Mideo cruz biography samples

Mideo M. Cruz (Philippines, b. 1973) is a cross-disciplinary artist and activist based in Gapan City, Nueva Ecija, Philippines. His artworks often showcase bold and provocative statements on the social structure.

Mideo cruz biography samples

Specifically, Cruz takes his activism from the streets to his art by creating political yet humorous work, igniting individual and collective social conversations. As an activist, Cruz devotes his time in searching the truth beneath the sanitized and censored declarations from existing institutions.

In 1992, Cruz and a group of artists/activists established a cultural group, “UGATLahi”, an art collective that aims to promote and popularize the role of culture and arts in nation-building. Later, he organized the international artists’ network “New World Disorder,” initiating art events and interventions to question and challenge capitalism and imperialist globalization.

He is a recipient of the Cultural Center of the Philippin