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Name
  
Mark Salvatus

On a white background is an art created by Mark Salvatus, it has black striped, shaped things, from left, a Bag, Pliers, Watch, Bracelet, Shoes, Hammer, leaf, an Id with key and lace.

Born
  
22 January 1980 (age 41)

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Mark Salvatus (born 22 January 1980) is a Filipino contemporary artist living and working between Manila, Philippines, and Osaka, Japan. His work deals with familiar objects, chance encounters, and everyday politics, using media such as drawings, installations, photography, video, and street art in interactive and participatory projects. His works are heavily influenced by the urban landscape, internet, advertising, and popular culture.

Contents

An art created by Mark Salvatus, it has black stripes shapes randomly placed in and outside of a glass wall with lights.

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Education

In a white room, is a brown miniature raft with black container at the bottom with red thread, red low chair and a tall black chair, with a white container, green beer cases and blue umbrella with crunch written on on.

Salvatus graduated cum laude from the University of Santo Tomas College of Fine Arts and Design, Manila, with a degree in advertising arts (2003). He was awarded the Benavidez Outstanding Student Achievement Award in the same year.

Exhibitions

On a white background is an art created by Mark Salvatus, it is a tall stack of a wooden pallet with five columns on each side, in a white room with white wall and paintings at the left at the right is a black wall.

Solo exhibitions include "C_rafts" at the Vargas Museum in Manila, curated by Patrick D. Flores (2011); "Territories" at Ateneo Art Gallery (2012). He has exhibited at The Drawing Room Contemporary Art, Manila; La Trobe University Visual Art Center, Victoria, Australia; Pablo Gallery, Manila; and National Art Studio Goyang, South Korea.

In a room with a white wall, a board with paintings and pictures, a mirror in the middle at the back of a green iron rack filled with documents, a cloth iron & in front, Mark Salvatus is serious, facing to his left, he has black hair and beard, wearing a black printed shirt.

Group exhibitions include the third Singapore Biennale (2011); the fourth Guangzhou Triennale (2011); Koganecho Bazaar, Yokohama (2011); XIV Jakarta Biennale (2011), La Trobe University Museum of Art (2011), Next Wave Festival, Melbourne (2010); and Asia Panic, Gwangju, South Korea (2009).

Recognition

In a black frame on a wall is an art created by Mark Salvatus, it has black striped, shaped things, from left, a Bag, Pliers, Watch, Bracelet, Shoes, Hammer, leaf, an Id with key and lace framed in black.

He was the recipient of the Thirteen Artists Award from the Cultural Center of the Philippines (2012); Sovereign-Schoeni Art Prize, Hong Kong; and the Ateneo Art Award (2010). His illustrated book Mama's House, Papa's House was awarded the Alcala Illustrator's Prize given by the Philippine Board for Books for the Young (2004). He also won a Manila Critics Circle National Book Award for The Cat Painter (2006).

Projects

A work of art by Mark Salvatus features criss-cross black-like rattan stripes forms that are horizontally aligned and arranged at random on a white wall.

Salvatus co-founded Pilipinas Street Plan in 2006, a community of street artists based in Manila. In 2012 he co-founded 98B COLLABoratory, a multi-disciplinary site for creative sharing, discussion, and collaboration located in Escolta, Manila.

References

Mark Salvatus Wikipedia
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