Gao

Artopia is a culmination of the artist's artistic journey of being a self-taught artist. The works in the show are results of years of learning and experimenting of what kind of art should he really does.  The first series of his golden works, Artopia is a collection of recent paintings produced in gold monochromatic color schemes, a color palette he's comfortable working with. Each title of his works have “ia” at the end which is sometimes a combination of words, or a single existing word, or a word he just invented (e.g. Art + Utopia = Artopia). His subject matters are diverse such as global supremacy, war, urban decay, environmental degradation, tyranny, atrocity, or even giving homage to influences, often taking references from mass media, writings, and personal experiences. He deconstructs and constructs images added with elements of both familiar and unfamiliar, juxtaposing, layering, and plotting to produce a single image that conveys a sense of hysteria and chaos. Some of his works have direct meaning, some ambiguous, or some have no meaning at all, just letting the paintings tell their own story. Most of the time he just does things that naturally comes out of his head. A spontaneous process that is almost automatic, an expression of less rules and boundaries questing for inconclusive reasoning and imagination.

 


GAO (b. Edgar Aguilar Rezaga)

Contemporary Visual Artist

Hometown:  La Carlota City, Negros Occidental

Based: Las Piñas City

Awards:

      Finalist      - Art Association of the Philippines, ECCA’

        1st Semi-Annual Art Competition 2010

      Finalist         - Art Association of the Philippines, ,NCCA

        Commission on Filipino Overseas’

        Centennial Hawaii Migration 2006

      Finalist         - Metrobank Art & Design Excellence 2005

      Finalist         - Metrobank Art & Design Excellence 2004

      Finalist         - Metrobank Young Painters’ Annual 2002

     2nd Prize        - Pasalamat Arts & Culture Festival 2001

         PaintingCategory

      3rd Prize       - Pasalamat Arts & Cultural Festival 2001

         Mixed Media Category

     Grand Prize  - Coca Cola Bottlers Association 2001

         Can Relief Sculpture  (Group)

     Grand Prize  – Provincial Environment Painting Competition

         2000



 

 


Kulay-Diwa Gallery of Philippine Contemporary Art is a privately owned venue for artistic expression. It is strategically located within a cluster of progressive communities South of Manila. It has an independent exhibition area able to accommodate large-scale works, and a spacious garden ideal for outdoor programs, performances and sculpture installations.

 

Goals of Kulay-Diwa

 

To discover and promote the works of talented, young and deserving Filipino Artist;

To serve as a cultural outpost and make the arts more accessible to the fast-growing communities South of Manila; and

To foster cultural interaction and exchanges with the local regions and other countries.

 

Kulay(Color)

Diwa(Spirit, Thought)



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