Born in Mexico City
Lives and works in Vienna
EDUCATION
2009 - 2014
Academy of Fine Arts ENPEG “La Esmeralda”, Mexico City
Akademie der Bildende Künste Wien Prof. Martin Guttman, Vienna
SOLO SHOWS
2024
Sofia Cruz Rocha The Force of Growth, c1760, New York
2022
Sofia Cruz Rocha “Merging shadows”, Matrix Les Noveaux Riches, curated by Daniel Lichterwaldt
Red Carpet Award showroom Karlsplatz, Vienna, Austria
2021
Parallel Vienna, Artist Statement
2019
Sofia Cruz Rocha “El misterio del número 3”, Galeria Enrique Guerrero, Mexico City
Sofia Cruz Rocha "Time Machine", Salon Acme with Galeria Enrique Guerrero, Mexico City
2017
"The ten aspects of the One", Aula Magna akbild, Vienna, Austria
2014
"Affeciones" (Conditions), a house a walkalable installation, Mexico City. Supported by FONCA
2013
“Die Sprache der Leere”, sempa depot, Vienna , Austria
2012
“Dicho de una cosa”, galería de la ENPEG la Esmeralda, Mexico city
GROUP SHOWS
2024
”Traces in the sand”, OR, Vienna
2023
”Positions Art Fair”, with Galeria Enrique Guerrero, Berlin Germany
”Inhabiting”, Curated by Kajsa Rohdin, Matrix, Les Noveaux Riches, Vienna Austria
“Sur Realite”, Zirkugasse, Curated by Paula Marschalek and Anita Schmidt
”ZONA MACO Art Fair”, with Galeria Enrique Guerrero
”Across myself”, Curated by Les Noveaux Riches, Matrix, Les Noveaux Riches, Vienna Austria
2022
”Feseln”, Volkstheater Red Carpet Award, duo with Stephanie Stern and Sofia Cruz Rocha, Vienna
”25 años”, Galeria Enrique Guerrero, Mexico City
”Salon Seliger”, Curated by Lucia Hudovernik, Vienna
”Tocador”, VKBÖ, Vienna
PARALLEL VIENNA EDITIONS, with fAN fine Art Network
”MATERIAL ART FAIR”, with Galeria Enrique Guerrero
”UNCURATED”, curated by Marcello Farabegoli, Kunstraum Feller
”ZONA MACO Art Fair”, with Galeria Enrique Guerrero
2021
”Searching for the lost Unity” part III, fAN, Vienna, Austria Curated by Marcello Farabegoli and Ute Burkhardt-Bodenwinkler
”What The F%$k Is Prosperity?”, school for curatorial studies Venice and plus A Gallery, Italy
”Searching for the lost Unity” part II, 12-14 Contemporary, Vienna, Austria Curated by Marcello Farabegoli and Ute Burkhardt-Bodenwinkler
”Searching for the lost Unity” part I, Meno Parkas Gallery, Kunas, Lithuania, Curated by Marcello Farabegoli and Ute Burkhardt-Bodenwinkler
”Inaugural group show”, Galeria Enrique Guerrero, todos Santos, Mexico
2020
Zona Maco Art Fair with Galeria Enrique Guerrero, Mexico City
2019
Untitled Art Fair Miami, with Galeria Enrique Guerrero, Miami
“Éste es el jardín del Eden”, Purísima Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City
“El jardín de Galileo”, Guadalajara90210, Mexico City
”Transformazione”, Galleria Faro Arte, Ravena, Italy
”Ebullicion”, Kunstraum am Schauplatz, Vienna Austria
Zona Maco Art Fair with Galeria Enrique Guerrero, Mexico City
2018
”Antropología Moderna”, Guadalajara 90210, Mexico City
”Mecánica Vegetal”, Guadalajara 90210, Mexico City
”Sobreviviré”, Galerie Schleifmühlgasse 12-14, Vienna, Austria
”La Raza”, Galerie Aa Collections, Vienna, Austria
”Supersimetrica” with Guadalajara90210, Matadero Madrid, Madrid Spain
Zona Maco Art Fair with Guadalajara90210, Mexico City
2017
"Cajuelazo", Guadalajara90210, Makken, Mexico City
"One life, one love, one parking”, Guadalajara90210, Mexico City
2016
"Absrpache zwischen Zeit und Raum oder: Von der Liebe zu den Dingen", Sofia Cruz & Claudia Brandl-Linder, Pinacoteca, Vienna, Austria
"Falling apart together" (In frame of Vienna Art Week), FLUC, Vienna, Austria
"Touch the reality", Kunstraum Niederoesterreich, Vienna, Austria
"DADA 2", Magacin Macura Museum, Belgrade, Serbia
"Art Maschine", Pöllau Platz- Kunstautomatten Projekt, Pöllau, Austria
"Dada", Macura Museum, Belgrade, Serbia
