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SANTIAGO BOSE
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Santiago Bose (b. July 25, 1949, d. December 3, 2002, disenfranchisement of the ‘primitive’ tribes, but between
Baguio City, Philippines) was a mixed-media artist from outbursts of violence and exploitation are also tenderness,
the Philippines. Bose co-founded the Baguio Arts Guild, selflessness and a sense of community. These will always
and was also an educator, community organizer and art remain unspoken and unrecognized unless we make art
theorist. or music that will help to transform society. The artist
takes a stand through the practice of creating art. The artist
Bose often used indigenous media in his work, ranging articulates the Filipino subconscious so that we may be able
from bamboo and volcanic ash, to the cast-offs and to show a true picture of ourselves and our world.”
debris (found objects, bottles, “trash”). His assemblages
communicated a strong sense of folk consciousness and Bose was granted the Thirteen Artists Award by the
religiosity, and the strength of traditional cultures in a Cultural Center of the Philippines in 1976. He has
culture inundated with foreign cultural influences. exhibited in major international events such as the
Third Asian Art Show in Fukuoka, Japan and the
Bose worked toward raising an awareness of cultural Havana Biennial held in Cuba, both in 1989. In 1993,
concerns in the Philippines. After studying at the College he was invited to the First Asia-Pacific Triennial of
of Fine Arts at the University of the Philippines between Contemporary Art held at the Queensland Art Gallery in
1967 and 1972, Bose continued his studies in the United Brisbane, Australia. In 2000 Bose’s work was included
States, at the West 17th Print Workshop in New York. in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco’s exhibition
“At Home & Abroad, 20 Contemporary Filipino Artists.”
He returned to Baguio in 1986 and began his explorations In June 2002, he was presented the “Gawad ng Maynila:
into the effects of colonialism on the Philippine national Patnubay ng Sining at Makabagong Pamamaraan”
identity. In particular, Bose focused on the resilience of (Cultural Award for New Media presented to outstanding
indigenous cultures, like that of his home region of the Filipino Artist) by the City of Manila. In 2006, he was
Cordilleras. posthumously shortlisted for the National Artist award.

Bose was the founding president of the Baguio Arts Guild As a widely sought after artist for public commissions
in 1987. He became president again in 1992. The Guild is and artist residencies, Bose’s practice included extensive
an active cultural association in the northern Cordillera international travel and included several prominent
region, emphasising regional tribal traditions and the grants and fellowships.
importance of using indigenous materials. Bose played
a formative role in establishing the Baguio International Bose’s work was marked by a conscious avoidance of
Arts Festival. a single recognizable style, by varied foreign and local
influences, and by an experimental bent.
Through his work, Bose addressed difficult social and
political concerns in the Philippines. His subject(s) were
approached with deep criticality and gravity, although
never without a sense of humor and wit, however
irreverent.

Bose said, “…The artist cannot but be affected by his society.

It is hard to ignore the pressing needs of the nation while
making art that serves the nation’s elite… We struggled
to change society, which is difficult and dangerous,
and we also sought to preserve communal aspects of
life. I too am haunted by visions of hardship, poverty,
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b. 1949, d. 2002, Baguio, PHL POSTHUMOUS SOLO EXHIBITIONS & PUBLICATIONS

2019 Bare Necessities curated by Patrick D. Flores, first phase of Santiago Bose:
Painter, Magician exhibition series, Silverlens, Manila
2012 Can’t Go Back Home Again: Santiago Bose in the Family Collection, Vargas
Museum, University of the Philippines - Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
2010 Remix: Santiago Bose, Tin-aw Art Gallery, Makati, Philippines
2004 Espiritu Santi: The Strange Life and Even Stranger Legacy of Santiago
Bose, published by WATER DRAGON, Inc.
In Memory Of A Talisman, Bulwagan Juan Luna, Cultural Center of the
Philippines, Manila City, Philippines

POSTHUMOUS GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2020 Cue From Life Itself: Filipino Artists Transform the Everyday,
Eyes of Gauze, 1983
Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Manila

