Ian Quirante

IAN QUIRANTE: A POSTMODERN ARTIST
by: Christiane de la Paz 

July 2009--In Philippine contemporary art, very few young artists have been the subject of much interest than  Ian Quirante, a progressive young artist of his generation, who employs surrealism and automatic painting in his works. Quirante’s treatment of space was not crowded; his compositions encompass the entire picture surface equally in all places and his use of strongly graphic and biomorphic shapes, phantasmagoric and cartoon-like figures all reveal his psychological ideas and personal visions.

Art Studies

• 2001 - 2005    Bachelor of Fine Arts Major in Painting (cum laude) University of the Philippines Diliman
• 1991 to 1996   Xavier University College Ateneo de Cagayan: Graduate AB International Studies
• 1987 to 1990   Xavier University High School Ateneo de Cagayan
• 1981 to 1986   Xavier University Grade School Ateneo de Cagayan

Awards

• 2006    Philip Morris Art Awards top 30 Finalist
• 2005   Philip Morris Art Awards top 30 Finalist
• 2003   Philip Morris ASEAN Art Awards top 50 Finalist
• 2003   Metrobank Art Competition: Exhibiting Artist
• 2003   Shell National Student Art Competition: 2 Awards on the top 5 finalists

Selected Solo Exhibitions

• 2007   Genesis, Finale Art Gallery, SM Megamall, Makati City, Philippines
•             Only in dreams" The Drawing room", Makati City, Philippines
• 2006   Boston Art Gallery , Cubao, Quezon City

• 2005   Drawings and Paintings, The Drawing Room, Makati City
•             Paintings, Boston Art Gallery, Cubao, Quezon City
• 2004   Paintings, Boston Art Gallery, Cubao, Quezon City

Kulay-Diwa  is a venue for Philippines and Southeast Asian Contemporary Art. Inaugurated on February 7, 1987, Kulay-Diwa, is strategically located within a cluster of communities South of Manila.  It has five independent exhibition areas able to accommodate large-scale works and a garden ideal for programs, performances and sculpture installations.  The goal of the gallery is to discover and promote the works of young, talented but deserving Filipino Artists and to foster cultural interaction and exchanges with the local regions and other countries.

Kulay (Colour)

Diwa  (Spirit, Thought)

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