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August 25, 2022

Andi taku e sana, Amung taku di sana / All of us present, This is our gathering Philippine Pavilion, 59th Venice Arts Biennale 23 April - 23 November, 2022 Curators Yael Buencamino Borromeo Arvin Flores Participating Artists Sammy N. Buhle Felicidad A. Prudente Gerardo Tan “Andi taku e sana, Amung taku di sana / All of us present, This is our gathering"is a multimedia collaboration that explores the translation and transmission of culture through different material. The exhibition involves an interdisciplinary process of sound material and field recordings, textile and...

Manuel Ocampo at the Biennale of Sydney

March 25, 2020

"NIRIN" 22nd Biennale of Sydney March 14 - June 8, 2020 "Under the artistic direction of Brook Andrew, the exhibition will include artworks across six sites: Art Gallery of NSW, Artspace, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Cockatoo Island, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia and the National Art School. The 22nd Biennale of Sydney is artist- and First Nations-led, presenting an expansive exhibition of contemporary art that connects local communities and global networks. ‘The urgent states of our contemporary lives are laden with unresolved past anxieties and...

May 24, 2019

Manuel Ocampo at the Museum of Contemporary Art and Design The Spectre of Comparison Lani Maestro Manuel Ocampo Curated by Joselina Cruz The Manila homecoming of the Philippine Pavilion exhibition from the 57th Biennale di Venezia opens tomorrow at the Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (Manila), with an artists' talk by Lani Maestro and Manuel Ocampo moderated by Curator, Joselina Cruz. More information here.

May 24, 2019

Manuel Ocampo at STPI - Creative Workshop & Gallery "Responding to a global culture of image production and consumption in flux, Manuel Ocampo’s often chaotic and violent compositions present interactions between image-forms of a fragmented time and space, recalling the spectres of history, of painting, and of oneself. Concerned with questions of identity and versions of culture, Ocampo’s works become dimensional screens of symbols and signs that are at once familiar and arbitrary; where humour bathes itself in a certain darkness, and...

May 24, 2019

Philippine Pavilion Island Weather, Mark Justiniani Entering the darkness of the Philippine pavilion, it looks at first glance like the artist Mark Justiniani has been burrowing through the floor to excavate the centuries-old foundations of the Artigliere building. As your eyes adjust, you realise that the tunnel of crumbling masonry is just one element of a bigger illusion. The installation Arkipelago (2019), inspired by the hybrid histories of the island nation, consists of three glass-topped biomorphic platforms, or islands, which harness the same infinity mirror...

May 24, 2019

Mark Justiniani Island Weather Philippine Pavilion at the Venice Biennale May 11–November 24, 2019 Curated by Tessa Maria Guazon "The art project Island Weather is the official representation of the Philippines to the 58th Venice Biennale. A collaboration between curator Tessa Maria Guazon and artist Mark Justiniani, it comprises Arkipelago a site specific and immersive installation at the Artiglierie in Arsenale. Island Weather examines understandings of the world as interconnected and perceived as an island. We are buoyed by the seeming dissolution of borders, the unprecedented speed of time, and a...

March 1, 2019

Alfredo and Isabel Aquilizan at the Museum of Contemporary Art and Design Manila the center will not hold An exhibition featuring works by Alfredo and Isabel Aquilizan, Shilpa Gupta, Heecheon Kim, Manny Montelibano, and Tintin Wulia. The show is presented in partnership with Galleria Continua and Mao Ji-Hong Arts Foundation. Opening March 7 , 2019 Museum of Contemporary Art and Design De La Salle - College of Saint Benilde Manila, Philippines 1004 More information here. More information on MCAD Manila here.

November 24, 2018

Kawayan de Guia at The 9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT9) "The hugely ambitious APT series returns to QAGOMA this summer, bringing significant art from across the Asia Pacific to Brisbane. Overflowing with colour and life, this free contemporary art exhibition presents a unique mix of creativity and cross-cultural insight. Featuring more than 80 artists and groups from over 30 countries, APT9 challenges conventional definitions of contemporary art by asking us to consider its relationship to shifting social structures across the...

