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FEBRUARY 18 - MARCH 11, 2021
JUAN CARLO CALMA
TRACIE ANGLO DIZON
KIM LIM
WHEE
CIANE XAVIER
JAY YAO
G/F CORINTHIAN PLAZA, 121 PASEO DE ROXAS, LEGAZPI VILLAGE, MAKATI, METRO MANILA, PHILIPPINES
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Art Detour Life, indeed, is a journey with abundant opportunities and limitless detours. What could be more glorious and gratifying than taking chances to keep the f ire of your inner artists ablaze? The Leon Gallery International, in cooperation with the DF Art Agency, presents its latest Art exhibition entitled Art Detour, a novel expression and articulation of conciliation with the Arts and keeping such passion af ire. Art Detour manifests the journey of six exceptional and successful individuals who, while at the peak of their professions, are taking the odds to unleash their inner artists and making their marks in the Art scene. The line of artists included in the exhibition are the esteemed architect Juan Carlo Calma, skilled photographer Jay Yao (Jose Campos III), Korean artist Wonhee Cha Delgado or Whee, notable creative director Tracie Anglo Dizon, Interior Designer Kim Lim, and Pop Culture artist, painter and sculptor Ciane Xavier. The exhibition stages the artists’ personal accounts of passion and zeal in the Arts. A diverse perspective, experiences to embrace their creativity, and journey to break barriers in the f ield of Arts are skillfully expressed and elaborated through their masterpieces. Much of the work created by these artists illustrate their conceived ideologies, life philosophy, and personal values. At the same time, it also introduces the artists’ innovations in form and technique, experimented with different styles, medium, and means of expression. While the exhibit mirrors the artists’ wandering and art detours, it also demonstrates the ways in which such experience is universal. It invites us, viewers, to reflect on our own courses, and to assess whether some aspects of our lives are in need of personal detours and deviation. While divergence and departure for the unknown might be overwhelming and f rightening, such journey compels an individual to look inwardly, to seek the courage to rekindle one’s passion, and to take the odds to embark on a personal quest towards a powerful and awakening destination.
-Christine Miles A. Laberinto
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EXHIBITION NOTES
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JUAN CARLO CALMA
06 - 19
TRACIE ANGLO DIZON
20 - 25
KIM LIM
26 - 31
WHEE
32 - 39
CIANE XAVIER
40 - 45
JAY YAO
46 - 53
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Juan Carlo Calma (b.1981)
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Juan Carlo Calma The creative soul Juan Carlo Calma is an esteemed architect, interior designer, and an emerging visual artist. Deemed as "one of Philippines' bright young stars", Calma f inished multi-disciplinary courses in sculpture, painting and light design at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco, and graduated at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London.
the bounds between art and architecture, and in combining diverse design movements, principles, and disciplines in all his masterpieces. His works are appreciated for being culturally informed, blending disciplines, pushing limits and breaking barriers. He exhibited in San Francisco, London, and Manila. He participated in solo and group exhibitions in various places, and garnered recognitions f rom art collectors in the Southeast Asian region and in other countries.
Calma is zealous in harmonizing
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Carlo Calma
Doodle 1 2021 aluminum metal and concrete / wood (base) 49" x 24" x 9" 8
Carlo Calma
Doodle 2 2021 aluminum metal and concrete / wood (base) 48" x 15" x 11" 9
Carlo Calma
Doodle 3 2021 aluminum metal and concrete / wood (base) 45" x 15" x 9 1/2" 10
Carlo Calma
Doodle 4 2021 aluminum metal and concrete / wood (base) 49" x 14" x 8" 11
Carlo Calma
Doodle 5 2021 aluminum metal and concrete / wood (base) 46" x 14" x 8" 12
Carlo Calma
Doodle 6 2021 aluminum metal and concrete / wood (base) 47" x 19" x 10" 13
Carlo Calma
Doodle 7 2021 aluminum metal and concrete / wood (base) 52" x 16" x 12" 14
Carlo Calma
Doodle 8 2021 aluminum metal and concrete / wood (base) 46" x 18" x 8" 15
Carlo Calma
Doodle 9 2021 aluminum metal and concrete / wood (base) 47" x 14" x 8" 16
Carlo Calma
Doodle 10 2021 aluminum metal and concrete / wood (base) 48" x 13" x 8" 17
Carlo Calma
Doodle 11 2021 aluminum metal and concrete / wood (base) 48" x 13" x 8" 18
Carlo Calma
Doodle 12 2021 aluminum metal and concrete / wood (base) 46" x 23" x 10" 19
Tracie Anglo Dizon (b.1971)
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Tracie Anglo Dizon Tracie Anglo Dizon, a creative director turned painter, has dedicated her productive years in the Arts. She makes her mark by deconstructing the history’s preconceived notions of artistry and grandeur. Such talent was exhibited in her latest second solo show at Pablo Gallery entitled ‘Ornament and Crime’, where she rummaged and defaced her paintings of pristine Chinese Ceramics with vibrant streaks, powerful strokes, and drips. Thus, challenging the idea that a painting has to be flawless, perfect, and impeccable.
