Mark Justiniani

Mark Justiniani (b. 1966. Bacolod,

Philippines), often identified with the lineage of Social Realism through the 80’s and 90’s in the Philippines through artist-activist initiatives like Salingpusa (1984) and Sanggawa (1994), have been working with notions of how we perceive reality. After returning from the USA in 2006, he has developed his oeuvre through “magic realist strains” and has moved to configurations of space, the nature of vision and their ever vacillating relationship with time through the use of reflective media in recent years. His practice has had him represent the Philippines in conferences and exhibitions in overseas since 1992.

Mark Justiniani Born: April 25, 1966 Manila, Philippines

STUDIES Arts Education, University of the Philippines, College of Fine Arts, Diliman, Q.C.

ORGANIZATIONAL 1987 - 1990 BACKGROUND ABAY

1985 – 1992 Grupong Salingpusa

1994 – 1998 Sanggawa Collective

AWARDS 2013

Outstanding Bosconian, Don Bosco Techinical Institute, Victorias, Negros,Philippines

2009 Judge, CCP Thirteen Artists Awards 2009, Cultural Center of the Philippines

2005 Solidarity Award, Pilipino Workers’ Center (PWC), Los Angeles, California

2004 Award for Continuing Excellence in the Arts, Metrobank Foundation, Manila,Philippines

2002 Juror, Arts Council for Long Beach Grant Program, Long Beach California

2000 Finalist, Philippine Art Awards, Metropolitan Museum, Manila, Philippines

1999 Jurors Choice Award, Philip Morris Group of Companies, Philippine Art Awards, Manila, Philippines.

Philippine Representative. ASEAN Art Awards, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

1998 Awardee, Philippine Centennial Mural Project (6.5 ft. x 84 ft.) at the Heroes Hall, Malacanang Palace, Office of the President of the Republic of the Philippines (as member of Sanggawa)

1997 Malihaw Awardee, The Most Outstanding Victorianon in the Arts, Victorias, Negros Occidental, Philippines

1994 13 Artists Awards, Most Outstanding Achievement of Young Artists in the Philippines, Cultural Center of the Philippines

1992 Grant offered by the Cultural Center of the Philippines for the Karnabal mural project (as member of Jamming Ground), Environmental Mural Making Contest, Quezon Circle, Quezon City, Philippines

1991 Second place, UST Annual on the spot painting contest, Manila, Philippines

1990 Grand Prize, 7th Metrobank National Painting Competition, Manila, Philippines

1989 Award of Excellence, 22nd National Shell Student Painting Contest, Manila, Philippines

SOLO 2017 EXHIBITIONS Art Stage Singapore Special Projects, Marina Bay Sands,

Singapore 2016 Reverb, Vargas Museum, University of The Philippines. Quezon City

What Science Missed, Pinto Art Museum 2015 Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong International Convention Centre, Hong Kong

2014 Transit, Bazaar Art Jakarta Special Projects, The Drawing Gallery, Jakarta.

Recurrence, Art Stage Singapore Platform, The Drawing Room Gallery, Singapore.

2013 Rotator, Secret Fresh Gallery, San Juan, Philippines Orbit, Finale Art Gallery, Makati Philippines"Mimefield, Tin-aw Gallery, Art Fair Philippines

2011 Phantom Limb, Finale Art Gallery, Makati City, Philippines Damgohanon, Capitana Gallery, Negros Occidental, Philippines

2010 Malikmata, SLab, Makati City, Philippines

2008 Pamati, Sitio Remedios, Ilocos Norte for the Silangan Foundation

Catapult, Substation Gallery, Singapore.

2007 SaSilongalingan, Nineveh Art Space, Laguna, Philippines

2006 Varying Constants, Art Verite, Serendra, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City, Philippines

2003 Mga Dialogo, Boston Gallery, Cubao, Quezon City, Philippines

2002 Galleria Duemila, Mandaluyong City, Philippines

Transit, Red Dot Gallery, Makati City, Philippines

Daong, works in coffee, Starbucks 6750, Makati City, Philippines

1999 Sanktuaryo, Boston Gallery, Cubao, Quezon City, Philippines

1996 Kwento ni Wanggo, Boston Gallery, Cubao, Quezon City, Philippines

1995 White Rain, Hiraya Gallery, Manila City, Philippines 1994 Santo-Santohan, Hiraya Gallery, Manila City, Philippines

1993 Kasimanwa, Hiraya Gallery, Manila City, Philippines

GROUP 2016 EXHIBITIONS Bazaar Art Jakarta, The Ritz Carlton Jakarta, Indonesia

Formosa 101 Art Fair, Taipei Expo Dome, Taipei, Taiwan Young Artist Studio, Museum of Tinguely Project, Art Basel, Messe Basel Hall 1, Switzerland

2015 Bazaar Art Jakarta, The Ritz Carlton Jakarta, Indonesia

2014 Multiple Languages, Silverlens/Slab Gallery, Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines.

You look the same as us but you don't speak the same language, Equator Art Projects, Gillman Barracks, Singapore.

Do you believe in Angels?, Mo_Space, Bonifacio High Street, Taguig City,Philippines

Equator Art Projects, Gillman Barracks, Singapore.

