Lani Maestro

Lani Maestro (born 1957) is a Filipino-Canadian artist who divides her time between France and Canada.^[1] She works in installation, sound, video, bookworks and writing. From 1990-94 Maestro was co-founder/co-publisher and designer of HARBOUR Magazine of Art and Everyday Life, a journal of artworks and writings by artists, writers and theorists based in Montreal.

Lani Maestro
Born	May 12, 1957 Philippines
Nationality	Filipino-Canadian
Education	University of the Philippines (BFA), Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (MFA)
Known for	Artist

Early life and education

Maestro was born in Manila and studied at the University of the Philippines where she received a BFA. She pursued an MFA at NSCAD University in Halifax.^[2] She taught studio arts at the Nova Scotia College Of Art and Design (now known as NSCAD University). University of Lethbridge. For ten years, she taught in the MFA program at Concordia University.

Exhibition History

In 1994, the artist showed at the Chambre Blanche Gallery in Quebec City in an exhibition titled "Lani Maestro: A Wound in the Lung".^[3] Maestro showed an installation entitled "Paramita" in the Ohrenlust exhibition at the Centre d'Art Contemporain de Basse-Normandie in 1997.^[4] In 2006, the artist was featured in a solo exhibition at Dalhousie Art Gallery, curated by Susan Gibson Garvey.^[5]

Selected Participation in International Biennale

• Singapore Biennale (2019)
• Maestro represented the Philippines at the Venice Biennale with artist Manuel Ocampo (2017) ^[6][7][8]
• Busan Biennale, Busan, Korea (2004)
• Shanghai Biennial, Shanghai, China (2001)
• The Third Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Brisbane, Australia (1999)^[9]
• The 11th Biennale of Sydney (1998)
• The Fifth Istanbul Biennial (1997)
• The Segunda and the Quinta Bienal dela Habana^[10] (Havana Biennial) (1986,1994)
• The Canadian Biennial of Contemporary Art^[11] (1989)

Selected Solo & Duo Exhibitions

1994 - La Chambre Blanche, Quebec City, QC., a wound in the lung

1993 - OO Gallery, Halifax, N.S., Holding to Earth (collaborative exhibition)

1993 - Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON., Perspectives (two-person exhibition)

1991 - Artspeak Gallery, Vancouver, BC.

1990 - Galerie Articule, Montreal, QC., Monsoon

1990 - The Mount Saint Vincent Gallery, Halifax, N.S., Refuse

1989 - Gallery Connexion, Fredericton, N.B., incision to heal

1989 - Embassy Cultural House, London, ON, Water of Lethe

1989 - Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, N.S., Monsoon

1988 - Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, N.S., The Heart is Stronger Than the Hand

1988 - dl gallery, Calgary, AB., The Heart is Stronger Than the Hand

1987 - Cultural Center for the Philippines, Manila, Suspended Voices

1985 - Latitude 53, Edmonton, AB., Unang Alay (First Offering)

1983 - Center for Art Tapes. Red Herring Cooperative, Halifax, N.S., Correspondences

1983 - Amnesty International Conference, St. Mary's University, Halifax, N.S., Manila Envelopes

1981 - Cultural Center for the Philippines, Manila, New Works on Paper

Awards

Among her many awards is the Seugunda Bienal de la Habana in Cuba in 1985, the Hnatyshyn Award for outstanding achievement by a Canadian artist in the visual arts in 2012.^[12][13] In 2018, she received an Honorary Doctorate Honoris Causa from NSCAD University in Canada

Publication

Cradle: Lani Maestro by Carolyn Forchê (1996) ISBN 9781883967055^[14]

Lani Maestro: Chambres de quiétude/ Quiet Rooms (2001) Gallerie De L'UQAM ISBN 2-920325-07-8

Paramita (2001) Centre d'Art Contemporain de Basse-Normandie (Hérouville St-Clair, France) ISBN 9782909127293^[15]

je suis toi (2006) Wharf, Centre d'art contemporain de Basse-Normandie ISBN 978-2-909127-40-8

Lani Maestro: Sing Mother (twilight eats you) (2007) Dalhousie Art Gallery ISBN 978-0-7703-2749-1^[16]

Lani Maestro "her rain (2011) Centre A - Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art/ Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art (Winnipeg). ISBN 9780981010090^[17]

References

1. Mayes, Alison (November 2, 2011). "Artist's work speaks louder than words". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
2. At Home & abroad: 20 contemporary Filipino artists. Friis-Hansen, Dana, 1961-, Guillermo, Alice., Baysa, Jeff., Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. San Francisco, Calif.: Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. 1998. ISBN 0939117150. OCLC 40146345.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
3. Maestro, Lani; Horne, Stephen; Sakamoto, Kerri (1996). Lani Maestro--a wound in the lung. Quebec: Chambre blanche. ISBN 0969832044. OCLC 36693248.
4. Maestro, Lani; Ogura, Masashi (2001). Paramita : Lani Maestro / avec un texte de Masashi Ogura. Hérouville Saint-Clair: Centre d'Art Contemporain de Basse-Normandie. ISBN 9782909127293. OCLC 79042556, 470376264, 492091010.
5. Maestro, Lani; Gibson Garvey, Susan; Moure, Erín (2007). Lani Maestro : sing mother (twilight eats you). Halifax: Dalhousie Art Gallery. ISBN 9780770327491. OCLC 156822166.
6. "Canadian Lani Maestro to Represent Philippines at Venice Biennale". Canadian Art. Retrieved 2017-03-23.
7. "Manuel Ocampo and Lani Maestro Will Represent the Philippines at the 2017 Venice Biennale | ARTnews". www.artnews.com. Retrieved 2016-10-14.
8. "NCCA Announces PHL Representative to 2017 Venice Art Biennale: Philippine Art Venice Biennale". www.philartvenicebiennale.com. Retrieved 2016-10-14.
9. "Lani Maestro [artist profile]". Visual Arts Queensland.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
10. "Bienal de La Habana".
11. Nemiroff, Diana (1989). Canadian Biennial of Contemporary Art. Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada. pp. 186 pages. ISBN 9780888845955. OCLC 468673714.
12. Canadian Art. "Lani Maestro, Nicole Gingras win 2012 Hnatyshyn Awards". Canadian Art. MacLean Hunter. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
13. Cruz, Irwin. "Lani Maestro awarded top Canadian Art Prize". Planting Rice. plantingrice.com. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
14. "Cradle: Lani Maestro | Centre A Library | TinyCat". Centre A Library. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
15. "" Lani Maestro " / Her Rain | Centre A Library | TinyCat". Centre A Library. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
16. "Lani Maestro: Sing Mother (Twilight eats you) | Dalhousie Art Gallery". artgallery.dal.ca. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
17. "" Lani Maestro " / Her Rain | Centre A Library | TinyCat". Centre A Library. Retrieved 2019-04-27.