Amina Cruz
Cyclona, 2024
Serigraph, ed. Of 50
30 x 22 in.

Amina Cruz's work stems from a deep interest in investigating the areas between transformation and identity, personal narratives, and how inhabited spaces shape individuals. Cruz is an interdisciplinary artist who primarily uses photography as a form of exploration. They surrender to materials and collaboration as tools to investigate visual representations and forms of identity.

The artist uses the camera lens to tell stories from a queer and brown perspective, disrupting the consumption of bodies and conquering of territory. It allows for an openness to what wants to be seen. Their brownness provides for an intuitive relation. They recognize and are cautious of their position as the photographer and, thus, producer of representation.

Cruz is interested in art that enables viewers to connect more deeply with the preciousness and complexities of a changing self and the in-between moments that question purpose and belonging.