Charles Buenconsejo

Charles Buenconsejo, who was born and raised in Cebu, in the Philippines, is a multidisciplinary artist, photographer, and land cultivator currently based in Whangārei, Aotearoa. His artistic practice revolves around the exploration and deconstruction of visual culture through print, video and installation works.

Buenconsejo studied fine arts at the University of the Philippines. He had his first solo show in 2012 and has since been a prolific artist winning numerous awards. Most notable are the 2013 and 2014 Ateneo Art Awards, which earned him a residency with the La Trobe University Visual Arts Centre in Bendigo, Australia.

Buenconsejo and his wife, Grace Bariso-Buenconsejo moved to Aotearoa in 2016 and established a community-focused creative arts and gardening project called Open Homes in their backyard in New Lynn, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. In 2021, Open Homes permanently closed and the couple moved to Whangārei and founded the arts collective Soil of Cultures with their long-time collaborator Auggie Fontanilla. Since then, Buenconsejo has been deeply engaged in weaving the principles of food sovereignty and agroecology into his art practice.

Soil of Cultures – website

Soil of Cultures – Facebook

Charles Buenconsejo – website

Solo Exhibitions

2021 – Open Home, RM Gallery, Tāmaki Makaurau
2020 – 2016–2020, Te Tuhi, Tāmaki Makaurau
2016 – Name, Kind, Application, Date Last Opened, Date Added, Date Modified, Date Created, Size, Tags, Art Informal Gallery, Pasig, Philippines
2015 – Relative Nothing, Ateneo Art Gallery, Quezon City, Philippines
2015 – Relative Nothing, La Trobe Visual Arts Centre, Bendigo, Australia
2014 – The Way Up and The Way Down, Blanc Gallery, Quezon City, Philippines
2014 – Unending Void, Art Informal Gallery, Pasig City, Philippines
2013 – Destination Unknown, West Gallery, Quezon City, Philippines
2012 – Reality is a Hologram, Art Informal Gallery, Pasig City, Philippines

Group Exhibitions

2021 – Open Homes: Another World is Possible, All Goods, Tāmaki Makaurau
2019 – Art Fair Philippines, The Link, Makati City, Philippines
2017 – Ateneo Art Awards, Ateneo Art Gallery, Quezon City, Philippines
2017 – Mutable Truths: Perspectives on Philippine Contemporary Art Practice, La Trobe Visual Arts Centre, Bendigo, Australia
2017 – Shared Residence, Ateneo Art Gallery, Quezon City, Philippines
2016 – Hypermanilarama, Nova Gallery, Makati City, Philippines
2016 – The Philippine Contemporary: To Scale the Past and Possible, The Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Manila City, Philippines
2016 – Art Fair Philippines, The Link, Makati City, Philippines
2015 – Ateneo Art Awards, Ateneo Art Gallery, Quezon City, Philippines
2015 – Art Fair Philippines, The Link, Makati City, Philippines
2014 – Bookends, Blanc Gallery, Quezon City, Philippines
2014 – Before and After, West Gallery, Quezon City, Philippines
2014 – Ateneo Art Awards, Ateneo Art Gallery, Quezon City, Philippines
2014 – Table Top, Altro Mondo, Makati City, Philippines
2013 – Ateneo Art Awards, Ateneo Art Gallery, Quezon City, Philippines
2013 – Stills, Blanc Gallery, Quezon City, Philippines
2012 – Sea,Sun and Sky, Heima, Makati City, Philippines
2011 – Untitled Photographs, Bliss on Bliss Studio, New York, USA
2011 – 20th Sosabeol International Art Expo, Flame Show 2011, South Korea
2011 – It Doesn’t Snow in Manila, Art Informal Gallery, Pasig, Philippines
2011 – Good Night, Sleepless Night, Descry Gallery, San Francisco, USA
2011 – FFFF Exhibit, Blanc Gallery, Mandaluyong, Philippines
2011 – Hats on, Bottoms Off, Blanc Gallery, Mandaluyong, Philippines

Residency

2015 – La Trobe Visual Arts Centre, Bendigo, Australia

2017 – Ateneo Art Awards: Shortlisted (Name, Kind, Application, Date Last Opened, Date Added, Date Modified, Date Created, Size, Tags)

2015 – Ateneo Art Awards: Shortlisted (Unending Void)

2014 – Ateneo Art Awards: Winner (Destination Unknown)

2014 – Ateneo Art Awards: Winner (Reality is a Hologram)