Artist Maria Taniguchi shakes up Manila

The first survey show of the globally lauded contemporary visual artist, Maria Taniguchi: body of work, opened at the Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (MCAD) of the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde on 14 December.

The exhibition presents Taniguchi’s renowned ongoing series of brick paintings, which began in 2008. It has since expanded to 200 canvases. Central to the production and development of her practice, Taniguchi speaks of brick paintings as the conceptual scaffold which frames her other projects of sculptural drawings, video works, and objects. Maria Taniguchi: body of work brings together some of her largest canvasses to date, as well as key video works, objects, and a site-specific commission of her Runaways.

Taniguchi’s recent exhibitions include the 60th International Art Exhibition, Biennale Arte, (Venice, 2024); soft doubles (ROH Projects, Jakarta, 2023); Figure Study (Silverlens New York, 2023); Imagined Borders at the 12th Gwangju Biennale (Gwangju Biennale Exhibition Centre, 2018); and SUPERPOSITION: Equilibrium & Engagement at the 21st Biennale of Sydney (Museum of Contemporary Art, 2018).

Her work is featured in the collections of The M+ Museum and the Burger Collection both in Hong Kong, Kadist Art Foundation in San Francisco, QAGOMA in Brisbane, and K11 Art Foundation in Shanghai. Taniguchi won the Hugo Boss Asia Art Award in 2015 and was a LUX Associate Artist in 2009.

Maria Taniguchi: body of work is on view to the general public until 30 March 2025.

In light of the holiday season, MCAD will be closed starting 21 December and will resume operations on 2 January. MCAD is located on the ground floor of the Design + Arts Campus of the DLS-CSB along Dominga Street, Malate, Manila. Admission is free. For appointments, visit mcadmanila.org.ph/visit/. For more information, visit www.facebook.com/MCADManila or mcadmanila.org.ph/.