Curriculum Vitae
Martin Honasan (b.1976, Quezon City, Philippines) is a graduate of the Ateneo de Manila University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Interdisciplinary Studies (Psychology and Communication Arts clusters). He worked as visual artist and art director in advertising (1999-2001), then as managing partner in his own design firm (2001-2004) prior to pursuing the visual arts full-time. Honasan is a Philippines-based mixed media artist working mostly with acrylic paint and shaped fabrics on canvas. He has done individual and group exhibitions in the Philippines, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, U.S.A., and France in local and international art conventions such as Art Fair Philippines, Art in the Park, Art Taipei, Bazaar Art Jakarta, Manila Art, VOLTA New York, and Asia Now Paris Art Fair. Honasan has had solo shows at cultural institutions in Manila, Philippines: the Cultural Center of the Philippines and Ayala Museum ArtistSpace with the support of Art Verité Gallery. In 2016, Martin Honasan participated in an artist residency program in Osaka, Japan where his completed works were exhibited at the YOD Gallery. In 2018 his works were featured by Osaka and Tokyo based YOD gallery in VOLTA New York 2018. Martin Honasan has has participated at the Asia Now Art Fair in Paris under Vinyl on Vinyl Gallery in 2019, 2021, and 2022. In 2023, He had his first solo exhibition in Tokyo, Japan at YOD Gallery.
Selected Local and International Solo Exhibitions
2023
『巨人』
"Kyojin" (Giant)
YOD TOKYO
1F, 4-26-35 Jingu-Mae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan 150-0001
December 13 - 25
2023
“Apokalypsis”
Secret Fresh Gallery,
G/F RONAC Art Center, Ortigas Ave., Greenhills, Manila, Philippines
Feb. 26
2022
“Bautismo”
Art Cube Gallery, Makati City, Philippines,
Nov. 5
2020
“Neither Death nor Life”
Art Verite, Serendra, BGC, Taguig City, Philippines
Oct. 17 - 29
2020
“The Distance Between Two Points”
Vinyl on Vinyl Gallery, SMX Aura, BGC, Taguig City, Philippines
March 6
2019
“Nomads”
Asia Now - Paris Asian Art Fair — Vinyl on Vinyl Gallery,
9 Avenue Hoche, Paris 8e, France
Oct. 16 - 20
2019
"Bautismo"
Art Cube Gallery, Makati City, Philippines
Feb. 23 - March 14
2018
“River”
YOD Gallery
VOLTA 2018, Pier 90, New York, New York, U.S.A.
March 7 - 11
2017
“Speaking in Tongues”
Blanc Gallery, Quezon City, Philippines
July 8 - 29
2017
“Pulô”
Ayala Museum ArtistSpace, Makati City, Philippines
June 9 - 22
2016
“Even These Stones Will Cry Out”
YOD Gallery, Osaka, Japan
Sept. 17 - Oct. 1
2015
“An Other”
Vinyl on Vinyl, Makati City, Philippines
Oct 21
2015
“Shadows of Things to Come”
Boston Art Gallery, Philippines
Oct. 10
2015
“Everything is Created Twice”
Cultural Center of the Philippines
Main Theatre Building, Pasay City, Philippines
May 14 - June 14
2014
“Soil”
Boston Gallery, Cubao, Quezon City, Philippines
Aug 23 - Sept. 8
2013
“The Weight of Glory”
NOW Gallery, EcoPlaza Bldg., Makati City, Philippines
Sept. 4 - Sept. 17
2013
“The Human Hide”
The Crucible Gallery, Philippines
July 2-14
2012
“Then We Shall See”
Ysobel Art Gallery, Philippines
May 21 - June 9
2011
“Digging In The Dirt”
Yellow Door Gallery, Philippines
October 7-22
Selected Group and Art Fair Exhibits
2023
Art Fair Philippines
YOD Gallery, Makati, Philippines
Feb. 17 - 19
2023
Troubled Turf VI
Secret Fresh Gallery,
G/F RONAC Art Center, Ortigas Ave., Greenhills, Manila, Philippines
Jan. 8
2022
Asia Now
Paris Asian Art Fair, Vinyl on Vinyl Gallery,
Monnaie du Paris, 11 Quai de Conti, Paris 6e, France
Oct. 22 - Nov. 7
2022
Art Fair Asia Fukuoka
YOD Gallery, Fukuoka City, Japan
