Rodel Tapaya

RODEL TAPAYA

1980 Born in Montalban, Philippines

Lives and works in Bulacan, Philippines

EDUCATION

Intensive Studies (drawing and painting), Parsons School of Design, New York City Intensive Studies (drawing and painting), University of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland CFA, Major in Painting, College of Fine Arts, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2020 Rodel Tapaya: Order Out of Chaos, Art Fair Philippines, Art Informal, Manila, Philippines 2019 The Benefits of a Crowded Space, Art Informal, Manila, Philippines 2018 Rodel Tapaya, Tang Contemporary, Beijing, China Rodel Tapaya, Tang Contemporary, Bangkok, Thailand Rodel Tapaya, Ayala Museum, Manila, Philippines 2017 Rodel Tapaya: New Art from the Philippines, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia 2016 Rodel Tapaya, Galerie der Stadt Sindelfingen, Germany 2015 Diamond in the Distance, ARNDT, Singapore 2014 The Chocolate Ruins, ARNDT, Berlin, Germany Bato-Balani, Ateneo Art Gallery, Manila, Philippines 2013 The Ladder To Somewhere, ARNDT, Singapore 2012 Wada Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan Deities, West Gallery, Manila, Philippines Cloudland, solo presentation at Art Hong Kong, Hong Kong Prism and Parallelism, BENCAB Museum, Baguio City, Philippines 2011 Visions of Lore Galerie Caprice Horn, Berlin This Beast I Have Become, Y++ Gallery, Beijing, China 2010 Bulaklak ng Dila (Flowers of the Tongue), Vargas Museum, UP Campus Diliman, Manila, Philippines Memory Landscapes, The Drawing Room, Manila, Philippines 2009 Mythical Roots, SOKA ART Center, Beijing, China Diorama, The Drawing Room, Manila, Philippines 2008 Into the Forest, Utterly Art and The Drawing Room, Singapore FOLKgotten, The Drawing Room, Manila, Philippines 2007 Perya, Boston Gallery, Cubao, Manila, Philippines Mapapel, The Drawing Room, Manila, Philippines 2006 Parables, Utterly Art and The Drawing Room, Singapore Looban, Boston Gallery, Manila, Philippines Tauhan, Big and Small Art Co., Manila, Philippines 2005 Lunan, Boston Gallery, Manila, Philippines Recent paintings, Big and Small Art Co., Manila, Philippines 2004 Balangkas, Boston Gallery, Manila, Philippines

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2020 Group exhibition in honour of Dr. Cuanang's 80th birthday, Pinto Art Museum, Philippines My name is nobody, Arndt Art Agency, online exhibition Xenia: Crossroads in Portrait Painting, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, USA 2019 Names. Faces - From a Private Collection, Arndt Art Agency, Berlin, Germany FAR AWAY SO CLOSE! Curated presentation of selected works from South- and South East Asia, Arndt Art Agency, Berlin, Germany

2018 Au, Station Gallery, Melbourne, Australia 2017 15th Asia Arts Festival, Ningbo Museum of Art, Ningbo, China Terra Incognita, Hilger BrotKunsthalle Vienna, Austria Passion and Procession: Art of the Philippines, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia Pinto: Manhattan Manila, West Village, New York City, USA 2016 20th Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, Australia 2015 June: A Painting Show, Sadie Coles, London, UK ICA Off-Site: Hong Kongese, curated by Gregor Muir, Alia Al-Senussi and Abdullah AlTurki, Duddell’s, Hong Kong 2014 10th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, South Korea 2011 Emerging Asian Contemporary Part I, WADA Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan Bisa: Potent Presences, Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Philippines 2010 Simple Depictions Alliance Francaise de Manille, Manila, Philippines Looking Back, Ark Galerie, Jakarta, Indonesia in collaboration with The Drawing Room, Philippines 2009 A Century of Story in the Art of the Philippines, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore Verso Manila, Verso Artecontemporanea in collaborationg with The Drawing Room, Turin, Italy 2006 New Directions, The Rotunda Gallery, Neilson Hays Library, Bangkok, Thailand 2005 Figuras, Art Center, SM Megamall, Manila, Philippines 2004 Alay 8, Pinto Art Gallery, Antipolo City, Philippines Configured Drawings, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Pasay City, Philippines Gamit, UP Vargas Museum, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines Danas: Sinsin, CCP Small Gallery, Pasay City, Philippines 2002 Toys, Ayala Museum, Manila, Philippines

SELECTED AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES

2014 Finalist, Sovereign Asian Art Prize 2012 Winner, CCP Thirteen Artist Award 2011 Grand Winner, Asia Pacific Breweries Signature Art Prize Shortlist, Ateneo Art Awards, Philippines 2010 Shortlist, Ateneo Art Awards, Philippines 2007 Finalist, NCR Region, Philip Morris: Philippine Art Award 2006 Shortlist, Ateneo Art Awards, Philippines 2005 Shortlist, Ateneo Art Awards, Philippines 2003 Semi-finalist, Philip Morris: Philippine Art Awards 2001 Grand Prize, Nokia: Arts Awards Asia Pacific Semi-finalist, Metrobank: Young Painters’ Annual Art Competition, Philippines Winner, Shell: National Students Art Competition (Oil/Acrylic Category), Philippines 2000 Finalists, Nokia: Arts Awards Asia Pacific 1999 Finalist, Shell: National Students Art Competition (watercolor category), Philippines

COLLECTIONS

Ateneo Art Gallery, Philippines Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia Bencab Museum, Philippines Buxton Contemporary, Australia Central Bank of the Philippines Deutsche Bank Hotel Luna Museum, Philippines The Hori Science and Art Foundation, Japan National Gallery of Australia Mori Art Museum, Japan Pinto Art Museum, Philippines Singapore Art Museum, Singapore