2011 Ateneo Art Awards Shortlist

The Ateneo Art Gallery, widely recognized as the country's first modern art museum, is pleased to announce the 12 artists short-listed for the Ateneo Art Awards 2011: Anatomy of Autonomy. They are:

Renato Barja Jr.
The Jungle and the Rain
Solo Exhibition
Blanc Compound
15 January - 5 February 2011

Frank Callaghan
River of Our Dreams
Solo Exhibition
Manila Contemporary
2 - 24 October 2010

Olivia d'Aboville
New Frontiers: Olivia d'Aboville Chasm of Fantasies
Solo Exhibition
Ayala Museum
15 July - 12 September 2010

Kawayan de Guia
Bomba
Solo Exhibition
Jorge Vargas Museum
15 June - 18 December 2010

Bembol dela Cruz
House Blend
Solo Exhibition
Blanc Compound
9 - 30 April 2011

Nona Garcia
Fractures
Solo Exhibition
West Gallery
27 July to 14 August 2010

Sam Kiyoumarsi
Inalienable Dreamless
Solo Exhibition
Lost Projects
16 March - 20 April 2011

Tatong Recheta Torres
Make My Day!
Solo Exhibition
Yarn Factory Art Projects, Tochigi Japan (Second Life SIM)
21 June 2010 onwards

Maria Taniguchi
Echo Studies
Solo Exhibition
Jorge Vargas Museum
30 March to 28 May 2011

Rodel Tapaya
Simple Depictions
Group Exhibition
Alliance Francaise de Manille Total Gallery
25 November - 16 December 2010

MM Yu
Waste Not Want Not
Solo Exhibition
Finale Video Room, Finale Art File
7 - 30 May 2010

Maria Jeona Zoleta
Sure Sure, Happy Happy, Picture Picture
Solo Exhibition
20 Square (SLab)
7 - 31 July 2010

Established in 2004 to honor the memory of its founding benefactor Fernando Zobel de Ayala (1924-1984), whose support of young Filipino visual artists left an indelible mark in Philippine art history, the Ateneo Art Awards are given to Filipino visual artists below the age of 36 for outstanding works in an exhibition between 2 May 2010 and 1 May 2011.

On its eighth year, the Ateneo Art Awards takes the theme "Anatomy of Autonomy," dissecting and surveying artistic thought in the contemporary Philippine art scene. Unbound by any cultural, social, academic or even aesthetic dogma, the creative spirit of young Filipino visual artists is duly recognized.

From the 12 shortlisted exhibitions/artworks, 3 are chosen as winners. The winning artists are then invited to apply for international residency grants funded by the Ateneo Art Gallery and its partner institutions: Common Room Networks Foundation in Bandung, Indonesia, La Trobe University Visual Arts Centre in Bendigo, Australia, Artesan Gallery in Singapore, Art Omi in New York, USA and Liverpool Hope University in Liverpool, United Kingdom.

The Ateneo Art Awards are presented by the Ateneo Art Gallery, Shangri-la Plaza, SMART, Metro Society, Y-style of the Philippine Star, and the New York Art Project, funded by Marcel Crespo.

The works of the short-listed artists will be exhibited at the Grand Atrium of the Shangri-la Plaza, Edsa corner Shaw Boulevard from 5-15 August 2011 and at the Ateneo Art Gallery, Level 2 Rizal Library Special Collections Building, Ateneo de Manila University, Loyola Heights, Quezon City from 20 August – 10 September 2011. The winners will be announced at the Awards Ceremony on 11 August 2011, 5:30pm at the Grand Atrium of the Shangri-La Plaza. For more information, please contact Ian Jaucian, Ateneo Art Awards Project Coordinator, at 426-6488 or email ijaucian@ateneo.edu, or visit our website http://ateneoartgallery.org/.