Past Residents
Past Resident2012: ACC - Asian Cultural Council
Ambie Abaño
Ambie Abaño’s shift from painting to printmaking brought her to an exploration of the medium as she investigates portraiture in relation to both material and process. From two-dimensional prints, her experimental works led to the creation of portraits and figures in sculpture, mixed media works, and installations, always with an element of traditional printmaking processes.
Ambie Abaño (born Manila 1967) abandoned the practice of architecture in favor of being a visual artist. She exhibits widely in the Philippines and across Asia. Abaño is a faculty member at the University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts. For the past six years, she served as president of the Philippine Association of Printmakers and remains active in their training program. Her solo exhibitions include: SurFACE (2011); Sanctuaire des memoires (2012) at the Alliance Francaise de Manille, and TransFIGURATION at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (2006). She participated in A/P: Analog Playground, Ateneo Art Gallery, Manila; The Speaking House, Kerala, India (2012); Asian International Art Exhibition (2007-2011), and Open Studios at Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris (2011).
Ambie Abaño, Trapped, 2009, Stuffed prints on textile, 24 × 24 × 24 in. (60.96 × 60.96 × 60.96 cm).
Ambie Abaño, Prayer, 2009, Installation with woodcut on textile and plastic.
Ambie Abaño, Self Awareness, 2011, Oil painting and woodcut on phillippine mahogany, 72 × 60 in. (182.88 × 152.4 cm).
Ambie Abaño, Diaries, 2010, Woodcut on recycled wood carved into books.
Past Resident2012: Ministry of Culture, Taiwan
Wan-Jen Chen
Wan-Jen Chen makes animated videos, which blur the line between reality and artifice. These images directly touch upon the discrepancy between authenticity and depiction. The intentionally ordinary scenes are pieced together to reinterpret lost memories and forgotten experiences.
Wan-Jen Chen (born 1982 Taiwan) graduated from the National Taiwan University of Arts in 2005 and studied at the National Graduate School of Art & Technology, The Taipei National University of Arts until 2012. Recent solo shows include: To Hell with Your Future, IT PARK ,Taipei and The Extraordinary Ordinary, VT Artsalon, Taipei. Group exhibitions include: The First “CAFAM · Future” Exhibition, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing; The 2012 Taiwan Biennial, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts; Stand-In Techniques- New Taiwanese video Style, Gallery 456, New York; The 7th Busan International Video Festival; Changwon 2010 Asia Art Festival-THE FANTASTIC GARDEN, and Taiwanpics.doc, Ecole Nationale Supériere des Beaux-Arts de Paris.
Wan-Jen Chen, The Unconcious Voyage, 2008, 3-channel video installation, color, without sound, 3 min.
Wan-Jen Chen, You Are my Only Exception, 2011, Single-channel video, color, without sound, 2 min. 40 sec.
Wan-Jen Chen, The Big Road, 2011, 2-channel video, color, without sound, 5 min. 55 sec.
Wan-Jen Chen, To Hell With Your Future, 2011, Single-channel video , color, sound, 2 min.
Wan-Jen Chen, Pluto's Tears, 2011, Single-channel video, color, sound, 1 min. 2 sec.
Residents from Taiwan
Past Resident2012: Celfin Capital
Constanza Levine
Constanza Levine has devoted her practice to investigating color on bi-dimensional surfaces. Although she has been experimenting with volume, the genesis of her work comes from the observation of the movement of large bodies of water and how reflections result in fragments and geometrical shapes. She has filtered her whole life into shapes and colors, where not only her emotions, but also whatever catches her eye undergo the same process of categorization.
Constanza Levine graduated from Universidad Finis Terrae as a Visual Artist in 1996. She has had two solo exhibitions: Mi Color at Universidad de Los Andes, Santiago, 2005 and Mares y demases at Teatro de Zapallar, Valparaíso, 2008.
Constanza Levine, Air View, 2005, Acrylic on wood, 36 × 52 in. (91.44 × 132.08 cm).
Constanza Levine, Horizontalism, 2005, Acrylic on canvas, 40 × 40 in. (101.6 × 101.6 cm).
Constanza Levine, Sea Depth, 2006, Acrylic on wood, 36 × 52 in. (91.44 × 132.08 cm).
Constanza Levine, Electrossa, 2005, Acrylic on canvas, 31 × 60 in. (78.74 × 152.4 cm).
