Joselina Cruz
BIOBIBLIOGRAPHY ........................... Manila/ *1970 Independent curator and writer based in Manila. She has curated several local exhibitions, co-curated some international shows, occasionally writes for local broad sheets, magazines and academic journals. She finished her M.A. at the Royal College of Art (RCA), London. 1991 - 1993: Metropolitan Museum of Manila (education assistant, Exhibitions and Education Programmes Department); 1993 to the present: Art History, M.A., University of the Philippines (thesis); 1993 - 1997: MEGA Magazine (June 1994 - Aug. 1997, associate editor). 1997 - 1999: VAA: Curating and Commissioning Contemporary Art, M.A., Royal College of Art, London. 1999 to the present: Curatorial consultant, Lopez Memorial Museum, Manila. 2001-2002: Lecturer, Art Studies Department, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City (2nd semester). 2001 “Kapitan Artemio Tirona Memorial Exhibition”. Project by Alfredo Juan Aquilizan, CCP (curator) “Refresh: 70s and 80s, Selections from the Collection”. Lopez Memoiral Museum, June - Aug. 2001 (curator) “RX: Critical Remedies”. Lopez Memorial Museum, May - June 2001 (curator) “Incision”. Rx: Critical Remedies, Lopez Memorial Museum (curatorial essay) “Earth To Sky”. Lopez Memorial Museum, March - April 2001 (curator) “Essence from Illusion”. Earth to Sky, Lopez Memorial Museum (curatorial essay) “Pacita Abad: unfurled”. Lopez Memorial Museum, Jan. - Febr. 2001 (curator) “Spin: The Textile Collection of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) / Cycle artists’ projects based on the CCP textile collection”. Jan. - June 2001 (curator) “Spin, Artists’ Projects”. SPINcycle Catalogue (editor and writer) “Musings and Utterances”. Bluprint Magazine, vol. 1 2000 “Re-Thinking Philippine Modernism”. Lopez Memorial Museum, Nov. - Dec. 2000 (curator) “Video Take”. Resource curator (for the Philippines and Singapore), Brussels/Belgium, Oct. 2000 (curator) “In-Site: Exhibiting in Particular Territories. A Conference on Current Curatorial Practice”, July 2000 (project director) “Playing the Oracle”. (Ringo Bunoan, Nona Garcia, Lena Cobangbang), The Daily Tribune “Stories from a Recent Hanging”. Bluprint Magazine, Aug. 2000 1999 “Independent Space”. Internship with curator Melissa Chiu, Gallery 4A, Sydney Internship with curators Felicity Fenner and Jane Hardy, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, University Gallery, University of New South Wales, Sydney Australia Asia-Pacific Triennial, APT3. Work placement with APT3 Project Team, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane “Working within the Grid and Instances of Extrication”. Transit: A Quarterly of Art Discussion, vol. 1. no. 4, Dec. 1999 “Mark Justiniani and Sangawa”. Second Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art Catalogue, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane (catalogue text) “Crash!: Johann Grimonprez’s video DIAL H-i-s-t-o-r-y”. The Daily Tribune “Art Wears Well”. Exhibition review ‘Addressing the Century’ Hayward Gallery, Mega Magazine 11th Biennale of Sydney, International Festival of Contemporary Art. Work placement with the curatorial team (exhibitions manager Francesca Valmorbida and Biennale director Jonathan Watkins) “Waiting-Time”. The Hall, Ashwell House, Old Street, London, June 1999 (curator) “go away: artists and travel”. Royal College of Art, London, April - May 1999 (co-curator) 1997 “Brave New Conservative”. Mega Magazine 1996 “Dave’s Goliath” (on the Museo ng Sining), Mega Magazine, Oct. 1996 “Works in Progress: Katya Guerrero”. Mega Magazine, April 1996 1995 “A Woman of Color”. Mega Magazine, June 1995 1994 “Out of the Mold: Roberto Feleo”. Mega Magazine, Nov. 1994 “The Magic Circle: CCP Thirteen Artists Award”. Mega Magazine, July 1994 “Off the Wall”. Mega Magazine, Febr. 1994 |
