Javier Cruz y Andrés Izquierdo
During their residency at Collegium, artists Javier Cruz and Andrés Izquierdo will develop a project connected to the landscape and materials of northern Ávila, drawing from their own personal and family memories and experiences.
Using natural elements from the region — including holm oak, mica, cypress, bone, and the red clay of Arévalo — both artists will work in parallel on processes of observing and transforming the surrounding environment. Cruz will create a series of moons using holm oak charcoal, mica, and materials gathered during his journeys between Piedralaves and Arévalo, while Izquierdo will explore pigments and clays made from local materials, taking as a point of departure the area’s characteristic landscapes and poppy fields. The project will also include several works developed collaboratively.
Javier Cruz (Madrid, 1985) works between visual arts and experimental performance. His practice unfolds through paintings, publications, jewellery, installations and public programmes, often developed collaboratively and in response to specific contexts. He has been part of collectives and initiatives including Elgatoconmoscas, PLAYdramaturgia, Bosque Real and Dorothy Michaels, and was previously director of Teatro Pradillo. His work has been presented at institutions including Museo Reina Sofía, CA2M, La Casa Encendida and Patio Herreriano. He represented Spain at the Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space and has collaborated with TBA21, Artium and the Altamira Museum.
Andrés Izquierdo (Madrid, 1993) works through sculpture, drawing and furniture design, exploring the material and symbolic conditions of specific places and environments. His practice brings together found materials, domestic forms and reused elements to create works that move between the organic and the constructed, the ritual and the everyday. Clay, bone, flowers and accumulated objects often appear in sculptural arrangements that remain open to transformation and reinterpretation. Through these processes, his work reflects an interest in memory, observation and the relationships between landscape, material and lived experience.
Using natural elements from the region — including holm oak, mica, cypress, bone, and the red clay of Arévalo — both artists will work in parallel on processes of observing and transforming the surrounding environment. Cruz will create a series of moons using holm oak charcoal, mica, and materials gathered during his journeys between Piedralaves and Arévalo, while Izquierdo will explore pigments and clays made from local materials, taking as a point of departure the area’s characteristic landscapes and poppy fields. The project will also include several works developed collaboratively.
Javier Cruz (Madrid, 1985) works between visual arts and experimental performance. His practice unfolds through paintings, publications, jewellery, installations and public programmes, often developed collaboratively and in response to specific contexts. He has been part of collectives and initiatives including Elgatoconmoscas, PLAYdramaturgia, Bosque Real and Dorothy Michaels, and was previously director of Teatro Pradillo. His work has been presented at institutions including Museo Reina Sofía, CA2M, La Casa Encendida and Patio Herreriano. He represented Spain at the Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space and has collaborated with TBA21, Artium and the Altamira Museum.
Andrés Izquierdo (Madrid, 1993) works through sculpture, drawing and furniture design, exploring the material and symbolic conditions of specific places and environments. His practice brings together found materials, domestic forms and reused elements to create works that move between the organic and the constructed, the ritual and the everyday. Clay, bone, flowers and accumulated objects often appear in sculptural arrangements that remain open to transformation and reinterpretation. Through these processes, his work reflects an interest in memory, observation and the relationships between landscape, material and lived experience.
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