ARMAINE YAPYUCO
Armaine Yapyuco was born in Manila, Philippines in 1992. She started drawing as a child, and has been self-taught since.
Although having graduated with a major in BS Architecture at the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, she decided to dive back to her first love, the fine arts, by pursuing her MFA in Global Art Practice at Tokyo University of the Arts in Japan.
She usually finds comfort in utilizing paint medium in her works, but has recently been exploring and expanding into other forms of art, such as installation, performance, and the like.
After completing her undergraduate degree, she has exhibited in several group shows in the Philippines, Japan, and South Korea.
LIST OF EXHIBITIONS
2020
- "Graduation Exhibition" - University Hall, Tokyo University of the Arts, Ueno, Tokyo, Japan
2019
- "Strange Neighbor" - Art Park Gallery, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea
- "Shinkouchu (Work in Progress)" - Chinretsukan Gallery, Ueno, Tokyo, Japan
2018
- "Art Path 2018" - Tokyo University of Arts, Toride Museum, Toride, Ibaraki, Japan
- "Embracing Borders" - Chinretsukan Gallery, Ueno, Tokyo, Japan
- "Openness?: A Way to Get to Freedom" - Tochka, Kita-Senju, Tokyo, Japan
- "Art as Experiment: Performing the School" - The Sogetsu Foundation Headquarters, Tokyo, Japan
2017
- "GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS" - A SPACE, Greenbelt, Makati City, Philippines
2016
- "INSTANT DOODLES 6" - Erehwon Center for the Arts, Quezon City, Philippines
2015
- "INSTANT DOODLES: Never Dies" - SET Artist Run Space, Makati City, Philippines
2014
- "A Gathering of the Tribes" - Art Galileia, Taguig City Philippines