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JERRY DE LA CRUZ 807 Mariposa St., Denver, CO 80204 3325 NW 3rd Ave., Miami, FL 33127 (720) 480-3197 [email protected] COMPLETE RESUME Table of Contents SOLO EXHIBITIONS ................................................................................................................................................................ 2 GROUP EXHIBITIONS ............................................................................................................................................................. 4 HONORS AND INVITED ARTIST ......................................................................................................................................... 23 TEACHING AND COMMISSIONS ........................................................................................................................................ 28 PUBLICATIONS ...................................................................................................................................................................... 32 MEDIA FEATURES ................................................................................................................................................................. 38 MEDIA COVERAGE................................................................................................................................................................ 45 COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTIONS ......................................................................................................................................... 58 YOUTH ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 64 Jerry De La Cruz Solo Exhibitions 2015 Museo de las Americas, Denver, CO “De La Cruz: A Road Well Traveled” – Oct 15 – Jan 16, 2016 A 45 plus year retrospective, Curator: Maruca Salazar, Director Alpine Fine Art Gallery, Denver, CO “De La Cruz on Santa Fe” –Oct 16 – Nov 7 2007 Ironton Gallery, Denver, CO “Digit-All Art by the hand of De La Cruz” – Aug 24 – Sep 21 Curator: Jill Hadley-Hooper 2004 Thacher Gallery, University of San Francisco, CA “Adorned” (2-person) – Apr 5 – May 2 Curator: Glori Simmons Upper Gallery, Lakewood Cultural Center, Lakewood, CO “Latino Paintings: De La Cruz” – Oct 4 – Nov 12 Curators: Carlos Santistevan & Carlos Fresquez 2002 23rd Avenue Sculpture Gallery, Denver, CO “Flesh & Steel: Erotic Art Exhibit and Costume Ball” (2-person) – Oct 25 - Dec 2 Curator: Dennis West 2001 New Lab Gallery, Denver, CO “Jerry De La Cruz” – Apr 6 – 30 Curator: Laura Brock 1999 Grand Suites Virtual Offices, Denver, CO “De La Cruz” - May 1 – May 30 Curator: Susan Erlich 1995 Denver Civic Theatre, Denver, CO “De La Cruz” – May Curator: Lorie Young Sangre de Cristo Arts Center, Pueblo, CO “Jerry De La Cruz: REM Revisited” – Jun 9 – Aug 19 Curator: Jennifer Cook 1990 Off Broadway Gallery, Pueblo, CO “De La Cruz: On the Edge” – May 4 – May 31 Curator: John Wilbar Bluecreek/West Fine Arts, Denver, CO “De La Cruz” Curator: Jasmine Bluecreek De La Cruz Resume Page 2 1989 Dominion Plaza Lobby, Denver, CO “Paintings & Drawings by Jerry De La Cruz” – Jul 6 – Aug 3 Curator: Andra Archer 1987 Art Barn Warehouse, Denver, CO “Art Barn One” Sep 18 – Oct 2 Denver Federal Building, Denver, CO “National Hispanic Heritage Week” Exhibit – Sep 13 – Sep 19 1986 Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO Celebration and unveiling of accessed work – Mar 7 1985 Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO “Jerry De La Cruz” – Apr 28 – May 26 Curator: Regina Hogan Criteria Gallery, Denver, CO “Jerry De La Cruz” – Feb 21 – Mar 16 Curator: Amala Hanke Denver Federal Building, Denver, CO “Jerry De La Cruz” 1984 Griffon's Light Gallery, Denver, CO “Jerry De La Cruz” – Aug 18 – Aug 31 Curator: Chuck Butcher Progresso Gallery, Denver, CO "Eros" (2-person) – Aug 10 – Aug 24 1983 Amendola Gallery, New Haven, CT “Jerry De La Cruz” – Apr 19 – May 14 Curator: Tony Amendola 1982 Race Street Gallery, Denver, CO “Jerry De La Cruz” – Sep 25 – 30 1980 Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Denver, CO “Jerry De La Cruz” 1978 Zach's Restaurant, Denver, CO “Jerry De La Cruz” 1975 Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO “Jerry De La Cruz” – Mar 7 – Apr 4 Curator: Kay Martin Traveling Exhibit Chateau Pyranees Restaurant, Centennial, CO – Apr 26 – Jun 21 De La Cruz Resume Page 3 Jerry De La Cruz Group Exhibitions 2016 Republic Plaza Galleries, Denver, CO “PeopleScapes” – Jun 23 – Aug 17 Curator: Andra Archer Republic Plaza Galleries, Denver, CO “Scrounged” – Mar 23 – May 19 Curator: Andra Archer Art Gym Gallery, Denver, CO “Selfie” – Feb 18 – Mar 26 Curator: Elke McGuire, Director 2015 Blair Caldwell Library, Denver, CO “Race Matters: An Intercultural Dialogue” – Sep 26 – Oct 30 Curator: Helen