Renato ORARA
Born in 1961 in the Philippines, lives and works in New York.
solo shows
- 2007
- An Iraq Memorial and other works by Renato Orara, Leo Fortuna Gallery, Hudson, NY
- 2006
- Ten Thousand Things That Breathe, Galerie Dominique Fiat, Paris, France
- 2005
- OSP Gallery. Boston, MA
- 2004
- “Dedication Association.” Andrea Rosen Gallery. New York, NY
- 1999
- Hosfelt Gallery. San Francisco, CA
- 1998
- Palo Alto Cultural Center. Palo Alto, CA
- 1996
- “An Asian Tour: Ten Thousand Things That Breathe.” Nielsen Hayes Library, Bangkok, Thailand
- St. Luke’s Gallery, Tokyo, Japan; and the Cultural Center of the Philippines. Manila, Philippines
- SchloßNeuhardenberg, Berlin, Allemagne
group shows
- 2007
- From a Drawing Standpoint, Leo Fortuna Gallery, Hudson, NY
- 2006
- Moment by Moment: Meditations of the Hand, North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, USA
- Starting at the Edge, MushrommsArts, New York, USA
- 2005
- September 11, 1973, collaboration avec Luis Camnitzer, Organisation Nicolás Guagnini, Orchard Gallery, New York, USA
- Amelie Wallace Gallery, SUNY The College at Old Westbury, Long Island, USA
- Art Basel 2005, Andrea Rosen Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
- 2004
- Small Works, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, USA
- L’intime, Behind Closed Doors, La Maison Rouge-Fondation Antoine de Galbert, Paris, France
- Initial Encounters, Selection from ten years of exhibitions at The Drawing Center. The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, USA
- Intensive Care, Alon Segev Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
- On Paper, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, USA
- 2003
- Meditation of the Hand, The Buddhism Project, Salena Gallery, LIU Brooklyn Campus, Brooklyn, USA
- 2002
- Taking Form, Three-person exhibition, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, USA
- The Drawing Room, Travelling Gallery Autumn 2002 Tour, Scotland, UK
- Realistic Means, Winter Selections, Drawing Center, New York, USA
other presentations
- 2002
- Corporate Collections, Deitch Projects, NY
- 2001
- Flat Files, Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
publications
- 2004
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- “Initial Encounters“, The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, New York, Mars
- 2002
- “Realistic Means“, The Drawing Center’s Drawing Papers, Vol. 28. New York, Mars
- 1996
- “Ten Thousand Things That Breathe: The Ballpoint Pen Drawings of Renato Ortega”, Korinsha Press & Co. Ltd., Kyoto, Japon“Ten Thousand Things That Breathe: The Ballpoint Pen Drawings of Renato Ortega.” Korinsha Press & Co. Ltd., Kyoto, Japan, 1996
awards/residencies
- 1999
- AT&T Art Fellowship Award
- Djerassi Resident Artists Program
- 1998
- The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Fellowship Grant
- Ucross Foundation Artist Residency
press
Naomi Coke, “With a Ballpoint Pen and Paper Bag...” The Daily Yomiuri, Japan, June 2, 1994, p. 7
“Ten Thousand Things That Breathe: Renato Ortega at CCP.” Sky Cable News Broadcast, Philippines,
April 1996
Lourd Ernst de Veyra, “Zen and the Art of Ballpoint Pen Meditation” Today, Philippines, April 14,
1996, p. 4
Merwyn de Mello and Patrice Van Hyle, “Ten Thousand Things That Breathe: Interview” Asia Focus,
April 26, 1996, p. 8
Alice Guillermo, “Art from a Ballpoint Pen” The Philippine Star, April 1, 1996, p. 18
Naomi Hosoda, “Life in Ordinary Things: Ten Thousand Things in Ballpoint Pen Drawings” The Daily
Manila Shimbun, April 17, 1996, p. 8
William Marazzi, “Zen and the Art of Renato Ortega” Living in Thailand, April 1996, p. 54
Jaime Biron Polo, “Shading Ortega’s Ballpoint Pen Drawing” The Evening Paper, Philippines, April 21,
1996, p. 19
Jack Fisher, “Tunnel Visions an Inspiration” San Jose Mercury News, November 1, 1998, p. 2G
Cebulski, “Renato at the Palo Alto Cultural Center” Artweek, December, 1998, p. 14
Reena Jana, “Renato at Hosfelt Gallery” Asian Art News, July/August, 1999, p. 77
Edward Sozanski. “Ordinary Becomes Aesthetic” The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 11, 2002
Catherine Zoepf. “Realistic Means” Contemporary, May 2002, p. 102
Carina Evangelista, “Renato: Ten Thousand Things that Breathe (The Drawing Center: Winter Selections
2002)” ArtManila, Vol. 3, No. 9, 2002
Holland Cotter, “Meditaton for the Hand” The New York Times, 19 September 2003, p. E39
Pam Barrett-Fender, “Crossing the Line” MetroLand, NY, April, 2004, p. 31
Timothy Cahill, “Exhibits Show Lines that Divide Drawing and Art” Times Union, NY, May, 2004 Frank
collections
Museum of Modern Art, NY
The Cartin Collection, Hartford, USA
Museum of fine Arts, Houston, USA
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Various private collections in Europe and US
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