"Going South", Gallerie Marenzi, Leibnitz, Austria
JusMad Art Fair, Madrid, Spain
2015
"FONCA", Museo de San Ildefonso, Mexico City
"The value of life", Bhf Praterstern Vorplatz Ost und Fluc, Vienna, Austria
"Appropiation Performance", Galerie Michaela Stock, Vienna, Austria
“Mujer”, Biblioteca Vasconcelos, Mexico city
“Territories”, sempa depot, Vienna, Austria
“Constructions- Monat der Fotografie”, Sempa Depot, Vienna, Austria
2014
“Engrane Amarillo”, galería La Miscelánea, Mexico city
Affordable Art Fair, Mexico city
“Sucede que sucede”, galería central del Centro Nacional de las Artes CNART, Mexico city
2013
“Para no salir del laberinto”, galería Lugar a dudas, Cali, Colombia
2012
“New directions of photography”, Aula Magna, Vienna Austria
"The Golden projects", Mexico City
2011
“Arte40”, Museo Nacional de Arte (MUNAL), Mexico city
“Parafrenia”, Madero 45, Mexico city
“En todos los sentidos”, Alianza Francesa, Mexico city
2010
“Performance, Pedro Carpintero”, Ex Teresa Arte Actual, Meixco city
“Platicamos?”, espacio D, Mexico city
2009
“Arte40”, Biblioteca Vaconcelos, Mexico city
“Vestigios disidentes”, Galería Mala Fama, Morelia, Mexico
COLLECTIONS
Urban collection
Novartis collection
Enrique Guerrero collection
Macura Museum
Patricia Losif collection
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2021
Funding for travel cultural projects, bmkös, Vienna
2015
Financing project, Akademie der Bildende Künste Wien
2013-2014
FONCA Jovenes Creadores, Categoría Medios alternativos (grant for art production on the category of alternative media)
2012
Fundación INBA. Apoyo para estudios en el extranjero (grant for art production)
LINKS
“YOU- a Project by Sofia Cruz Rocha”, Artists Dossiers, CiculoA Contemporary Art in Mexico and Latin America, 2015
http://www.circuloa.com/you-de-sofia-cruz-2015/ (spanish)
“Afecciones- un proyecto de Sofía Cruz Rocha”, Artists Dossiers, CiculoA Contemporary Art in Mexico and Latin America, 2014
http://www.circuloa.com/afecciones-una-casa-habitada-como-una-instalacion-transitable-proyecto-de-sofia-cruz/ (spanish)
“El recuerdo de mi viaje: Sofia Cruz”, by Rosa Castillo y Gustavo Cruz, Cultura Colectiva Magazine, 2014
http://culturacolectiva.com/meine-reise-el-recuerdo-de-mi-viaje/ (spanish)
TEXTS
Marcello Farabegoli (english)
Roselín R. Espinosa (spanish)
Clemens Aaron Rettenbacher (english)
Eduardo Egea (spanish)
Marko Stamenkovic (english)
INTERVIEWS
”Interview with Sofia Cruz Rocha”, Vienna Time Podcast:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6UjmUI1h4bFsCE86o4MaDs
”El arte contemporáneo como instrumento espiritual: una conversación con Sofía Cruz Rocha”, by Ericka Gallego, L’Officiel, 2021 (spanish)
https://www.lofficielmexico.com/arte-y-cultura/sofia-cruz-rocha-arte-contemporaneo
”Interview: Sofia Cruz Rocha”, by Daniel Lichterwaldt, Les Nouveaux Riches Maganzine, 2021 (german)
www.les-nouveaux-riches.com/interview-sofia-cruz-rocha/
”Interview mit Sofia Cruz Rocha”, by Elias Rubenstein, Stayinart, 2021 (german)
www.stayinart.com/interview-kuenstlerin-sofia-cruz-rocha/
”Sofia Cruz Rocha: El misterio del número 3“, by Shelia Cohen, Gaze, 2019 (spanish)
https://gaze.mx/el-misterio-del-numero-3/
"Art and Spirituality", Talk between Elias Rubenstein and Sofia Cruz Rocha, Global Artfair, 2018 (english)
https://www.goes-art.com/single-post/art-spirituality?wix-vod-comp-id=comp-jcc24fqx
"Sofia Cruz Rocha", Kunstraum Niederösterreich, Moderation & Production by Anastasia Soutormina Diana Smaczynski, Global Artfair, 2016 (english)
https://youtu.be/3FrSAE8DaxE
"Sofia Cruz Rocha", by Helene Blancher, 2014 (spanish)
https://casaborbolla.wordpress.com/2014/08/28/entrevista-con-sofia-cruz/