Ángela de la Cruz
Angela de la Cruz (Coruña, 1965) is a Galician-born artist who has been living in the United Kingdom for more than 15 years. She studied Philosophy at the University of Santiago de Compostela and later moved to London where she studied at different art schools (Chelsea College of Art, Goldsmiths College, MA in Sculpture and Critical Theory at the Slade School of Art). She then began a promising artistic career that has enabled her to become one of the most interesting artists of her generation. She currently lives and works in London and teaches at the Chelsea School of Art, The Ruskin School and Oxford University.
Ángela de la Cruz's work has been exhibited in many countries. The exhibition taking place at MARCO will be her first one-person exhibition in this country. However this is one of many projects which Angela has worked on in 2004, these include her proposal at one of ARCO'04 project rooms, her participation at Manifesta V (held in San Sebastian) and Forum Barcelona. She opened her first solo exhibition at the Lisson Gallery, London, in June 2004.
Angela de la Cruz is currently represented by Lisson Gallery, London, Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna and Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne.