Sept. 30 - Oct. 3
2022
“Man and Monster”
Orange Project, Art District, Bacolod, Philippines
Aug. 12
2022
“Open Realms”
Underground Gallery, Makati Cinema Square, Makati City, Philippines
Feb. 23 - Mar. 18
2022
“Prequel / Sequel”
West Gallery, West Avenue, Quezon City, Philippines
Jan. 27 - Feb. 19
2022
Troubled Turf V
Secret Fresh Gallery,
G/F RONAC Art Center, Ortigas Ave., Greenhills, Manila, Philippines
Jan. 9
2021
ALT
Vinyl on Vinyl Gallery, Finale Art File, Makati City, Philippines
Dec. 4 - 8
2021
Art Moments Jakarta
DF Art Agency, Art Moments Jakarta
Nov. - Dec. 21
2021
Asia Now
Paris Asian Art Fair, Vinyl on Vinyl Gallery (online)
Oct. 22 - Nov. 7
2021
“It's Okay, We Are Okay”
Mono8 Gallery, Connecticut St., Greenhills, Manila, Philippines
Aug. 31
2021
“Meanwhile”
Secret Fresh Gallery, G/F RONAC Art Center, Ortigas Ave., Greenhills, Manila, Philippines
May 6 - 15
2021
Art Moments Jakarta
DF Art Agency, Art Moments Jakarta Online
Nov. - Dec. 21
2021
ALT
Vinyl on Vinyl Gallery, Finale Art File, Makati City, Philippines
Dec. 4 - 8
2020
ALT
Vinyl on Vinyl Gallery, SMX Aura, BGC, Taguig City, Philippines
Feb. 14 -16
2020
Art Fair Philippines
YOD Gallery, Vinyl on Vinyl Gallery, AltroMondo Gallery, Philippines
Feb. 21 - 23
2019
“Nomads”
Asia Now - Paris Asian Art Fair — Vinyl on Vinyl Gallery
9 Avenue Hoche, Paris 8e, France,
Oct. 16 - 20
2017
Art Central
Gallery Kogure, Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong
March. 21 - 25
2017
Art Fair Philippines
YOD Gallery X Kogure, AltroMondo Gallery, Makati City, Philippines
Feb. 16 -19
2016
Art Fair Philippines
YOD Gallery X Kogure, Art Verité, West Gallery, Makati City, Philippines
Feb. 18 - 21
2015
Bazaar Art Jakarta 2015
The Ritz-Carlton Jakarta, Pacific Place, Jakarta
Aug. 27 - 30
Publications
2022 Lifestyle.Inquirer.Net, November 14, 2022.
2019 Annual Asian Contemporary Art Fair Features Filipino Galleries, Artists -- Department of Foreign Affairs, Nov. 19, 2019.
2019 Beyond Face Value, Manila Bulletin, Arts and Culture, April 1.
Retrieved from
2018 Entropy and Grace, Wall Street International, Daniel Gauss, March 27.
Retrieved from https://wsimag.com/art/37023-entropy-and-grace
2017 Pulô, PhilStar Global, Aug. 1.
Retrieved from http://www.philstar.com/newsmakers/2017/08/01/1723268/pulo
2017 Martin Honasan at ArtistSpace, Ayala Museum, The Philippine Star, June 19.
2016 Martin Honasan Exhibition, Asahi News, September.
Retrieved from http://sp.asahi-mullion.com/event/detail/24828
2015 Gallery News: Honasan, Cerda, and Marin in Simultaneous Shows at CCP, The Philippine Star, May 11.
Retrieved from http://www.philstar.com/arts-and-culture/2015/05/11/1452895/gallery-news-honasan-cerda-and-marin-simultaneous-shows-ccp
2015 The New Breed: Philippines' Most Promising Artists, The Philippine Tatler, May.
Retrieved from https://www.tatlerasia.com/lifestyle/arts/the-new-breed-philippines-most-promising-artists
2014 Bulbforms & Cryptograms, The Philippine Star, Newsmakers, Sept. 16.
2014 Gallery News: Martin Honasan and Dexter Sy at the Boston Gallery,
Retrieved from http://www.philstar.com/arts-and-culture/2014/08/18/1358598/gallery-news-martin-honasan-and-dexter-sy-boston-gallery
2013 'Alay 16' at Boston Art Gallery, 'Everything The Same Way' at Ysobel Art Gallery, Philippine Star, Dec. 2.
Retrieved from http://www.philstar.com/arts-and-culture/2013/12/02/1262682/gallery-news-arturo-luz-silverlens
2013 Honasan, Ypon, and Aguilar at Now Gallery, Circuit Magazine, Sept.
2013 Martin Honasan at The Crucible, Philippine Star, Lifestyle, July 1.
2011 The Endless Gaze In Martin Honasan's Art, GMA News, Oct. 25.