f rom the prestigious Parsons School of Design, New York, and studied drawing and painting at the Art Students League, New York. She also took lessons f rom Filipino artist Jose John Santos III at Art Informal, and continued her art education under the mentoring of British artist James R.H. Holdsworth. For over a decade, Tracie Dizon established her career as an Art director in New York, Manila, and Singapore before f inally deciding to go back to her f irst love - the Arts. At present, she continues to work on her paintings, and collaborates with various artists in organizing art exhibitions.
Dizon has a solid background in arts and design, having graduated
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Tracie Anglo Dizon
A Tale Of Two Dragons 2021 oil and acrylic on canvas 30" x 24" 22
Tracie Anglo Dizon
Signs Of Life 2021 oil and acrylic on canvas 30" x 24" 23
Tracie Anglo Dizon
Immortal Playing With Fire 2021 oil and acrylic on canvas 48" x 36" 24
Tracie Anglo Dizon
Heads Or Tales 2021 acrylic and silkscreen on unprimed canvas 48" x 36" 25
Kim Lim (b.1985)
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Kim Lim Art knows no boundaries for Kim Lim, an accomplished Interior Designer who is also making her mark as a painter. Lim, a single mother f rom Manila, has attended Philippine School of Interior Design. She continues to explore her potentials in Arts and Design through visual arts and paintings.
Her artworks invite the viewers to wander and delve into the emotional depth of life and experiences. Through her abstract paintings, Lim encourages reflection and discussions f rom the viewers, and endeavors to shift the energy in the room.
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How do you measure spaces between you? By closeness or distance? (Scan the QR Code to play the video) “Quarantine Together” is a series of paintings which explores the politics of space in the context of the pandemic. It shows movements within the limited space and tracks changes in the intimate relationship between two people, and people & space. The series starts with order, the balance of yin and yang, and the measured steps. It ends, albeit in a disarray, of f inding the right piece for the appropriate space, with colours.
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Kim Lim
Quarantined 2021 acrylic on canvas 48" x 48" 29
Kim Lim
Together 2021 acrylic on canvas 48" x 48" 30
Kim Lim
Apart 2021 acrylic on canvas 48" x 48" 31
Whee (b.1984)
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Whee Wonhee Cha Delgado or Whee is not just a belle, but also has a gift in painting and sculpture. The Korean artist charms her audiences through her oil painting masterpieces with her unusual strokes, vibrant palettes, and def inite textures which surely please every detailed and fastidious eyes. Her works represent curious and provocative juxtapositions of diverse and often conflicting concepts such as reality and illusion, images and textures, beautiful and grotesque, human body and food, which are cleverly executed through a collage and montage of images in installation
and painting. Interestingly, while her compositions communicate the artist’s message, they are also open and responsive to the viewer’s understanding and personal interpretation. Whee earned her Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts and Sculpture at the Rhode Island School of Design, and her Master’s degree at the Seoul National University. She garnered recognitions f rom the “Idolic Bonanza”, Competition Awards Solo Exhibition, Kunst Dog, Changseong-dong, Seoul in 2013 and in “Spring up! Mentoring Project 2011”, Two Person Exhibition, Space Can, Seongbuk-dong, Seoul in 2011.