October 29, 2018

The Drawing Room is pleased to announce the participation of artists Alfredo Juan Aquilizan and Isabel Gaudinez-Aquilizan in Cosmopolis #1.5: Enlarged Intelligence "Cosmopolis #1.5: Enlarged Intelligence . .presents artworks and programs by almost 60 artists and groups, exploring ecology, technology and the commons, and envisioning how we today may draw on intelligent technologies, as well as on ecological intelligence, to advance social values—rather than leaving capital to largely define the uses of these techniques and knowledge systems. Cosmopolis #1.5 is curated by Kathryn Weir, with associate curator...

September 22, 2018

"After its success at the National Gallery Singapore last year, with more than 200,000 enthusiastic visitors, the Children's Biennale is now coming to Europe for the first time. At the Biennale in Dresden, members of the public are invited to enter an artistic terrain, to get in touch with their creative side and to leave behind the usually somewhat passive role of the museum visitor. This year's topic, "Dreams & Stories", explores the wondrous and dreamlike side of art." -excerpt from website Children’s...

September 5, 2018

Robert Gutierrez at Galerie Nathalie Obadia Beneath, Between and Behind September 8 - October 27, 2018 Cloître St Merri II, Paris "Galerie Nathalie Obadia is pleased to present Beneath, Between, Behind, Filipino artist Robert Gutierrez’s first solo exhibition in France. On this occasion, the artist invites us to discover his singular universe, situated between abstraction and figuration, mixed with Filipino cultural heritage and other artistic influences (High), and informed by elements of more popular contemporary culture (Low). " Image: Duomo (diptych) 2018 Gouache and pencils on clayboard panel 30 x...

September 1, 2018

"ART 2030 is happy to announce that the performance 'Tow with the Flow' (2018) by Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen will show at SMK (The National Gallery) September 1st. Taking the form of a sculptural performance, the work shines a critical light on the Western World's over-consumption, with a particular focus on the UN Global Goals no. 4: Quality Education, and 12: Responsible Consumption and Production. For 'Tow with the Flow' the artist and ART 2030 have partnered with the award-winning, Scandinavian design studio...

August 29, 2018

"In my installation at Hothouse - the pavilion of the Philippine Contemporary Art Network at the 2018 Gwangju Biennale, I attempt to liquefy the autonomy of the the unique painterly swath and to further break down the pliable borders between television, abstract painting and sculpture. In the exhibition, I use glass as an essential material that adjoins the spheres of the televisual with the painterly and the sculptural with the pictorial." Gwangju Biennal 2018 - Pavilion Project Philippine Contemporary Art Network (PCAN)/ Leekangha...

July 26, 2018

The Drawing Room congratulates artist Mark Justiniani and curator Tessa Maria Guazon! Island Weather, curated by Tessa Maria Guazon and featuring work by Mark Justiniani will be presented at the Philippine Pavilion at...

July 6, 2018

Artist José Santos III is part of the group exhibition Verticality at Rosenfeld Porcini, featuring 16 international artists from China, Japan, the Philippines, Nigeria, Uruguay, North America, Austria, Greece, Holland, Italy and Spain. Exhibition opens this July 19 and runs until September 21, 2018 Rosenfeld Porcini 37 Rathbone Street London W1T 1NZ More information here.

October 20, 2017

WSK AXIS: Festival of the Recently Possible INTERSTICES: Manifolds of the In-Between "Artists from Japan and the Philippines will come together to showcase critical perspectives on how emerging artforms and innovative applications of new technologies can respond to the cutting edge of cultural and social thought. The exhibition INTERSTICES: Manifolds of the In-between, explores the cracks and crevices of art whose nature falls between, rather than within the familiar boundaries of accepted genres or media, and both the literal and figurative gaps...

October 17, 2017

The Drawing Room congratulates Alfredo and Isabel Aquilizan, recipients of The Audain Distinguished Artist-in-Residence Program. Artists' talk: October 17, 2017, 6pm Emily Carr University of Art + Design 520 E. 1st Ave Reliance Theatre, Room A1060 Vancouver BC V5T 0H2 Canada More information here.

September 27, 2017

" ‘Of Fragments and Impressions’ is a ground-breaking exhibition staged by STPI and award-winning Brisbane-and Manila-based installation artist duo Alfredo and Isabel Aquilizan in conjunction with STPI’s 15th anniversary. Impressive in scale and pivotal in its undertaking, the extensive oeuvres see the prolific artists breaking new frontiers by transforming fragments of their widely-acclaimed temporal installations into permanent material works for the very first time. From a sweeping installation of cardboard pulp and steel metal rods, to gritty shanty town houses...

