Miguel Kairuz
Painter / Philippines
ABOUT
Miguel “Mike” Kairuz was born to a Lebanese father and a Filipina mother, is self –taught, mentored by the late artist Larry Tronco when he was 9 years old. He wanted to take up Fine Arts in Painting but was prevailed upon by his mother who did not see a bright future for her son as an artist. Spending several years in California, USA, the art scene enkindled his desire to paint and upon returning to the Philippines, his love for the arts became his profession. It is a never ending battle experimenting on all kinds of art and medium and he never sticks to one particular style. His style are thus of total different strokes and modes, which shows his strength and limitations as an artist. He likes to bring together a harmony of imagery styled in figurative-psychedelic expressionism in Pen and Pencils, Oil and A.
In January 2021, he was invited in Global Artist Committee of Asian Art Association.
STATEMENT
“..Colorful and cosmic, revealing the interwoven energies of body and soul, love and spirit that illuminate the core of each being.. as I try to articulate the realms of consciousness and reality.. to portray human beings scientific exactitude with visionary depictions…..”
EXHIBITIONS
2019
“Equilibrio”, Rira de Polaris Hotel, San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte
2018
“Geomoringa”, Kuya’s at QC, Quezon City
2006
“Maestro”, Aurelio’s Mansion, Vintar, Ilocos Norte
“Mixed Head”, Museo Ilocos, Ilocos Norte
2005
“Epidermis”, Fort Ilocandia Resort-Hotel
“Odyssey”, Palazzo de Hotel, Ilocos Norte
“Le Maitre et el Moderniste”, Alliance Gallery Annex, Makati City
“Mixed Media Art” Group Exhibit,Penguin Gallery, Malate, Manila
2004
“Zone de Quitude”, Laoag City Hall
“Ditoy ken Idiay”, Laoag City Hall
Group Exhibit, Mariano Marcos Hospital, Batac City
“Hidden Presence”, Mom’s, Laoag City
“Le Soleil Ne Se Couche Jamais Au Liban”, Total Gallery, Makati City
2003
“Inspiration”, Padre Annibale School, Laoag City
Group Exhibit, Mariano Marcos Hospital, Batac City
“Napalabas”, Palazzo Hotel, Laoag City
“China”, Tony Co Building, Laoag City
2002
“Fil-Lebanese Reunion”, Home & Country Club, Talisay, Negros Occ.
“Images of Ilocos”, Jalandoni Museum, Silay City, Negros Occ.
“Folktales and Structures”, Ilocos M