2017-2018 Philippine Art: Collecting Art, Collecting Memories, Asian Art

Museum, San Francisco, California

The Place of Region in the Contemporary, Vargas Museum,

University of the Philippines - Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines

2017 SUNSHOWER: Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia 1980s to

Now, The National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan

Passion and Procession: Art of the Philippines, Art Gallery of New

South Wales, Australia

2016 Door To Perception Or High Art, Tin-aw Art Gallery, Makati,

Philippines

2015 Propaganda, The Lopez Museum and Library, Pasig City, Philippines

Between Declarations And Dreams: Art Of Southeast Asia

Since The 19th Century, UOB Southeast Asia Gallery, National
Gallery of Singapore, Singapore
2013-2014 Singapore Biennale 2013: If the World Changed, Singapore Art
Museum, Singapore
Multiple Languages, Silverlens, Makati, Philippines
Manila: The Night Is Restless, The Day Is Scornful (Maynila: Mahapdi
Ang Araw, Maalinsangan Ang Gabi), Arndt Gallery, Singapore
2013-2016 The Philippine Contemporary: To Scale the Past and the Possible,
Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Manila City, Philippines
2013 AX(iS) Art Project, Singapore Biennale 2012: If The World Changed,
Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
2010 Remix: Santiago Bose, Yuchengco Museum, Makati, Philippines
2006 Filipiniana, Museo d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA),
Barcelona, Spain
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INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
2001 Traveling Bones Gather No Stones, Green Papaya Art Projects, Diliman,
Quezon City

2000 Ayos Ba? ( Is It Alright?), John Batten Gallery, Soho, Hong Kong

Behind The Immigrant, Centre A, Vancouver Canada

1998 Tall Tales Of A Talisman, John Batten Gallery, Central, Hong Kong

1997 Anting-Anting, Hiraya Gallery, Manila, Philippines

1996 Jaguar At The Western Front, (Video Performance) Western Front,

Vancouver, Canada and The Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia

1995 Journals Of A Cultural Drifter, Hiraya Gallery, Manila Philippines and

Southern Cross University Gallery, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia

1994 Charles Darwin’s 143rd Dream, Darwin Performing Art Center, Bougainvillea
Festival, Darwin, N.T. Australia

Installation, Atrium Hotel, Darwin, N.T. Australia

1989 Filipino Sojourn, Asian Resource Gallery, Oakland, and Cultural Center, Ellis
Street, San Francisco, CA

1988 Northern Visions (installation view) Small Gallery, Cultural Center of the
Philippines (CCP), Manila, Philippines

1986 Prints And Drawings, Center for American Cultural Studies, Lewison Hall,
Colombia University, New York, USA

Archives of a Lost Revolution, Catherine Gallery, The Basement, New York,

New York, USA

1985 Argontomime, Zone Gallery, Avenue B, New York, New York, USA

1984 Archives Of A Lost Revolution, Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP),

Manila, Philippines

1983 Eyes Of Gauze, Manila Metropolitan Theatre Gallery, Manila, Philippines

1981 Places, Hiraya Gallery, Manila, Philippines

1978 Hanging Sculpture And Drawings, Sining Kamalig Gallery, Pasay City,
Philippines

1975 Chameleon Years, Sining Kamalig Gallery, Pasay City, Philippines

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2002 Recent Works, Kulay Diwa Galleries, Parañaque City, Philippines
Brown Man’s Burden, Babilonia, 1808, Berkley, CA, USA
Faith and the City, Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Manila, Philippines
2001 Group Show Of Baguio Artists, University of Baguio, Baguio, Philippines
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Art And Activism, Queensland Art Gallery Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

