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David Antonio Cruz is a Philadelphia-born, New York-based artist whose work revisits the complexities of family, queer identity, and the Puerto Rican diaspora experience. Through painting and performance, he explores themes of forgiveness, healing, revisiting history, joy and chosen family. His recent projects, including When the Children Come Home presented at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia and the Sugar Hill Museum in Harlem, trace his personal and collective journeys across cities and generations.

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