LEXYGIUS SANCHEZ CALIP is an interdisciplinary art practitioner who query the weight of gestures in shaping viable and autonomous art practices that confront its common traditions. Through intuitive and conceptually driven interventions and provocations, the philosophical and trivial characteristic of his process, which he regards as dialogues, highlight the temporal, the spatial, and the natural—overlooked qualities of spaces and places familiar to us. With the objective to disseminate a complementary discourse, his gestural approach expresses an altered lens in engaging the conventions of art and its practices. The extant of metaphors and allegorical semiotics in his works convey our individual and collective experiences, the social challenges and conditions that we share within the diverse contemporary societies and environments we endure.
He is a recipient of the Anne Bremer Memorial Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts (2020), and the Excellence in Scholarship Master of Arts Thesis Award (2021) at the San Francisco Art Institute. He is a Graduate Fellow for the Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA (2022-23); a Murphy Cadogan Award recipient with SOMArts, San Francisco, CA (2019); and a Freeman Foundation Fellow for the Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT (2005). He has presented his works through lectures and talks, including: The Headlands Center for the Arts (2022); the Society of Literature, Science, and Art [SLSA] Conference, hosted by the University of Michigan, MI (2021); the Memories Are Sacred solo exhibition lecture at the Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila, PH (2013); and The Importance and Effects of Globalization on Contemporary Art Practices at the University of the Philippines, Quezon City, PH (2004). His works has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including: the Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA; the deYoung Museum, San Francisco, CA; SOMArts, San Francisco, CA; the Walter and McBean Galleries, San Francisco, CA; the Brickton Art Center, Chicago, IL; The Hairpin Art Center, Chicago, IL; the Bliss on Bliss Art Projects, New York, NY, and Bogota, Colombia; the Tempio di Pomona in Salerno, Italy; the Palazzo Albrizzi-Capello, Associazione Culturale Italo-Tedesca (ACIT), Venice, Italy; the Palazzo della Cancelleria Vaticano, Rome, Italy; The Line Contemporary Art Space, London, UK; UAMO Festival, Munich, Germany; the EWNS Art Projects, Paris, France; the Metropolitan Museum of Manila, PH; Jorge P. Vargas Museum, Quezon City, PH; GSIS Museum of Art, Manila, PH; and the Cultural Center of the Philippines in Manila, among others.
He received his Master of Fine Arts degree in Studio Art (2020), and a Master of Arts degree in History and Theory of Contemporary Art (2021), from the San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA. Currently, he is pursuing post-graduate studies in Philosophy, Aesthetics, and Art Theory at the Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts in Portland, Maine. He is a Lecturer for the Art and Art History Department at San Jose State University, San Jose, CA; the Department of Art History and Museum Studies at the University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; and an adjunct Associate Professor at the School of Fine Arts and Design at the Philippine Women’s University in Manila, Philippines. He lives in San Francisco CA.
SELECTED MERITS AND RECOGNITIONS
2022 AWARD RECIPIENT, Graduate Fellowship Award, Artist in Residence, Headlands Center for the Arts, CA U.S.A. 2021 AWARD RECIPIENT, Excellence in Scholarship Master of Arts Thesis Award, San Francisco Art Institute, CA U.S.A. AWARD RECIPIENT, Excellence in Sculpture and Services to Humanity Award, San Francisco Art Institute, CA U.S.A. 2020 AWARD RECIPIENT, The Anne Bremmer Memorial Award, San Francisco Art Institute, CA U.S.A. AWARD RECIPIENT, Graduate Master of Arts Full Fellowship, San Francisco Art institute, CA U.S.A. AWARD RECIPIENT, The Anne Bremmer Annual Exposition of Book Art, San Francisco Art Institute, CA U.S.A. 2019 AWARD RECIPIENT, MURPHY CADOGAN ART AWARDS, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A. 2018 AWARD RECIPIENT, Trustee Scholarship, San Francisco Art Institute, CA, U.S.A. 2017 GRAND PRIZE RECIPIENT, Clyde & Co Art Awards 2017, San Francisco CA, U.S.A. 2016 AWARD RECIPIENT, Presidential Merit Scholarship, San Francisco Art Institute, CA, U.S.A. 2012 NOMINEE, Thirteen Artist Awards, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines 2009 NOMINEE, Thirteen Artist Awards, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines 2006 NOMINEE, Thirteen Artist Awards, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines 2005 AWARDEE, Freeman Fellowship Foundation, Vermont Studio Center, U.S.A. 2004 NOMINEE, Ateneo Art Awards, Ateneo Museum of Modern Art, Manila, Philippines 2003 NOMINEE, Thirteen Artist Awards, Cultural Center of the Philippines
HONOURABLE MENTION, Asean Art Awards (Philip Morris) Manila, Philippines 2001 HONOURABLE MENTION, Art Association of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines 1999 HONOURABLE MENTION, Asean Art Awards (Philip Morris) Manila, Philippines
HONOURABLE MENTION, Nokia Art Awards, Manila, Philippines 1998 2ND PRIZE RECIPIENT, Diwa ng Sining Art Awards, Manila, Philippines 1997 HONOURABLE MENTION, Asean Art Awards (Philip Morris) Manila, Philippines
HONOURABLE MENTION, SGS Printmaking Competition, Ayala Museum, Manila, Philippines 1996 HONOURABLE MENTION, Asean Art Awards (Philip Morris) Manila, Philippines
HONOURABLE MENTION, Shell NSAC Painting Competition, Manila, Philippines
HONOURABLE MENTION, PLDT-DPC National Art Competition, Manila, Philippines 1995 HONOURABLE MENTION, Shell NSAC Painting Competition, Manila, Philippines 1994 HONOURABLE MENTION, Shell NSAC Painting Competition, Manila, Philippines 1993 HONOURABLE MENTION, Art Association of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines
HONOURABLE MENTION, Shell NSAC Painting Competition, Manila, Philippines
CONFERENCES, LECTURES and SYMPOSIUMS
2022 Artist Lecture, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA 2021 Artist Presenter, Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts (SLSA) Conference, Energy, School of Art and Design, University of Michigan, MI 2020 Artist Presenter, In Stillness is Where You Tremble, The Inframince in Contemporary Art, Master of Arts HTCA Thesis Symposium, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA 2013 Artist Lecture, Memories are Sacred Exhibition, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila Philippines 2005 Artist Lecture, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT 2004 Artist Lecture, The Importance and Effects of Globalization on Contemporary Art Practices, University of the Philippines, Manila Philippines 2003 Artist Lecture, Junk Art, Technological University of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines
ARTISTIC AND ACADEMIC RESIDENCIES
2023 HEADLANDS CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Sausalito, CA IDSVA INTENSIVE RESIDENCY, Castello di Spannocchia, Siena, Italy IDSVA INTENSIVE RESIDENCY, Rome, Italy 2022 HEADLANDS CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Sausalito, CA 2010 STONEHOUSE RESIDENCY FOR THE CONTEMPORARY ART, Mira Monte CA, U.S.A.
