Sérgio Cruz
Sergio Cruz was born in Portugal. He lives in London as an artist/filmmaker. He initially studied Sound and Image at Fine Art universities in Portugal and Holland. With the objective of combining his interest in cinema, performance and fine arts, Cruz undertook two master degrees in London, the first in Fine Arts at Central Saint Martins and the second in “Dance for the Screen” at The Place- London Contemporary Dance School. His art practice has become since then solely devoted to film/video as a medium to articulate gesture.
Sergio’s films have won several awards and have been internationally broadcast on television (for instance as part of British Channel 4 Three Minute Wonder series’) and screened in film festivals and art galleries (including the collective exhibition Figuring Landscapes held at the Tate Gallery, London and the solo show at the Art Claims Impulse gallery in Berlin).
AWARDS/ RESIDENCIES
2009: The film "Exótica", won the prize of Particular Eye in the on-line dance film festival idill, Belgium and the award of best Portuguese film in the dance film InShadow, Portugal.
2009: Won the bursary Ernesto de Sousa awarded by the Luso-American Foundation and Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Portugal. Residency in the Experimental Intermedia Foundation, New York, USA.
2009: Won the bursary Inovart Program awarded by DGArtes (Direcção Geral das Artes), Portugal.
2009: Residency in the Nodar Artist Residency Center, Portugal.
2008/09: The film "Outside", won the award of best Portuguese film in the Temps D'Images Film Award festival (2008), Portugal; the FNAC New Talent Award, in the Independent film festival IndieLisboa (2008), Portugal; a special mention in the showcase / contemporary art contest MO>VI Arte (2008), Italy and a honour mention in the Ovar video festival (2009), Portugal.
2008: Residency in the Franco Cultural Center of Maputo, Mozambique.
2008: Selected to attend the 6th Berlinale Talent Campus in Berlin, Germany.
2007/08: The film "Animalz" won the prize of best short film in the international video festival Tom de Video (2007), Portugal; the prize of best experimental film in the youth film festival Fest (2007), Portugal; a special mention in the Arouca film festival (2007); nominated for the award for international students, ISMAF Award 2007 (media art festival Focus), Netherlands and was nominated for the award of best artist film in the new talent in moving image festival Exposures (2008), England.
2007: Won The Red Mansion Art Prize, awarded by Red Mansion Foundation, England. Residency in Beijing, China.
2007: Won a bursary from Capture, to attend the second international “Opensource: Videodance” symposium in Scotland.
2006/07: Won the Young Creators (Jovens Criadores), video area, Portugal.
