BIO
After receiving a degree in Architecture from The University of Santo Tomas in Manila in 1991, Chati Coronel deviated from that path and built in its stead a painting practice that has since spanned 3 decades. Focusing on the more supernal potential of both art and artistic practice, Coronel uses the process of painting to play with the subtle transfer of information from the immaterial to the material and back again.
Coronel’s pursuit of deeper universal truth through painting has evolved into a process she calls, Figurative Spatialism. By painting human figures devoid of the vestiges of age, race or personality, she leaves the human silhouette open to reveal the layers of meaning underneath it. Coronel’s work has been exhibited in Los Angeles, Manila, Singapore and at Art Basel Hong Kong, Frieze Seoul and The Armory Show in New York. Chati Coronel lives and works in Toronto and is represented by Silverlens Galleries.
ARTIST’S CV:
RESIDENCIES
2000 Residency, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Degrees of Softness, Giant Dwarf Gallery, Angono
2022 Inner Constellations, Online Viewing Room, Silverlens, Manila
2021 Celestial Data for Daydreaming, Silverlens, Manila
2020 BE THE_, Online Vieiwing Room, Silverlens, Manila
2018 The Infinite Yes, Silverlens, Manila
2016 The Way In/The Way Out, Silverlens, Manila
2015 Word Paintings, Manila FAME, SMX Convention Center, Manila
How to Open a Mountain, Silverlens, Manila
2014 The First Kiss on Earth, Silverlens, Singapore
2013 UnPortraits, Silverlens, Manila
2012 SkinSkin, Silverlens, Manila
2010 An Hour in a Glass Balloon, Silverlens, Manila
2009 Primal Prayer, Groundfloor@Santeecourt Gallery, Los Angeles 2007 Minus,
Groundfloor@Santeecourt Gallery, Los Angeles
2003 The Dakini Principle, The Podium, Manila
Lila: Divine Play, Big and Small Gallery, Manila
1999 Supershine, Surrounded by Water Gallery, Manila
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Shrines and Spirits, Silverlens New York
Frieze, Seoul
Armory , New York
Art Fair Philippines, Silverlens, Manila
2022 Art Fair Philippines, Silverlens, Manila
Hitherto V, Project Space Pilipinas, Lucban
2021 Collectors Plus, Silverlens, Manila
Art Fair Philippines, Silverlens, Manila
Art in the Park, Silverlens, Manila
2020 Collectors Plus, Silverlens, Manila
Anticipating the Day, Silverlens, Manila
Art Fair Philippines, Silverlens, Manila
2019 The Hybridity and Dynamism of the Contemporary Art of the Philippines,
HansaeYes24 Foundation, Seoul
Art Basel, Silverlens, Hong Kong
Zero Infinite, Silverlens, Manila
Art Fair Philippines, Silverlens, Manila
2018 Art Basel, Silverlens, Hong Kong
Art Fair Philippines, Silverlens, Manila
Shared Coordinates, a collaboration of Edouard Malingue Gallery,
ROH Projects, MSAC and SILVERLENS, The Arts House, Singapore
2017 Translación, Inaugural Exhibition, Silverlens, Manila
2016 Art Fair Philippines, Silverlens, Manila
2015 Bazaar Art Jakarta, The Ritz Carlton Jakarta Pacific Place, Indonesia
Surrounded by Water, Finale Art File, Manila
Art Fair Philippines, Silverlens, Manila
2014 Art Fair Philippines, Silverlens, Manila
2013 Art Fair Philippines, Silverlens, Manila
A Tribute to Heroines, Louis Vuitton 20th Anniversary Exhibit, Manila
2011 Hybrids, curated by Rachel Rillo, Blanc, Manila
Munifestation, Blanc, Manila
Working in Progress, curated by Adeline Ooi, Silverlens, Manila
2006 Far and Wide, MJ Higgins Gallery, Los Angeles
2005 Florence Bienniale, Basso Fortress, Florence
Anniversary Show: MJ Higgins Gallery, Los Angeles
1999 Transmodern Transgressions, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila
1997 Gallery Artists 2, Brix Gallery, Manila
EDUCATION
1991 University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines Bachelor of Science in Architecture