PROFILE | C.V.

MARK ANDY ROBIEGO GARCIA

Born October 2, 1984. Philippines

BIOGRAPHY

      

      

The anti-trend, painterly style of Mark Andy Garcia serve to impart emotional honesty to paintings that operate like entries in journals. His various one-man shows since 2008 have detailed his life as an overseas contract worker in Saudi Arabia, laid bare his emotional anguish over the passing of his father, and operated as keepsakes of memories of his daily life. These bring out various intense transformative experiences and also more ordinary, blissful moments. His approach towards painting has something of a child-like sincerity to it, charged with an undercurrent of religious intensity that churns both his content and brushwork, whether for lighter or darker autobiographical periods, and to portray joy or despair.

Garcia graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Advertising) from the Technological University of The Philippines, Manila, in 2005. He is also the recipient of many awards such as the Grand Prize for 2007 Metrobank Art and Design Excellence, the National Art Competition (Oil Painting Category) and the Juror’s Choice Award of Excellence, 2008 Philippine Art Awards National. He just recently had chosen as one of the Recipient of the 2015 Thirteen Artists Award by the Cultural Center of the Philippines.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2018 - "STAND STILL" - Art Cube Gallery. Makati City, Philippines
2017 - "WONDER" - Silverlens Gallery. Makati City, Philippines
2016 - "HUMAN NATURE" - 1335Mabini Gallery. Manila, Philippines
         - “THE PAINTER” - Secret Fresh Gallery. Ronac Art Center, Manila, Philippines
2015 - “RECENT WORKS” - Ayala Museum, Artist’s Space, Makati City, Philippines
         - “BLESSINGS IN DISGUISE” - West Gallery. Quezon City, Philippines
2014 - “TWO EDGED-SWORD” - Secret Fresh Gallery. Ronac Art Center, Manila, Philippines
         - “PASSAGE OF TIME” - Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila

2013 - “BETTER DAYS AHEAD” - Pintô Art Museum. Antipolo City, Philippines
         - “THINGS ARE DIFFERENT NOW” - Art Cube. Ayala Center, Makati City, Philippines

2012 - “SOMEWHERE TO LAY MY HEAD” - West Gallery. Quezon City, Philippines

         - “BEYOND WORDS” - Light&Space Contemporary. Quezon City, Philippines

2011 - “ACQUAINTED WITH THE NIGHT” - West Gallery. Quezon City, Philippines
         - “FOR DEAR LIFE” - Blanc Compound. Mandaluyong City, Philippines
2010 - “PERMANENT” - West Gallery. Quezon City, Philippines
2009 - “UNDER THE WATCHFUL EYES” - Blanc Compound. Mandaluyong City, Philippines
2008 - “SO NEAR YET SO FAR” - West Gallery. Quezon City, Philippines

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2018 - "PINTO MANHATTAN MANILA 2" - Pinto International, TriBeCa, New York City 

         - "STRANGE ATTRACTORS" - Artery Art Space. Quezon City, Philippines 

         - "ARTFAIR PHILIPPINES" - Silverlens & West Gallery. The Link Bldg., Makati City, Philippines

2017 - "02NOW" - Art Cube. Collaboration with Lynyrd Paras. Makati City, Philippines

         - "ARTFAIR PHILIPPINES" - Silverlens & West Gallery. The Link Bldg., Makati City, Philippines

2016 - "DALOY" - Vargas Museum. University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City

         - "ARTFAIR PHILIPPINES" - - 1335 Mabini Gallery booth. The Link Bldg., Makati City, Philippines

         - "RE:VIEW" - BenCab Museum. Baguio City, Philippines

2015 - "STOP LOOK LISTEN" -1335Mabini Gallery. Manila, Philippines 

2014 - "INTERVAL” - West Gallery. Quezon City, Philippines

2013 - “THE HEAD OF THE MATTER” - Art Center. Mandaluyong City, Philippines

         - "SURFACE AREA” - Finale Art File. Makati City, Philippines

         - “BOUND” - West Gallery. Quezon City, Philippines

         - “PERDIDO EDEN” - Ode to Art Raffles City. North Bridge Road, Raffles City, Singapore

         - “THE MONALISA PROJECT“ - Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila

2011 - “ALAY 14“ - Boston Art Gallery. Quezon City, Philippines

         - “FLATFEILD” - West Gallery. Quezon City, Philippines

         - “THE DRAWING SHOW” - Avellana Art Gallery. Pasay City, Philippines

2010 - “MADE-NOW“ - Blanc Peninsula Manila. Makati, Philippines

         - “IMPLODE“ (T.U.P. Alumni Exhibition) - Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP Main Gallery), Manila

