ARTIST CV
BIO
b.1989, Filipino
Lives in Cainta, Rizal
Works in Pasig City
EDUCATION
2006-2011
Bachelor of Fine Arts major in Painting
College of Fine Arts, University of the Philippines
Diliman
AWARDS, RESIDENCIES, GRANTS
2018
Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Vermont, USA
Residency, Bellas Artes Projects, Bataan, Philippines (ongoing)
2016
Residency, YOD Gallery Artist-in-Residence Program, Osaka, Japan
2008
Finalist, 41st Shell National Students Art Competition, Manila
Finalist, Big & Small Art Co.’s 1st Figurative Painting Competition, Mandaluyong City
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019
Silent Witnesses (Mga Tahimik na Saksi), U.P. Vargas Museum, Quezon City
Fragile Borders, Blanc Gallery, Quezon City
2018
END, Underground Art Gallery, Makati City
2017
By Sword and Fire, U.P. Vargas Museum, Quezon City
Headlines, Blanc Gallery, Quezon City
2016
Neyagawa, Underground Art Gallery, Makati City
Perimeters, Art Cube, Makati City
2015
Common Decay, West Gallery, Quezon City
2014
Standstill, Galerie Anna, Mandaluyong City
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
Helping Hands Chapter 2: The Empty Chair Project, Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Manila
Souls, Soil, and Sea, Artinformal, Greenhills East, Mandaluyong City
Living Earth: Contemporary Philippine Art, Musica Arte e Cultura, Milan, Italy
Art Central, Gallery Kogure, Central, Hong Kong
2018
Under Construction: Manila Today, Artvisor, London, UK
Tumba-Tumba Children’s Museum of Philippine Art (A Proof-of-Concept Show by CANVAS),
U.P. Vargas Museum, Quezon City
Art Fair Philippines, Blanc Gallery, Makati City
Manila Biennale: OPEN CITY 2018, Intramuros, Manila
Axis by Praxis, G13 Gallery, Malaysia
2017
Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want to Fight Tonight), Underground Art Gallery, Makati City
Metropolis, Art Fair Philippines, CANVAS, Makati City
Odyssey (Renz Baluyot and Daniel dela Cruz), Art Stage Singapore, YOD Gallery, Singapore
2016
Are We There Yet? (Shannah Orencio and Renz Baluyot), CANVAS Gallery and Gardens, Quezon City
2664 KM, YOD Gallery, Japan
Art Fair Philippines, Blanc Gallery, West Gallery, YOD Gallery, Makati City
Indwelling, Blanc Gallery, Quezon City
2015
Bangkal Paintings, Underground Art Gallery, Makati City
Art Taipei, YOD Gallery, Taiwan
Order of Objects After Arrival (Systems of Irrigations for the First Lucban Assembly)
Project Space Pilipinas Studio, Quezon
Kapitbahay (Renz Baluyot and Alee Garibay), Art Verite’, Taguig City
2014
Ease, Tam-awan Village Gallery, Baguio City
Anonymous: 100 Contemporary Artists, J Studio, Taguig City
Volume II: Kasama, Erehwon Center for the Arts, Quezon City
2013
Open, Tam-awan Village Gallery, Baguio City
Versus (Renz Baluyot and JC Jacinto), Art Galileia, Taguig City
Dissecting Air, West Gallery, Quezon City
Untitled show (Mark Arcamo, Renz Baluyot, Anton del Castillo), Now Gallery & Consulting, Makati City
2012
Counting Headlights, Now Gallery & Consulting, Makati City
Off-Road Special, Tam-awan Village Gallery, Baguio City
Screens/Decoys, Department of Foreign Affairs, Pasay City
2010
PMS, University of the Philippines Film Center, Quezon City
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Alampay, D. (2019). Silent Witnesses (Mga Tahimik na Saksi), Quezon City, The Center for Art, New Ventures & Sustainable Development (CANVAS).
Nakpil, L., (2017). Nationalism and the Art of Jorge Pineda – Atencio Libunao Art Book II, Makati City Januarius Holdings Inc.
Nakpil, L., and R. Villegas (2017). HOUSE: A Collection of Paintings of Philippine Houses – Atencio-Libunao Art Book I, Makati City, Atencio-8990 Holdings Inc.
SELECTED FEATURES
Camiling, A. (2019, October 2). This Interactive Exhibit Highlights The Power of Words, Numbers, and Silence.
SPOT.ph. Retrieved from
Legaspi-Ramirez, E. (2018, April 15). Manila Biennale.
Artlink. Retrieved from https://www.artlink.com.au/articles/4670/manila-biennale/
De Leon, P. (2018, February 12). The ‘Bayan’ In the Biennale: Reconstructing the memory of Intramuros.
The Philippine Star. Retrieved from https://www.philstar.com/lifestyle/arts-and-culture/2018/02/12/1786799/bayan-biennale-
reconstructing-memory-intramuros
Tantiangco, A. (2018, February 3). Manila Biennale 2018 brings exceptional artworks to historic Intramuros.
GMA News Online. Retrieved from http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/lifestyle/artandculture/642033/manila-biennale-2018-brings-exceptional-artworks-to-historic-intramuros/story/
Uy, H. J. (2017, August 21). Ressurecting the Past. Manila Bulletin, p. D-2.
(Also available online http://lifestyle.mb.com.ph/2017/08/21/artist-at-work-resurrecting-the-past/)
Bautista, G. (2017, August 9). Renz Baluyot’s Exhibit Teaches Us Forgiveness in the Time of War. Spot.ph.
Retrieved from http://www.spot.ph/arts-culture/art-exhibits/71057/renz-baluyot-by-sword-and-fire-exhibit-a1787-20170809-lfrm