Artists

Cruz Jimenez

Biography works Exhibitions

Thoughts of Memory

2/07/2019 to 21/07/2019

As the exhibition title suggests, Thoughts of Memory is a deeply reflective show for the artist. Abstract nostalgia from artist Cruz Jimenez’s life in both California and New Zealand is transferred to his canvases in an evocative wash of dripping golds with a more solid memory forming from time to time.

End of the Night

31/07/2018 to 19/08/2018

The poetic title of Cruz Jimenez’s new exhibition, End of the Night, encapsulates the emotive and personal nature of his work. While many of Jimenez’s paintings have contained the narrative of finding light in the dark and the shrouding darkness of nighttime, this exhibition suggests a new light, perhaps a new dawn for the artist.

Midnight Love

23/01/2018 to 18/02/2018

Midnight Love is a selection of new works in ink on paper by artist Cruz Jimenez. Embracing poetry, Jimenez displays an undeniable expressive quality through this series. With bold brushstrokes and a luxurious palette, the selection of work also shows a fragility and delicacy as the artist works with wafer thin rice paper.

Under the Moon I Planted

1/10/2017 to 15/10/2017

An off-site project during Artweek 2017 at Allpress Gallery presenting the latest body of work from Cruz Jimenez.

Hiraeth

11/04/2017 to 30/04/2017

This new body of work from artist Cruz Jimenez draws on ideas of nostalgia. The works depict fragments of memories and nostalgic wanderings, as well as a visual depiction of the artist's premonition of his future.

Viaje

26/07/2016 to 14/08/2016

The Spanish title of Cruz Jimenez’s latest exhibition is Viaje – which, translated into English, means 'journey'. The artist's Mexican heritage is embraced in this new body of work, a series that describes Jimenez’s own development; his journey.

The King's Rose

9/02/2016 to 21/02/2016

Cruz Jimenez’s latest series departs from the densely worked surfaces of previous work to embrace a minimal, line-focused style. The scroll-like forms of The Kings’ Rose present washi ink on fields of crisp white paper, with simple, deftly-rendered ink forms that resonate in their clarity.

Mi Tierra

30/06/2015 to 19/07/2015

Cruz Jimenez possesses an idiosyncratic, anamorphic lens that allows him to look into the middle distance between the figurative and the completely abstract. A glance back at his past work turns up lofty images of sweeping painterly colours – forever oscillating away from the overtly figurative and back to it. In his most recent work, he has sought the figure once again, presenting it in a way that only he can.

New Work

26/08/2014 to 7/09/2014

Jimenez’s practice is the perfect distillation of the definition of abstraction. Ask him what he sees in his current work and he points to a branch supporting a bird – here a feather, there a tree. What the viewer sees, though, is the world distilled through Jimenez’s lens – the pulse and the hum and the glitter located just below the surface.

Feo

19/02/2014 to 15/03/2014

Bubble Boy

25/06/2013 to 14/07/2013

There is much art in the world that claims to deal with the great binaries – life and death, light and dark. Arguably, every artist (and every person) engages with this discourse, as these fundamental oppositional pairings are the great basics of life, and of art. The more difficult task, though, is to address these in a way that does not strike fear into those who view the works: a task Cruz Jimenez succeeds at compellingly.

Then and Now

24/04/2012 to 6/05/2012

The recent work of Cruz Jimenez demonstrates not only a conceptual boldness but a profound sensitivity to nuance and subtlety, exploring notions of the spiritual and metaphysical in a highly expressive and evocative manner. Previously working in mixed-media painting and sculpture, Jimenez’s new painting extends his style in a striking minimal direction that embraces both his painterly style and conceptual concerns.

One and the Other

29/03/2011 to 10/04/2011

Cruz Jimenez’s new work is defined by duality--the tensions between self and other, soul and body, life and death. His work, however, turns away from bold expression, favouring a more reflexive, subtle approach.

Among the Shadows

5/08/2008 to 24/08/2008

In Cruz Jimenez’s latest exhibition Among the Shadows the artist adds grist to the mill by exploring the themes of despair, love, death and joy. These are extremes that I seek to capture. It is here “among the shadows” of thoughts and action that I discover a life line of light that comforts me in this gloom.

Sillum (Morning, Noon, Night)

13/11/2007 to 1/12/2007

Exploring the personal and associative potential of everyday objects, Cruz Jimenez’s practice rests on the boundary between imagination and observation, activated by his interest in natural surroundings. Unabashedly embracing the beauty of his materials, Jimenez creates a sense of intimacy and distils humble moments that the artist deems worthy of contemplation. Jimenez’s

Lost Occasions

1/05/2007 to 20/05/2007

Lost Occasions

Artists

Cruz Jimenez

Thoughts of Memory

End of the Night

Midnight Love

Under the Moon I Planted

Hiraeth

Viaje

The King's Rose

Mi Tierra

New Work

Feo

Bubble Boy

Then and Now

One and the Other

Among the Shadows

Sillum (Morning, Noon, Night)

Lost Occasions

Sanderson Contemporary

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