MM Yu

Description

MM Yu b.1978, Lives and works in Manila, Philippines. The hybrid and density of MM Yu’s subjects remind us of how objects and signs are not necessarily self-contained but take part in larger systems of interaction. With photography as her point of departure, the artist has confronted the complexity of her pictorial discourse and developed a series of images engaged in a formal and conceptual dialogue.

These recorded static scenarios show through their thematic variety the artist’s interest in discovering and valuing the fleeting moment present even in its simplest components. The diverse elements in her works not only underscore the inability of photography to account for fractured temporality. Through her ongoing interest in deciphering the enigma of the unseen landscape of ordinary things, they also force us to rethink what our minds already know and rediscover what our eyes have already seen.

Biography

MM Yu

born 1978 in Manila (Philippines)

lives and works in Manila (Philippines)

1997-2001 University of the Philippines, Quezon City (RP)

Exhibitions, projects (selection, 2003-2011)

2011

Inventory, Gallery Zimmermann Kratochwill, Graz (Aut) (solo)

2010

Waste not, want not, Finale Art File, Manila (RP) (solo)

The river project, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney (AUS)

Minimum yields maximum, Monte Vista, Los Angeles/California (USA)

Philippine abstraction, Slot Gallery, Sydney (AUS)

2009

Forever and ever and ever and ever, VWFA Singapore (SGP)

Either/or, Finale Art File, Manila (RP) (solo)

This and that, Triple Base Gallery, San Francisco, California (USA)

Bayanihan, Okay Mountain, Austin, Texas (USA)

Cut, Valentine Willie, Kuala Lumpur (MAL)

Beyond Frame, curated by Gina Fairley, Ateneo Gallery, Manila (RP)

2008

Rescind, West Gallery, Manila (RP) (solo)

Young contemporary Philippines, Richard Koh Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur (MAL)

Standstill, Ateneo Art Gallery, Manila (RP) (solo)

Odds and ends, Finale Art File, Manila (RP) (solo)

Black, Magnet Gallery, Katipunan (RP) (solo)

Beyond frame, UTS Gallery, Sydney (AUS)

The galleon trade: Bay area now, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco/California (USA)

Room 307: Inkling, Gutfeel and Hunch, National Art Gallery, National Museum, Manila (RP)

2007

Jump cut (to Darwin), Independent video works from Manila, Northern Territory Centre for Contemporary Art, Darwin (AUS)

Misplaced alibi, Pablo Gallery, Cubao (RP) (solo)

Thoughts collected, recollected, Finale Art File, Manila (RP) (solo)

2006

Flippin' out: Maynila to Williamsburg, Goliath Visual Space, New York City/New York (USA)

Disquiet, Finale Art File, Makati City (RP) (solo)

Picturing painting, Jorge B. Vargas Museum, Quezon City (RP)

600 Images / 60 Artists / 6 Curators / 6 Cities: Bangkok / Berlin / London / Los Angeles / Manila / Saigon, Lumiere, Makati City (RP)

New works, Museo ng Iloilo, Iloilo City (RP)

Metropolitan mapping, Cultural Art Center Hongkong, Hongkong (HK)

Jumpcut, Green Papaya Art Projects, Manila (RP)

Manila envelope, Worth Ryder Gallery, Berkeley/California (USA)

2005

To here knows when, Finale Art File, Makati City (RP) (solo)

2004

Faint descent, Magnet Gallery, Manila (RP) (solo)

Breathe, Finale Art File, Makati City (RP) (solo)

The sedimentation of the mind is a jumbled Museum, Jorge B. Vargas Museum, Quezon City (RP)

2003

Picture this, curated by Roberto Chabet, The Art Center, Manila (RP)

2002

Disparity and variability, The White Wall, Quezon City (RP)

Conversation, curated by Roberto Chabet, The Art Center, Manila (RP)

2001

Prolegomenon, curated by Gerardo Tan, The White Wall, Quezon City (RP)

Cool pieties, curated by Roberto Chabet, The Art Center, Manila (RP)

Two for the road, curated by Gerardo Tan, Green Papaya Art Projects, Manila (RP)

2000

2nd edition, Printworks, curated by Mario Parial, Blind Tiger, Manila (RP)

A multimedia exhibit in conjunction, versus, Alumni Center, Quezon City (RP)