30th April 11

Last April 9, 2011, me and my Painting block mates celebrated our first block exhibit opening night at Sining Kamalig Gallery in Gateway, Cubao. Our exhibit was curated by Professor Nestor Olarte Vinluan, our Visual Perception professor. 

Here are some of the works in the exhibit by FA1Y: 

 (Sorry for choosing the wrong white balance!)

Collapse by Katrina Gosiengfiao

Gunita by Hannielyn Cruz

Mastery by Chloe Dellosa

In The Midst Of All by Karla Aggarao

Lingon by Wendel Ramos

Fallen by Carlo De Laza

Doble Vista by Ren Lopez

Growing Obscure by Pau Villanueva (represent!)

Kabataan sa Bagong Henerasyon by Romeo Carlo Ramos

Exodus by Arsenise Fuentes

Cash Approved by Ella Mendoza

Ball-Jointed Heads by Ian Fabro

Yellow by Jason Pasion

Breaking Free by Ara Villena

    The Unreachable, Doughnut Top, Homer Pop by Giell Herrara

    Emotion by John Blanco

    Broken by John Blanco

    Untitled by Miguel Puyat

      Our Lady of Guadalupe, As I See Her by Camille Quintos

    Gestation…Good Morning, Night! by Brisa Dominguez

      Acceptance by Jasmine Santos

      I Love Q.C. in Peril by England Hidalgo

I wasn’t really hyped with the thought of the opening night of our exhibit a first. But as I arrived at the Sining Kamalig Gallery, my heart skipped a beat just by seeing the amount of visitors that went to our exhibit. I didn’t really expect much about it, but I was wrong. The opening night was just so epic. I really felt touched with the people who keep on asking me about my work, and also those who took pictures of our works. Haha! It just goes to show that our hard work was worth it. I’m really happy and proud with my block mates since we did a really good job showcasing our works. Thank you for everyone who went!

That’s my uncle, my lola, my mom, my tita and tito right there. Thanks uncle for the flowers! 

I’m seriously looking forward to another block exhibit. It was really fun! I hope my block mates would still consider me even though I’m shifting. Camille, hindi talaga ako nagpaparinig. Haha kidding! I love you guys!

 Our sincere gratitude to Professor Vinluan for giving us the chance to do this. Thank you Sining Kamalig and block mates! You made it all worthwhile. :D

29th April 11

Growing Obscure

2011

4 x 4 ft.

Acrylic on canvas

This was my entry on our block exhibit “Fresh Meat”. I had a hard time doing this because of the lack of time and preparation, but I still did it! It was also my first time to paint in a scale of this size, so I was overwhelmed at first. If you could only just imagine what I look like after I finished it, haha! I got really inspired after I made this, and after seeing the success of our block exhibit, I kind of want to stay in Studio Arts. (tears…kidding!)


That’s me and my painting. How awkward do I look like! That’s my signature on the bottom-right corner! Thanks to my mom who stayed up all night with me while I was doing my painting. She just witnessed how I work, and she didn’t really like how I was bumming around every now and then. Hahaha! Cheers anyway! ☺

31st March 11

Hello guys, I’m back! It’s been a while since I posted any blog entry related to art. I really miss Tumblr! I was really busy finishing my paintings, my plates, and I was busy studying (stu-dying) haha kidding! I just hope every bit of that time I dedicated would pay off. I’m going to post a lot after I’m done with this semester. ☺

Me and my block mates have been working hard for our first block exhibit for some time now, and I’d totally appreciate it if you would come and see what we’ve been working on. Here is our passion and what we do in the name of art. As we enter the art scene and show our talents as young artists, take a gander at our works of art. I invite everyone to our block’s exhibit!

FRESH MEAT

An art exhibit by the 1st-year Block-Y Studio Arts students of the University of the Philippines Diliman, College of Fine Arts

Time Saturday, April 9, 2011 ·  6:00pm -  9:00pm

Location Sining Kamalig Gallery (Level 4, Gateway Mall, Araneta Center Cubao QC)


We are the meat, the core of substantiality. We think of meat, and we see the edible flesh, the rawness of it, the essence of its tastefulness. Freshly extracted, to be sliced and diced and cooked to satisfaction. Victimized.

We are the victim, the hostage of ART. Craved for, baited, thrown into the ART scene, and ready for the feast of beauty and true creativity drawn from the crux.

FRESH MEAT introduces raw talent to the ART industry, featuring works of promising young artists from the College of Fine Arts, University of the Philippines Diliman. They are from the freshman class of Professor Nestor Olarte Vinluan. The exhibit showcases ideas fresh from the artists’ stream of consciousness, revealing their personal thoughts and feelings.

Making our entrance into the vast world of ART, we bring you uncensored visual manifestations on a wide spectrum of topics, like FRESH MEAT brought unto the table for the full experience of delight.

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Please join us, UP CFA Block Y, in our first gallery exhibit. We’ll be serving you mouthwatering FRESH MEAT.

Curated by NESTOR OLARTE VINLUAN, our Visual Perception professor and a renowned Filipino artist

Ara VILLENA

Arsenise FUENTES

Brisa DOMINGUEZ

Camille QUINTOS

Carlo DE LAZA

Chloe DELLOSA

Ella MENDOZA

Francine LIMA

England HIDALGO

Giell HERRERA

Hanielyn CRUZ

Ian FABRO

Jasmine SANTOS

Jason PASION

John BLANCO

Karla AGGARAO

Katrina GOSIENGFIAO

Miguel PUYAT

Pau VILLANUEVA

Ren LOPEZ III

Romeo RAMOS

Wendel ROBLES

Exhibit runs until April 27, 2011.

I hope you guys would come and visit! It would make our dreams ☺ I sincerely thank my professor, Nestor Olarte Vinluan, for making this happen. You the man, sir!! ☺

For more details, please message me in my Tumblr Ask. ☺ Thank you so much!