Ambie Abaño
July 13 – August 31, 2019
Opening reception July 20, 2019
Galleria Duemila
210 Loring St. 1300 Pasay City
In her pursuit to understanding the ‘self,’ Ambie Abaño probes into the essence of the
‘Self,’ detached from the context of time. In her exhibition “…in the constant rain…”, she tackles the subject with a body of works in large format engraved wood, explorative woodcut prints and installation. “‘Self’ is a constant. ‘Self’ transcends time.”
– Ambie Abaño-
Ambie Abaño started painting and exhibiting in 1986. In the following year, she won the Grand Prize in the Painting Category of the Art Association of the Philippines Open Art Competition. In 1998, she started to create prints at the workshop of the Philippine Association of Printmakers in CCP Complex where she continues to work, conduct workshops and actively participate in printmaking projects. In 2006 her explorative print won the Grand Prize in the Philip Morris Philippine Art Awards. In 2017, her woodcut was among the ‘Winning Works’ at the Hida-Takayama International Woodblock Prints Triennale in Japan. As the first recipient of the Alliance Française de Manille – Philippine Artist Residency Program, she went on a three-month artist residency at the Cité Internationale des arts in Paris in 2011 while also attending printmaking workshop at la Taille Douce. In 2012, as grantee of the Asian Cultural Council, she spent a six-month artist residency in New York – at the International Studio and Curatorial Program for three months and attended workshops at the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop. Throughout her practice, she has mounted 23 solo exhibitions and participated in over a hundred group shows in the Philippines and abroad. For the first time, she mounts a solo exhibition at the Galleria Duemila from July 13 – August 31 2019.
A work from “…in the constant rain…” exhibit
2019
woodcut on handmade paper mounted on canvas
149.86 x 53.34 x 7.62 cm / 21.00 x 59.00 x 3.00 in
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