Kinetic ABC

Jomike Tejido

January 7 -21, 2021

Galerie Stephanie
Unit 4021 East Wing, Shangri-La Plaza Mall, EDSA cor. Shaw Boulevard, 1552 Mandaluyong, Philippines

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After producing more than a hundred picture books, artist Jomike Tejido has come to realize that he has never done one on the alphabet. The past year has been a period of ruminations and reflections. Thus, Tejido grounds himself back to the fundamentals and the basic of things.

In his forthcoming exhibition, “Kinetic ABC”, Tejido sends us to look at the alphabet and remember the important parts of our lives that every letter signifies. The exhibition will present three-dimensional sculptures and paintings based on these considerations, where elements in the works are in harmony and as if living playfully in their own environment.

With paintings named after abbreviations that represent important definitions for Jomike Tejido, the works in this exhibition nestle as markers of people, places, and events from the artist’s recollection of the past. Here, the artist remembers himself as a young boy who excitingly scooped out alphabet-shaped pasta from his soup as he formed silly words that don’t make sense. Tejido hopes for the same experience passed on to the viewers—an opportunity to recall blithe and untroubled days and live them once more.

The sculptures in this presentation contain fragments that sway with the air current to generate movement, defining the spaces where the objects rest. The works intervene in the environment and yet, harmoniously and playfully remain. In this series, Tejido’s practice of entailing sharp geometric forms has shifted to the gradual exploration of organic curves. The exhibition takes inspiration from artists Alexander Calder, Hilma af Klint, Joan Miró, the Bauhaus movement, the illustrator Mary Blair, and the French-Swiss architect Le Corbusier.