Acclaimed Filipino artist Ronald Ventura will be presenting his first solo exhibit in the United States at Tyler Rollins Fine Art in New York from September 17 to October 31. "Metaphysics of Skin" will feature a new collection of paintings, sculptures and works on paper by the artist, following Ventura's successful show last year at the NUS Museum in Singapore, "Mapping the Corporeal."
Ronald Ventura was born in 1973, graduating with a degree in fine arts from the University of Santo Tomas in 1993. "Innerscapes" in 2000 was his first solo exhibit, which earned him much praise from contemporaries and art enthusiasts alike. Aside from getting a studio residency grant in Sydney, Australia from the Ateneo Art Awards in 2005, his talent was most recently recognized with an Award of Excellence from the 9th OITA Asian Sculpture Exhibition Open Competition in Japan.
A preview of some of the work that will be going on exhibit:
Ronald is brilliant. He sold a painting at Sotheby's Asia for $230,000 US in 2008. I wonder what he is selling for now. Thank goodness local collectors can still buy his work because he still exhibits locally--but wow, we hope foreign collectors don't destroy the market for us!!! Go Ronald!