Exhibitions

Current

Waiting to Exhale
COMPRA | MASA | ONG | PONGASE 27 Aug - 6 Oct 2020 Four Cebuano artists (Compra, Masa, Ong and Pongase) have collectively turned into their art during these times. While seemingly holding their breath until better days return, they have named their exhibition, aptly, “Waiting to Exhale”. Read more

Specimen of the Immaculate
Jan Sunday 17 Sep - 6 Oct 2020 The exhibition revolves around the feminine as a divine archetype placing the focus on female figures from various civilizations in prehistory. This brings to the forefront the necessity to question our current male-dominated system that is a juvenile society in contrast to tens and thousands of years of egalitarian and spirit-centered living. Read more

Lonesome in a Happy World
Red (Oni) Genotiva 23 Sep - 7 Oct 2020 In this series of work for Qube Gallery, Red (Oni) Genotiva has created the same imaginary landscape filled with rich pastel colors and almost holographic treatment. The playground setting is rich with story telling, inhabited by Jurassic and space age characters. Read more

Past

Ban.yu.hay
Antonio Pastoriza | Kevin Roque | Meatfist 20 Aug - 16 Sep 2020 The Filipino word “Banyuhay” translates into the idea of metamorphosis: a process that looks into the cycle of transformation. In this exhibition, three emerging artists are drawn to understand how the evolution of self transpires. Here, an evaluation of the forces that shape these changes is defined through different modes... Read more

Camping Trip II
Mark Santos | Reen Barrera | TRNZ 1 - 18 Aug 2020 Originally, we had explored the simple, playful idea of Ohlala, Sasquatch and Loon just visiting each other. It would be a riff of each other’s iconic inspirations, a lark of an adventure, a rollicking echo chamber of ideas from three extremely talented artists. It was going to be a joyous reunion, where the simple pleasures of friendship, good food, and new friends would collide, and then leave us and the audience chuckling and gurgling with delight.

Enter the pandemic. Read more

Finding the Calm in the Chaos
Dennis "Sio" Montera 5 Feb - 31 Mar 2020 In the collection, Montera works with all the painterly techniques he has acquired from here and from the conditions he worked with while he was abroad. Read more

Past the Seven Year Itch
An exclusive online anniversary show 1 - 29 Feb 2020 Qube Gallery presents its exclusive online anniversary show, playfully titled “Past the Seven Year Itch”. Despite this playfulness, this show recalls the past exhibitions of a no-longer fledgling art gallery. Referenced in popular culture, the “seven year itch” refers to the period of unrest that comes after trials, false starts,... Read more

Vecindad
Jose Mari Picornell 16 Jan - 29 Feb 2020 Qube Gallery is pleased to present new works by impressionist artist Jose Mari Picornell. This is Picornell’s fourth one-man show since the dawn of his career in the 1960s Read more

Salon Series # 1
Eisa Jocson | Larry Ypil | Steph Misa 7 Jan 2020 The SALON SERIES (#1) kicks off at QUBE GALLERY on 7th of January 2020 at six o'clock in the evening. SALON SERIES in its first edition features 'Corponomy' a performance by contemporary choreographer and dancer EISA JOCSON and a special reading by poet and essayist LAWRENCE LACAMBRA YPIL. SALON SERIES... Read more

Celestial Ocean
Osamu Emperado 12 - 31 Dec 2019 Osamu Tristan Emperado, commonly known as Uzi, is an illustrator, studio artist, and an international graphic designer. Aside from his wide body of work in digital design , he is well-known for his uninhibited surrealist depictions on canvas. Read more

Countercurrent
GI Pongase 31 Oct - 16 Nov 2019 Young and upcoming artist GI Pongase expands the range of his expressionist visual language with a series titled Countercurrent, on view at Qube Gallery from October 31, 2019. In addition to texture and surface engagements, Pongase incorporates gestural lines, figurative drawings and other graphic elements to complement the rough, vulnerable and potent visual field that he explores with much empathy and restraint. addition to texture and surface engagements, Pongase incorporates gestural lines, figurative drawings and other graphic elements to complement the rough, vulnerable and potent visual field that he explores with much empathy and restraint. Read more

