Irene Cruz

She received a double degree from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid{{Cite web|title=Irene Cruz|url=https://www.art-madrid.com/es/artista/irene-cruz|access-date=2020-06-08|website=art-madrid.com}} in Advertising and Public Relations, and Audiovisual Communication. She then completed the EFTI{{Cite web|last=M|first=Laura P.|date=2016-02-01|title=Irene Cruz|url=https://efti.es/la-escuela/alumnos/irene-cruz|access-date=2020-06-08|website=EFTI {{!}} Centro Internacional de Fotografía y Cine|language=es}} international master's degree, specializing in Conceptual Photography and Artistic Creation in 2011. In 2013, thanks to a scholarship, she took a specialized course on cinematographic narrative lighting{{Cite web|last=Anonimo|date=2013-01-10|title=Ganadores del concurso EFTI Network de DICIEMBRE|url=https://efti.es/noticias/ganadores-del-concurso-efti-network-de-diciembre-0|access-date=2020-06-08|website=EFTI {{!}} Centro Internacional de Fotografía y Cine|language=es}} (cinematographic photography direction) at the same center.

After finishing her studies, Irene Cruz began her professional career as a photographer, developing a style centered on the mysterious, private and natural, with light being a very important factor in her work. Later, she also began to work as a video artist, focusing on video as a moving image, maintaining a style very similar to her photography. Later, in 2017, she lensed her first feature film as director of photography of Diana{{Citation|title=Diana, ver ahora en Filmin|url=https://www.filmin.es/pelicula/diana|language=es-ES|access-date=2020-06-08}} (Alejo Moreno, starring Ana Rujas and Jorge Roldán), which premiered at the Malaga Film Festival 2018, and which has been screened at various festivals and venues in Spain, Germany, USA, Poland, etc.

Irene Cruz has also participated in various fairs such as ARCO{{Cite web|date=2014-02-20|title=#BlumenARCO, instalación sorpresa de Irene Cruz -|url=https://www.plataformadeartecontemporaneo.com/pac/blumenarco-instalacion-sorpresa-de-irene-cruz/|access-date=2020-06-08|website=PAC|language=es}} or Art Madrid,{{Cite web|title=Irene Cruz|url=https://www.art-madrid.com/es/artista/irene-cruz|access-date=2020-06-12|website=art-madrid.com}} Positions{{Cite web|date=2019-09-01|title=Positions Berlin Art Fair|url=https://www.luisacatucci.com/positions-berlin-art-fair-2/|access-date=2020-06-08|website=Luisa Catucci Gallery}} (Berlin), Art Basel, Photo Basel.{{Cite web|title=photo basel international art fair|url=http://www.photo-basel.com/galleries-2019/2019/4/4/luisa-catucci-gallery-berlin-germany|access-date=2020-06-08|website=photo basel|language=en-US|archive-date=5 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205191935/http://www.photo-basel.com/galleries-2019/2019/4/4/luisa-catucci-gallery-berlin-germany|url-status=dead}} In April 2017 she was the guest artist and image of the Photography Festival La Quatrieme Image{{Cite web|last=Becquart|first=Laurène|date=2017-04-04|title=La Quatrième Image : le festival international de la photographie lance sa 4ème édition|url=https://phototrend.fr/2017/04/quatrieme-image-festival-international-4eme-edition/|access-date=2020-06-08|website=Phototrend.fr|language=fr-FR}} in Paris and at Photoespaña{{Cite web|date=2018-03-21|title=PHOTOESPAÑA EXPLORA NUEVOS TERRITORIOS FORMALES Y GEOGRÁFICOS EN UNA EDICIÓN QUE CONTARÁ CON 90 EXPOSICIONES DE 530 FOTÓGRAFOS Y ARTISTAS VISUALES|url=https://www.phe.es/photoespana-explora-nuevos-territorios-formales-geograficos-una-edicion-contara-90-exposiciones-530-fotografos-artistas-visuales/|access-date=2020-06-08|website=PHotoESPAÑA|language=es-ES}} (Madrid).

She has taught in schools such as EFTI{{Cite web|last=M|first=Laura P.|date=2016-02-01|title=Irene Cruz|url=https://efti.es/la-escuela/alumnos/irene-cruz|access-date=2020-06-08|website=EFTI {{!}} Centro Internacional de Fotografía y Cine|language=es}} or TMF (Madrid) in ABBE{{Cite web|title=Abbe Agency - WE ARE|url=https://www.abbe-agency.com/we-are|access-date=2020-06-08|website=abbe-agency.com}} Geneva (Switzerland) Art von Frei,{{Cite web|title=BOOST YOUR ART Career a workshop by Irene Cruz|url=https://www.artconnect.com/opportunities/boost-your-art-career-a-workshop-by-irene-cruz|access-date=2020-06-08|website=artconnect.com}} FotoKlubKollektiv{{Cite web|date=2018-01-29|title=FotoKlub Kollektiv {{!}} Workshop »Community Management for Photographers« by Irene Cruz • PiB – Photography in Berlin|url=http://www.photography-in.berlin/fk-kollektiv-workshop-community-management-for-photographers-by-irene-cruz/|access-date=2020-06-08|website=PiB – Photography in Berlin|language=en-GB}} or Unicorn (Berlin), Fiftydots or ACLAM in Barcelona . She also teaches this subject at Freie Universität{{Cite web|date=2014-11-10|title=GLOCAL (HI)STORIES - Irene Cruz / Veranstaltungsreihe der Fachschaft|url=https://www.geschkult.fu-berlin.de/e/khi/_ressourcen/_bilder_ressourcen/glocal_cruz/index.html|access-date=2020-06-08|website=geschkult.fu-berlin.de|language=de}} in Berlin or at UAL in London. Among her mentors, Isabel Muñoz stands out (she was his Assistant in 2018 / 2019 in one of her trips to Japan). Eduardo Rodríguez Merchán (Professor at the Complutense University of Madrid) and Venancio Blanco (Artist).

