Lani Maestro

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Lani Maestro
BornMay 12, 1957
Philippines
NationalityFilipino-Canadian
EducationUniversity of the Philippines (BFA), Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (MFA)
Known forArtist

Lani Maestro is a Filipino-Canadian artist who divides her time between France and Canada.[1] She works in installation, sound, video, bookworks and writing. From 1990-94 Maestro was co-founder/co-publisher and designer of HARBOUR Magazine of Art and Everyday Life, a journal of artworks and writings by artists, writers and theorists based in Montreal.

Early life and education[]

Maestro was born in Manila and studied at the University of the Philippines where she received a BFA. She pursued an MFA at NSCAD University in Halifax.[2] She taught studio arts at the Nova Scotia College Of Art and Design (now known as NSCAD University). University of Lethbridge. For ten years, she taught in the MFA program at Concordia University

Exhibitions[]

In 2017, Lani Maestro represented the Philippines at the 57th Venice Biennale with artist, Manuel Ocampo. She has participated in numerous international exhibitions including the Singapore Biennale in 2019, the Canadian Biennial of Contemporary Art[3] (1989), the Segunda and the Quinta Bienal dela Habana[4] (Havana Biennial) (1986,1994), the Fifth Istanbul Biennial (1997), the 11th Biennale of Sydney (1998), the Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Brisbane, Australia (1999), and the Busan Biennale, Busan, Korea (2004).

In 1994, the artist showed at the Chambre Blanche Gallery in Quebec City in an exhibition titled "Lani Maestro: A Wound in the Lung".[5] Maestro showed an installation entitled "Paramita" in the Ohrenlust exhibition at the Centre d'Art Contemporain de Basse-Normandie in 1997.[6] In 2006, the artist was featured in a solo exhibition at Dalhousie Art Gallery, curated by Susan Gibson Garvey.[7]

Maestro represented the Philippines at the Venice Biennale with artist Manuel Ocampo. This exhibition was curated by Joselina Cruz and was held from May 13 to Nov 26, 2017.[8][9][10]

Awards[]

Among her many awards is the for outstanding achievement by a Canadian artist in the visual arts in 2012.[11][12] In 2018, she received an Honorary Doctorate Honoris Causa from NSCAD University in Canada

Publication[]

Cradle: Lani Maestro by Carolyn Forchê (1996) ISBN 9781883967055[13]

Lani Maestro: Chambres de quiétude/ Quiet Rooms (2001) Gallerie De L'UQAM ISBN 2-920325-07-8

je suis toi (2006) Wharf, Centre d'art contemporain de Basse-Normandie ISBN 978-2-909127-40-8

Lani Maestro: Sing Mother (twilight eats you) (2007) Dalhousie Art Gallery ISBN 978-0-7703-2749-1[14]

"Lani Maestro"/Her Rain (2011) Centre A - Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art/ Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art (Winnipeg). ISBN 9780981010090[15]

Paramita (2001) Centre d'Art Contemporain de Basse-Normandie (Hérouville St-Clair, France) ISBN 9782909127293[16]

References[]

  1. ^ Mayes, Alison (November 2, 2011). "Artist's work speaks louder than words". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  2. ^ At Home & abroad: 20 contemporary Filipino artists. Friis-Hansen, Dana, 1961-, Guillermo, Alice., Baysa, Jeff., Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. San Francisco, Calif.: Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. 1998. ISBN 0939117150. OCLC 40146345.CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. ^ Nemiroff, Diana (1989). Canadian Biennial of Contemporary Art. Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada. pp. 186 pages. ISBN 9780888845955. OCLC 468673714.
  4. ^ "Bienal de La Habana".
  5. ^ Maestro, Lani; Horne, Stephen; Sakamoto, Kerri (1996). Lani Maestro--a wound in the lung. Quebec: Chambre blanche. ISBN 0969832044. OCLC 36693248.
  6. ^ Maestro, Lani; Ogura, Masashi (2001). Paramita : Lani Maestro / avec un texte de Masashi Ogura. Hérouville Saint-Clair: Centre d'Art Contemporain de Basse-Normandie. ISBN 9782909127293. OCLC 79042556, 470376264, 492091010.
  7. ^ Maestro, Lani; Gibson Garvey, Susan; Moure, Erín (2007). Lani Maestro : sing mother (twilight eats you). Halifax: Dalhousie Art Gallery. ISBN 9780770327491. OCLC 156822166.
  8. ^ "Canadian Lani Maestro to Represent Philippines at Venice Biennale". Canadian Art. Retrieved 2017-03-23.
  9. ^ "Manuel Ocampo and Lani Maestro Will Represent the Philippines at the 2017 Venice Biennale | ARTnews". www.artnews.com. Retrieved 2016-10-14.
  10. ^ "NCCA Announces PHL Representative to 2017 Venice Art Biennale: Philippine Art Venice Biennale". www.philartvenicebiennale.com. Retrieved 2016-10-14.
  11. ^ Canadian Art. "Lani Maestro, Nicole Gingras win 2012 Hnatyshyn Awards". Canadian Art. MacLean Hunter. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  12. ^ Cruz, Irwin. "Lani Maestro awarded top Canadian Art Prize". Planting Rice. plantingrice.com. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  13. ^ "Cradle: Lani Maestro | Centre A Library | TinyCat". Centre A Library. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
  14. ^ "Lani Maestro: Sing Mother (Twilight eats you) | Dalhousie Art Gallery". artgallery.dal.ca. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
  15. ^ "" Lani Maestro " / Her Rain | Centre A Library | TinyCat". Centre A Library. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
  16. ^ "" Lani Maestro " / Her Rain | Centre A Library | TinyCat". Centre A Library. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
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