Bienvenido "Bones" Banez, Jr.
Bienvenido "Bones" Banez, Jr.
| Born | June 7, 1962 |
|---|---|
| Education | The Learning Center of the Arts |
| Known for | Painting |
| Website |
Bienvenido "Bones" Banez, Jr. (born June 7, 1962) is a Filipino surrealist painter. He lives in New York City. [undefined] : 47 [undefined]
| Born | June 7, 1962 |
|---|---|
| Education | The Learning Center of the Arts |
| Known for | Painting |
| Website |
Life and work
Banez was born on June 7, 1962 in Davao City, Philippines. [undefined] He studied at the Learning Center of the Arts (now Ford Academy of the Arts) in that city, where one of his tutors was Victorio C. Edades, Jr.
In 2002 he won the Asian Fellowship Painting Competition of the Vermont Studio Center in Vermont, USA. [undefined] : 47
In 2004, Bañez went to New York where he now lives.
In 2010, he was included in Lexikon der phantastischen Künstler. [undefined] : 47
Between 2009 and 2014 several drawings and paintings were acquired for the Robert J. Wickenheiser John Milton collection at the University of South Carolina.
In 2017 a portrait of John Milton was added to the Milton's Cottage collection, and he was named to the editorial board of Emmanations, a print anthology of poetry, fiction and essay published by International Authors.
Selected exhibitions
Dinner with the Devil [undefined] Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA, Sept 19, 2014
Satanic Verses Reading [undefined] Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA, Sept, 2014
The first presentation of The Satanic Verses of Bones Banez [undefined] Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA, Jan 25, 2014
Satan’s Peculiar Grace [undefined] 14th Annual WAH Salon Art Club Show, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA, Jan 26-Feb 24, 2013
The Society For Art Of Imagination Exhibition, [666666] Phantasten Museum (Phantastenmuseum Wien), Palais Palffy; Vienna, Austria 2012
WAH's 16th Anniversary, The Grand Harvest : [undefined] International Juried Show with Awards, WAH Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA, Oct 27-Dec 9, 2012
The Visionaries Show at the QCC Art Gallery, [undefined] Queensborough Community College, New York, USA.
"Visionaries: The Art Of The Fantastic" July 12, 2012 - to September 20, 2012
Paradise Lost Collectors Weekend And Antiquarian Books and Art Exhibit, [undefined] WAH Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA, April 14–15, 2012
WAH Salon Art Club, [undefined] WAH Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA: 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006
Fifty Year Fantastic, [undefined] The Society for Art of Imagination, United Kingdom, London, 2010
Great Artists Exhibit, [undefined] Museo Dabawenyo, Davao, Philippines, 2010
Selected Contemporary Works From The Permanent Collection, PART 2 (2002–Present), [undefined] Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Paradise Lost Festival and Exhibit Celebrating Milton's 400th Birthday, [undefined] 2008
International Surrealist Show, [undefined] 2008, 2006
Brave Destiny Exhibit, [undefined] WAH Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA, 2003
Around the Coyote Winter Arts Festival. Chicago IL USA, 2003
Red Mill Gallery, Vermont Studio Center, 2002, Johnson, Vermont, USA
Amarin Café, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Mark Gallery, 1993, Davao City, Philippines
Victoria Gallery, Victoria Plaza, Davao City, Philippines
Ford Academy of the Arts, Davao City, Philippines, April 1984
Reviews and publications
Banez, Bienvenido Bones and Dr Horace Jeffery Hodges (2014) **, Yuko Nii Foundation; 1ST edition (2014). ISBN 1495117340. ISBN 978-1495117343.
Kaplan, Carter.
(2013).
Emanations: Third Eye. p. xvi. Introduction includes works by various visual artists. Brookline, Massachusetts: International Authors. ISBN 0615494404.
Kaplan, Carter, et al. (2012).
Emanations: Second Sight. The second anthology showcasing the work of thirty writers from around the world, with illustrations by various artists. Brookline, Massachusetts: International Authors. ISBN 0615699928.
Visionaries: The Art of the Fantastic, 1st Edition. ISBN 1936658143. 2012: QCC Art Gallery Press.
Lindall, Terrance (2012) with commentary by **, p. 53. ISBN 978-1-4675-6146-4. 2012: Yuko Nii Foundation.
Surrealism in the Philippines (An interview with multidisciplinary artist and writer Danny Castillones Sillada). [undefined] 2012: ArtSlant, New York.
Visionaries: the Art of the Fantastic, [undefined] a Queens Public Television review.
Himmelblau, Ulrich Goette (2010).
Who's Who in Visual Art 2010-2011: 100 Artists in Painting, Graphic Arts, Digital Arts, Sculpture. 2010: Art Domain Whois Verlag. ISBN 3981347404.
Rapp, Otto (2010).
Visionary Art Yearbook 2010-2011; [undefined] Canada: Otto Rapp.
Somozo, Phillip (Jan-Feb 2010).
Mindanaoan Artist in Lexicon of Surrealism, [undefined] p. 48. Manila: Filipinas Mag.
Somozo, Phillip (2010). Ben Bañez, Art of Surrealism.
M Life & living in Mindanao Volume 3 No.1, p. 61.
Somozo, Phillip (2009).
Mindanaoan Artist Visual Irony in Lexicon of Surrealism, [undefined] Ang Dabawenyo.
Habarta, Gerard (2009).
Lexikon der phantastischen Künstler. [undefined] Encyclopedia of Fantastic & Surrealistic & Symbolist & Visionary Artists. Germany: Books on Demand. pp. 47–48. ISBN 3837084272.
Ayala, Tita Lacambra, and Ricardo M. Ungria (2008).
Davao Harvest 2. [undefined] Manila, Philippines: National Commission for Culture and the Arts. ISBN 9718141162.
Lindall, Terrance.
What’s New in the Surreal World, [undefined] p. 164. March 2006: Art and Antiques Magazine.
Ramirez, Eileen Legaspi (2006).
Crossbred and Emigre: Visual Art in a Flux [undefined] (Commissioned Article). Manila: National Commission for Culture and the Arts.
Datuin, Flaudette May V. and Alya Honasan (1998) PANANAW: Philippine Journal of Visual Arts (Vol. 2). [undefined] Manila, Philippines: National Commission for Culture and the Arts.
Index of Painters and Sculptors Biography and Works Around the World [undefined]