I have developed my artistic work in different fields such as sculpture, printmaking, drawing and painting; I strongly believe that art should be a balance between conceptual and well-crafted work. As I did my major in sculpture, I am really interested in having the opportunity to study painting more closely, not only to develop my own work which during the last years has been basically bi-dimensional, but to share with my students, because I am also an Art teacher with extensive experience teaching in areas such as drawing, painting, sculpture, composition, printmaking, art history and A.P. Studio Art. I have held management positions as well; currently I am the Visual Arts Department Head at Colegio Los Nogales, where l lead and train art teachers. Through my work, I have the goal of connecting all of my students to their artistic sensibility, while also assisting the most talented to reach as high as they possibly can. EDUCATION Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia Maestro en Artes Plásticas Bogotá, Colombia, 1995 Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia Especialista en Escultura Bogotá, Colombia, 1995 William Cruz
RECENT COMPLEMENTARY EDUCATION SCAD • Art Educators Forum Savannah, Georgia, summer 2012
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Taft Educational Center
A.P. Studio Art Summer Workshop Connecticut, U.S.A. 2010
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World Alliance for Art Education
Cumbre Latinoamericana y Caribeña sobre Educación Artística Bogotá, Colombia, 2009
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Congreso Centroamericano y del Caribe de Formación Artística
Medellín, Colombia, 2007
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE • Colegio los Nogales, 1998- Present Visual Arts Department teacher and visual arts department head Description: design and revise the visual arts curriculum for the entire school; lead, monitor and evaluate my work team composed of nine teachers and one artist in residence. • UNCOLI Unión de Colegios Internacionales, 2008 – Present Arts Coordinator Description: design the artistic annual schedule for the association; program and lead visual arts, music, drama and dance festivals that involve each of the 25 schools members of the association. William Cruz
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE • Premio Compartir al Maestro, 2004 – 2006, Member of the Experts panel Description: analize pedagogical proposals from arts teachers around the country in order to make a selection of those who have the quality to be awarded. • Asociación Alianza Educativa, 2004 Description: revise and redesign the Visual Arts curriculum for the asociation schools and to train the teachers from all of these schools to apply the new curriculum.
William Cruz
ART EXHIBITIONS • The A-Team, Salón Colombia, CLN Bogotá, 2012 • III Salón Maestro, Gimnasio Campestre Bogotá, 2012 • Ellie en su vida, apARTamento La Candelaria, Bogotá, 2011 • Perseverancia Galería El Garaje, Bogotá, 2011 • Abajito de la novena, apARTamento Bogotá, 2011 • Homenaje a Maestros Talentosos Bogotá, 2011 • Bauhaus, apARTamento Bogotá, 2010 • Tres Cuartos, Bogotá, 2003 • Instalación, Planetario Distrital, Bogotá, 1995 Trabajo de Grado, Museo de Arte Moderno, Universidad Nacional, Bogotá, 1995 • Salón de la Demencia, Museo de Arquitectura, Universidad Nacional, Bogotá, 1994 • Instalation projects, Museo de Arte Moderno, Universidad Nacional, Bogotá, 1994 • Instalation projects, Academia Superior de Arte de Bogotá, Bogotá, 1994
William Cruz
Tesla, 2003 Linocut. 50x25
Untitled, 2004 Bronze. 30x22x17
Untitled, 2010 Mixed media on paper. 19x19
Untitled, 2010 Drawing on paper. 19x19
Untitled, 2000 Mixed media. 46x45
Untitled, 2000 Oil on canvas. 50x70
Untitled, 2005 Mixed media on wood. 40x58
Fruits, 2005 Acrylics on wood. 83x48
Untitled, 2005 Mixed media on wood. 59x36
Untitled, 2005 Acrylics on Burlap. 70x26
Untitled, 2005 Acrylics on wood. 110x22
Untitled, 2005 Oil on wood. 80x16
Untitled, 2010 Mixed media on paper. 25x17
Untitled, 2009 Mixed media on canvas. 100x150
Untitled, 2010 Mixed media on canvas. 25x35
Untitled, 2010 Mixed media on canvas. 25x35
Untitled, 2010 Mixed media on canvas. 25x35
SERIES
This is a series of works related to the idea of being a foreigner in Colombia and having to deal with the country’s linguistic expressions. Some works are based on words, like "bacano" which means cool, the word estranged when broken into two parts: "baca" (i.e. vaca, or cow in English) and "no", resulting in the negation of a cow. Or, expressions like "ser abeja", which means cleverness, literally translates into English as bee-like. Sometimes these works are not only about Colombian idioms, but word games in general. The two lines appearing at the bottom of each work are done with passport or visa codes in mind (i.e. the alphanumeric sequence on the bottom of a passport or visa’s first page).
Colombian Dream
SERIES Â Bacano (cool), 2011
(Colombian Dream Series)
Drawing on wood, 25x25
SERIES Â Pispo (handsome), 2011
(Colombian Dream Series)
Mixed media on wood. 15x10x3
SERIES Â Ziploc, 2011
(Colombian Dream Series)
Mixed media on paper. 28x21
SERIES Be bee, Avíspate, 2011
(Colombian Dream Series)
Mixed media on wood. 35x25
SERIES
"Me embiste la tecnología" is an expression used in Colombia by people who find computers difficult and challenging to use, or by those who consider computer usage a generational issue. For much of this work, several Microsoft Windows commands highlight different situations in people’s lives. For example, the command “Ctrl+Z” is used to undo an action; the art uses this command in conjunction with a nude painted by Colombian artist Fernando Botero, including body marks to reference liposuction illustrating a desire to lose (i.e. undo) fat fast.
Me embiste la Tecnología
SERIES Ctrl Alt Supr, 2011
(Me embiste la Tecnología Series)
Mixed media on paper. 28x21
SERIES Ctrl Z, 2011
(Me embiste la Tecnología Series)
Mixed media on paper. 28x21
SERIES Â F5 (refresh), 2011
(Me embiste la tecnologĂa series)
Mixed media on paper. 28x21
SERIES Untitled, 2012
(Me embiste la Tecnología Series)
Mixed media on wood. 50x50
SERIES ART, 2012
(Me embiste la tecnología series)
Golden leaf on wood, 25x25