, Estudio Arte 8, Caracas, Venezuela.
- 2010: “Inestabilidad”, Marion Gallery, Panama City, Panama.
Collections
- Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA), Los Angeles CA, USA.
- DePauw University, Greencastle IN, USA.
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- Fabiana Cruz, “Imaginary Instrument #2 – “Acapella”, 2010, Series: Imaginary Instruments, Video 01:42 min. Image courtesy of the artist.
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- Fabiana Cruz, “Partition Linéaire #2 – “Agitata da Due Venti”, 2013, Series: Partitions Linéaires, Video 06:00 min. Image courtesy of the artist.
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- Fabiana Cruz, “Imaginary Instrument #1 – “Blackbird”, 2009, Series: Imaginary Instruments, Video 01:59 min. Image courtesy of the artist.
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- Fabiana Cruz, “Partition Linéaire #5 – “Confutatis”, 2012, Series: Partitions Linéaires, Video 02:49 min. Image courtesy of the artist.
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- Fabiana Cruz, “Imaginary Instrument #6 – “Inkboard”, 2012, Series: Imaginary Instruments, Video 02:05 min. Image courtesy of the artist.
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- Fabiana Cruz, “Imaginary Instrument #3 – “Interactive Lines”, 2010, Series: Imaginary Instruments, Video 02:06 min. Image courtesy of the artist.
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- Fabiana Cruz, “Partition Linéaire #4 – “PaintSynth”, 2010, Series: Partitions Linéaires, Video 01:54 min. Image courtesy of the artist.
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- Fabiana Cruz, “Imaginary Instrument #4 – “Rhythm & Chalks”, 2011, Series: Imaginary Instruments, Video 02:09 min. Image courtesy of the artist.
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- Fabiana Cruz, “Imaginary Instrument #5 – “Settle Down”, 2012, Series: Imaginary Instruments, Video 04:38 min. Image courtesy of the artist.
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- Fabiana Cruz, “Partition Linéaire #3 – “Suite de Bach”, 2009, Series: Partitions Linéaires, Video 02:55 min. Image courtesy of the artist.
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- Fabiana Cruz, “Imaginary Instrument #7 – “The Hand Wave”, 2013, Series: Imaginary Instruments, Video 01:48 min. Image courtesy of the artist.
