NEWS:
2012
Exhibitions
Its finally online! dOCUMENTO Records is an independent record label I founded with Mads Adrias in Manila, Philippines, 1999. It was grant-funded by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA). Listen to some of the rare cd releases during the label's short lifespan. I plan to revive dOCUMENTO in the near future. To listen, click here.
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PUSO + DAGA
My first solo show in the Philppines will open at West Gallery, West Avenue, Quezon City on May 17, Thursday 6pm.
I will be showing new enamel paintings for this one.
Show runs from May 17 till June 4, 2012. Hope to see you there!
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I will be unveiling THE PRIESTS vs. PRAYING MANTIDS Trilogy and a number of recent paintings at the Brooklyn Arts Council's FUNNY HA HA show.
Show runs from March 1 till July 27, 2012
Opening Reception is on March 1, 6-8pm.
FUNNY HA HA will explore different approaches to using humor in art. Artists include Ernest Concepcion, Katy Higgins, Beth Krebs and Iviva Olenick. Curated by Courtney J. Wendroff, BAC’s Visual Arts Director.
For show info, click here.
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HOTEL 718, Brooklyn, NY
Brooklyn-based real estate development company, V3 Hotels, owners of Hotel 718, a 128 room boutique hotel currently under construction at 231 Duffield Street in downtown Brooklyn, partnered with Brooklyn Arts Council to solicit local Brooklyn artists to submit original works to be showcased in the new hotel. Original works will be featured throughout the hotel’s lobby and corridors. My painting, "Lets Go Boys" will be showcased in this hotel.
“Hotel 718 has created a fabulous opportunity for Brooklyn artists to showcase their work to thousands of visitors each year,” said Ella J. Weiss of the Brooklyn Arts Council. “We received a tremendous response to our call for submissions, over 660 in all. In the end, 78 artworks by 60 artists were purchased by the hotel.”
For more info click here.
Grand opening will be on February. Details to follow.
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Press
Tales from New York: In the End, a Good Story Is All That Remains, my group exhibition at Fran Hill Gallery, Toronto, Canada is featured on artesmagazine.com. The article contains very good write ups about each artist. Check it out here.
MY work is featured in the Winter-Spring Edition of CAROUSEL #28, a Canadian-based art magazine. To see the image click here. To go to the Carousel site, click here.
My work, “The Invasion of Brainyack” at the Rockland Center for the Arts, was featured in the NY Times! Check out the article here.
Writer and art afficionado, Alice Sarmiento wrote an article about me for UNO Magazine, July 2011 issue. Check it out here.
The INVASION OF ONA drawings were featured in METRO Home & Entertaining Magazine in the Philippines. Check it out here.
You can now download THE RECLUSE #4, an annual publication from the Poetry Project of which I did the cover. Click here.
Site Updates
Uploaded new commissioned works of the Priests vs. Praying Mantids series. Check it out here.
Uploaded images from THE KANGAROK EPIC by The Shining Mantis done at the Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Click here.
Show invite for my 1st solo show in the Philppines: PUSO + DAGA, at West Gallery, Quezon City, May 17 - June 4, 2012
Priests vs. Praying Mantids Trilogy: ink on paper, 44 x 30 in. each, 2012
WWM - World War Mun: acrylic on vinyl, 2011, exhibited at Blanc Gallery, Philippines
The Invasion Of Brainyack (drawing installation): at The Rockland Center for the Arts, Oct 16 - Dec 18, 2011