RONALD VENTURA

Born in Manila, the Philippines, Ronald Ventura continues to live and work in his home country. His paintings and sculptures are well-known for their unique combination of figurative motifs, making them among Southeast Asia’s most recognisable images of contemporary art.

Ventura’s work features a complex layering of images and styles, ranging from hyperrealism, cartoons and graffiti. He views this layering process as a metaphor for the multifaceted national identity of the Philippines. Over the centuries, the country has been influenced by various occupying powers such as Spain, Japan, and the United States, alongside its underlying indigenous culture, resulting in a complex and sometimes uneasy sense of identity. Ventura explores this phenomenon through a visual dialogue of images, seamlessly blending Eastern and Western aesthetics, high and low art, as well as references to Old Master paintings and Japanese and American cartoons. In addition, he draws attention to the ‘second skin’ of cultural signifiers that each individual carries, often subconsciously. For Ventura, skin serves as an expressive surface, adorned with tattoos, concealed under layers of imagery, or exploding outward to reveal an inner world of fantasy and conflict.

HUMAN STUDY 5

RONALD VENTURA

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HUMAN STUDY SERIES 001

RONALD VENTURA

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Black and Yellow Temptation: Ronald Ventura's “Grey Avenue”

2024.01.19
Exhibition

The Enigmatic Artistry of Ronald Ventura｜Solo Exhibition at New Art Museum Singapore

2023.11.15
INTERVIEW

RONALD VENTURA: An Introspective

Online Exhibition
August 7, 2021

RONALD VENTURA: Grey Avenue

Ginza New Gallery
2024.01.14 - 02.17

RONALD VENTURA: Comic Stripes

Ginza New Gallery
June 4 - June 26, 2021

RONALD VENTURA: Comic Lives

Ginza New Gallery
December 14, 2018 - January 13, 2019

EXHIBITION

2024: Grey Avenue : Whitestone Ginza New Gallery, Tokyo
2023: An Introspective : New Art Museum Singapore, Singapore
2021: Comic Stripes : Whitestone Ginza New Gallery, Tokyo
2018: Comic Lives : Whitestone Ginza New Gallery, Tokyo
Territorial Crossing : Primo Marella Gallery, Milan, Italy
2017: Territorial Terror : West Gallery, Quezon City, PHL
Wild State of Mind : Tyler Rollins Fine Art Gallery, New York
Shadow Forest, Encounters and Explorations : The Metropolitan Museum of Manila
2016: Project: Finding Home : Museum of Contemporary Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
Talisman, Anito Kristo : Ronac Art Center, Magallanes, Makati City, Manila
Ronald Ventura-Recent Works : Primae Noctis Art Gallery, Lugano, Switzerland
2015: The Hunting Ground : Primo Marella Gallery, Milan
Ronald Ventura-Recent Works : Taiwan Art Fair, World Trade Center, Taipei
2014: Bulul-Ronald Ventura and the traditional art of the Philippines- : Museo delle Culture, Lugano
2013: Voids and Cages : Perrotin Gallery, Hong Kong
2012: Recyclables : Singapore Tyler Print Institute, Singapore

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"An Introspective", New Art Museum Singapore, 2023

"Comic Lives", Ginza New Gallery, 2018

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