It’s Natural to Imagine Jungles
Nona Garcia, Maria Taniguchi
29 November 2011 – 02 January 2012
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29 November 2011 – 02 January 2012
In Nona Garcia’s work, the photographic image is examined and rigorously unpicked in the process of becoming painting. The spatial and temporal are synced into a resonant but somehow ambient image. In her work, polarities in conceptual intention and material display are nimbly positioned in a tight circuit of associations.
She received a BFA in Painting at the University of the Philippines. Her work has been shown and collected extensively throughout the region. She was the recipient of the Cultural Center of the Philippines 13 Artist Award in 2003. Her work has been featured in numerous publications such as Post-Tsunami Art published by Damiani, Without Walls: A tour of Philippine Paintings at the Turn of the Millennium, and Phaidon’s Painting Today. Recent shows include Synonyms, Finale Art File, 2010; Fractures, West Gallery, 2010; Prague Biennale 2009; This is not a Fairytale, G23, Bangkok; Latitudes: Encounters with the Philippines, Primo Marella Milano, 2010; Futura Manila, Osage Singapore, 2008.
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Maria Taniguchi studies relationships between objects and their environment in order to frame, measure, and uncover the methodology through which they are constituted. Operating throughout different media—from video to painting, drawing and sculpture—she traces, sublimates or abstracts these processes. The work emerges from merging ethnography, modernism, and a two-way analysis of objects through their material patterns on one hand and their social organization.
She received a BFA in Sculpture at the University of the Philippines, and completed an MFA in Art Practice at Goldsmiths, University of London. She was a LUX Associate Artist for 2009–2010. Her videos are archived by the Moving Image Archive of Contemporary Art, Tokyo. Recent shows include Young London, V22 Collection, London; Echo Studies, Vargas Museum, Philippines; Video e identidad cultural en Filipinas: 1999-2009, CaixaForum, Barcelona; Roving Eye: Video from Southeast Asia, Sorlandets Kunstmuseum, Norway; Slip Sensor (Part 2), Cell Project Space, London.
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About the Artist
About the Artists
Nona Garcia (b. 1978) received a BFA in Painting at the University of the Philippines (UP). Her work has been shown and collected extensively throughout the region. She was the recipient of the Grand Prize for the Philip Morris Group of Companies ASEAN Art Award (2000), the Cultural Center of the Philippines 13 Artists Award (2003), and the residency program at Cross Currents, Bangkok (2004). Her work has been featured in numerous publications such as Post-Tsunami Art published by Damiani, Without Walls: A tour of Philippine Paintings at the Turn of the Millenium, and Phaidon’s Painting Today.
Garcia has shown at Finale Art File, West Gallery, the Prague Biennale (2009), G23 in Bangkok, the Primo Marella Milano, Valentine Willie Fine Art Singapore, Osage Gallery Singapore, the Bencab Museum in Baguio City, ARNDT Berlin, and Blanc Gallery, to name a few.
Maria Taniguchi (b. 1981, Dumaguete City) currently lives and works in Manila. She received her Bachelor in Fine Arts in Sculpture at the University of the Philippines and her Masters in Fine Arts, Art Practice at Goldsmiths, University of London. She was a LUX Associate Artist (2009–10), and recipient of the Ateneo Art Awards (2011, 2012), the residency program of the HIWAR | Conversations in Amman of the Khalid Shoman Foundation (2013), and the Hugo Boss Asia Art Award for Emerging Asian Artists (2015). She has participated in solo and group exhibitions in various galleries and institutions including the Vargas Museum, Silverlens Gallery, the Flauxia Milano, the M HKA Museum of Contemporary Art in Antwerp, the Jim Thompson Art Center in Bangkok, Para Site Hong Kong, ZKM Centre for Art and Media in Karlsruhe, Germany, the Ibid, London, and the 8th Pacific Triennial at Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art, Australia, among others.
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About the Artists
About the Artist
Nona Garcia (b. 1978) received a BFA in Painting at the University of the Philippines (UP). Her work has been shown and collected extensively throughout the region. She was the recipient of the Grand Prize for the Philip Morris Group of Companies ASEAN Art Award (2000), the Cultural Center of the Philippines 13 Artists Award (2003), and the residency program at Cross Currents, Bangkok (2004). Her work has been featured in numerous publications such as Post-Tsunami Art published by Damiani, Without Walls: A tour of Philippine Paintings at the Turn of the Millenium, and Phaidon’s Painting Today.
Garcia has shown at Finale Art File, West Gallery, the Prague Biennale (2009), G23 in Bangkok, the Primo Marella Milano, Valentine Willie Fine Art Singapore, Osage Gallery Singapore, the Bencab Museum in Baguio City, ARNDT Berlin, and Blanc Gallery, to name a few.
Maria Taniguchi (b. 1981, Dumaguete City) currently lives and works in Manila. She received her Bachelor in Fine Arts in Sculpture at the University of the Philippines and her Masters in Fine Arts, Art Practice at Goldsmiths, University of London. She was a LUX Associate Artist (2009–10), and recipient of the Ateneo Art Awards (2011, 2012), the residency program of the HIWAR | Conversations in Amman of the Khalid Shoman Foundation (2013), and the Hugo Boss Asia Art Award for Emerging Asian Artists (2015). She has participated in solo and group exhibitions in various galleries and institutions including the Vargas Museum, Silverlens Gallery, the Flauxia Milano, the M HKA Museum of Contemporary Art in Antwerp, the Jim Thompson Art Center in Bangkok, Para Site Hong Kong, ZKM Centre for Art and Media in Karlsruhe, Germany, the Ibid, London, and the 8th Pacific Triennial at Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art, Australia, among others.
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