JINGGOY BUENSUCESO

 Background & Training

Jinggoy Buensuceso is a sculptor and visual artist from the
Philippines. Buensuceso was born in March 1982 in Samal,
Bataan in the Philippines. In 2003, he earned a Bachelor of Fine
Arts degree with a major in Visual Communication from the
University of the Philippines in Diliman. With his collaborations
with multinational design firms, the young artist has established
himself to be quite promising. He and his wife Mutya live in
Singapore with their baby Mayumi. Metal is his preferred media,
and he is a major supporter of linear art, with his work
generating stories and bold comments about oneself, society,
and way of life through the use of lines. Buensuceso is also a
rising star in the Philippine furniture world. He is a three-time
Mugna awardee, the co-founder of Epoch, a movement of six
young international artists that inspire fresh thinking in
Philippine furniture design, and a member of Hive's worldwide design team under Kenneth Cobonpue's
mentoring. Buensuceso is a design consultant for CITEM and the Design Center of the Philippines for the
2011-2012 Manila Fame event. In the field of visual arts, the artist has vast local and international
expertise. As seen by their bold declarations and clean lines, the art and architecture of New York and
Singapore, where he spent the most time, have had a profound influence on his work. How did your
interest in metal begin? “I’ve been interested in metal since childhood. The first object I made was a
knuckleduster, for a gang in my province, when I was nine years old. They gave me 20 pesos. I didn’t
know I was making a weapon that could hurt somebody.

 Influence
Buensuceso received a degree in Visual Communications from the University of the Philippines College
of Fine Arts. His paintings are heavily influenced by his upbringing in the Bataan province, as well as his
international exposure to the art and architecture of New York and Singapore, where he spent the first
few years of his career as an artist.

Artist’s Statement
My work has a 'brutalist' feel due to my preference for industrial and natural materials. I use these
materials as a tool to express my dreams and thoughts, as well as my ongoing search for a state of flow
in my studio, despite the constant noise of hammering metal, welding, and grinding.

My main color is always black. With black, I feel the most relaxed and quiet. I believe that black provides
me with endless inspiration and positive energy, as well as allowing me to transcend to another
dimension of thinking, creating, or even resting.

Medium
Each piece I made for this show is made of black sand, metal, and print and serves as a record
and imprint of what I see and touch when I am in a state of flow.

 Contact Information:
 Website: http://jinggoybuensuceso.com/
 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/buensucesoart
 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jinggoybuensuceso/
 Email: @buensucesoart.com
 Contact: http://jinggoybuensuceso.com/#contact
 Artist’s Studio: The Black House, Buck Estate, Alfonso, Cavite
  Exhibitions

2016
 "Asia Talents: Creative Culture" THAILAND INNOVATION & DESIGN EXPO, QUEEN SIRIKIT
NATIONAL CONVENTION CENTER, SEPTEMBER 2016 (SELECTED BY WALLPAPER MAGAZINE AS
OUTSTANDING ASIA TALENT OF THE YEAR 2016)
 "Reverie" TWO MAN EXHIBITION, GALERIE ASTRA, JULY 2016
 "External" GROUP EXHIBIT, MANIFESTO GALLERIE INC, FEBRUARY 2016

2015
 Light and Shadow Show, MANILA FAME SPECIAL SETTING, MARCH 2015

2014
 "Rebellion" SOLO EXHIBIT, GALLERIA DUEMILA, PASAY CITY, MANILA, JULY - AUG 2014

2013
 "Nimbus City" TWO MAN EXHIBITION, GALERIE ASTRA, OCTOBER 2013
 "Black and White" GROUP EXHIBIT GALLERY COLLECTION, GALERIA DUEMILA, PASAY CITY,
MANILA, JULY 2013
 Ellle Decor Cafe + Dedon and CBTL, MANILA FAME SHOW, MARCH AND OCTOBER 2013
 OTOP Pavilion MANILA FAME SHOW, MARCH 2013

