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DAVID ANTONIO CRUZ (1974 - ) Whenitallreturns.
Oil on wood panel, 2016. 203x203 mm; 8x8 inches. Signed, dated and inscribed "We are going to wait for the rain to wash it away", "Sheldon II" and "oil and enamel on wood, 8x8 inches" in ink on the verso.
Provenance: donated by the artist and acquired from the 2016 Exhibition and Art Auction Gala, Washington Project for the Arts; private collection, Washington DC (2016).
The small but stunning portrait by David Antonio Cruz is an excellent example of the painting of this multidisciplinary artist and Professor of the Practice in Painting and Drawing at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University. Cruz fuses painting and performance to explore the visibility and intersectionality of brown, black, and queer bodies. Cruz received a BFA in painting from Pratt Institute and an MFA from Yale University. He attended Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and completed the AIM Program at the Bronx Museum. Recent residencies include the LMCC Workspace Residency, Project For Empty Space's Social Impact Residency, and BRICworkspace. Cruz's work has been included in notable group exhibitions at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, El Museo del Barrio, BRIC, Performa 13, and the Bronx Museum of Art. His fellowships and awards include the Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters & Sculptors Grant, the Franklin Furnace Fund Award, the Urban Artist Initiative Award, the Queer Mentorship Fellowship, and the Neubauer Faculty Fellowship at Tufts University. Bio courtesy of the artist's website.