2009 - “BUANG” - Alliance Total Gallery.  Makati City, Philippines

         - “FIGURES IN EXTREMIS” - Collaboration with Neil Pasilan, Art Verite’. Taguig City, Philippines

         - “IF WE ONLY WALK LONG ENOUGH” - Studio 83. Kim Yam Road, Singapore

         - “LOVE RULES!” - Boston Art Gallery. Quezon City, Philippines

2008 - “EIGHT FACES” - Avellana Art Gallery. Pasay City, Philippines

         - “8 x 8 x 8” - Avellana Art Gallery. Pasay City, Philippines

         - “PHILIPPINE ART AWARDS” - National Museum of the Philippines. Manila

         - “SURVEY 8” - Avellana Art Gallery. Pasay City. Philippines

         - “THIS TIME TOMORROW” - Blanc Compound. Mandaluyong City, Philippines

SELECTED AWARDS:

RECIPIENT - 2015 Cultural Center of the Philippines Thirteen Artists Award

GRAND PRIZE - 2007 Metrobank Art & Design Excellence, National Art Competition (Oil Painting Category)

JUROR’S CHOICE AWARD OF EXCELLENCE - 2008 Philippine Art Awards (National Level)

GRAND PRIZE - 2003 36th Shell National Student Art Competition (Oil Painting Category)

GRAND PRIZE - 2005 5th Art Petron, National Student Art Competition (Water Media Category)       

GRAND PRIZE - 2004 UST Inter-University On-the-spot Chalk-Fest. Drawing Competition 

1 OF THE 10 FINALIST - 2011 Philippine Art Awards NCR (National Capital Region)

1 OF THE 10 FINALIST - 2008 Philippine Art Awards NCR (National Capital Region)

1st RUNNER UP - 2004 4th Art Petron, National Student Art Competition (Oil Painting Category)

1st RUNNER UP - 2004 4th Art Petron, National Student Art Competition (Water Media Category)

1st RUNNER UP - 2003 3rd Art Petron, National Student Art Competition (Oil Painting Category)

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

- “Lyrical Landscape” - Daona, Carlomar Arcangel, Art Cube Gallery - June 9, 2018

- “Wonder” - Dayao, Dodo. Silverlens - September 9, 2017

- “Not Just Collaborators but Brothers” (Exhibition notes for “02NOW”: Collaboration exhibit with Lynyrd Paras) - Daona, Carlomar Arcangel, Art Cube Gallery - June 9, 2018

- “In The Painter, A Solemn Self-Examination” - Daona, Carlomar Arcangel,

Secret Fresh Gallery - April 24, 2016

- “Human Nature” - Singson, Jose Luis, 1335Mabini - August 6, 2016

- “In Praise of the Loaded, Sympathetic Brush” - Daona, Carlomar Arcangel, Ayala Museum - Sept. 13, 2015

- “About Belief” - Olazo, Jonathan, Culturall Center of the Philippines,

Thirteen Artists Award - Sept. 3, 2015

- “Mark Andy Garcia, In The Cockpit of Good and Evil: Spirituality on Canvas” - Filipina Lippi, Manila Bulletin - June 1, 2015

- “Blessings in Disguise” - Lumbao, Cocoy,  West Gallery – Jan. 14, 2014

- “Passage of Time” - Estrada, Ma. Rica, Cultural Center of the Philippines - May 20, 2014

- “From the Depths of their Soul” - Uy, Hanna Jo, Manila Bulletin, April 8, 2013

- “Perdido Eden, Philippines / Pilipinas!”  - Ching, Isabel, Ode to Art Raffles    

    City, Singapore - April 4, 2013

- “Painting Memories” - Guillermo, Alice G., Art Cube Gallery - March 9, 2013

- “Somewhere To Lay My Head” - Fajardo, Marie Anne, West Gallery, Aug. 9, 2012

- “Acquainted with the Night” - Fajardo, Marie Anne, West Gallery, Sept. 13, 2011

- “Mark Andy Garcia: Visual Musings” - Casin, Pam Brooke, Manila Bulletin, July 4, 2011

- “The Eagerness of a Soul” - Marcelo, Sam, Blanc Gallery, February 12, 2011

- “Figures in Extremis” - Guillermo, Alice G., Business Mirror, September 25, 2009

- “Rage and Beyond” - Marquez-Manaois, Jeena, West Gallery, March 30, 2010

- “Art is Like a Journal” - Chikiamko, Clarissa, Blanc Gallery, February 7, 2009

- “Spiritual Remittance: One Warrior Under God” - Bautista, Jay, West Gallery - May 6, 2008