Samantha Feleo
28 November 2019 to 9 February 2020
Opening Reception
Thursday, November 28, 2019 | 6 PM – 7 PM
Bulwagang Fernando Amorsolo (Small Gallery) and 4F Atrium
Cultural Center of the Philippines
CCP Complex, Roxas Boulevard, 1300 Pasay City, Philippines
The exhibition is primarily composed of a series of hybrid sculptures made out of fired stoneware and artificially grown crystals. The works are a reflection of the artist’s phenomenological experience of time and space and the representation of an expansive and imaginative universe through the creation of dynamic and ever-changing work.
Writer Stephanie Frondoso expounds, “Feleo’s decision to work with crystals as a medium to explore the sublime is based on her observation that their sparkling beauty inspires awe but their hostile shapes also trigger fear. Each crystal is a hybrid piece: first a tiny ceramic sculpture is fired in a kiln and then prepared as substrata in crystalline-forming baths. Time and care are needed to produce well-structured crystals, whose growth is affected by conditions such as air temperature and amount of space. The resulting crystal formations are partly controlled and partly imaginative, and are not strictly biologically-derived. The core, spherical in shape, is the symbol of life. Its evolution to sputnik form manifests the potential of stored energy.”
Samantha Feleo (b.1988) is currently finishing her Master of Fine Arts at the University of the Philippines, Diliman. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts, Major in Painting, in 2008, from the same university. A Cum Laude graduate and a consistent college scholar, Feleo received the Best Thesis Award from the UP College of Fine Arts in 2008. She was a Semi-Finalist in the painting category of the Metrobank Awards for Design and Excellence in 2009. She had her first solo exhibition in 2016 at Archivo 1984 Gallery.
The exhibit The Horizon of Expectations will have its opening reception on 28 November, Thursday, 6pm, at the CCP’s Bulwagang Fernando Amorsolo (Small Gallery) and 4th floor Atrium. The exhibition will run until 9 February 2020. Exhibit viewing hours are Tuesday to Sunday, 10am to 6pm. Hours are extended until 10pm on days with evening performances at the CCP Main Theater. For more information, contact the Visual Arts and Museum Division, Production and Exhibition Department at (632) 88321125 loc. 1504/1505 and (632) 88323702, mobile (0917) 6033809, email ccp.exhibits@gmail.com or visit www.culturalcenter.gov.ph.
