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René J. Marquez
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| Born: Manila, Philippines |
| Education: MFA, Painting, University of Pennsylvania; MA, Asian Studies (History and Art History), Cornell University; BA, Government, Cornell University |
| Institutional affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Art, University of Delaware, Newark, DE |
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| Solo Exhibitions |
| 2010 |
Cornelio of the Fields, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines |
| 2005 |
Portraits, West Gallery, Manila, Philippines |
| 2003 |
St. Francis and the Firenze Dogs, West Gallery, Manila, Philippines |
| 2001 |
Recent Painting, Delaware Division of the Arts, Wilmington, DE |
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Call me 'Lucky', Center for Creative Arts, Yorklyn, DE |
| 2000 |
Dog Park, West Gallery, Manila, Philippines |
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Tali, Ayala Museum, Manila, Philippines |
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Mga Askal (Native Bred), Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA |
| 1998 |
New Faculty Exhibition, Department of Art, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
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| 1995 |
Navigating Barataria, Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, Haverford College, Haverford, PA |
| 1994 |
Paghahanap kay Basilio, Gallery 3 of the Manila Midtown Hotel, Manila, Philippines |
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Dito at Doon, Consulate General of the Philippines, New York, NY |
| 1993 |
Naiibang Bansa, Galerie Y, Manila, Philippines |
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| Selected Group Exhibitions |
| 2010 |
National Self-Portrait Exhibition, 33 Collective Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| 2009 |
Information Translated, faculty exhibition, UD/Art @ Crane, Philadelphia, PA |
| 2008 |
Transplants, the Asian Arts Initiative in cooperation with InLiquid, the Video Lounge at International House, Philadelphia, PA. |
| 2006 |
Subterrane, curated by Sean Stoops, web exhibition hosted by InLiquid.com; gallery exhibition, Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA. |
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Residue from the Bling Bling Circus, Cubicle 10, Washington, D.C. |
| 2005 |
Bone Folder, Brush, Pencil & Pulp, Penland Gallery, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC. |
| 2004 |
Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA. |
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The Art of Building Community: Asian Arts Initiative 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia, PA.
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| 2003 |
Only Skin Deep: Changing Visions of the American Self, curated by Brian Wallis and Coco Fusco, International Center of Photography, New York, NY |
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Out of the Box, Galleries at Moore College of Art Design, Philadelphia, PA |
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The Next 5 Minutes 4: International Festival of Tactical Media, media library, De Balie Center for Politics and Culture, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Visual archive hosted at the International Institute of Social History (Amsterdam)
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Faculty Exhibition, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC |
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Emerging Filipino Artists, Filipino Cultural Center of Greater Kansas City, Overland Park, KS |
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Contemporary Approaches to Drawing, Andrews Gallery, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
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| 2002 |
Sa Pula, Sa Puti, Consulate General of the Philippines, New York, NY |
| 2000 |
A Celebration of Past Visual Traditions: A Six-Year Retrospect Exhibition, Pennsylvania State Council on the Arts at MetroArts of the Captial Region, Harrisburg, PA and the Whitaker Science and Art Center, Pittsburgh, PA
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27th Annual Juried Show, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA |
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Delaware Biennial, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE |
| 1999 |
Works on Paper, juried exhibition, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ
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16th Annual Regional Fine Arts Exhibition, juried exhibition, Center for the Creative Arts, Yorklyn, DE |
| 1998 |
1898: DIWA Arts, René J. Marquez, María Martínez-Cañas, and Bibiana Suarez, Jerry Clifford Gallery, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, NY
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| 1996-98 |
Memories of Overdevelopment: Philippines Diaspora in Contemporary Art, traveling exhibition:
North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND
Plug In Contemporary Art, Winnipeg, Canada
University of California, Riverside
University of California, Irvine
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| 1997 |
The Artist Book, juried exhibition, Fine Art Center en Taos (FACET), in conjunction with the Annual Taos Arts Festival, Taos, NM
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Des Moines Art Center Faculty Exhibition, Polk County Heritage Gallery, Des Moines, IA
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Heritage, Dougherty Art Center, Austin, TX |
| 1995 |
Survivors/Heroes and Heroines, Taller Puertorriqueño, Philadelphia, PA |
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Ethnic Heritage vs. Regionalism, Lyons Matrix Gallery, Austin, TX, in conjunction with the 1995 College Art Association National Conference in San Antonio, TX
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Beyond Borders I, Art in City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
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Home Redefined, Center Square Gallery at Midlantic Bank, Philadelphia, PA |
| 1994 |
Visual Traditions I, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 1993 |
Race, Sexuality, and Gender: Realities of the Asian American Artist, Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, PA
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| Selected Publications, Presentations, and Curatorial Projects |
| 2012 |
Contemporary Nomads: Artists and the Deterritorialization of Place, a panel presentation, co-organized with Lance Winn, at the Association of American Geographers National Conference, New York, NY [forthcoming, February 2012] |
| 2011 |
Magbago: Philippine Dogs and ‘Change,’ a paper presented at the Association of American Geographers National Conference, Seattle, WA
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A Dog is Always More than a Dog: Canine Issues, East-West, panel co-chair with Claire Huot (University of Calgary), the Association of American Geographers National Conference, Seattle, WA
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Visiting Artist, Department of Art, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA |
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Moderator, Inscrutable [exhibition] Artists Panel, Asian Arts Initiative, Philadlephia, PA |
| 2010 |
Visiting Artist, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines |
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Live Cinema Live, an afternoon of conversations between artists, curators, and writers, Department of Art, University of Delaware, in collaboration with the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Newark, DE
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Pakikibaka: Postcolonial Portraits and Pets, Race, Ethnicity, and Culture Lecture Series, Department of Women’s Studies, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
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The Object of Nostalgia, an exhibition co-curated with Lance Winn, A+D Gallery, Columbia College, Chicago, IL.
