Mark Orozco Justiniani

The U.S. based artist is one of the country's most talented surrealist painters. A multi-awarded artist in almost all-national art competitions, he was granted the much-coveted Thirteen Artists Award by the Cultural Center of the Philippines in 1994. Justiniani is a well-traveled artist and has represented the Philippines in various international conferences, workshops and exhibitions in Japan, Denmark, Australia and the USA.

Justiniani's industrious attention to his craft and informed, prolific imagination, make for timeless pieces of art, worthy of the most profound collection.

Visual Artist

Los Angeles Ca. 90027

Born April 25, 1966. Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, Philippines

Arts Education, University of the Philippines, College of Fine Arts,

Diliman, Quezon City

ORGANIZATIONAL BACKGROUND

1987-1990   ABAY

1986-1992   Grupong Salingpusa

1995-1998   Sanggawa art collective

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2003 “Mga Dialogo” Boston Gallery, Manila

2002  “Daong”, works in coffee, Starbucks 6750, Manila

1999  “Sanktuaryo”, Boston Gallery, Manila

1996  “Kwento Ni Wanggo”, Boston Gallery, Manila

1995  “White Rain”, Hiraya Gallery, Manila

1994  “Santo-Santohan”, Hiraya Gallery, Manila

1993  “Kasimanwa”, Hiraya Gallery, Manila

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS/PROJECTS

2004

“30 Cuadros y 20 Peomas de Amor”, Espresso Mi Cultura, Los Angeles, Ca.

2003

“Opera Gallery Artists”, Opera Gallery, Singapore

“Dreams:Etchings and Ceramics”, Galleria Duemila, Manila

“Global Eye”, ASTO Gallery, Artist District, LA, CA

“Mujeres del Norte”, Galeria del Instituto de Baja, California, Tijuana, S.C. Mexico

2002

 "Recent Works 2" Kulay-Diwa Art Galleries, Philippines

“Lantern of the East” Angel’s Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA

“Periphery”, El Patio de Frida, Artspace, LA CA

“Eclectic LA”, Forest Lawn Museum, Glendale, CA

“Touch Me Not”, Espreso Mi Kultura, LA 

2001

Pinto Art Gallery, Antipolo, Rizal, Philippines

2000

Biennale of Sydney 2000 *Sydney, Australia

Faith The City, (Traveling exhibition of Philippine Contemporary Art),

Singapore Art Museum; National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

ASEAN Art Awards, Singapore Art Museum

1999

Outward Vision, Amit May Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA

Mga Bagong Kwento mula sa Lumang Yugto, Pacific Bridge, Oakland, CA

Hakata Riverain Project, * public mural, Hakata Prefecture, Japan

Glimpses into the Future. *Tokyo, Japan

1998

Alab ng Puso, * Metropolitan Museum of Manila

At Home And Abroad:** Contemporary Philippine Art, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA.

At Home and Abroad: ** Metropolitan Museum of Manila

1997

Chair King, An Exhibition of Paintings and Booklaunching, Karen Flores and

Mark Justiniani, Boston Gallery Manila

Divine Interventions, Fortitude Gallery, Brisbane Australia

1996

Container 96, * Port of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Asia Pacific Triennial, **  Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

1995

Vox Populi, Vox Dei * Ray Hughes Gallery,

Sydney, Australia; Shangrila Plaza Mall, Mandaluyong City, Philippines

Artists Today, Yokohama Citizens Gallery, Yokohama, Japan

“Getting Into the Out”  * Mural Project, Central Lecture Block University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

1992

Sa Ugoy Ng Duyan i, Grupong Salingpusa. Silangan Gardens, Antipolo City, Philippines

Karnabal, Grupong Salingpusa, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila

1991

Icons, Grupong Salingpusa, Silangan Gardens, Antipolo, Philippines

Pasko Kina Pasky, Jamming Ground Group Show. 9 de Febrero, Mandaluyong City,

Philippines

11:59, Grupong Salingpusa, West Gallery, Manila

Haring Ibon: Elmer Borlongan and Mark Justiniani, City Gallery, Manila

Baguio Arts Festival, Baguio City

Media-Mixed, West Gallery, Manila

1988

Tiktak, Tiktak, Lengua ni Utak, Grupong Salingpusa, Galeria de

Antipolo, Antipolo, Philippines

1987

Ulo, Grupong Salingpusa. City Gallery, Manila

AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS

2004  Award for   Continuing Excellence in the Arts, Metrobank Foundation, Manila

2000  Finalist. Philippine Art Awards. Metropolitan Museum, Manila

1999  Jurors Choice Award, Philip Morris Group of Companies

          Philippine Art Awards

1999  Philippine Representative. ASEAN Art Awards, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

1998  Awarded. Philippine Centennial Mural Project* (6.5 ft. x 84 ft.)) at the

          Heroes Hall, Malacanang Palace, Office of the President of the

          Republic of the Philippines(as member of Sanggawa)

1997  Malihaw Awardee. The Most Outstanding Victorianon in the Arts,

          Victorias, Negros Occidental ,Philippines

1994  13 Artists Awards. Most Outstanding Achievement of young

          artists in the Philippines. Cultural Center of the Philippines

1992  Grant offered by the Cultural Center of the Philippines for the

          Karnabal mural project(as member of Salingpusa Art Group)

1992   First Prize (as member of Jamming Ground), Environmental Mural Making

           Contest,  Quezon Circle, Quezon City Philippines

1991   Second place. UST Annual on the spot painting contest

1990   Grand Prize. 7th Metrobank National Painting Competition

1989   Award of Excellence. 22nd National Shell Student Painting Contest

1982   First Prize. Dominic Savio Drawing Competition, Don Bosco Victorias,

           Negros Occ. Philippines

SELECTED CONFERENCES/LECTURES/WORKSHOPS

2002   The Art of Drawing Workshop, El Patio de Frida, Hollywood, CA

2002   Grant Selection Panelist, ArtsPCA, Long Beach, CA 

2000   Speaker.  Visayan Islands Visual Arts Congress. Tacloban City, Leyte,

           Philippines

2000   Speaker.  Philippines Art Awards. Ayala Museum, Makati Philippines.

1999    Juror.  Metrobank  Young Painters’ Anuual  National Painting

            Competition, Philippines

1998   Speaker.  National Commission for Culture and the Arts, National

Capital Region Congress. Philippines.

1998   Juror (Screening Committee.)    Metrobank  Young Painters’ Annual

National Painting Competition. Philippines.

1998   Speaker.  Young Painters’ Annual Winners’ Forum.

1998   Speaker. At Home and Abroad: 20 Contemporary Filipino Artists.

Asian Art Museum,  San Francisco, California.

1997   Speaker. National Commission for Culture and the Arts. National

Congress, Bago City, Negros Occidental Philippines.

1997   Artists’ Talk. * Glimpses into the Future. Museum of Contemporary Art

           Tokyo.

1996   Panelist.* Traditions/Tensions:Contemporary Art in Asia. New York

            University, NY,NY

1996   Speaker. Pop Culture: Metaphors for Change.  2nd Asia Pacific

            Triennale Conference, Brisbane Australia.

1996   Artists’ Talk.* Container  96. Copenhagen, Denmark.

1995    Lecture on Collaborative Mural Making* University of New South Wales,

            Sydney,  Australia

1995   On Collaborative Murals *  College of Fine Arts, Sydney

           University, Sydney, Australia.

1995   Artists’ Talk.  Artists Today Exhibition.Yokohama Citizens’ Gallery.

          Yokohama, Japan

*   As member of Sanggawa

** As Sanggawa and Indiviual artist

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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Mark Justiniani, "Susi", Oil on Canvas, 76 x 61 cms., 2007

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