JC Jacinto
Career
• Born 1985, Pasig, Philippines. Lives and works in the Philippines • Education: Bachelor of Fine Arts, major in Painting, University of the Philippines Diliman • Awards and recognition: Shortlisted, Fernando Zóbel Prize for Visual Art, Ateneo Art Awards 2019 ("A Crack in Everything"); finalist, 39th and 40th Shell National Students Art Competition (2006, 2007); finalist, PLDT Visual Art National Competition (2007); finalist, Maningning Art Competition (2006) • Residency: Abu Dhabi Art Hub, UAE (2014) • Selected solo exhibitions: "Tender Hollow Surface," Galerie Anna, Mandaluyong (2013–14); "Just Before the Pitch Black," Artinformal (2015); "Same Room," West Gallery, Quezon City (2015); "When All Grounds Are Sacred," Artinformal (2016); "A Crack in Everything," Artinformal, Makati (2018); "I Skip Stones Across Eons," Artinformal, Makati (2019); "The Fated Dimness of Dawn," Artinformal, Makati (2019); "The Arrow That Pierced Time," Taipei Dangdai, Artinformal booth (2020); "Watching Projections of Home as We Drift Towards the Sun," Artinformal (2021); "A Swarm of Endless Glimmers," Artinformal (2024); "TAO," Artinformal, Makati (2025) • Selected group exhibitions: "Becoming Trees," Artinformal online (2020); "The Possibility of an Island," A3 / Arndt Art Agency, Cromwell Place, London (2020); "Where Within," Bode Projects, Berlin (2022, two-person with Zean Cabangis); "Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast," Artinformal (2025) • Art fairs: Art Stage Singapore (2018); Taipei Dangdai (2020); S.E.A. Focus, Singapore (2021, 2023); ALT Philippines (2021, 2024); ART SG, Singapore (2024); ALT Art, Manila (2026) • Key works and series: "The Nebulous Core" (2022); "History and Invasion of Anomalous Structures" (2017); "Forced Passage" (2020); "Steps to Deposition" (2022) • Gallery: Artinformal, Makati
