Gabriel Barredo

Born 1957 in Manila, Philippines
Lives and works in Manila, Philippines

Gabriel Barredo, a graduate of University of Santo Tomas, is well known for his sculptures and mixed media installations, in which he employs a plethora of found objects. Rods of electric fan covers, broken particles of car windshields, wood, paper, wrought-iron, antique radios, coconut husks, bottle caps, bed springs, fire-hose coils, conveyor belts, wooden beads, computer and refrigerator parts, and cement grinder serve as elements of the sculptural form of his works. Barredo is also recognized for his furniture art pieces, rich baroque-looking assemblages made of everyday objects.

For the first premiering edition of Philippine Art Fair in 2013 Barredo has created a 30-feet long complex installation, consisting of smaller installation pieces, sculpture elements and kinetic objects. His work ‘Asphalt’ is a rich mix of different formal languages and various cultural contexts: biological components, the wind, lights, toys and pop culture objects, sharp metal components, elements from English and Catholic culture. Combined in one, they are a juxtaposition of intriguing, grotesque, breathtaking and beautiful at one time. ‘Asphalt’ was acquired to the collection of luxury goods group Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy and the LVMH museum in Berlin, Germany.

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Gabriel Barredo studied sculpture at the University of Santo Tomas in 1991.
Selected solo exhibitions: “Ann Jacobs Gallery Exhibit”, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A. (1984), “Philippine Representative to the Havana Biennale”, Cuba for Sculpture, Cuba (1985), “Manila ’93”, Phi-An Life Auditorium, Philippines (1993), “Mindscape”, Gallery Genesis, SM Megamall, Philippines (1993), “Philippine Representative to the Sao Paolo Biennale”, Brazil for Sculpture Asian Art awards Representative, Singapore (1994), “Second one-man Show “Mindscape II”, Art Center, SM Megamall, Philippines (1996), "Mindscapes”, Gallery Genesis, SM Megamall, Philippines (1996), “Anima & Persona”, Hiraya Gallery, Ermits, Manila, Philippines (1999), “[IN] VISIBLE”, Ayala Museum, Greenbelt Park, Makato, Manila, Philippines (2005), “Visions”, Soka Art Center, Beijing, Peking (2008).
Selected group exhibitions: “Group Exhibit of the Diwa ng Sining Awardees”, Art Center, SM Megamall,  Philippines (1993), “Four Artists on Show, Filipino Festival”, Crown Princess Hotel, Kuala Lumpur (1993), “25th Anniversary of Inter-Continental Hotel Manila, Art Show of Twenty Five Selected Artists”, Inter-Continental Hotel, Manila, Philippines (1993), “Group Exhibit of the Diwa ng Sining Awardees”, Art Center, SM Megamall, Philippines (1993), “13th Asian International Art Exhibition”, National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (1998), “Soka’s View–Southeast Asian Contemporary Art”, Soka Art Center Beijing/Taipei (2007), “Art Taipei 2008”, Soka Art Center Taipei, World Trade Center, Taipei, Taiwan (2008), “Clouds: Power of Asian Contemporary Art”, Soka Art Center, Beijing, Peking (2010), “The Islands of the Day Before”, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan (2013).
Selected Awards:
Gold Medal, Art Association of the Philippines Annual Competition for Painting (1981), Gold Medal, Art Association of the Philippines Annual Competition for Sculpture (1982), Gold Medal, Metropolitan Bank Annual Art Competition (1984), One of the Ten outstanding Artists for 1994, Diwa ng Sining Awards (1994), 1994Grand Prize, Globe Telecommunications Competition (1994), Araw ng Maynila Award (1998).

Gabriel Barredo, Penance, 2014, Mixed  media, wall sculpture, 213,36 x 182,88 x 121,92 cm | 84 x 72 x 48 in, # BARR0002 Gabriel Barredo, Penance, 2014, Mixed media, wall sculpture, 213,36 x 182,88 x 121,92 cm | 84 x 72 x 48 in, # BARR0002

Exhibitions

Manila: The Night is Restless, The Day is Scornful

Group exhibition of contemporary Filipino artists at ARNDT Singapore
Curated by Norman Crisologo
July 12 - August 30, 2014
Opening reception | Friday | July 11, 2014 | 6-9 pm

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"Manila: The Night is Restless, The Day is Scornful" features works by Mike Adrao, Gabriel Barredo, Santiago Bose, Zean Cabangis, Jigger Cruz, Alfredo Esquillo, Dex Fernandez, Kawayan de Guia, José Legaspi, Pow Martinez, Alwin Reamillo, Kaloy Sanchez, Norberto Roldan, Jose Tence Ruiz and Tatong Torres.
                  
Manila is a city of extremes, and at a time that only the extreme makes an impression, it still manages to shock. To wander into its streets, to be among the crowds, to be caught in the din of history that barrages you at every corner is to participate in a drama that began centuries ago, but whose cries and whispers echo resound well into the present. The sacred and the profane, the amatory smiles and the feral gaze are all on display here, as the unforgiving sun of its days give way to the artificial neon of night.
This exhibition is a guided tour of Manila, by asking its best contemporary artists to act as Virgils ushering us into its depths as well as pointing out the stars of the darkened heavens above this infernal city.
Erwin Romulo, 2014

Manila: The Night is Restless, The Day is Scornful, 2014 Manila: The Night is Restless, The Day is Scornful, 2014

The catalogue was published on the occasion of the curated exhibition of Norman Crisologo at ARNDT Singapore in 2014.

This publicationis a guided tour of Manila, by asking its best contemporary artists to act as Virgils ushering us into its depths as well as pointing out the stars of the darkened heavens above this infernal city and features works by Mike Adrao, Gabriel Barredo, Santiago Bose, Zean Cabangis, Jigger Cruz, Alfredo Esquillo, Dex Fernandez, Kawayan de Guia, José Legaspi, Pow Martinez, Alwin Reamillo, Kaloy Sanchez, Norberto Roldan, Jose Tence Ruiz and Tatong Torres.

The publication "Manila: The Night is Restless, The Day is Scornful" features the essays of Erwin Romulo, Oliver X.A. Rexles


Self-Published by ARNDT / 70pages, many colour plates
unbound soft cover
Language English

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