September 26, 2017

"Open Threads at TOPAZ ARTS features textile-based work by two artists, The GedAze Project, traversing a lineage of contemporary artists pushing the boundaries of textile. Together, both artists have a common thread – from materials and process, to their interest in engaging viewers to interact with the work – the tactility, both a reflection and reminder of familiar objects, and the stories bound within." TOPAZ ARTS, Inc. presents Open Threads an exhibition by artists Ged Merino and Aze Ong co-curated with Todd B. Richmond & Paz Tanjuaquio On view September...

July 29, 2017

High Noon at Cagayan Garden Alfredo and Isabel Aquilizan Curated by Diana Campbell Opening 7pm, August 15, 2017 at the Bellas Artes Outpost "Cagayan Garden (2017) takes inspiration from Alfredo Aquilizan's personal history growing up in Cagayan and his and Isabel's artistic concerns with displacement, change, memory and community. During their residency in Bataan, Isabel, Alfredo, and their children collected posts of antique Filipino houses that had been relocated to Bataan as part of the Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar's collection of heritage houses. Together...

July 21, 2017

" The Bayanihan Philippine Art Project is an exciting multi-arts program presented throughout 2017 in partnership with six key cultural institutions across Sydney. Partners include Mosman Art Gallery, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Blacktown Arts Centre, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Peacock Gallery & Auburn Arts Studio and Museums & Galleries of NSW. A collaborative presentation of multi-arts projects including visual art exhibitions, performances, publications and community programs, project partners will showcase the extraordinary traditional and contemporary art and cultural practices...

July 19, 2017

Hello, City! Hello, City! is an exhibition of twenty-seven artists from Asia Pacific exploring their experiences of the world, and the navigation of different cultural domains Exhibition runs from June 23 - October 9, 2017 Daejeon Museum of Art 155, Dunsan-daero, Seo-gu, Daejeon, Korea More information here.

June 20, 2017

The Drawing Room congratulates Mark Justiniani as part of the roster of artists for the Yokohama Triennale 2017 Islands, Constellations & Galapagos " The sixth edition of the Yokohama Triennale is pleased to announce the exhibition title of Yokohama Triennale 2017, “Islands, Constellations and Galapagos.” The title, together with the concept, has been conceived as a result of a series of discussion by the Conception Meeting members, consisting of the directors and experts of different generations working in different fields. “Islands,” “constellations,”...

June 13, 2017

"A Century Hence ("Filipinas dentro de Cien Anos") “Then began a new era for the Filipinos. They gradually lost their ancient traditions, their recollections--they forgot their writings, their songs, their poetry, their laws, in order to learn by heart other doctrines, which they did not understand, other ethics, other tastes, different from those inspired in their race by their climate and their way of thinking. Then there was a falling-off, they were lowered in their own eyes, they became ashamed of...

May 22, 2017

Walk above ruins trailing into infinity. Mark Justiniani's Firewalk, A Bridge of Embers for the National Gallery Singapore's Children's Biennale. Children's Biennale: Dreams and Hopes 20 May 2017 - 08 Oct 2017 National Gallery Singapore 1 St. Andrew's Roan, Singapore 178957 More information here.

May 13, 2017

The Drawing Room congratulates artists Lani Maestro and Manuel Ocampo and curator Joselina Cruz! "The title of this exhibition The Spectre of Comparison is drawn from the novel Noli Me Tángere by the Filipino National Hero Jose Rizal. Originally written in Spanish as "el demonio de las comparaciones," this enigmatic phrase is a framework for the practices of Lani Maestro and Manuel Ocampo, artists representing the Philippine Pavilion. The phrase encapsulates the experience of Rizal's protagonist, Crisostomo Ibarra, when he gazes out to look...

February 23, 2017

Middle of Now | Here "The inaugural Honolulu Biennial 2017 (HB2017) showcases the diversity of ideas, art, and culture from the people who live today throughout the places connected by the Pacific Ocean. It will include contemporary art from Hawaiʻi, the Pacific Islands, Asia, North America, Australia, and New Zealand. By exhibiting the work of artists from all around this vast region, Honolulu Biennial 2017 shines a spotlight on the collective artistic vision from this important and dynamic Pacific neighborhood." Excerpt taken...

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