Myriad
Lean Reboja 26 Sep - 26 Oct 2019 Lean Reboja explores the complexities of the human psyche with Myriad. He explores the multiplicities and the vast spectrum of our inner worlds through his pop surrealist works, painting a fictitious world inhabited by beasts and bizarre characters. Read more

Mundane Rituals
KDLT 23 Aug - 23 Sep 2019 Mundane Rituals is about daily routines. KDLT believes that ordinary and routine as it may seem, rituals still remain integral in the daily grind of one’s existence. Read more

Siren, XOngs (Performance Art)
Russ Ligtas | Raymund L. Fernandez 22 Jun 2019 Sirens, XOngs is a collection of performance pieces by Russ Ligtas and Raymund L. Fernandez, both founders of the Cebuano performance art group 'XO?”. In the space of one hour, the duo instigates a conversation in automatist performance about and around the ocean. Whether by conjuring an alien sea creature,... Read more

Ocean Sea
Olivia D'Aboville | Russ Ligtas | Joanna Arong 20 Jun - 15 Aug 2019 Ocean Sea is an ode to the deep dark seas and the power of nature. Bringing together three artists deeply connected to the ocean, the exhibition depicts a surreal universe playfully questioning the intricate relationship between humankind and the seas. Read more

Drowned in a Series of Awful Cliché
Bong Delfin 13 Jun - 16 Jul 2019 Bong Delfin, originally from Mindanao and now an established contemporary artist in Madrid, Spain, is known as the father of hydro-deepism. His artistic practice involves much process & intuition. Read more

Phases
Khriss Bajade 31 May 2019 - 30 Jun 2020 'Phases' will showcase 18 assemblage and figurative abstraction artworks by Cebuano artist Khriss Bajade. Bajade's second solo exhibition is his humble attempt to tell his story and to manifest a challenge to consciously put discernment into practice in life and in art as he progresses towards another phase. Read more

INstant
Camille Thibert 7 - 30 May 2019 INstant is a collection of portraits using a unique drilling technique on reclaimed wood. These portraits were made during Thibert’s stay here in the Philippines. Read more

Camping Trip
Mark Santos | Reen Barrera | TRNZ 25 Apr - 25 May 2019 A trio of young artists embark on a hike with their imaginary friends, their destination somewhere remote, yet full of possibilities. After a night spent swapping stories around a campfire, they bond, and end up swearing to a life dedicated to worship of the goddess of the arts. Read more

Rustic Beauty
Maria Francisca Juarez 21 Mar - 20 Apr 2019 A fresh take on what might be regarded as traditional subjects, Maria Francisca Juarez indulges all viewers to a visceral experience with her first solo show, Rustic Beauty. Trained under the tutelage of the Aroma Art Atelier headed by Orley Ypon, Francisca presents herself to be a promising voice in the contemporary art scene. Read more

Online

Summary of Life
Ilija Gubic 10 Sep - 30 Nov 2020 The world of Ilija Gubic is not a small one, nor is it a simple one. He sees his subjects from an almost tunnel vision, blinding out the noises of culture to arrive at the final common defining elements that tie his world with the rest. “Summary of Life” -... Read more

Orderly Chaos
Mark Anton Masa 22 May - 31 Jul 2020 Qube Gallery presents “Orderly Chaos,” a body of abstract works by Mark Anton Masa Mark Masa has been known for his works in fashion, advertising, and events. But now, he’s creating a name for himself as a visual artist with his vivid abstractions Read more

Strokes
Boy Carvajal Kiamko 24 Apr - 31 Jul 2020 Boy Kiamko is a renowned artist based in Cebu City, Philippines. He has staged and participated in countless group shows since 1969. However, this is Kiamko's first and exclusive online exhibition featuring abstract artworks presented by Qube Gallery Read more

Les Année 80 - 90
Pierre Marie Brisson 6 Apr - 30 Jun 2020 To contemplate a Pierre Marie Brisson engraving or drawing it to decrypt a palimpsest of a moment in time, of a sketching, of a child’s reaction.

Pierre Marie Brisson hadn’t worked on engravings for several years, it is therefore a rare piece of work which he reveals to today: an intensity of work and creation open to the museums and its visitors (Sophie Cazé) Read more