Jose tence ruiz biography samples

All images courtesy of o, Ateneo Art Gallery, and College Editors Guild of the Philippines

An exhibit titled Litanya: shows the works of Jose Tence Ruiz at the Ateneo Art Gallery until September 2,   It marks the artists’s 50 years “from inception and attraction” to art at age  

It complements the launch of Ruiz’s self-published book with the same title as the exhibit as “an anxious inventory” of his practice as an independent visual artist.

The title Litanya captures Juaniyo Arcellana’s description of Ruiz’s “continual search of the substance and grit of daily realities.” As the artist has noted, time and again, his art practice reflects his values on what is important.

The exhibit consists of 11 paintings, four mixed-media installations, and over 50 works of editorial illustrations from the Manila Chronicle, InterPress Asia-Pacific, and WHO Magazine.

A critical voice 

Ruiz’s visual ruminations are somb