Emilia Cruz

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Emilia Cruz (born 1993) is a Mexican-American artist known for her oil and acrylic paintings depicting women of color in nature. [1]

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Biography

Emilia Cruz was born in 1993 in San Diego, California and raised in Simi Valley. [2] She currently resides in Ventura County, California. [3] As a child, she traveled back and forth to Tijuana, Mexico to visit family. [2] Emilia attended Atherwood Elementary School and Royal High School. [2] She is pursuing a BA in Illustration at the ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, California. [2] While studying, she teaches classes to young artists between the ages 3–12 at Plaza de La Raza located in Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles, CA. [1]

Notable art

One of her best-known paintings is titled Am I too dark?. [2]

SPARC, Venice, CA, When She Rises (2018)

Emilia Cruz’s artwork was featured in the When She Rises exhibition at SPARC in Venice, Los Angeles in 2018. [3] The theme of the exhibition revolves around social justice and ecology, and its relation to the artist and their community. [4]

Netflix Series Gente-fied (2019)

Emilia Cruz’s artwork was commissioned to be a part of the Netflix series 'Gente-fied' in 2019. [1] [2] Cruz’s artwork were the paintings that Ana Morales, the main character, paints in the series. [1] Her main role was to create paintings of fictional characters. [1]

CNN en Español, Proyecto Ser Humano (2019)

In 2019, Emilia Cruz was commissioned by CNN en Español to create a painting for Proyecto ser Humano. [2] [5] Her painting was expected to demonstrate diversity, inclusion, and solidarity. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Recinos, Eva (June 10, 2020). "Meet Emilia Cruz, the Painter Behind Ana's Art on Gentefied". Remezcla. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Salkin, Ezra (July 16, 2021). "Her culture on canvas: Simi artist creates paintings for Netflix's Gentefied". Simi Valley Acorn. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
  3. 1 2 Florez Carmona, Judith (2020-01-27). "Emilia Cruz". Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social (MALCS). Retrieved 2022-12-01.
  4. ↑ "WOMXN @ SPARC". SPARCinLA. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
  5. 1 2 "Emilia Cruz, pinceladas contra la discriminación". CNN (in Spanish). April 9, 2019. Retrieved 2022-12-01.

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