Biography

MARIANO CHING

B. 1971

Lives & works in the Phillippines

Education

1993­1998 University of the Philippines, Dillman, Quezon City, Philippines

2002-­2004 Kyoto Arts University, Kyoto, Japan

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2015

Silverlens, Manila

2013

Highway Revisited, Silverlens, Singapore

Lost Days, Silverlens, Manila

2011

Even Bad Days Are Good, Silverlens, Manila

2010

Strange Days, Voice Gallery, Kyoto

Saucerful of Secrets, Silverlens, Manila

2009

Dead Ends And False Starts, Silverlens, Manila

2008

Mariano Ching, Silverlens, Manila

We are not afraid of you and we will beat your ass, West Gallery, Manila

2006

Tao Gama (Gama Men), West Gallery, Manila

Between the Stars and the Sea, Magnet Gallery, Manila

2004

Dance This Mess Around, UFO Gallery, Manila

Between the Stars and the Sea, Voice Gallery, Kyoto

2000

Rubber Soul, British Council, Manila

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2015

Owen James Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Melted City, Blanc Gallery, Manila

2014

Art Taipei 2014, Taiwan

Multiple Languages, Silverlens, Manila

What does it all matter, as long as the wounds fit the arrows?, Cultural Center of the

Philippines, Manila

Extended Play, Vinyl on Vinyl Art, Manila

The Bold Sopranos, Gallery Exit, Hong Kong

Fan Fiction, West Gallery, Manila

Tabletop, Altro Mondo, Manila

Brave New Worlds: My Utopia, Your Dystopia, Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Manila

Hang ’em High, Blanc Gallery, Manila

2013

Still, Blanc, Manila

Stacking Up, with Yasmin Sison, Mo_Space, Manila

Panorama Recent Art From Contemporary Asia, SIngapore Art Museum, Singapore

Banana and I, Arario Collection, Seoul

Hong Kong Ley Hunting Part 2, Silverlens, Singapore

2012

Surrounded By Water, Equater Art Projects, Singapore

Ley Hunting Part 1, Silverlens, Manila

Pretty on the Inside, Silverlens, Manila

From the Black Lagoon, DAGC, Manila

2011

Mariano Ching & Yasmin Sison : COLLIDOSCOPE, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Singapore

Collage Dropouts, Finale Art File, Manila

Line and Space, Mag:net Katipunan, Manila

Hats On, Bottoms Off, Blanc Gallery, Manila

2010

Review, Silverlens, Manila

Games of Growing, Blanc Peninsula, Manila

Siren’s Hall, Mo Space, Manila

2009

NAT4: Bayanihan­Work from Manila, Okay Mountain, Austin

Shoe Box Diorama 2, West Gallery, Manila

Saturday Fun Machine, Finale Art File, Manila

Here Be Dragons: Topology of Allegory, Manila Contemporary, Manila

In the Ocean Without a Boat or a Paddle, Blanc Gallery, Manila

2008

Futura Manila, Osage Gallery, Hong Kong and Singapore

Death Scream, Blanc Gallery, Manila

Spinning Sugar, Mag:net, Manila

2007

Scabs on My Brain, Space 1026, Philadelphia

2005

Innocent When You Dream, Finale Art File, Manila

2003

Stay with Art, Hotel T Point, Osaka

2002

Feast of Conversation, Atelier Frank and Lee, Singapore

Invaders, Utterly Arts, Singapore

Tension, Boston Gallery, Manila

2000

Faith and the City, Earl Lu Gallery Lasalle SIA College of Arts, Singapore

ABN AMRO House, Malaysia

Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur

Fifth Mondial Triennial Of Small Size Prints, France

1999

Vision 21, Jorge Vargas Museum, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Manila

1996

Japan ­ Asia Print Art Exhibition, Fukuoka