2000 Melbourne Art Fair, represented by John Batten Gallery HK, Melbourne
Australia
The Spirit That Dwells Within, exhibitioned by Carlos Villa and Santiago
Bose, Pacific Bridge Contemporary Southeast Asian Art, Oakland, CA, USA
Art And Human Rights, 3rd Gwangju Biennial, Gwangju, Seoul, South Korea
1999 5th Baguio International Art Festival, Baguio City, Philippines
1998 Cien Años Después
• Museum National dela Havana, Cuba
• Cultural Centre of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines
• PhilMusem De Arte Contemporaneo, San Juan, Puerto Rico
• Museo dela Iberia y Latin-America, Badajoz, Spain
At Home And Abroad
• Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, California, USA
• Houston Art Museum, Texas, USA
• East-West Centre Museum, Hawaii, USA
• Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Manila, Philippines
Alab Ng Puso, Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Manila, Philippines
1997 Nine Dragon Heads, Chung-ju, South Korea
Memories Of Over Development, Plug-in Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada and
North Dakota Art Museum, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA
Contemporary Philippine Art, LFK Gallery, Hong Kong, China
1996 11th Asian International Art Exhibition, Metropolitan Museum of Manila,
Manila, Philippines
Memories Of Overdevelopment, University of California Art Gallery, Irvine,
CA, USA
1995/1996 Self Portrait Exhibition, Metropolitan Museum, Manila, Philippines
1995 Spiritual And The Social, Queensland Art Gallery and touring State of
Queensland and New South Wales
1994 Adelaide Installations, Adelaide Art Festival, Adelaide, Australia
Claiming Turf / Claiming Fortitude, site specific installations in Fortitude
Valley, Brisbane, and at Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane and Queensland
College of Art, Morningside, Brisbane, Australia
Crossovers, Installation, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
1993 4th Baguio Arts Festival, Convention Center, Baguio City, Philippines
1st Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery,
Australia
1992 Naguri Outdoor Exhibit, Naguri-Mura, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
The Space, Artists Village, Singapore Arts Festival, Singapore
1991 Iskultura, Metropolitan Museum, Manila, Philippines
3rd Baguio Arts Festival, Baguio City, Philippines
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1990 2nd Baguio Festival of the Arts, Convention Centre, Baguio, Philippines
1989 1st Baguio Festival of the Arts, Convention Centre, Baguio, Philippines
Tercera Biennial dela Habana 89, Centro Wilfrido Lam, Habana, Cuba
Sikat (Ten decades of Philippine Art), Cultural Center of the Philippines
(CCP), Manila, Philippines
3rd Asian Art Show, Fukuoka Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
1988 Skyland, Pinaglabanan Gallery, San Juan, Manila, Philippines
1987 Val Paraiso Biannale Exhibition, Val Paraiso, Chile
August 10, Baguio Traveling Exhibit to Visayas and Mindanao major cities
1986 Fathers, Asian Art Institute, Bowery, New York, USA
Equinox Performance, Long Island City, New York, USA
Myth and Magic, Rye Art Centre, Westchester, New York, USA
Installation Piece, Minor Injury Gallery, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York, USA
