Andres Barrioquinto

It might be disappointing for some of us to hear Andres Barrioquinto does not have to dwell on Bram Stoker, Mars Ravelo, Alex Nino or some other more au courant preacher of the gothic to arrive at his brooding, rust drenched compositions. He needs only to contemplate his grandfather, physically frail and near-somnambulistic, with a visage shorn of teeth, withered and deepened by the weight of a lived life. He needs only to share the inner world with his down-syndrome brother and probe, with filial empathy, the parallel privacies and distances open to the loved ones we call special. He needs only look out at suburbia, his home and peer longingly into the pigeonholes that real-state developers lovingly label as condos and townhouses, and notice his neighbors, friends and acquaintances and their daily waltz with the horrors of the humdrum. Creeper movies and pulp fiction can only hope to approximate the unbearable lightness of being in Tandang Sora in the 90s. Barrioquinto spent some formative years in pre-turnover Hong Kong, then jostling with New York for the title of world's rudest city. The son of migrant journalist, he evolved a repertoire of coping that included nights at gang-infested video arcades, where the violence mostly electro-digital, sometimes crossed over into real space. No classroom text could stand in for this hard-knocks literacy. In his pre-teen years, before Hong Kong, Andres would hang out at the art department of a major Filipino daily where his father worked as a business editor. Returning to Manila in '92, he re-visited this inclination and enrolled in the Fine Arts. What has proceeded from this has become salvific, both for Andres, the painter, and for us, who would give an ear to the lexicon of intensity that living in the 'ordinary' world has bestowed upon one of us.
m.m.y.
By Jose Tence Ruiz

My work is likely to be more sharply individualized than the realist, therefore more dramatically my own, sometimes to the point of eccentricity, their individuality becomes more natural when I'm interested in probing my own soul rather than reflecting the world of ideas, and in explaining a moody or inner world than revealing a basic harmony in the one around us, I paint images so exaggerated or distorted that they take us away from the familiar world into one of emotion and feeling, at least that is my interest. In extremes, these expressions may even become hysterical or nightmarish. I also try new means of expression, seeking new direction, exploring new mediums and methods of working.

This is an excellent time in my development as an artist to experiment, to meet and enjoy the challenges of various materials. Keep alert for the inevitable accidents that appear, as I work I often take Advantage of them. In painting for instance, color sometimes Bleed together or overlap to create an admirable but unplanned effect, Pencil marks or under-painting may unintentionally show through enhancing my work. Surprises can crop up in any materials I use, often sparking new ideas.
- Barrioquinto

Born April 6,1975, Philippines
1995-2000 Fine arts (Painting) 
University of Santo Tomas 
1995 Fine Arts (Painting) 
University of the Philippines

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 

2004 UGALING BABOY,UGALING ASO…THIRD WORLD!!! 
        West Gallery,Mandaluyong City.

2003 FHAMVHENTA HEZPESYAL 
        West Gallery,Makati City.

2002 RIPE (with decay) 
        The Drawing,Room Makati City.
        
        SORROW IN THE HOUSE OF BEAUTY
        West Gallery,Mandaluyong City. 

2001 MY LOVE GONE WRONG SONGS
        Big and small art co.,Mandaluyong City. 

        STOP KILLING ME 
        West Gallery,Mandaluyong City. 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2005 DOG GOD, UST TRAVELING SHOW

2004 13 ARTISTS AWARDS CCP

2001 THE 10TH INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL PRINT AND DRAWING EXHIBITION 
        Taipei Fine Arts Museum, R.O.C. 

        WHO OWNS WOMEN'S BODIES? (Traveling show) 

        1999 THE 9TH INTERNATIONAL BIENNAL PRINT AND DRAWING EXHIBITION 
        Taipei Fine Arts Museum, R.O.C. 

        NOKIA ARTS AWARD-ASIA PACIFIC Singapore 

SELECTED AWARDS 

2003 13 ARTISTS AWARDS,CCP Manila

2000 BEST ENTRY / LITHOGRAPHY Print Association of the Philippines 

        BENAVIDEZ AWARD 389TH Anniversary 
        (1611-2000) University of Santo Tomas
        
1999 BENAVIDES AWARD 388TH Anniversary 
        (1611-1999) University of Santo Tomas 

        HONORABLE MENTION 9TH Taiwan International Biennial Print and drawing Exhibition 

        JURORS CHOICE 52nd Annual Art Competitions Art Association of the Philippines 

        JURORS CHOICE 1ST Nokia Arts Awards Asia Pacific Singapore 

1998 GRAND PRIZE 15TH Young Painters Annual National 
        Painting Competitions Metrobank Foundation 

1997 THIRD PRIZE 50TH Annual Art Competition 
        Art Association of the Philippines 

        HONORABLE MENTION Watercolor Category 
        30TH National Student Competition Shell 

Kulay-Diwa  is a venue for Philippines and Southeast Asian Contemporary Art. Inaugurated on February 7, 1987, Kulay-Diwa, is strategically located within a cluster of communities South of Manila.  It has five independent exhibition areas able to accommodate large-scale works and a garden ideal for programs, performances and sculpture installations.  The goal of the gallery is to discover and promote the works of young, talented but deserving Filipino Artists and to foster cultural interaction and exchanges with the local regions and other countries.

Kulay (Colour)

Diwa  (Spirit, Thought)

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