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Ian Madrigal 

is a cross disciplinary art practitioner based in Manila Philippines who works on the premise of Graphic Design, Performance Art, Painting, and Video Installation.Graduated Bachelor of Fine Arts Major in Painting at Philippine Women's University Institute of Fine Arts and Designs. A Core Member of Sapi Art Collectives which is Active in Voluntary Art Projects such as Art Workshops and and Mural Paintings for the Benefit of street children and ABS-CBN Bantay Bata Foundation. A Core Member of Tupada Action and Media Art: International Performance and New Media Art Event which is active in International Artist Mission Exchange and International Performance Art Events. He is a Multimedia Art Practitioner and Practices; Performance Art, Painting, Video Installations, Photography and other forms of Art. He performed both individual & collaborative in 2006 Segundo Encuentro Arte Corporal at Teatro Teresa Careño in Caracas and Museo Arte Contemporario at Maracaibo Venezuela South America among others. He also has been invited to do a collaborative performance  for a local independent Film “Melancholia”(A film by Lav Diaz) that recently won in the 2008 “Orizzonti Best Picture Award 2008” in Venice Film Festival Italy. His video works has been shown locally in The End Frame Video Art Projects & on several other countries in events such as NIVAF (Nippon International Video Art Festival) Tokyo Japan. Locally he participated  in events such as TAMA (Tupada Action & Media Art) & The Electric Underground Collective & founded the collective group namely INC ( Innovative Noise Collective) who participates on sound art/performance events on several venues and art events. He won Semi Finalist at Asia Europe Foundation's New Millennium in my Dreams International Painting Competition dated May 2000. He Participated in various group Painting Exhibitions, Performances, New Media and Installations in the Galleries and local Art Spaces in the Philippines such as Imagine: Silence The Solitudes of Love at Greenbel 5, Blue Room Art Gallery, Gallerie Astra, Penguin Cafe, Donada Art Gallery, Twisted Sun Art Gallery, The Baguio Art Congress and The University of the Philippines: Arts and Literature Week. He is presently the proprietor and creative director of Mardigrass Creatives a Freelance Design Studio Specializes on Print Media and Audio Visual Presentation in the Philippines with his contemporary art partner Mitch Garcia.

PERFORMANCES, MEDIA & INSTALLATION

Reformation.Video Painting Installation.Galerie Astra.2004
The Installation consist the infinite red line of painting that lies on the ground through the video represents the downfall; but the paintings on the wall represents the reformation contrast on the ground that tells the viewer that we all have a chance to change for good of humanity.

Fitter Happier/Electioneering.Performance and Audio Visual Projection.TAMA ’06 (Tupada Action and Media Art) The 3^rd TUPADA International Performance Art Festival ,Lingayen Pangasinan Plaza,Pangasinan,March 12 2006

The Performance Process:

I wrote words on my body such as: Communism, Maoism, Marxism, Revolutionism, Lennism, Commercialism, Imperialism, Christianism, Globalization etc. After I wrote some Words I cut my Hair as a form of protest and clean the words that I wrote to my body and put on my typical office clothes. While doing the action a video was played and projected which shows the following; my typical relaxing habit at home, the television which shows the dark days here in the Philippines under the dictatorship of President Ferdinand Marcos, The dispersal of protestors sprayed by the fire truck, The Image of The Protest shows burning of U.S. flag done by the women group that fights for justice for the rape and sexual harassment victim which the suspect is a member U.S. Army, The Image of Adolf Hitler, The Image of The President of The Philippine Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, The image of the Painting of Anti-Imperialism Heroes in the Philippines, The depressed Payatas Garbage Depot Neighborhood Community, The Victims of WOWOWEE stampede which happens because of poverty, A candlelight with a signage saying Justice to The Stampede Victims and End Poverty and lastly my picture while I was in  the jail because I caught joining the protest rally.An electronic noise and voice over that describes the exact opposite of me was played also while the video is played.

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Reformation of Soul and Persona.Performance.TUPADA 9 Action

Art Event.Kulay Diwa Art Gallery.Sucat Parañaque.October 2003

The Performance Process:

I wrote phrase on my body says; I am an Asshole and my wife leaves me and I interact with the audiences to write all of their Angst and Hatred all over my body. After they wrote their angst and hatred all over my body I cover it with white paint which signifies the healing process by art-making and I cleansed my body with water which Signifies the cleansing process take away all the angst through my body and a new reformed body was produced by art making process.

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