Exhibitions • Galerie Stephanie

Better Days Ahead
- - Kim Borja
- June 2-18, 2023 •
- In Kim Borja’s debut solo exhibition with the gallery, several female faces are placed in familiar scenes donning almost lost, dreamlike expressions. Each gaze is an ode to the complexity of emotions one encounters through the varied moments life may bring.
  
  The works manifest a sense of tranquillity amidst the challenges faced, an invitation to find peace. According to Borja, she wanted to create pieces that “would uplift and create a visual reminder that there is always light at the end of the tunnel.” Optimism becomes natural; the invitation to see beyond the surface of hardships prevails in brave acts of courage found within.
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These common, intimate objects
- June 2-18, 2023 •
- Inspired by the principles and discipline of the mingei movement, spearheaded by Japanese philosopher Soetsu Yanagi, the works of ceramicists Pablo K. Capati III, Marco Rosario, and Jezzel Wee tread the line between function and form. Each piece, embodying what Yanagi writes in The Beauty of Everyday Things, is “wholesomely and honestly made for practical use”, yet does not forsake its aesthetic value; it is pleasing to the eye, but never loses its sincerity.
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Amala
- - Katrina Cuenca
- May 12 - 28, 2023 •
- Visual artist Katrina Cuenca’s abstract works continue her oeuvre of dynamic floral compositions and vibrance, now staged in bright and lustrous borders of gold and white. Her new series of artworks draws from elements of spirituality associated with the Hindu goddess of beauty and prosperity, Lakshmi. Entitled “Amala”, she celebrates this sense of purity and hope through refined organic formations, graceful compositions within white’s infinitude, and the elegant strength in her paintings and sculptures.
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Movements in Blue: Vintage Sansó (The works of Juvenal Sansó from the 1960s to the 1980s)
- - Juvenal Sansó
- May 12 - 28, 2023 •
- A mirror to a journey of reflection and renewal, this collection of works by Spanish-born Juvenal Sansó captures the world as it seems to hold its breath, amidst the silence and symphony of daybreak. From his archive of works completed between 1970 and 1980, a period of frequent sojourns in Brittany, “Movements in Blue” traces the artist’s progression as a landscape artist increasingly in tune with his environment. Each composition is a movement, an ode to the sublimity of dawn, the hush of the world before it awakens.
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Art Busan 2023
- May 4 - 7, 2023 •
- Galerie Stephanie is thrilled to participate in the 12th edition of Art Busan, presenting works by Indonesian surrealist painter Roby Dwi Antono, Filipino contemporary artists Pat Frades, GNCH, Genavee Lazaro, Gabby Prado, and South Korean landscape painter Hae Ryun. This group exhibition marks the gallery’s second participation in the fair. Art Busan will run from 4 to 7 May 2023 at the BEXCO Exhibition Center in Busan, South Korea.
  
  In this presentation, a collection of paintings and sculptures transcend notions of colour and consciousness; sublime, introspective pieces coerce the viewer into a transformative experience featuring distinct works akin to each artist’s oeuvre and hometown, gathering pieces from different points of Asia.
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Life Coruscates
- - Raul Isidro
- April 12 - 30, 2023 •
- The textures and shapes within Raul Isidro’s paintings dance and flow, evoking the ever-changing landscape of our surroundings as we ourselves grow older and change. From the fiery reds and oranges of a sunset to the cool blues and greens of sweeping verdures, each painting captures a distinct aspect of nature’s splendor.
  
  But beyond their sheer visual impact, Isidro’s paintings also offer a powerful reminder of the interconnectedness of all things in the natural world. Each piece is infused with a sense of energy and movement that speaks to the constant ebb and flow of life, and the delicate balance that exists between all living beings and their environment. Having recently celebrated 80 years of life, Isidro looks to the timelessness of nature’s beauty as a guide for living.
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Secret Society
- - Nunzio Paci
- April 12 - 30, 2023 •
- The philosophy of instinctual behavioral patterns centered on survival takes an introspective trajectory through Nunzio Paci’s solo exhibition, “Secret Society”. Here, the Italian visual artist narrates his observations on the congruencies of human and animal behaviors, questioning the complexities and growth between the two. The primal structures of these diverse yet similar ecosystems presented through a series of paintings and sculptures complement Paci’s visual precision and expressive contemplations on interconnectedness. “Secret Society” stands not only as a revelation of how intricate humans visualize themselves through a different species, but also on how they weave through ideas on how they outlive their own kind.
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Chronicles on Skin
- - Julie Lluch
- March 17 - April 3, 2023 •
- In “Chronicles On Skin”, a spectacle of mangled bodies—stolid torsos and flexed limbs—bear the imprints of history. Vignettes of Lluch’s life gather with accounts of the country’s recent and distant past in a single epic retelling of the story of the Filipino people. The surface of the skin is troubled, marked by memories of injustice, unrest, and violence.
  
