Irene Cruz

Irene Cruz (born 1987, Madrid) is a Spanish photographer and video artist. Her works have been featured both in festivals and exhibitions all over the world. She resides in Berlin (Germany), where she creates her art using natural elements and blue lights. Most of her photographs are a reference to herself, feature a cinematographic atmosphere, and combine fiction and reality.

Irene Cruz was born in Madrid, Spain, in 1987. She attended the Complutense University of Madrid, where she majored in Marketing, Public Relations and Audiovisual Communication. She also attended the International master's degree in Photography at Efti (formerly, Escuela de Fotografía y Técnica de Imagen, currently Centro Internacional de Fotografía y Cine) in 2011, when she traveled to Berlin for the first time and decided to become a professional photographer. In 2013, she attended the course "Nuevas Iluminaciones. Fundamentos narrativos de la luz" at Efti, which has been a crucial influence in her later works. She is nowadays a well-known artist that has participated in more than 250 exhibitions all over the world, including cities like Paris, New York City, Buenos Aires, Madrid, and Berlin.

Individual video exhibitions

• 2016 – Deutsche Oper Berlin, Berlin
• 2015 – Arte Lateral (C.C Arturo Soria), Madrid
• 2015 – 48 Stunden Neukölln, Berlin

Individual exhibitions

• 2016 – Centro Cultural Buero Vallejo, Madrid
• 2015 – Laboratorio Modulable Artístico (LAMOSA), Cuenca, Spain
• 2015 – Centro Cultural Arturo Soria, Madrid
• 2015 – Newcastle Foundation, Murcia, Spain
• 2015 – 48 Stunden Neukölln, Berlin
• 2015 – MUA, Alicante, Spain
• 2014 – Kleiner Salon – BCMArte, Berlin
• 2014 – The Ballery Gallery, Berlin
• 2014 – Dispara Gallery, A Estrada, Spain
• 2014 – Kunsthistorisches Institut der freien Universität Berlin, Berlin
• 2014 – Mediadvanced, Gijón, Spain
• 2014 – Sala La Capilla. Palacio de Pronillo, Santander, Spain
• 2014 – 48 Stunden Neukölln, Berlin
• 2014 – Habitat//Native, Berlin
• 2013 – Art & Weise Kunstraum, Berlin