The Object of Nostalgia, a panel organized and co-chaired with Lance Winn, at the College Art Association National Conference, Chicago, IL |
| 2009 |
“The Postcolonial Sentimental: Imagining Cornelio,” International Journal of the Arts in Society, Volume 4, Issue 5, with presentation at the International Journal of the Arts in Society Conference, Venice, Italy, in conjunction with the Venice Biennale
“Let Slip the Dogs of War,” a paper presented for Battlelines: Painting Portraits Today, chaired by Brandon Brame Fortune, National Portrait Gallery. 2009 College Art Association National Conference, Los Angeles, CA |
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| Selected Grants, Awards, and Residencies |
| 2010 |
Faculty Fellowship, Institute for Global Studies, University of Delaware, Newark, DE |
| 2009 |
International Travel Award, Institute for International Studies, University of Delaware,
Newark, DE
Faculty Enrichment Grant, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Road Show: Travels of the Artist, themed artist's residency and partial fellowship, with Ken Lum at the Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada |
| 2008 |
Artist's residency with partial fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT |
| 2003 |
Award of Merit, Emerging Filipino Artists, Filipino Cultural Center of Greater Kansas City, Overland Park, KS
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| 2002 |
General University Research Grant, University of Delaware, Newark, DE |
| 2000 |
Opportunity Grant, Delaware Division of the Arts
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| 1999 |
Award of Merit, Works on Paper, juried exhibition, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ
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Artist in Residence, Duntog Foundation, Baguio City, Philippines |
| 1997-98 |
Visiting Artist, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA |
| 1995 |
College Art Association Conference Travel Grant |
| 1986-88 |
National Resource Fellowship for Foreign Language and Area Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY |
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| Selected Bibliography |
| 2002 |
Exhibition catalog, Sa Pula, Sa Puti, Consulate General of the Philippines, New York, NY |
| 2000 |
Exhibition catalog, A Celebration of Past Visual Traditions: A Six-Year Retrospect Exhibition, Pennsylvania State Council on the Arts at MetroArts of the Captial Region, Harrisburg, PA and the Whitaker Science and Art Center, Pittsburgh, PA
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Exhibition catalog, Delaware Biennial, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE |
| 1998 |
"Dreaming Postcolonial Volcanoes" by Edwin Ramoran, 1898: DIWA Arts, René J. Marquez, María Martínez-Cañas, Bibiana Suárez, The Bronx Museum of the Arts
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| 1997 |
"Artists Trace Scars of Migration" by Robert Enright, Aug. 13, 1997
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Memories of Overdevelopment: Philippines Diaspora in Contemporary Art, exhibition catalogue, edited by Wayne Baerwaldt, with articles by Alan deSouza, Luis H. Francia, Vicente Golveo, Jessica Hagedorn, and Catherine Lord and Yong Soon Min. Published by Plug In Contemporary Art (Winnipeg), 1997
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| 1996 |
"When East Collides with West" by Cathy Curtis, Los Angeles Times, March 26, 1996
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| 1995 |
Navigating Barataria exhibition review by Victoria Donohoe, Philadelphia Inquirer, March 5, 1995 |
| 1994 |
"Fil-Am artist Marquez explores dual legacy through his canvases," Manila Bulletin, June 17, 1994
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"René Marquez shows what it means to be both Filipino and American," The Philippine Star, June 16, 1994
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| 1993 |
"René J. Marquez: Taking Roots" by Joyce L. Fernandez, The Manila Times, Nov. 24, 1993
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"Including Asian American artists in multicultural Dialogue" by Edward Sozanski, The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 4, 1993
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