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    Ernest Concepcion is a Filipino artist born in Manila who received his BFA from the University of the Philippines. He creates paintings that use nostalgic references from Philippine popular culture and childhood to make witty statements. Some of his notable works include "BRB Christ" from 2012, "OMG Christ", and "Swamp Things", which use enamel paint to depict religious and consumerist icons. Currently Concepcion divides his time between Manila and Brooklyn working on new paintings and an upcoming exhibition in Europe.

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    Ernest Concepcion is a Filipino artist born in Manila who received his BFA from the University of the Philippines. He creates paintings that use nostalgic references from Philippine popular culture and childhood to make witty statements. Some of his notable works include "BRB Christ" from 2012, "OMG Christ", and "Swamp Things", which use enamel paint to depict religious and consumerist icons. Currently Concepcion divides his time between Manila and Brooklyn working on new paintings and an upcoming exhibition in Europe.

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    Ernest Concepcion is a Filipino artist born in Manila who received his BFA from the University of the Philippines. He creates paintings that use nostalgic references from Philippine popular culture and childhood to make witty statements. Some of his notable works include "BRB Christ" from 2012, "OMG Christ", and "Swamp Things", which use enamel paint to depict religious and consumerist icons. Currently Concepcion divides his time between Manila and Brooklyn working on new paintings and an upcoming exhibition in Europe.

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    ERNEST CONCEPCION In 2013 he participated at El Museo del Barrio’s LA

    BIENAL, had a solo exhibition in Minneapolis then


    BIOGRAPHY: returned to Manila to exhibit an entirely new series of
    Ernest Concepcion was born in Manila, Philippines where paintings at Art Informal. This year 2014 he became a
    he received his BFA from the University of the Light & Space Contemporary resident artist and just
    Philippines-Diliman. In 2002, he moved to the United finished his first ever solo museum exhibition at the UP
    States where he began The Line Wars, a series of black and Vargas Museum showcasing entirely new epic scale
    white drawings depicting opposing forces engaged in works that not only marks a momentous return home for
    ridiculous battle based on the nostalgic references of the artist but also became his ultimate artistic epiphany
    childhood and adolescence. where an aesthetic clash and evolution appears as this
    He moved to Brooklyn and participated in a number of art grand painterly starburst throughout the expanse of the
    residencies including The Lower Manhattan Cultural exhibition. Currently he is working on new paintings for
    Council (LMCC) Workspace Program, the Bronx Museum a solo exhibition at 1335 Mabini and an upcoming art
    of Art Artists-in- the-Marketplace (AIM) Program, the fair in Europe. He divides his time as a full-time artist
    Artists Alliance Inc. Rotating Studio Program, the Lower working between Manila and Brooklyn.
    East Side Printshop Keyholder Residency, the LMCC
    Swing Space Program at Governors Island with The EDUCATION:
    Shining Mantis and an artist residency in Beijing, China BFA University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City,
    via NY Arts Magazine. 1999

    Through extensive studio time and experimentation, he


    eventually broke away from the formulaic style of his Notable Work
    drawings and explored different approaches of conflict
    creating an entirely new series of works including
    painting, sculpture and installation.

    With a significant body of work, Concepcion was able to


    exhibit both here and abroad and has had a number of solo
    exhibitions in the last few years. In 2011 he was both a
    New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) finalist in the
    Drawing Category and a Nominee for the Joan Mitchell
    Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant. In 2012, he re-
    established his connections with some prominent Manila
    art galleries where he had two solo exhibitions, in West
    Gallery and Blanc Gallery respectively and participated in The Invasion Of Brainyack at The Rockland Center
    a number of major group exhibitions and more importantly, for the Arts, October 16, December 18, 2011.
    became the artist feature at The Lopez Memorial Museum,
    a private museum in Manila.
    BRB Christ
    These paintings are nostalgic reminiscences of Philippine
    popular culture using kitschy references like the stickers
    found in our public transportation jeepneys and street art to
    make witty, acerbic statements. I chose enamel to replicate
    the vinyl-like texture and saccharine colors of the ubiquitous
    jeepney sticker-aesthetic. I further explore the materiality of
    enamel paint and simulate the machine process of printing by
    pouring it directly on a stretched canvas laid flat. I “herd” the
    paint without using traditional paint brushes to conform to the
    images on canvas - just like the good shepherd who tends to
    his flock. I consider the spills and drips and accidental
    textures as wayward sheep.

    BRB Christ, 2012. OMG Christ


    OMG Christ. To the Philippines-born Concepcion, OMG Christ depicts the
    juxtaposition of the nostalgic, religious references of his
    childhood and the pop-art culture he has been exposed to
    since his adolescent years. The tongue-in-cheek piece
    captures the tension between religion and art, tradition and
    modernity, in a lighthearted manner.

    Swamp Things

    Concepcion uses enamel and oil paint as his main media. The
    transparency of the media makes the swamp in the painting
    seems glowing, which shows how people worship
    consumerism under the influence of market economy
    Swamp things.
    The Crux of Things. The Crux of Things

    The Crux of Things explores the dynamics of religion,


    icons, and those that people worship and idolize. Using
    enamel and acetate as the primary media for his works,
    Concepcion dwells on the concept of light through
    transparent, chrome-like, and glossy effects of
    these materials

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