Joseph Tecson

Career

• Born 1985. Lives and works in Manila, Philippines • Education: Production Design, De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde (2004–2008); self-taught as a painter • Residency: WhiteSpaceBlackBox, Neuchâtel, Switzerland (2014) • Selected solo exhibitions: "Inmates," Mag:Net Gallery, Quezon City (debut); "Destroy the Cages," West Gallery, Quezon City (2013); "Over and Out," Manila Contemporary, Makati (2014); "Inmates + Outmates," WhiteSpaceBlackBox, Neuchâtel (2014); "Perimeter Offense," 1335Mabini (2016); Art Underground, Mandaluyong (c. 2016–17; title recorded on ArtFacts as "Lanfscapes"); "Luxe, Calme et Volupté" and "Powerplay," Underground Gallery, Makati; "Out of Coverage Areas," 1335Mabini; "In the Middle of the Unknown" (15th solo, DF Art Agency); "Quatervois," Galleria Nicolas, Greenbelt, Makati (2023, 16th solo) • Selected group exhibitions: "The Spaces within the Spaces within the Spaces," Nunu Fine Art, Taipei (2018); "Radiation," The Art Center, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok; "The Benildean Painter," De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde (2024); "Kontradestruction" and "Open House 2025," Modeka Art, Makati (2025); "Wheel Bites and Body Marks," Avellana Art Gallery, Pasay (2025); "These Days," Modeka Art, Makati (2026, curated by Lynyrd Paras) • Art fairs: Art Fair Philippines 2018 (with Nunu Fine Art) • Galleries: Nunu Fine Art (Taipei / New York); 1335Mabini; Galleria Nicolas; Modeka Art • Key works and series: "Inmates" series; "Interior After Party I–III" (2018); "Untitled" (2014, attack helicopter, mixed media); "Red Passion" (2023)