2012
 OTOP Pavilion MANILA FAME SHOW, OCTOBER 2012
 11th Annual Sculpture Review Group Exhibition, GALLERY 9 SM MEGAMALL, SEPTEMBER 2012

 "Somewhat Different", EPOCH GROUP EXHIBITION, GOETHE INSTITUTE, YUCHENGCO MUSEUM,

MAKATI, 2012

 "Trans Culture" EPOCH GROUP EXHIBITION, LRI DESIGN PLAZA, MAKATI, PHILIPPINES, MARCH
2012

2011
 "Eclectic", GROUP EXHIBITION, MOMENTOUS GALLERY, PHILIPPINE ART TREK V, SINGAPORE,
NOVEMBER 2011

 "Red Box", GROUP EXHIBITION, MANILA FAME, PHILIPPINES, OCTOBER 2011

 "Articulation", 17 FILIPINO ARTISTS GROUP EXHIBITION, KULAY DIWA, PHILIPPINES, OCTOBER

2011

 "Recent Works - Buensuceso, Lascano, Jimenez", GROUP EXHIBITION, GALERIE ANNA,

PHILIPPINES, APRIL 2011

2010
  Philippine Art Trek IV "New Grounds", GROUP EXHIBITION, MOMENTOUS GALLERY, SINGAPORE,
NOVEMBER 2010

 "From Garage to Studio", GROUP EXHIBITION, MOMENTOUS GALLERY, SINGAPORE, JULY 2010

 "Mutya" by Buensuceso Wearable Art, SOLO EXHIBITION, GALERIE JOAQUIN SINGAPORE, JAN -
FEB 2010

2009
 "Connections", SOLO EXHIBITION, JOHN ERDOS ART, SINGAPORE, SEPT 2009 "Tryst", SOLO
EXHIBITION, PHILIPPINE CENTER, MANHATTAN, NEW YORK, MAY 2009 "The Future Legends",
GROUP EXHIBITION, MANILA, PHILIPPINES, MARCH 2009

2007
 "Aluminum 3105" Alloy Series, SOLO EXHIBITION, GALERIE ASTRA, MAKATI, PHILIPPINES, APRIL
2007

2006
 GUEST ARTIST, PABLO GALLERY, MANILA PHILIPPINES, 2006

2003
 "Gravity", GROUP EXHIBITION, UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS,
MANILA, PHILIPPINES, 2003

 Key Artistic Projects

 "Flight" OUTDOOR OXIDIZED METAL SCULPTURE, CHUNG RESIDENCE, URDANETA, MAKATI
CITY, 2014
 "The Path", "Pinatubo", "Blackhole", "Contour" SCULPTURES FOR MARCO POLO HOTEL
ORTIGAS 2013-2014
 "The First Pillar" DRAGON METAL SCULPTURE, GREEN SUN BUILDING, PASONG TAMO EXT.
MAKATI CITY 2014
 "Derive" & "Drift" METAL SCULPTURES FOR SHANGRILA THE FORT BGC 2015-2016

 Awards
 Outstanding Designer award by Wallpaper and Asia Talents
 He won the Outstanding Designer of the Year award by Wallpaper Magazine in Thailand in 2016
 Award Winning Furniture Designer
 Won the Mugna award — a recognition given to outstanding furniture designers and makers—
three times
 He was hailed as one of the Rising Asian Talents at Maison et Objet Paris.
  Works

PINATUBO
The work Pinatubo, in fact, takes its title from the volcano located on Luzn Island, near the Bataan
region. The wooden panel depicts the moment of the cataclysmic eruption in 1991, 600 years after the
volcano's last activity.

MAGMA TOPOGRAP

Magma and Topography reveal the impact of this event on the artist, who does not hide his or her
fascination, and possibly even fear, of an uncontrollable natural phenomenon.
 THE BLACK HOLE
Other Works

INFECTION

THE PATH
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