Mark Salvatus
Mark Salvatus (born 22 January 1980) is a Filipino contemporary artist living and working in Manila & Lucban, Philippines.His works deals with familiar objects, chance encounters and everyday politics that cross various media from drawings, installations, photography, video, street art to interactive and participatory projects. His works are heavily influenced by the urban landscape, internet, advertising and popular culture creating his own narratives and interpretations.
Education
Graduated Cum Laude at the University of Santo Tomas College of Fine Arts and Design, Manila with a degree in Advertising Arts (2003) and awarded Benavidez Outstanding Student Achievement Award in the same year.
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions include C_rafts, Vargas Museum in Manila curated by Patrick D. Flores (2011); Territories at Ateneo Art Gallery (2012); The Drawing Room Contemporary Art, Manila; La Trobe University Visual Art Center, Victoria, Australia; Pablo Gallery, Manila and National Art Studio Goyang, South Korea.
Group exhibitions include 3rd Singapore Biennale, Singapore Art Museum Artistic Director, Matthew Ngui curators: Russell Storer and Trevor Smith(2011); 4th Guangzhou Triennale, Guandong Museum of Art Curators: Luo Yiping, Yang Xiaoyan, Zhang Kexin, Zhang Yun (2011); Koganecho Bazaar, Yokohama curated by Shingo Yamano(2011); XIV Jakarta Biennale, Galeri Nasional, Philippine curator, Eileen Legazpi-Ramirez (2011), La Trobe University Museum of Art LUMA (2011), Next Wave Festival, Melbourne curated by Jeff Khan (2010) and Asia Panic, curated by Sukwon Chang, Gwangju, South Korea (2009)
Recent group exhibitions include Censorship, Move on Asia, Alternative Space Loop, Seoul; Re-Mediation Lab, Media/Art Kitchen, Manila; A Futuristic City of the Past, Changwon Asian Art Festival, Sungsan Art Hall, Changwon; TRIP, Roppongi Art Night, Mori Art Museum, Roppongi Hills, Tokyo; Manifesta 9 Parallel Project, Hasselt, Belgium; The Philippine Contemporary: A Proposed History, Metropolitan Museum of Manila; Dezipcoding, Singapore Art Museum 8Q; Populus, The Drawing Room Contemporary Art, Gillman Barracks, Singapore; Vernacular Cultures & Contemporary Art in Australia, India and the Philippines, LUMA |La Trobe University Museum of Art, Melbourne; Stories of Dreams and Realities, Rossi & Rossi in collaboration with The Drawing Room Contemporary Art, London; Verso Manila, Verso Arte Contemporanea & The Drawing Room Turin; Current, Sungdu-an 5, National Art Gallery, National Museum, Manila.
Recognitions
Recipient of the Thirteen Artists Award from the Cultural Center of the Philippines (2012); Sovereign-Schoeni Art Prize, Hong Kong; Ateneo Art Award (2010) and nominated for the Signature Art Prize 2011 –Singapore Art Museum. His illustrated book Mama's House, Papa's House was awarded Alcala Illustrator's Prize given by Philippine Board for Books for the Young-PBBY(2004) and National Book Award for The Cat Painter given by Manila Critics Circle (2006)
Projects
Co-founded Pilipinas Street Plan in 2006, a community of street artists based in Manila and in 2012 he co-founded and is co-directing 98B COLLABoratory, a multi-disciplinary site for creative sharing, discussion and collaboration located in Escolta, Manila.