  However, Lluch’s strokes are incisive, her colors triumphant, as she tells the stories that mark and make us—a testament to her unwavering fortitude and ideals in mythmaking. A palpable vitality emanates from her life-sized forms which twist and turn in vigorous contrapposto. The body poised in resistance, the artist insists on the individual’s capacity to determine one’s narrative.
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“Where Origins End”, “Momentary Infinities”: Art Fair Tokyo 2023
- March 9 - 12, 2023 •
- For its 2023 showcase at Art Fair Tokyo, Galerie Stephanie presents two exhibitions: “Where Origins End” traverses the eternal question of life and death, and where each one really begins. The artworks harmonize in narrative, despite the stark visual contrast of styles by Lyndon Maglalang and Shannah Orencio; “Momentary Infinities” features the works of Filipino visual artists Vincent de Pio, Farley del Rosario, and Jomike Tejido in an attempt to capture and narrate the trajectories that push and pull one capsule of time on to the other.
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To Catch A Cloud
- March 1-15, 2023 •
- This month’s group exhibition at Galerie Stephanie is a recollection into the past while simultaneously looking into an imagined future. Four artists seek to (re)negotiate the stifling paradigm of adulthood through harnessing the freedom and purity of childhood imagination. To Catch a Cloud features the works of Kim Borja, Addy Debil, Farley del Rosario and Keiko Yokoyama. Pinning elusive phantoms or the friendly mascot of our dreams (and nightmares), To Catch a Cloud is a celebration of play and imagination and a quiet rebellion thru childlike wonder.
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Ballad of the Streets
- - Jobert Cruz
- March 1 - 15, 2023 •
- Born and raised in Tondo, Manila, Cruz draws on pride of place and his community in his new series of works. In neon pinks and acid oranges, vibrant teals, and touches of purple, Cruz evokes the feeling of the 1980s, replete with padded blazers and pastel topsiders, but overlays these bright, process colors to an assortment of structures he became aware of at a young age.
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Art Fair Philippines 2023
- February 16-19, 2023 •
- Galerie Stephanie is delighted to announce its participation in Art Fair Philippines 2023! Returning to its original venue for its 10th anniversary, this year’s edition will be held at The Link Carpark in Makati, from 16 to 19 February 2023.
  
  We have three presentations in our booth, curated by Liv Vinluan: “In This Ground” by Mr. S, “Absence of Abundance, Excess of Existence” by Aileen Lanuza and Hideo Tanaka, and “Surface To Air”; featuring glass and acrylic artworks from sculptor Anna Orlina, multi-awarded Spanish artist Cristina Gamón, and local artists Gabby Prado, Jomike Tejido and Lyndon Maglalang. A Special Exhibition by Jomike Tejido will also be presented at The Link Roof Deck.
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Layers
- - Eugenia Alcaide
- February 9 - 23, 2023 •
- Known for her pioneering techniques in layered thread work using stretched silk canvas & thread, Eugenia Alcaide traces the contours of one’s interior landscape and untangles the complexities of identity. Presenting multiple surfaces and mediums within lightboxes, Alcaide’s precise line artwork cast intricate and ever-shifting networks of shadows.
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The Wiggle Room
- - Ev Yu
- February 9 - 23, 2023 •
- Ev Yu, who is recognized for her watercolor works, dives headfirst into a new medium in “The Wiggle Room”. The series of works were made in a period when the artist was introduced to painting with oils. The solo exhibition tackles the lack of space that one allows themselves to have in moments of uncertainty, presenting works with plenty of fluid gestures, looking like the visualization of the saying “getting your feet wet”.
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Olympus
- - Jomike Tejido
- January 24 - February 7, 2023 •
- Unsheathing lore and adventure, “Olympus” depicts the ancient Greek deities through contemporary abstractions and explorations. His works represent the eminence of Greek mythology and their homes, narrated through acrylic and gold leaf canvases. The signature organic shapes of structured abstraction and balanced colors sprawl throughout Tejido’s works, merging his fascination with mystical fantasy and his affinity with architecture.
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Of The Earth
- January 24 - February 7, 2023 •
- Of the earth is a collection born from the dust of the galaxy, shaped into relics of each artist’s interior landscape.
  
