Thirteen Artist

Awardee
Mark Justiniani
1966
 ALL ABOUT MARK JUSTINIANI
 Was born on April 25, 1966 at Bacolod City, Negros Occidental,
Philippines
 A multi-awarded artist in almost all-nation art competitions
 He was granted the much coveted Thirteen Artists Award by
Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) in 1994
 A well-traveled artist and has represented the Philippines in
various international conferences, workshops and exhibitions
in Japan, Denmark, Australia and USA
 Life Events
 Took up painting at University of the Philippines on 1982.

 Actively protests art movements amid the intense political climate in the
Philippines.

 Became affiliated with collectives promoting socio-political causes in

art.

 Held his first solo exhibition at Kasimanwa, at the Hiraya Gallery in

Manila in 1993.

 Identified with lineage of Social Realism

 Artist- activist initiatives like Abay (Artista ng Bayan) and Sanggawa

(1994)

 Became part of the Salingpusa Art Group

 ACHIEVEMENTS
 Receives The Thirteen Artist Award of the Cultural Center of The Philippines in 1994
 Participated at the Asia Pacific Triennial and in the 2000 Sydney Biennale
 2013 Outstanding Bosconian, Don Bosco Technical Institute, Victorias, Negros, Philippines
 2009 Judge, CCP Thirteen Artists Awards 2009, Cultural Center of the Philippines
 2005 Solidarity Award, Pilipino Workers’ Center (PWC), Los Angeles, California
 2004 Award for Continuing Excellence in the Arts, Metrobank Foundation, Manila, Philippines
 2002 Juror, Arts Council for Long Beach Grant Program, Long Beach California
 2000 Finalist, Philippine Art Awards, Metropolitan Museum, Manila, Philippines
 1999 Jurors Choice Award, Philip Morris Group of Companies, Philippine Art Awards, Manila, Philippines
 Philippine Representative, ASEAN Art Awards, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
 1998 Awardee, Philippine Centennial Mural Project (6.5 ft. x 84 ft.) at the Heroes Hall, Malacanang Palace,
Office of the President of the Republic of the Philippines (as member of Sanggawa)
 1997 Malihaw Awardee, The Most Outstanding Victorianon in the Arts, Victorias, Negros Occidental,
Philippines
 1994 13 Artists Awards, Most Outstanding Achievement of Young Artists in the Philippines, Cultural Center
of the Philippines
 1992 Grant offered by the Cultural Center of the Philippines for the Karnabal mural project (as member of
Jamming Ground), Environmental Mural Making Contest, Quezon Circle, Quezon City, Philippines
 1991 Second place, UST Annual on the spot painting contest, Manila, Philippines
 1990 Grand Prize, 7th Metrobank National Painting Competition, Manila, Philippines
 1989 Award of Excellence, 22nd National Shell Student Painting Contest, Manila, Philippines
HIS WORKS
Manunuyo, 2017
Reading Book, 2006

Salamin, 2019

Pahuway, 2005

Ungkod, 2005

Hilum, 2004
Takipsilim, 2018