Group Exhibition
“Sa Hardin Nga Tinago”
Showing between February 18 – March 11
FEATURED ARTISTS
Junjun Montelibano
Erika Mayo
Moreen Austria
JayR Delleva
CURATED BY
JT Gonzales
Group Exhibition | Curated by JT Gonzales
“Sa Hardin Nga Tinago”
We enter a dream. It’s made of the soft brushstrokes of enchantment. It evokes flowering plants and drooping vines. It speaks of herbs and thistles, of spices and petals. The spells of nature intermingle with the charms of the muses, and weave gently, deliberately, onto a canvas.
Bacolod has always been known as an otherworldly city. From sugar estates to baronial mansions, from the laps of luxury to the depths of poverty. Mysterious ruins commingle with spanking new concrete piles, and roads pass through kilometers of sugar stalks. Bacolod presents to the unwary visitor an intriguing allure, subtly waiting to be discovered.
The allure of the place lends itself to its people. The fertile soil seems to infuse and suffuse its denizens, resulting in a wealth, a concentration of talent, that is astonishing.
We turn therefore to four Bacolod artists, all known for casting spells on canvas. Moreen Austria and her spritely danseuses. Erika Mayo and her gamine heroines. Junjun Montelibano and his fearless maidens. Jay-R Delleva and his dewy-eyed missies – or heavy-lidded crones.
These Negrense residents, so blessed with innate magic, realize their visions of fecundity upon reflecting pools and midnight gardens. They wield their wands of brush, and call forth a wealth of foliage, of orchards, of haciendas – perhaps mixing a little spell here, or concealing a hex there. The night is fraught with mystery.
Their magic garden awaits.
– JT Gonzales
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Emilio “JunJun” Montelibano
Junjun Montelibano is a La Sallian Mass Communication graduate who got fascinated with sketching early in life and proceeded to find his thoughts in the freedom of expressing himself on canvas and on mixed media and as well as on production design. His involvement in stage, video and film productions shaped a multi-dimensional sensibility that makes him very flexible in the use of materials. He has designed and art directed various numbers of stage productions from Plays, Live performances, Pageants and private exclusive party venues including Award winning independent films. He is the Indie Movie Production Designer of the Year 2014, for the 30* Philippine Movie Press Club Star Awards.
He already had more than 8 solo exhibitions including works exhibited in Guangju, South Korea. Aside from his art, he has also produced and directed stop-motion animation short films.
Moreen Austria
Moreen Austria is the Grand Prize Winner in the national sculpture competition of Metrobank Art and Design Excellence (MADE) awards in 2017. Through her sculptures, public art and installation works, she navigates the layers of self, family, and society, seeking articulation and expression of suppressed emotions and thoughts that were the consequence of an sheltered upbringing in Silay City.
A painter before she metamorphosed into a sculptor, Moreen is a recipient of fellowship grants for residency programs in Thailand and Abu Dhabi, as well as for the critically acclaimed 2016 two-man exhibit Lawig with artist, Peter Fantinalgo, at the Cultural Center of the Philippines.
A dedicated cultural worker, she is also a member of the VIVA ExCon Organization executive committee and of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts Committee on Visual Arts.
JayR Delleva
JayR Delleva is an artist from Bacolod City. He graduated from La Consolacion College with a degree in Fine Arts, major in Painting.
Delleva’s career as an artist has gained him nationwide recognition. Since 2004, he has been receiving awards from numerous corporate competitions and has mounted solo and group exhibits. Among his recognitions are semi-final awards in MADE for the years 2006 and 2010, finalist and third places in the Shell National Students Art Competition (Watercolor and Sculpture Category, respectively), and he was a finalist in the PLDT/DPC Visual Arts National Competition.
Erika Mayo
Erika Mayo (b. 1993) is a full-time visual artist specializing in traditional media such as oils and acrylics. Mayo continues to push her artistic practice by venturing into mixed media, installation, and printmaking.
She is based in Bacolod City and has participated in various group exhibitions in Bacolod, Ilo-Ilo, Cebu, and Manila. Known for her grim palette and gritty brushstrokes, Mayo’s works pay homage to marginalized sectors of society, specifically women. The social relevance of her narrative subtly reveals covert social realities that may be linked to issues of gender.
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