THE HATCHERY ART SPACES, Badger CA, U.S.A. 2006 LOBOT GALLERY, Oakland, CA, U.S.A.
2005 VERMONT STUDIO CENTER, Johnson VT, U.S.A.
ACADEMIC AND INSTITUTIONAL PRACTICE
2023 Artist Jury, Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA Associate Professor, Philippine Women’s University, Manila Philippines Lecturer, San Jose State University, San Jose CA Lecturer, University of San Francisco, San Francisco CA 2022 Visiting Faculty, Philippine Women’s University, Manila Philippines Lecturer, San Jose State University, San Jose CA 2021 Exhibitions Manager, Walter and McBean Galleries ,San Francisco CA Exhibitions Manager, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco CA Gallery Liaison and Associate, Walter and McBean Galleries, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco CA 2020 Teaching Assistantship to Meredith Tromble and Cristóbal Martinez, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco CA 2019 Lecturer, Video Art Class, Young Artist Program, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco CA 2018 Program Coordinator/Director, West Wall Gallery, San Francisco CA Lecturer, Life to Line Drawing Class -Young Artist Program, SFAI 2017 Teaching Assistantship, Installation Art for Anthony Discenza, Pre-College Program, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco CA 2016 Teaching Assistantship, Black and White Photography for Alice Shaw, Pre-College Program, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco CA 2015 Lecturer, Art Class/Program, Immaculate Conception School, Chicago IL Exhibition Curator, Open Center for the Arts, Chicago IL 2014 Gallery Manager/Curator, Artology Gallery, Chicago IL 2005 Resident Artist Facilitator, Art Workshop, Johnson Elementary School, Johnson VT Resident Artist Lecturer, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson VT 2004 Facilitator, Art Workshop, Lubao Pampangga, Philippines 2003 Artist Jury, BFA Thesis, Far Eastern University, Manila Philippines
CURATORIAL AND EXHIBITION PROJECTS
2023 THE DEEPER WE SUNK IN DREAMS, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA 2022 DEFENSIBLE SPACE, Vernissage MFA Exhibition, Walter and McBean Galleries, San Francisco, CA THRESHOLDS, Vernissage MFA Exhibition, Walter and McBean Galleries, San Francisco CA Curatorial Collaboration with Artist Tony Labat WHY SHOULD WE CALL IT ANYTHING? Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA Curatorial collaboration with Artist John DeFazio BETWEEN ARTISTS, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA Curatorial collaboration with Artist Brett Reichman 2021 DUST SPECKS OVER THE SEA: Contemporary Sculpture from the French Caribbean and Haiti, Walter and McBean Galleries, San Francisco, CA Exhibition Project collaboration with Curators: Katie Hood Morgan and Arden Sherman HARBINGER: 12 GRADUATES, Walter and McBean Galleries, San Francisco, CA Exhibition Project collaboration with Curator Katie Hood Morgan THE FUTURE IS, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA Curatorial collaboration with Artist Brett Reichman 2016 EXTANT, Group Exhibition, STUDIO 213, MANA Contemporary, Chicago IL
WE THE SURVIVALISTS, Group Exhibition, STUDIO 213, MANA Contemporary, Chicago IL
2015 HIDDEN PROCESS, Group Exhibition, Open center for the Arts, Chicago IL
REMNANTS, Group exhibition, Open Center for the Arts, Chicago IL
EFFIGIES, Solo exhibition by ABRAHAM, NYCH Gallery, Chicago IL
REVERBERATE, Three person exhibition by Lexygius Calip, Nasim Hantehzadeh, Shanna Zentner, Bliss on Bliss Art Projects, Queens NY
2014 PAIN, GLEE AND MOCKERY, Solo Exhibition by Kevin Lawler, Artology Gallery, Chicago IL
A MIRROR TO YOUR SOUL, Solo Exhibition by ABRAHAM, Artology Gallery, Chicago IL
CANNOT BE A COMFORTABLE CONDITION, Solo Exhibition by Nasim Hantehzadeh, Artology Gallery, Chicago IL
2010 RESIDENCY EXHIBITION PRESENTATION, The Stonehouse Residency for the Contemporary Art, Mira Monte CA
2005 RESIDENCY EXHIBITION PRESENTATION, The Red Mill gallery, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson VT