Group Show
August 31 to September 21, 2019
Opening
Saturday, August 31 | 6 PM – 10 PM
Artery Art Space
102 P.Tuazon Blvd, 4001 Cubao, Quezon City, Philippines
Julius Bagoyo / Nice Buenaventura / Lena Cobangbang /
Jon Cuyson / Jason Montinola / Ikea Rizalon /
Jiddu San Jose / Luis Santos
Artery Art Space is proud to present “Looking at Your Brain by Means of a Mirror” featuring works by Julius Bagoyo, Nice Buenaventura, Lena Cobangbang, Jon Cuyson, Jason Montinola, Ikea Rizalon, Jiddu San Jose, and Luis Santos, examining the intersection between concept and craft that bring about a diversity of representations ranging from eccentric figuration, portraiture, or other altered manifestations of identity and the self, that induce a patterned abstraction of perception construed from the prevalent manufacture of experience – a trompe l’oeil masterpiece of skeptical realism, a reworking of craft to confuse the senses to rethink, and another critical assessment of the most apparent in art, of the unlikely made possible through ingenuity.
Julius Bagoyo graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Far Eastern University, and has shown with Artery Art Space, Metro Gallery, District Gallery, and Sampaguita Projects to name a few. Nice Buenaventura graduated from the University of the Philippines in Manila with a BA in Organizational Communication, and is currently pursuing dual masters degrees in art and techonology at Queen Mary, University of London and Ateneo de Manila University. Buenaventura has shown with Artinformal Gallery, West Gallery, Mono8 Gallery, and Underground Gallery. Lena Cobangbang studied Fine Arts at the University of the Philippines in Diliman QC, a recipient of the 2006 CCP Thirteen Artists Award and a nominee for the 3rd Ateneo Art Awards in 2005. She is a participant of the first Manila Biennale in 2018 and the 2008 Singapore Biennale, having shown extensively both locally and internationally. Besides her studio practice, Cobangbang is a writer and a curator with projects from Pablo, Post Gallery, Galerie Anna, Galerie Roberto, Art Anton, Secret Fresh, Art Informal and District Gallery. Jon Cuyson has an MFA from The School of the Arts, Columbia University in New York, and studied painting at the University of the Philippines in Baguio, and participated in the Skowhegan Artist Residency in Maine. Since 1996 Cuyson has exhibited extensively both locally and abroad, that includes Artery Art Space, UP Vargas Museum, Brunei Gallery at the Unversity of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies, Mass MOCA MA, Bronx Museum of the Arts NYC. Jason Montinola studied at the Technological University of the Philippines, and has shown extensively locally and abroad that includes the BenCab Museum, West Gallery, Artery Art Space, Underground Gallery, Yavuz Gallery, YOD Gallery (Japan), and the Jogja National Museum (Indonesia). Ikea Rizalon graduated from Far Eastern University and has shown at Artery Art Space, Kaida Contemporary, Underground Gallery, and Vinyl on Vinyl. Jiddu San Jose studied at the College of Fine Arts at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, and has shown at Artery Art Space, Art Informal, Blanc, and Underground Gallery. Luis Santos has been exhibiting his works since 2010 with solo shows at West Gallery, Manila Contemporary, Finale Art File, Blanc Gallery, and Silverlens Gallery.
