Bernard DelaCruz
Bernard DelaCruz is a mixed media artist who transforms discarded materials like records, cassette tapes, and everyday objects into bold, expressive works. His installation Art Saved Me reflects his personal journey through anxiety and depression, symbolizing how creativity became his path out of darkness. The piece features a figure climbing a mountain built from found items, where negative words give way to hope and light. Influenced by hip hop culture and his surroundings, DelaCruz’s art bridges resilience and renewal, showing how self-expression can turn struggle into strength.
Art Saved Me
This installation is a reflection of my personal journey through anxiety and depression, and how creating art became a powerful force in helping me navigate and emerge from those dark periods in my life.
Bernard DelaCruz is a mixed media artist known for transforming discarded items-like vinyl records, cassette tapes, and everyday trash-into vibrant works of art. Inspired by hip hop culture and his surroundings, DelaCruz’s practice spans street art, sticker art, murals, sculpture, installations, and graffiti.