Marcel Antonio

Place: Manila

Born: 1965

Biography:

Marcel Antonio is a Filipino painter born in Manila in 1965. He is considered one of the most promising young talents in Philippine contemporary art. He launched a solo show and dropped out of the University of the Philippines' College of Fine Arts to continue to produce collections of his distinctly narrative as well as pseudo-narrative figurative paintings influenced by modernism and 1980s postmodernism. Since then, Antonio produced enough sold-out works to be quickly counted as one of the Philippines' young painters most proficient in the magic realist sort of post-expressionism in the country. Antonio's works involve a clear post-expressionism with mysterious themes, often utilizing fabular images that combine myth with reality, creating seeming stories behind his paintings that has continued to capture Manila's mainstream gallery-goers' attention with their deep sense of play. In his country, Antonio has exhibited in major galleries including Galleria Duemila, The Drawing Room, Gallery BIG, Galleria Quattrocento, and AltroMondo Arte Contemporanea, where his following has included local and international collectors. He has also exhibited in Berlin, Australia, and Singapore.