The winners of the 2010 Ateneo Art Awards: Shattering States, were announced in a well-attended awards ceremony at the Grand Atrium of the Shangri-La Plaza last Thursday, 12 August. Leslie de Chavez was awarded for his solo exhibition, Buntong Hininga, shown at Silverlens Gallery; Pow Martinez for his solo exhibition 1 Billion Years in West Gallery; and Mark Salvatus for his work Secret Garden, which was part of the group show Sungduan 5: Daloy ng Dunong held at the National Museum.
Salvatus is also the recipient of two artist residency grants: the Ateneo-Art Gallery-Common Room Networks Foundation Residency Grant, and the Ateneo Art Gallery-La Trobe University Visual Arts Centre Residency Grant. The residencies will allow him to spend two weeks to one month in Bandung, Indonesia, and Bendigo, Australia, respectively.
The recipients of the Ateneo Art Gallery-Artesan Gallery Residency Grant (Singapore) and the New York Art Project (Art Omi, New York) will be announced later in the year after the deliberations of the respective institutions. The New York Art Project is made possible through a grant by art patron Marcel Crespo.
The Ateneo Art Awards 2010 was presented by the Ateneo Art Gallery (now celebrating its 50th year), Shangri-La Plaza, Unionbank, Metro Society and Y-Style of the Philippine Star and sponsored by the Lifestyle Network and The Picasso Boutique Serviced Residences. Institutional partners of the awards were Art Omi, Common Room Networks Foundation, Artesan, and La Trobe University Visual Arts Centre. The Ateneo Art Awards 2010: Shattering States exhibition will run until 16 August at the Grand Atrium of Shangri-La Plaza, and will continue at the Ateneo Art Gallery from 25 August to 2 October.
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