Lexygius Calip

LEXYGIUS SANCHEZ CALIP b. March 24, 1974, Quezon City, Philippines, an interdiciplinary artist, He studied Fine Arts at the Technological University of the Philippines. He had several Solo Exhibitions at the Avellana Art Gallery since the late 1990's and has participated in numerous group exhibitions in the Philippines and abroad. A Freeman Fellowship Foundation Alumni for the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, VT, and attended a residency at The Stonehouse Residency for the Contemporary Art in California. A Thirteen Artist Awards Nominee at the Cultural Center of the Philippines, and the Ateneo Art Awards at the Ateneo Museum of Modern Art. Had merits, recognitions and Honourable Mentions from the Arts Association of the Philippines and The Philip Morris Asean Art Awards. He held Art workshops and conducted lectures to different Art Institutions and Universities in the Philippines and the United States and has been mentioned as one of the “Current Trends in Abstraction” in the Philippines. He exhibits and works in both the Philippines and the United States and currently resides in Oakland California and mentains a studio at the Hunter's Point Studios in San Francisco.

Lexygius Calip”s mixed-media paintings and site-specific installation pieces emphasize the stable and unstable outcomes of “process” and “ideas”, and address the concept and theory of “uncertainty”. His process oriented works shine light upon the often undesired and overlooked truth that life is random.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009 “PRESENCE” Avellana Art Gallery, Manila, Philippines
2006 “BEYOND WORDS” Avellana Art Gallery, manila, Philippines
2005 “MIRROR” Avellana Art Gallery, Manila, philippines
2004 “SOUL SHOWER” Avellana Art Gallery, Manila Philippines
2002 “BEYOND CONTEMPLATION” Avellana Art Gallery, Manila Philippines

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011 “THE GUERILLA SHOW” ARC Gallery, San Francisco CA, U.S.A.
“COHABIT” Inhabit Gallery, Oakland CA, U.S.A.
“BIG WORKS” The Metropolitan Museum, Manila Philippines
2010 “IMPLODE” Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines
“BIG WORKS” The Metropolitan Museum, Manila Philippines
“VIA-MAIL” Capitana Gallery, Negros Occidental, Philippines
“FREE RANGE” The Hatchery Art Spaces, Badger CA, U.S.A.
“OPEN STUDIOS” Stonehouse Residency for the Contemporary Art, Miramonte Ca, U.S.A.
2009 “JURIED EXHIBITION” Grand Theater Center for the Arts, Tracy CA, U.S.A.
2008 “8x8x8” Avellana Art Gallery, Manila, Philippines
2005 “TWO-MAN SHOW” (with Vietnamese Artist Bao Tuan), The Red Mill Gallery, VSC Johnson VT, U.S.A.
“THE WAHANA PROJECT” Jorge P. Vargas Museum, Manila, Philippines
2004 “CRITICAL CONDITIONS” Ateneo Museum of Modern Art, Manila, Philippines
2003 “ASEAN ART AWARDS” The Metropolotan Museum, Manila, Philippines
2001 “ART ASSOCIATION OF THE PHILIPPINES” GSIS Museum of Art, Manila, Philippines
1999 “ASEAN ART AWARDS” The Metropolotan Museum, Manila, Philippines
1998 “CONVICTIONS” Arts and Associates Gallery, Manila, Philippines
1997 “SQUARE ROOTS” Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines
1996 “ANG DE-LATANG PINOY, YES THE FILIPINO CAN” Hiraya Gallery, Manila, Philippines
1995 “CALIP, JARQUE, LALO” PhilAmlife Lobby, Manila, Philippines
1994 “BUNGANG-ISIP, BAGONG SIBOL” Kulay-Diwa Art Gallery, Manila,Philippines