2013 Theory and Practice of The Small Paintings, Equator Art Projects, Gillman Barracks, Singapore

2011 The Theory and Practice of the Small Painting, Equator Art Projects, Gillman Barracks, Singapore

Ciento Cincuenta, Pinto Gallery, Antipolo City, Philippines

Relevant Rizal?, Looking for Juan, Vargas Museum, University of the Philippines, Quezon City, Philippines

Monumental, Manila Contemporary, Makati City Philippines

2010 Alay, Boston Gallery, Cubao, Quezon City, Philippines Re:view 2010 Show, Bencab Museum, Benguet, Pilippines Art2Heart Auction, Art Informal, Mandaluyong City, Philippines

Smokescreen, Tin-aw Art Gallery, Makati City, Philippines Remix Santiago Bose, Yuchengco Museum, Makati City, Philippines Cross Over, Copenhagen, Denmark

2009 Diminishing Returns, Tin-aw Art Gallery, Makati City, Philippines

Figuring the Times, Finale Art Gallery, Makati City, Philippines

New Figuration, Bencab Museum, Baguio City, Philippines

2008 Looking for Juan, Artist Space, Glass Wing of the Ayala Museum, Makati City, Philippines

Assembly Line, Tin-aw Art Gallery, Makati City, Philippines

2007 Beyond Borders, Royal Plaza on Scotts Singapore

Group Show, Boston Gallery, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City, Philippines Off the Wall 3, DejaDesign Gallery, Los Angeles, California, U. S. A.

2006 Beyond Borders, The Substation, Singapore

Off the Wall 2, DejaDesign Gallery, Los Angeles, California, U. S. A.

2005 Sign Language, DejaDesign Gallery, Los Angeles, California, U. S. A.

Portal Shifts, The Substation, Singapore Off the Wall, DejaDesign Gallery, Los Angeles, California, U. S. A.

Four More..., Lawrence Asher Gallery, Los Angeles, California, U. S. A.

2004 30 Cuadros y 20 Peomas de Amor, Espresso Mi Cultura, Los Angeles, California, U. S. A.

2003 Opera Gallery Artists, Opera Gallery, Singapore

Dreams: Etchings and Ceramics, Galleria Duemila, Mandaluyong City, Philippines

Global Eye, ASTO Gallery, Artist District, Los Angeles, California, U. S. A.

Mujeres del Norte, Galeria del Instituto de Baja, California, Tijuana, S.C. Mexico

2002 Lantern of the East, Angel’s Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, California, U. S. A. Periphery, El Patio de Frida, Artspace, Los Angeles, California, U. S. A. Eclectic LA, Forest Lawn Museum, Glendale, California, U. S. A. Touch Me Not,

Espresso Mi Kultura, Los Angeles, U. S. A. 2001 Pinto Art Gallery, Antipolo City, Rizal, Philippines

2000 Biennale of Sydney 2000, Sydney, Australia (As member of Sanggawa) Faith + The City, (Travelling exhibition of Philippine Contemporary Art). Singapore Art Museum National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

ASEAN Art Awards, Singapore Art Museum

1999 Outward Vision, Amit May Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA.

Mga Bagong Kwento mula sa Lumang Yugto, Pacific Bridge, Oakland, CA. Hakata Riverain Project, public mural, Hakata Prefecture, Japan. Glimpses into the Future, Tokyo, Japan

1998 Alab ng Puso, Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Manila City, Philippines

At Home and Abroad: Contemporary Philippine Art, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, California, U. S. A.

At Home and Abroad, Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Manila City, Philippines

1997 Chair King, An Exhibition of Paintings and Book Launching, Karen Flores and Mark Justiniani, Boston Gallery, Cubao, Quezon City, Philippines

Divine Interventions, Fortitude Gallery, Brisbane, Australia

1996 Container 96, Port of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark Asia Pacific Triennial, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

1995 Vox Populi, Vox Dei, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney, Australia; Shangrila Plaza Mall, Mandaluyong City, Philippines Artists Today, Yokohama Citizens Gallery, Yokohama, Japan

Getting Into the Out Mural Project, Central Lecture Block, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

1992 Sa Ugoy Ng Duyan, Grupong Salingpusa, Silangan Gardens, Antipolo City, Philippines

Karnabal, Grupong Salingpusa, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila City, Philippines

1991 Icons, Grupong Salingpusa, Silangan Gardens, Antipolo City, Philippines

Pasko Kina Pasky, Jamming Ground Group Show, 9 de Febrero, Mandaluyong City, Philippines

11:59, Grupong Salingpusa, West Gallery, Quezon City, Philippines

Haring Ibon, Elmer Borlongan and Mark Justiniani, City Gallery, Manila City, Philippines. Baguio Arts Festival, Baguio City, Philippines

1990 Media-Mixed, West Gallery, Quezon City, Philippines

1988 Tiktak, Tiktak, Lengua ni Utak, Grupong Salingpusa, Galeria de Antipolo, Antipolo City, Philippines

1987 Ulo, Grupong Salingpusa, City Gallery, Manila City, Philippines