Taína Cruz (born 1998 in New York City) works across painting, drawing, sculpture, and installation to create experiences informed by personal memory and the worlds that shaped her. Recent exhibitions include Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (2025); MMK Museum of Modern Art, Frankfurt (2025); Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin (2024); MoMA PS1, New York (2023); Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin (2023, solo); EMBAJADA, San Juan (2022, solo);  Cruz received the Howardena Pindell Scholar Grant, Yale University, New Haven (2025) Alice Kimball English Traveling Fellowship, Añasco, Puerto Rico (2024) GO-A: Goya Opportunity Award, San Juan, Puerto Rico (2019) and was featured on the MICA Dean's List 2016-2020, Baltimore, United States of America (2020).