Jo Layug Loignon was born in the Philippines but spent most of her life abroad in Europe, the United States, Africa, Middle East and Asia. Late this summer, she returned to the Philippines with her husband from Cambodia who recently retired from the Canadian diplomatic service.
After graduation Jo first moved to Europe and then to the United States where she pursued further studies at the Parsons School of Design in New York, The San Francisco Art Institute and on to Canada at the Fine Arts Department of the University of Ottawa.
In the late 70’s Jo returned briefly to Manila and worked as Acting Director of the CCP Museum while Ray Albano was on leave on a Fullbright scholarship.
Jo started out as a printmaker. During her husband’s assignment in Hong Kong, she worked as a freelance photographer and experimented with non-silver photography, a process which she took delight in because of the endless possibilities it offered. She also trained as a printmaker at the Atelier Gravura in Lisbon while her husband was serving in Portugal.
Although Jo remained keenly interested in the visual arts, she devoted limited time to painting before their move to Miami. There, she was propelled into a whirl of cultural activities mainly through the Art Basel Miami Beach, which has become the most important modern and contemporary art show in the Americas. A large part of the show is devoted to the works of emerging artists. She participated in some of the activities that were sponsored by the Consulate General of Canada in Miami. Art Basel Miami Beach was the place to discover and be inspired. It moved her to paint and she resumed painting on a regular basis, this time working in acrylics and oils. Her canvases were composed of linear abstractions where lines and circles played a major role.
In Chromatic Perspectives Jo attempts to develop a whole new visual vocabulary removed from traditional and academic tenets as she did with her linear abstractions. Her forms and colour pallete however, remain in the minimalist genre. Her canvases are constructed with collages, cut outs of fabric, found objects - sticks, tapes, etc. which she combines with plotted perspective studies and laborious craftsmanship. Like Marcel Duchamp’s ready-mades, the objects once repositioned on canvas are transformed to another level. In this exhibit she focuses her thoughts on forms arising from modern esthetics associated with an approach to man's relationship with the environment. Some of her canvases turn into linear abstractions. These canvases cross the line between graphic and fine arts.
Jo admits to being influenced by Sol Lewitt and Mark Rothko. Her etchings, photographs and canvases have been exhibited in Europe and the U.S.
Jo Layug Loignon opens his latest exhibit Chromatic Perspectives at the Alliance Française de Manille, at 209 Nicanor Garcia Street (formerly Reposo Street), Bel-Air 2, Makati City. The artist’s reception shall be on Tuesday, January 27, 2009, at Alliance Française de Manille’s Total Gallery. Cocktails will be served at 6:30 pm. Exhibit ends on February 20, 2009. For high resolution images of the artworks and more details about the said exhibit, kindly contact Mr. Olivier Dintinger (AFM Director) or Mr. Earl Parco (Cultural-PR & Design Officer) at 895 7441 / 895 7585 or email odintinger@alliance.ph
After graduation Jo first moved to Europe and then to the United States where she pursued further studies at the Parsons School of Design in New York, The San Francisco Art Institute and on to Canada at the Fine Arts Department of the University of Ottawa.
In the late 70’s Jo returned briefly to Manila and worked as Acting Director of the CCP Museum while Ray Albano was on leave on a Fullbright scholarship.
Jo started out as a printmaker. During her husband’s assignment in Hong Kong, she worked as a freelance photographer and experimented with non-silver photography, a process which she took delight in because of the endless possibilities it offered. She also trained as a printmaker at the Atelier Gravura in Lisbon while her husband was serving in Portugal.
Although Jo remained keenly interested in the visual arts, she devoted limited time to painting before their move to Miami. There, she was propelled into a whirl of cultural activities mainly through the Art Basel Miami Beach, which has become the most important modern and contemporary art show in the Americas. A large part of the show is devoted to the works of emerging artists. She participated in some of the activities that were sponsored by the Consulate General of Canada in Miami. Art Basel Miami Beach was the place to discover and be inspired. It moved her to paint and she resumed painting on a regular basis, this time working in acrylics and oils. Her canvases were composed of linear abstractions where lines and circles played a major role.
In Chromatic Perspectives Jo attempts to develop a whole new visual vocabulary removed from traditional and academic tenets as she did with her linear abstractions. Her forms and colour pallete however, remain in the minimalist genre. Her canvases are constructed with collages, cut outs of fabric, found objects - sticks, tapes, etc. which she combines with plotted perspective studies and laborious craftsmanship. Like Marcel Duchamp’s ready-mades, the objects once repositioned on canvas are transformed to another level. In this exhibit she focuses her thoughts on forms arising from modern esthetics associated with an approach to man's relationship with the environment. Some of her canvases turn into linear abstractions. These canvases cross the line between graphic and fine arts.
Jo admits to being influenced by Sol Lewitt and Mark Rothko. Her etchings, photographs and canvases have been exhibited in Europe and the U.S.
Jo Layug Loignon opens his latest exhibit Chromatic Perspectives at the Alliance Française de Manille, at 209 Nicanor Garcia Street (formerly Reposo Street), Bel-Air 2, Makati City. The artist’s reception shall be on Tuesday, January 27, 2009, at Alliance Française de Manille’s Total Gallery. Cocktails will be served at 6:30 pm. Exhibit ends on February 20, 2009. For high resolution images of the artworks and more details about the said exhibit, kindly contact Mr. Olivier Dintinger (AFM Director) or Mr. Earl Parco (Cultural-PR & Design Officer) at 895 7441 / 895 7585 or email odintinger@alliance.ph
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