Oli D'Cruz

Oli D'Cruz (1996) is a visual artist and animator. In 2020, they completed a Bachelor’s degree in Illustration and Animation at the Minerva Academy in Groningen, and in 2025, they graduated with a Master’s degree in Planetary Poetics from the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam. They took part in a residency programme at Kunsthuis SYB in Beetsterzwaag and have residencies planned for 2026 at the Aga Lab in Amsterdam and the Puppet Incubation Lab in Delhi. D'Cruz’s work has been exhibited and performed at venues including Zone2Source, Framer Framed, Grey Space in the Middle and the Tschumi Pavilion. In 2020, they won the Academy Minerva Artistic Research Prize and were shortlisted for the Sybren Hellinga Art Prize in 2022.

Oli D'Cruz shows at Unfair26, the artist-first art fair at the Gashouder in Amsterdam, from Thursday 17 to Sunday 20 September 2026. One ticket covers every exhibiting artist.