Littlejohn 2014 Niza Knoll Gallery, Denver, CO “Holy Moly: Religious Commentary in Contemporary Art” – Jun 20 – Jul 26 Juror: Mark Penner Howell Mattatuck Museum of Art – Waterbury, CT “A Feeling of Humanity: Contemporary Western Art from the Ken Ratner Collection” – Mar 13 – Apr 27 Traveling Exhibit Rockwell Museum of Western Art, Corning, NY – Oct 3 – Jan 11, 2015 2012 Spark Gallery, Denver, CO “Used” – Aug 9 - 26 Core New Art Space, Denver, CO “Mixed Media” – Jul 12 - 29 Juror: Carlos Fresquez Vida Ellison Gallery, Denver Central Library, Denver, CO “Walls that Speak” – May 12 – Aug 31 Curators: Georgia Garnsey, Megan Kemper & Deborah Wadsworth 2011 Niza Knoll Gallery, Denver, CO “The Birth of Venus” – Dec 29 – Feb 4, 2012 Curator: Niza Knoll Zip 37, Denver, CO “Cronin, De La Cruz, Manos” (3 person) – Sep 16 – Oct 2 Curator: Pat Cronin Illiterate Gallery, Denver, CO “The Big Picture” – Mar 4 - 25 Curator: Adam Gildar 2010 Tointon Gallery for the Visual Arts, City of Greeley, Greeley, CO “Arte Fino” (3-person) – Apr 30 – May 30 Curator: Emanuel Martinez De La Cruz Resume Page 4 Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO “Timmy Flynn’s Hardware Store” – Feb 6 - 28 Curators: Michael Chavez & Tim Flynn 2009 Denver Botanic Garden Gallery, Denver, CO “Extinction: Artists Respond” – May 23 – Jul 26 Jurors: Simon Zalkind & Ivar Zeile Art Students League of Denver Gallery, Denver, CO “Everybody Loves a Train Wreck” – Jan 9 – Feb 25 Curators: Katherine Smith-Warren & Alison Werasmith 2008 Translations Gallery, Denver, CO “Assemblage and Recyclates” – Aug 1 – Sep 13 Curator: Judy Hagler Zip 37 Gallery, Denver, CO “Dolls” – Jun 6 - 22 Curator: Pat Cronin 2007 Hagnauer Gallery, Business of Art Center, Manitou Springs, CO “Chicano Magic” – Sep 21 – Nov 3 Curator: Patty Ortiz New Mexico State University Gallery, Las Cruces, NM “Art Five” – Aug 24 – Oct 12 Curator: John Lawson William Havu Gallery, Denver, CO “Una Cultura: Tres Voces” (3 person) – Apr 13 – Jun 2 Curator: William Havu Art Students League of Denver – Denver, CO “The Originals: 20th Anniversary” – Mar 9 – Apr 18 Curator: Leona Lazar Los Angeles Center for Digital Art – Los Angeles, CA “Top 40: LACDA Int’l Juried Competition Winners Show” – Mar 8 - 31 Juror: Rex Bruce 2006 Phoenix Airport Museum – Phoenix, AZ “Connecting Cultures” – Dec 16 – Jul 8, 2007 Art from the HRC Collection ASU, Tempe, AZ; Curator: Gary Keller North Gallery, Lakewood Cultural Center, Lakewood, CO “Crossings” – Sep 5 – Nov 6 Curator: Robin Anderson University of Central Missouri Art Center, Warrensburg, MO “Raise Your Voice: American Democracy Project” – Aug 28 – Sep 28 Curator: Michael Crane Business of Art Center, Manitou Springs, CO “Contemporary Icons: Symbols & Signs of the Times” – Jun16 – Jul 29 Juror: Gerry Riggs De La Cruz Resume Page 5 Lakewood Cultural Center, Lakewood, CO “Forms of Dialog Juried Sculpture Exhibit” – May 8 – Aug 25 Jurors: Rian Kerrane & Jude Silva Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS “Pastel National” – May 5 – Jun 11 Juror: Kitty Wallis Art Students League of Denver, Denver, CO “The Nature of Things or Things in Nature” – May 5 – Jun 23 Curators: Reed Weimer & Peter Durst El Museo de las Americas, Denver, CO “Never Leaving Aztlan” – Feb 2 – May 21 Curator: Patty Ortiz Traveling Exhibit Wells Fargo Atrium Gallery, Denver, CO – Jun 22 – Jul 18 Adams State College Art Gallery, Alamosa, CO – Aug 14 – Sep 16 Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, Ft. Collins, CO – Sep 19 – Nov 25 Art Students League of Denver, Denver, CO “Go Figure!” – Jan 6 – Feb 17 Curators: Mitch Caster, Rik Sargent, Lu Cong Mizel Museum, Denver, CO “Rescuers: Portraits of Moral Courage in the Holocaust” – Jan 5 – Apr 30 Curator: Ellen Premack 2005 Denver International Airport, Denver, CO “Hispanic Heritage” – Oct 12 - 30 Curator: Colleen Fanning C.H.A.C. Gallery, Denver, CO “Triumph of our Communities” – May 5 - 21 Book signing & exhibit 2004 Art Students League of Denver, Denver, CO “Art & Soul” – Nov 4 - 30 Jurors: Gwen Chanzit & Georgianna Contiguglia International Center of Bethlehem, Bethlehem, Palestine “Common Wounds” – Oct 7 - 31 Curator: George Rivera Studio Aiello, Denver, CO “Group Show 2” – Sep 10 – Oct 15 Juror: Kathy Andrews Emmanuel Gallery, Denver, CO “ZipCo” – Jul 8 – Aug 6 Juror: Ivar Zeile Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, CO Members Juried Exhibit – Jun 25 – Aug 7 Jurors: Jim Cannata & Lincoln Phillips Close Range Gallery, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO “Scene Colorado/Sin Colorado” – May 8 – Aug 22 Curator: Dianne Vanderlip Mesa Southwest Museum, Mesa, AZ De La Cruz Resume Page 6 “Chicano Art for our Millennium: Collected Works from the Arizona State University Community” – Apr 30 – Sep 18 Hispanic Research Center Gallery at ASU, Tempe, AZ “International