About
Biography
Angela de la Cruz was born in A Coruña in Galicia, northwest Spain in 1965 and lives and works in London. She studied Philosophy at the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain (1987) before moving to London, where she obtained a BA in Fine Art from Goldsmiths College, London, UK (1994) and an MA in Sculpture and Critical Theory from the Slade, London, UK (1996).
Selected solo exhibitions
Barricade, Krinzinger Gallery, Vienna, Austria (2023)
Helga de Alvear Gallery, Madrid, Spain (2022)
Gallerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin, Germany (2019)
Museo Cabañas, Guadalajara, Mexico (2021)
CGAC, Santiago de Compostela, Spain (2019)
Lisson Gallery, London, UK (2018)
Azkuna Zentroa, Bilbao, Spain (2018)
Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden (2016)
Fundacion Luis Seoane, A Coruña, Spain (2015)
Carreras Mugica, Bilbao, Spain (2014)
Camden Arts Centre, London, UK (2010)
Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Seville, Spain (2005)
Museo de Arte Contemporanea de Vigo and Annex Space MARCO, Spain (2004)
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
In 2010, De la Cruz was nominated for the Turner Prize and was the recipient of the Paul Hamlyn award in the UK.
In 2017, she was awarded the Premio Nacional de Artes Plásticas in Spain.
In 2021, de la Cruz was awarded the Sunny Dupree Family Award for a Woman Artist for her work at the Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London, and in 2022 she was nominated for the David and Yuko Juda Foundation Grant.