David Antonio Cruz (b. 1974) examines the intersectionality of queerness and race through painting, sculpture, and performance. Focusing on queer, trans, and gender-fluid communities of color, he addresses the violence perpetrated against their members. A recent series explores the notion of “chosen family,” the nonbiological bonds between queer people based on mutual support and love. Cruz lives and works in New York. He has had recent solo exhibitions at the ICA San Francisco (2025), the Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art and Storytelling, New York (2024), and the ICA Philadelphia (2023), and his work has been included in group exhibitions at the Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, and the Zuckerman Museum of Art, Kennesaw, Georgia, among many others.

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David Antonio Cruz, nacido en 1974, examina las intersecciones entre lo cuir y la raza por medio de la pintura, la escultura y la performance. Se centra en las comunidades cuir, trans y de género fluido de color para hablar de la violencia perpetrada contra sus miembros. En una serie reciente explora la noción de «familia elegida», los lazos no biológicos entre personas cuir basados en el amor y el apoyo mutuo. Cruz vive y trabaja en Nueva York. Ha tenido exposiciones individuales en el Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco (2025), el Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art and Storytelling, en Nueva York (2024), y el Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania (2023). Su obra se ha incluido en muestras colectivas en el Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, y el Zuckerman Museum of Art, Kennesaw, Georgia, entre muchas otras.