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Name: Wawi Navarroza
Lives and works in Taguig City, Manila, Philippines
Email: studio@wawinavarroza.com
Website: www.wawinavarroza.com
Instagram: @studiowawinavarroza
Facebook: Studio Wawi Navarroza
Education:
2012 Master Europeo de Fotografía de Autor (European Master of Fine Art Photography), scholarship awardee, Istituto Europeo di Design-Madrid, Spain
2009 International Center of Photography, New York City
2002 BA Communication Arts, with honors, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines
Mentors : Judy Freya Sibayan (PH), Antoine D’Agata (FR), Andreas Müller-Pohle (DE), Martin Parr (UK), Nicolás Combarro (ES)
Awards, Residencies, and Grants:
Solo Exhibitions:
(upcoming) 2018 Art|Jog, Yogyakarta National Museum, Indonesia
2017 Medusa, Silverlens Galleries, Manila
2014 Tierra Salvaje, Silverlens, Manila
2013 Ultramar pt. 2: Hunt & Gather, Terraria, Silverlens, Manila
2012 Ultramar pt. 1: Falling Into Place Gathered Throng, Silverlens, Manila
2012 On Landscape & Some Dislocations, Galería Patrick Domken, Cadaqués, Spain
2011 DOMINION, Silverlens, Manila
2009 Perhaps it was possibly because, Silverlens, Manila
2008 When All Is Said And Done, Artesan Gallery, Singapore
2007 100 Años Entre Nosotros / 100 Years Between Us (Navarroza homage Frida Kahlo centennial) Galería de Exposiciones, Instituto Cervantes de Manila
2007 Saturnine: A Collection of Portraits, Creatures, Glass & Shadow, Silverlens, Manila / McDermott Gallery, Siem Reap, Cambodia / ArtReflex Gallery, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
2005 Polysaccharide: The Dollhouse Drama, Blacksoup Project Artspace, Manila / Ateneo Art Gallery, Manila / La Trobe University, Bendigo, Australia
Group Exhibitions:
2018 Art Basel Hong Kong
2018 Shared Coordinates, The Arts House, Singapore
2017 Translacion, Silverlens, Manila
2016 Roundabout: Wawi Navarroza, Mark Valenzuela, Riel Hilario, Adelaide Central Gallery, Australia
2016 Merayakan Murni, Sudakara Art Space, Bali, Indonesia
2016 Art Dubai (Special Exhibition : Marker)
2015 Surface Tension: Perspective on the Changing Landscape, Alliance Française de Manille for COP:21 Paris
2015 Asian Women Photography Showcase, Objectifs, Singapore
2015 Traces, Finale Gallery, Manila
2015 Art Stage Singapore (Special Exhibition : Platforms)
2014 After Image, South-East Asian contemporary photography survey show, Singapore Art Museum, SAM 8Q
2014 Imaging Philippine Flora, Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Manila, Philippines
2014 Ocean of Possibilities, ArtScience Museum, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore and Museum Belvedere, The Netherlands
2014 New Natives, Lightbombs Contemporary, Hong Kong
2012 Terra Cognita, Noorderlict Photo Festival, Museum Belvèdére, Heerenveen, The Netherlands
2012 The Hope & The Dream in Filipino: Contemporary Photography from the Philippines, The Month of Photography Tokyo 2012, presented by The Photographic Society of Japan and Tokyo Museum of Photography
2011 Asia One projections, Recyclart, Brussels, Belgium
2011 Medi(t)ation: Asian Art Biennale, National Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
2010 25th Asian International Art Exhibition, Mongolian National Modern Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2010 It Was Always About Forever, Navarroza & Zicarelli two-person exhibition, Valentine Willie Fine Art Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2010 Emerging Wave: ASEAN-Korea Contemporary Photo Exhibition, Hangaram Musem, Seoul, Korea
2010 CUT10: Parallel Universe, New Photography from South East Asia, Valentine Willie Fine Art: Kuala Lumpur — Singapore — Yogyakarta — Manila
2009 Verso Manila: Contemporary Filipino Artists in Turin, Verso Arte Contemporanea, Turin, Italy
2009 CUT09: Figure, New Photography from South East Asia, Valentine Willie Fine Art: Kuala Lumpur — Singapore — Yogyakarta — Manila
2008 Swarm In The Aperture: Recent Photography in the Philippines, The National Museum of the Philippines
2006 Another Asia, Fries Museum of Contemporary Art, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Art Fairs & Photo Festivals
Art Basel Hong Kong 2018
Art Fair Philippines 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Angkor Photography Festival, Siem Reap, Cambodia 2005, 2006, 2017
Obscura Festival of Photography, Penang, Malaysia 2015, 2016, 2017
Singapore International Photography Festival 2012, 2014
Noorderlicht Photo Festival, Netherlands 2006, 2012, 2014
Chennai Photo Biennale, India 2016
Milan Image Art & Design Fair, Singapore, 2014
ArtStage Singapore 2015
Art Taipei 2013
PhotoIreland 2012
Pulse New York 2011
Artist Books:
Hunt & Gather, Terraria by Wawi Navarroza (artist book) co-published by 5 Ports Publishing and Hardworking, Goodlooking (Office of Culture & Design), Manila, 2014
DOMINION by Wawi Navarroza (photobook) co-published by Stephanian, Italy, 2014
Gracias por su visita by Wawi Navarroza (artist’s book), published by Hiraya Gallery, Manila, Philippines, 2011
Bibliography:
No Chaos, No Party: 28 Artists in Metro Manila, Manila, 2016
Photography in South East Asia: A Survey by Zuang Wubin, NUS Press, Singapore, 2016
Photography Today, published by Phaidon, London, 2014
Contemporary Photography in Asia, published by Prestel, London, 2013
Terra Cognita, published by Aurora Borealis, Netherlands, 2012
Portfolio12 – Migrations, published by PhotoIreland, Dublin, Ireland, 2012
Curare con l’arte contemporanea by Rebecca Russo published by Videoinsight®, Turin, Italy, 2010
Emerging Wave: Asian Contemporary Photography, published by ASEAN-Korea Centre, Seoul, Korea, 2010
The Philippine Yearbook 2009: 61 Artists Who Will Change The World, published by The Fookien Times, Manila, 2009
Another Asia, published by Aurora Borealis, Netherlands, 2006