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Lani Maestro

Lani Maestro (born 1957) is a Filipino-Canadian artist who divides her time between France and Canada.[1] She works in installation, sound, video, bookworks and writing. Her works deal with investigations of memory, forgetting, language, silence, and the ethics of care.[2] From 1990 to 1994 Maestro was co-founder and editor of HARBOUR Magazine of Art and Everyday Life, a journal of artworks and writings by artists, writers and theorists.

Lani Maestro
BornMay 12, 1957
Philippines
NationalityFilipino-Canadian
EducationUniversity of the Philippines (BFA), Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (MFA)
Known forArtist
Awards2012 Hnatyshyn Foundation Visual Arts Awards

Early life and education edit

Maestro was born in Manila and studied at the University of the Philippines where she received a BFA.[3] Maestro spent her childhood in the Philippines, influencing her textile installation Cradle at Hallwalls in Buffalo, NY.[2] Maestro lived in Manila until she immigrated to Canada in 1982.[4] She pursued an MFA at the reputedly avant-garde art school, Nova Scotia College of Art & Design in Halifax.[5] She taught studio arts at the Nova Scotia College Of Art and Design (NSCAD University) and University of Lethbridge. From 1990 until 2000, she conducted graduate seminars in the MFA program at Concordia University.


Selected Exhibition History edit

Maestro's large scale installations have been mostly commissioned site specific works. In 2013 and 2014, Paysage Industriel (Foundation France), "ces Mains" and "Limen" were constructed in defunct jewellery and shoe factories in the villages of Ardeche and Moussey, France. In 2010, "L'oublie de l'air (The Forgetting of Air") was shown at the Darling Foundry, Montreal with the collaboration of American composer, Malcolm Goldstein. In the same year, "No Pain Like This Body" opened at Centre A International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art in Vancouver, Canada. Expanded versions of the installation/exhibition were shown at Plug In, Winnipeg (2011) and mo_space, Manila (2015). In 2006, Susan Gibson-Garvey curated "sing mother (twilight eats you)" at Dalhousie Art Gallery in Halifax, Nova Scotia. [6] In 2005, "je suis toi." (i am you.) opened at Eglise Saint Nicolas for the Centre d'art contemporaine de Base Normandie, Caen. Earlier solo exhibitions with the art centre included "Paramita" in the exhibition, "Ohrenlust", 1997.[7] In the nineties, Maestro's work was featured for the exhibition, "Perspectives", at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto.

Selected Group Exhibition edit

  • Shrines (2023), Silverlens, New York, USA[8]
  • The Spectre Of Comparison (2019), Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (MCAD) Manila, Manila, Philippines[9]
  • Points of Ellipsis... (2011), Osage Gallery, Hong Kong

Participation in International Biennales edit


Awards edit

Among her many awards is the Segunda Bienal de la Habana in Cuba in 1985, the Hnatyshyn Award for artistic excellence and outstanding achievement by a Canadian artist in the visual arts in 2012.[16][17] In 2018, she received an Honorary Doctorate Honoris Causa from NSCAD University in Canada.

Publications edit

Lani Maestro: Sing Mother (twilight eats you)' by Susan Gibson Garvey (2007) Dalhousie Art Gallery ISBN 978-0-7703-2749-1[18]

je suis toi by Catherine Grout (2006) Wharf, Centre d'art contemporain de Basse-Normandie ISBN 978-2-909127-40-8

Lani Maestro "her rain by Erin Moure (2011) Centre A - Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art/ Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art (Winnipeg). ISBN 9780981010090[19]

Lani Maestro: Chambres de quiétude/ Quiet Rooms by Rene Baert (2001) Gallerie De L'UQAM ISBN 2-920325-07-8

Paramita by Masashi Ogura (2001) Centre d'Art Contemporain de Basse-Normandie (Hérouville St-Clair, France) ISBN 9782909127293[20]

Cradle/Ugoy: Lani Maestro by Carolyn Forchê, Rina Carvajal, Stephen Horne (1996) ISBN 9781883967055[2]


References edit

  1. ^ Mayes, Alison (November 2, 2011). "Artist's work speaks louder than words". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  2. ^ a b c Baert, Renee (2001). Lani Maestro: Chambres de quiétude / Quiet Rooms. Montréal, QC: Galerie de l'UQAM. p. 47. ISBN 2-920325-07-8.
  3. ^ Philippines, Pressenza (2023-03-20). "Artist Par Excellence: Lani Maestro". Pressenza. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
  4. ^ "Language Subverting Violence: Lani Maestro at Venice Biennale 2017". COBO Social. 2017-06-21. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
  5. ^ At Home & abroad: 20 contemporary Filipino artists. Friis-Hansen, Dana, 1961-, Guillermo, Alice., Baysa, Jeff., Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. San Francisco, Calif.: Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. 1998. ISBN 0939117150. OCLC 40146345.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  6. ^ Maestro, Lani; Gibson Garvey, Susan; Moure, Erín (2007). Lani Maestro : sing mother (twilight eats you). Halifax: Dalhousie Art Gallery. ISBN 9780770327491. OCLC 156822166.
  7. ^ Maestro, Lani; Ogura, Masashi (2001). Paramita : Lani Maestro / avec un texte de Masashi Ogura. Hérouville Saint-Clair: Centre d'Art Contemporain de Basse-Normandie. ISBN 9782909127293. OCLC 79042556, 470376264, 492091010.
  8. ^ "Silverlens". www.silverlensgalleries.com. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
  9. ^ Mcad (2019-05-30). "The Spectre of Comparison". MCAD Manila. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
  10. ^ "Canadian Lani Maestro to Represent Philippines at Venice Biennale". Canadian Art. Retrieved 2017-03-23.
  11. ^ "Manuel Ocampo and Lani Maestro Will Represent the Philippines at the 2017 Venice Biennale | ARTnews". www.artnews.com. 13 October 2016. Retrieved 2016-10-14.
  12. ^ "NCCA Announces PHL Representative to 2017 Venice Art Biennale: Philippine Art Venice Biennale". www.philartvenicebiennale.com. Retrieved 2016-10-14.
  13. ^ "Lani Maestro [artist profile]". Visual Arts Queensland.
  14. ^ "Bienal de La Habana".
  15. ^ Nemiroff, Diana (1989). Canadian Biennial of Contemporary Art. Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada. pp. 186 pages. ISBN 9780888845955. OCLC 468673714.
  16. ^ Canadian Art. "Lani Maestro, Nicole Gingras win 2012 Hnatyshyn Awards". Canadian Art. MacLean Hunter. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  17. ^ Cruz, Irwin. "Lani Maestro awarded top Canadian Art Prize". Planting Rice. plantingrice.com. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  18. ^ "Lani Maestro: Sing Mother (Twilight eats you) | Dalhousie Art Gallery". artgallery.dal.ca. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
  19. ^ "" Lani Maestro " / Her Rain | Centre A Library | TinyCat". Centre A Library. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
  20. ^ "" Lani Maestro " / Her Rain | Centre A Library | TinyCat". Centre A Library. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
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