Amiel Gerald A. Roldan was born in 1972 in the City of Mandaluyong. He currently reside in Mandaluyong Philippines. He studied painting at the University of the Philippines in Diliman. He has been practicing for almost fifteen years as a painter and printmaker. He was curator of Kulay Diwa Art Galleries : A Contemporary Art Space located in the Philippines. He has been organizing exhibitions and promoting young Filipino artists and their works. Roldan was a grant awardee of the Asian Cultural Council (ACC), New York and the Starr Foundation Fund (The Asian Cultural Council is an affiliate of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.) He was also the first Filipino artist at the International Studio and Curatorial Program (ISCP) in New York City in 2003. Here at ISCP he had open studios which opened to the international art community of the city exhibiting his prints and drawings. This 10 month stay was his first artist residency grant and opportunity to travel abroad. He created new works in relief and colle prints, acrylics and oil paintings, photographs, videos and drawings during this stay at ISCP. He also received an artist in residence subsidized studio from Chashama in 2004 located at the 40 Worth Bldg. in Tribeca NYC for four months. ( The Chashama Organization awards subsidized artist studios in some prime locations around Manhattan, New York City.) He has also been an artist visitor at the Experimental Printmaking Institute (EPI) in Lafayette College in Pennsylvania in 2004. He was invited by Director-Printmaker Curlee Holton while also with the Asian Cultural Council grant. He stayed there for more than a week and created about 60 prints and donated it with the Institute for its future programs. He hopes to further collaborate with the other artists of EPI in the future. He has participated in group exhibitions since 1994, including Ang De Latang Pinoy Yes the Filipino Can!!! at the Hiraya Gallery, the Jorge B. Vargas Museum, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts and the University of Philippines Baguio in 1995; Memoirs of Pipay at the Hiraya Gallery in 1996; Crossroads at the Australia Centre in 1998, Xprint at the Vargas Museum in 1998; Reprint: A Collaboration Between Filipino and Australian Artists at the Australia Centre in 1998; Todays Show at the Cultural Center of the Philippines in 1999, Bathala Na at the Art Center in 2000 , Surface at the Ayala Museum in 2002 and recently The Art of Printmaking with Xerox -- a groupshow with printmakers at the Lisa H. Mackie Studios in New York City February 2005. His works were included in both the exhibition and the dvd that came with interaction with fellow printmakers and artist alike. Roldan has been invited to represent the Philippines and sent works to the 1996 Japan-Asia Print Art Exhibition at the Fukuoka Prefectural Museum in Japan and at the 4th Triennial Mondiale D' Estampes Petit Format in Chamaliares France in 1998. He has also coordinated with artists and printmakers abroad like the resident artists of Studio One in Canberra, Australia. Amiel Roldan has had his 1st solo exhibition in relief prints at the Hiraya Gallery in 2000 with Crossover : Memoirs of Pipay and Ang Huling Hari and his 2nd solo exhibition at the Kulay Diwa Galleries in 2003 with Pasintabi. He had his third solo show abroad with Colle Prints at the Lisa H. Mackie Studios located at Chelsea, New York City in 2004. He had open studios Sloper Drawings with the ISCP in 2003 and 2004 located at Hell's Kitchen New York City. 'Remembering Pipay!' is his latest solo exhibit of relief prints at Bliss Cafe located at Woods Place Inn Military Cut-off Road Baguio City, Philippines for the benefit of HANDS, Inc. a non-profit-organization for AIDS victims and in part with the Aids Awareness campaign in 2005. He was invited in Retroactive -- a group exhibit , a sponsor launching fundraising and artist talks by ACC Grantees at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) Main Gallery in 2005 and again in November 2005 with Analog / Playground : Extensions to the Graphic -- another group exhibit now by nine other printmakers at the Ateneo Art Gallery . Analog / Playground proved to be a good part of Zero-In Constructs -- a much awaited art intsitutional event. Accompanying catalogues were produced for both Retroactive and Analog / Playground : Extensions to the Graphic group exhibitions. Being born and spending most of his life in an urban landscape like Mandaluyong City has immersed him in the urbanization of a then quiet province and the struggle of its populace to these citifications. The proliferation of the shopping malls and the 'consequent development' on its people and add a bit of politics has intrigued and captured the imagination of this printmaker. Roldan's body of works represents an inward look at how one could be an idealist in an ever besieged population. He mainly explores around mediums like acrylics, oil, drawings, prints, photographs and installations. He also continues to write poetry and articles about the arts. He invites young artists from abroad to come to the Philippines to have artists talks or organized collaborations with local artists to encourage exchanges that would help fellow young artists in the Philippines parallel themselves with their counterparts abroad. Some of the recurring themes in his past works revolve around politics, religion and the plight of individuals - regression, denial, faith/faithlessness, courage and wit. A self-trained artist, he constantly practices his hand on different disciplines that hone his skills. He has worked in documentation, photography, coordinating and organization of exhibitions for institutions such as the Vargas Museum and Hiraya Gallery, as a facilitator in symposia and as an instructor for the past five years in different art programs. Being also part of a curious lot of young artists has even given him a chance to collaborate on ARS (Surrounded By Water Ortigas Chapter -- artist-run-space) exhibitions and group related projects. The group has since altered its original concepts, allowing more to transform and move on in their individual techniques, ideologies and beliefs. " I work largely on cultural issues in my paintings, installations, photographs and mass prints. I gain insight to create from popular convictions, way-of-life and in most Filipino practices." back to mainpage enter next page enter |
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