Since December 2019, she is part of the national association AEC (Spanish Association of Directors of Photography) and CIMA (Association of Women Filmmakers and Audiovisual Media) and in Berlin she is part of the organization of Stammtisch Women in Cinema Berlin as well as active member of the collective The Women+ Film Network Berlin. As Director of Photography, in addition to "Diana"{{Cite web|last=Vilela|first=Antonio Ulloa|date=2019-05-04|title=Irene Cruz|url=https://revistadesbandada.com/2019/05/04/irene-cruz/|access-date=2020-06-08|language=es-ES}} (Fiction, Alejo Moreno, 101 min, 2018) she has been the DOP of "Hechos Probados"{{Cite web|last=20minutos|date=2011-07-02|title=La miniserie del 11-M se basará en los hechos probados en sentencias y fallos de la Justicia|url=https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/1099410/0/serie/11-M/telecinco/|access-date=2020-06-08|website=20minutos.es - Últimas Noticias|language=es}} (series of 3 chapters of 60 min each + 1 feature film, TBD, 2020) although she has also made several video clips, advertising campaigns (the last one she directed entirely for Levis, both graphic and audiovisual), video art pieces (highlighting her work at the Deutsche Oper{{Cite web|title=Ensemble - Deutsche Oper Berlin|url=http://www.deutscheoperberlin.de/de_DE/ensemble/irene-cruz.114349|access-date=2020-06-08|website=deutscheoperberlin.de|language=de}} 2014, 2016) and short documentaries.

• Accesit of Fototalentos of the Fundación Banco Santander{{Cite web|title=Irene Cruz|url=https://toomanyflash.com/porfolio/irene-cruz/|access-date=2020-06-08|website=TOO MANY FLASH|language=es}} in 2010.
• Second Prize for Photography AENA Foundation.{{Cite web|title=Exposición Premio de Fotografía de Fundación Aena |website=Fundación de los Ferrocarriles Españoles|url=https://ffe.es/noticias/noticia.asp?id=443|access-date=2020-06-08 |language=es}}
• First prize in the II CFC ‐ Iberdrola Photography Contest{{Cite web|last=ARTEINFORMADO|date=2014-06-03|title=II Concurso de Fotografía Iberdrola-CFC Bilbao, Concurso, may 2014|url=https://www.arteinformado.com/agenda/f/ii-concurso-de-fotografia-iberdrola-cfc-bilbao-92947|access-date=2020-06-08|website=ARTEINFORMADO|language=es}}{{Cite web|date=2014-09-05|title=Irene Cruz Primer Premio del II Concurso de Fotografía Iberdola -|url=https://www.plataformadeartecontemporaneo.com/pac/irene-cruz-primer-premio-del-ii-concurso-de-fotografia-iberdola/|access-date=2020-06-08|website=PAC|language=es}} in 2014.
• Best Video Art piece of 2014 by the international platform Elmur.net.{{Cite web|title=Irene cruz se muestra en primera persona|url=http://www.art-breakfast.com/1/post/2018/05/irene-cruz-se-muestra-en-primera-persona.html|access-date=2020-06-08|website=Art & Breakfast 5|language=es}}
• Emerging artist with more international projection by the specialized jury of Why on White.{{Cite web|last=Municio|first=Publicado por Julio|title=Entrevista a Irene Cruz "El inicio de todo trabajo artístico es una reflexión"|url=https://www.whyonwhite.com/2015/10/entrevista-irene-cruz-el-inicio-de-todo.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326045510/http://www.whyonwhite.com/2015/10/entrevista-irene-cruz-el-inicio-de-todo.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=26 March 2016|access-date=2020-06-08}}{{Cite web|title=Why On White: gestión cultural y arte contemporáneo chino.|url=https://www.whyonwhite.com/search?q=irene+cruz|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608101953/https://www.whyonwhite.com/search?q=irene+cruz|url-status=usurped|archive-date=8 June 2020|access-date=2020-06-08}}

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• [http://www.irenecruz.com www.irenecruz.com]

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Category:1987 births

Category:Living people

Category:Spanish women photographers

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