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Whee
Earth Paint (How we forget to appreciate) 1_1 2018 oil on canvas 63" x 71"
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Earth Paint (How we forget to appreciate) 1_2 2018 oil on canvas 36" x 29" 36
Whee
Earth Paint (How we forget to appreciate) 1_3 2018 oil on canvas 36" x 29" 37
Whee
A Mirror Reflection Of A Woman's Back 2020 oil on canvas 57" x 44" 38
Whee
Juju Eyeballs 2021 oil on canvas 57" x 44" 39
Ciane Xavier (b.1987)
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Ciane Xavier For Ciane Xavier, Art is a vehicle in her journey to explore her identity and to construct her authentic self. Originally f rom a small town in the South of Brazil, Xavier is a painter and a sculptor whose inner artist resonates with Pop Culture. Her riveting, au courant works explore, in liberty, the boundaries of the society, touching upon globalization and the distractions of the millennial Era.
The self-taught artist is known for her paintings and sculptures which do not merely reflect but conf ront society’s sensitivities and emerging realities. The characters in her artworks personify the exploration of the human soul, symbolizing power, f ragility, and vulnerability, along with a sense of vagueness to encourage a dialogue with the viewer.
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Ciane Xavier
XYZ 2021 PLA, resin, acrylic paint, leather and metal 42" x 23" x 15" 43
Ciane Xavier
Get Over It 2021 oil paint on canvas, on wood and glass 48" x 48" 44
Ciane Xavier
I Want A Perfect Body I Want A Perfect Soul 2020 oil paint on canvas, on wood and glass 48" x 48" 45
Jay Yao (b.1980)
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Jay Yao Jay Yao (Jose Campos III) expresses his flair in the arts through photography. Born in Vancouver, Canada, Yao is an alumnus of Hampshire College, Parsons School of Design, and Columbia University. He moved to New York to further his skills in photography. He demonstrates his versatility in a variety of subject matters, including portraiture, landscapes, cityscapes, mundane objects, and people through his art exhibits and personal projects. At present, he spends the majority of his time in Metro Manila pursuing his passion in graphic design and f ine arts. Did we also mention that he is an avid typographer? Yao exhibited in various acclaimed galleries including Hiraya Gallery, Museum Pambata, Silverlens, Tixe Artspace, Manifesto Gallerie,
and Artinformal gallery. His latest solo exhibition entitled ‘Transformations’ was held at the Art Cube Gallery wherein he delicately captured the mystery and subtlety of nature’s transf igurations through his photographs. Meanwhile, in his earlier days, he has been sponsored by the Canadian and Mexican embassy. He did an exhibition celebrating 150 years of Mexican Influence in the Philippines in 1998. In 2005, he represented the Philippines for the Goethe-Insitut project “Art Connexions: SYD - MLA - KUL.” His “Homecoming” series was nominated and shortlisted for the Ateneo Art Awards in 2014. One of his works is also included in the collection of the Asia Society Museum.
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Jay Yao
Untitled (Leola) 2021 1/1 signed giclee print 40" x 25" 48
Jay Yao
Untitled (Sadie) 2021 1/1 signed giclee print 40" x 30" 49
Jay Yao
Untitled (Willodean) 2021 1/1 signed giclee print 40" x 30" 50
Jay Yao
Untitled (Vester) 2021 1/1 signed giclee print 40" x 25" 51
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Jay Yao
Untitled (Evergreen Revisited) 2021 1/1 signed giclee print 40" x 30"
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Acknowledgment Joint Project of León Gallery International and DF Art Agency
León Gallery International Address G/F Corinthian Plaza, 121 Paseo de Roxas, Legazpi Village, Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines Contact info@leon-gallery.com (02) 846 7416 (02) 856 2781
Website www.leongalleryinternational.com www.leon-gallery.com @leongallerymakati @leongallerymakati
DF Art Agency Address UG 24 Star Centrum 317 Sen. Gil Puyat Ave. Cor. Malugay St. Bel-Air, Makati City, 1209 Contact artagencydf@gmail.com (+63) 915 216 3684
Website www.df-artagency.com @df_artagency @df_artagency
G/F CORINTHIAN PLAZA, 121 PASEO DE ROXAS, LEGAZPI VILLAGE, MAKATI, METRO MANILA, PHILIPPINES