1985 Dimensions in Dissent, Kenkeleba House, 2nd Street, East Village, New York,
USA
Roots in Reality, Henry Street Settlement, Lower East Side, New York, USA
Graphik der Philippinen, IFA Gallerie, Bonn, West Germany
Kalooban, City Gallery, Columbus Circle New York, USA
Chinatown 10, Asian Art Institute, Bowery, New York, USA
4th Asean Exhibition of Art and Photography, traveling exhibit Singapore,
Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Brunei, Manila, Jakarta
1984 Group Show, Pinaglabanan Gallery, San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines
Ugat Suri, Hiraya Gallery, and ASEAN Institute of Art, Manila
1982 Collectors Item, UP College of Fine Arts Alumni Foundation, Museum of
Philippine Art, Manila, Philippines
1981 A China Show of Philippine Art, Beijing, China
1980 Critics Choice, Ma-yi Gallery, Manila Mandarin Hotel, Makati, Rizal
Five Directions, Museum of Philippine Art, Manila, Philippines
1st Contemporary Asian Art Show, Fukuoka Museum, Fukuoka Prefecture,
Japan
The Art of Fine Print, Museum of Philippine Art, Manila, Philippines
100 Years of Philippine Painting, Maudurodam Museum, Hague, Netherlands
Art of the Regions, Small Gallery, Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), Manila,
Philippines
Linang Project, Council For Living Traditionsl, University of Northern Philippines,
Vigan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines
Trends in Sculpture, Museum of Philippine Art, Manila, Philippines
1979 Critics Choice, Ma-yi Gallery, Manila Mandarin Hotel, Manila, Philippines
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1978 Work No. 4, The Farm, sponsofed by National Endowment of the Arts, San
Francisco, CA, USA
3rd CCP Annual, Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), Manila, Philippines
Prints and Drawings, Sining Kamalig Gallery, Manila, Philippines
1976 12 Grand Prix International d’Art Contemporain de Monte Carlo, Museo
National de Monaco
Works on Paper, Pines Hotel, Baguio City, Philippines
Seven Years, Sining Kamalig Gallery, Manila, Philippines
Thirteen Artists 1976, Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), Manila,
Philippines
2nd CCP Annual, Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), Manila, Philippines
Kulay-Anyo Public Mural, De Los Santos Bldg, Quezon City, Philippines
Collage, Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), Manila, Philippines
Philippine Contemporary Art, Gallery of Fine Arts, Cairo, Egypt
Arts and Models, Baguio Hyatt, Terraces Hotel, Baguio City, Philippines
Philippines Prints, Print Collection, Manila, Philippines
1975 12 Young Emerging Artists, Club Filipino, Manila, Philippines
1st CCP Annual, Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), Manila, Philippines
Development Academy Artist, Sining Kamalig Gallery, Manila, Philippines
1974 Group Show, Gallerie Bleue, Makati, Rizal, Philippines
Subject Matter, Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), Manila, Philippines
Group of Young Artists, Sining Kamalig Gallery, Manila, Philippines
Group Show, University of the Philippines - Baguio, Baguio City, Philippines
1972 Bose-Bacaltos Two-man Show, Sixth Sense Gallery, Manila, Philippines
Drawings, Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), Manila, Philippines

AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

2017 UPCFA Tanglaw ng Sining
2004 Gawad CCP, Para sa Sining award for visual arts, Manila, Philippines
2002 “Gawad ng Maynila: Patnubay ng Sining at Makabaging Pamamaraan”,
Cultural Award for New Media presented to outstanding Filipino Artist, City
of Manila, Philippines
2001 Delegate, “Space Traffic”, Artist-led Alternative Spaces Conference, Hong
Kong
Speaker, National Visual Arts Congress, NCCA, Makiling, Los Baños, Laguna,
Philippines
Artist Talk, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
Guest Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
Lecturer, Bachelor of Visual Arts on Contemporary Australian and
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Indigenouse Art, Griffitch University, Queensland, Australia

2000 Artist-in-Residence, Center A, Vancouver, Canada
Artist-in-Residence, Pacific Bridge Southeast Asian Art Gallery, Oakland, USA
Multimedia Workshop, Manong’ Pusod Centre for Arts and Ecology in
Berkley and Pacific Bridge.
1999 Executive Director, 5th Baguio International Art Festival, Baguio City,
Philippines
Awarded “Outstanding Citizen of Baguio” Baguio City Government Award,
Baguio, Philippines
Critique MA Candidates Works, University of South Australia, Adelaide,
Australia
Speaker, “Community Arts”, 3rd Asia Pacific Triennial, Brisbane, Queensland,
Australia
Resource Person, “Strategies in Protest Art for the Philippines and Thailand”,
Sponsored by Japan Foundation and Tempo, Jakarta, Indonesia
Travel to Hanoi, Vietnam
1998 Reorganized Baguio Arts Guild, established “Green House Effect Gallery”,
Baguio Botanical Gardens, Baguio, Philippines
1997 Philippine delegate to “ASEAN Creative Interaction” Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Speaker, “Visual Arts Congress”, Davao City, Mindanao, Philippines
Speaker, “Art that empowers and educates”, Liga Filipino of Columbia
University and Arkipelago of Barnard College, New York, USA
Boardmember, Baguio Arts Guild, Baguio, Philippines
1996 Facilitator, Ati-atihan Festival in Queensland, Street Arts Project, Brisbane,
Australia
1995 ‘Recipient’ Canadian Foreign Artist Grant and artist-in-residence at Western
Front, Vancouver, Canada
“Committee Member For Visual Arts”, National Commission For Culture and
The Arts, Philippines
1994 Artist-in-Residence, Queensland Art College, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Visiting Research Fellow, Southern Cross University, Lismore, New South
Wales, Australia
Speaker, Littoral Conference, International Symposium of artist-led
organisations, Salford, United Kingdom
1993 President, Baguio Arts Guild, Baguio, Philippines
Awarded, Baguio Arts Guild, Most Outstanding Community Service Award
by the City of Baguio
1991 The LAB Project, Collaboration with choreographer/dancer Enrico Labayen
1990 “Neo-Filipino”, Collaboration with choreographer/dancer Denisa Reyes,
Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), Manila, Philippines
Workshop/Facilitator, Mix-media, UP Summer Arts Festival, University of the
Philippines Baguio, Philippines
Workshop/Facilitator, Arts Association of Davao, Davao City, Philippines
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1989 Santiago Bose Day in San Francisco, January 20, 1989, proclamation by
Mayor Angela Alioto, San Francisco, CA, USA
“Certificate of Honor” by the Board Supervisors of San Francisco, CA, USA
1988 Guest of the Ministry of Culture, Moscow, Riga, USSR
Delegate, Mass Cultural Administration, People’s Republic of China
Production Designer, “Song for Manong”, Herbs Theater, San Francisco, CA,
USA
Speaker, “Filipino Art” Asia House, Standord University, Palo Alto, CA, USA
Facilitator, Baguio Summer Arts Festival, Baguio City, Philippines
1987 Co-founder and President-elect Baguio Arts Guild
Board member-Cordillera Arts Foundation
Vice-Chairman, Committee on Visual Arts, Presidential Commission on
Culture and the Arts
Speaker, Ateneo de Zamboanga, Zamboanga City and Shariff Kabungsuan
Cultural Center, Cotabato City, Mindanao, Philippines
1984 Facilitator, “Paper Making Workshop”, Cultural Center Outreach Program,
Vigan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines
1983 “Alima Folio” a portfolio of etchings by outstanding University of the
Philippines Alumni
1982 Finalist, Mobil Art Awards, Makati, Philippines
1981 Gold Medalist, Print Category, Art Association of the Philippines
Completed “Kabibiligan”, a school mural in Sagada, Mt. Province, through a
grant from A. Yuchengco Foundation
1980 Critic’s Choice for Printmaking, Ma-yi Associates, Makati, Philippines
Finalist, Mobil Art Awards, Mobil Oil Philippines, Makati, Philippines
Grantee, Linang Project in Ilocos by Council for Living Traditions and Ford
Foundation
Travel Grant to the U.S., from Heritage Gallery, San Juan, Manila, Philippines
1979 “Critic’s Choice for Painting”, Ma-yi Associates, Makati, Philippines
1977 “Kulay-Anyo” Mural, De Los Santos Building, Metro Manila Commission,
Quezon City, Philippines
1976 Thirteen Artists Award, Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP)
1975 Twelve Emerging Artist, Guild of Galleries and the Art Association of the
Philippines
1971 1st Prize, Editorial Design Thesis, College of Fine Arts, University of the
Philippines
1st Prize, Advertising Design Thesis, Collge of Fine Arts, University of the
Philippines

EDUCATION
1967-1972 College of Fine Arts, University of the Philippines - Diliman, Quezon City,
Philippines
1980-1981 West 17th Print Workshop, New York, U.S.A