  Looking to the stuff of stellar remnants, artists Genavee Lazaro, JD Yu, Rosa Mirasol, Aly Kangleon, Ianna Engaño, Iori Espiritu, Jezzel Wee, Jose Solon Perfecto, and Marco Rosario find grounding in the practice of pottery, turning to the craft as a means of rediscovering one’s connection with the earth and its histories.
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“S̶o̶r̶r̶y̶ Not Sorry”
- - Summer De Guia
  - Ron Mariñas
- January 7 - 22, 2023 •
- In the opulent tableaux of visual artists Summer de Guia and Ron Mariñas, figures test the definitions, standards, and limits of beauty. The unapologetically forward exhibition “S̶o̶r̶r̶y̶ Not Sorry” reclaims the power of the word that lost its value within social expectations.
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Here Lies A Memory
- - Niño Odosis
- January 7 - 22, 2023 •
- Lured with nostalgia, Niño Odosis’ works bridge the past and present through antiquities. “Here Lies A Memory” explores the volatility of memories and our perspectives towards nostalgia, and how much of it we want to carry into the future.
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Rock, Paper, Scissors
- December 6 - 27, 2022 •
- In “Rock, Paper, Scissors”, Galerie Stephanie’s year ender group show, twenty-seven artists present new works on three different surfaces (canvas, paper & acrylic) and a variety of subject matter. As mistakes are acknowledged and learned upon, the show hopes to be able to draw an allegorical outline and give shape and sense to the year that was and to look in the eye with grace and enthusiasm the year that will be.
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Plant What You Memorize
- - Gabby Prado
- November 19 - December 4, 2022 •
- Reflecting and navigating the chaos and madness of the world as a young adult, “Plant What You Memorize” presents works that parallel these contemplations through her approach to abstraction. From paintings to objects, Gabby Prado guides us to understand the links between our vulnerabilities and our truths.
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Quintessence of Contentment
- - Genavee Lazaro
- November 19 - December 4, 2022 •
- In her latest series of works, Genavee Lazaro’s signature “Cactus Friends” offer a glimpse of contentment in its purest form. Presenting sculptures and paintings, her characters beckon us to join them, to lounge in earned respite from the hustle and bustle and bask in the sublimity of everyday humdrum.
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Notes On Surrender
- - Regina Reyes
- November 3 - 17, 2022 •
- Right in the height of the pandemic, artist Regina Reyes relocated to the city of Gensan, on the southernmost tip of the island of Mindanao. Her solo exhibition at Galerie Stephanie, Notes on Surrender, is the first since that move and confronts the two sides of dreams and realities and the crucial balance one must arrive at between the two. Featuring a collection of paintings, drawings and mixed media collages, her works in this exhibition are visual footnotes, declarations on the power of imperfection, an addendum on traversing the unknown and a love letter to art and its creation.
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Sandali
- - Eugene Dominguez
- November 3 - 17, 2022 •
- While some rely on searching for creativity to be spurred in the far and wide, Eugene Dominguez takes his immediate surroundings as force and inspiration behind his paintings. In Sandali—one moment, a wait, a slight pause, to be still in a rush of motion—he once again explores the human figure occupying a intimate, domicile space where pause and rest is a hard-earned respite and an intermission in a life which rolls and toils unceasingly onward.
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Nachtmusik
- - Edwin Wilwayco
- October 17 - November 1, 2022 •
- One of the pillars of Philippine Abstract Expressionism, Edwin Wilwayco infuses his works with musicality, cued by the expressionist sensibilities of Kandinsky, and the compositional cadence of Mozart, after whose seminal work Eine Kleine Nachtmusik the collection is made and named.
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