Painter/Sculptor Born: March 1957 Valencia, Bohol, Philippines
Henri Cainglet is not just a painter or a sculptor but an artist who is test fully engaged with materials. Cainglet’s approach to materials, and to his art in general, is transformative in the sense that traditional art materials or natural objects are transformed through a tactile and kinetic manual process into a new and original work. Indeed, he does art with a felicitous combination of imagination and dexterity. With his penetrating imagination, he is able to discover and bring to realization new possibilities in his material; in his economy of medium, nothing is ever lost or discarded, everything finds its place. Thus the creative process for him is first of all the intense engagement with the medium in its pure materiality, in terms of texture, color and tone, and all its artistic potentials and distinctive properties.
Alice G. Guillermo Today Weekender May 2, 2004
Cainglet has shown he is one of the most important figures on the Philippines art scene. His unusual shapes and hues transformed the inside of the artist's head, brimming over with his fertile and grotesque imagination. His paintings are highly textured abstraction, and of earth tones (red, orange, yellow, brow, gray, white). There's a certain roughness to Cainglet's art, as though he chose to eschew artiness in order to highlight the natural. In the paintings, for instance, the application of paint, blending of color, and the texture give the impression of being impromptu or improvised. In the sculptures, in their unusual shapes and often grotesque embellishment give them their edginess. The artist is close to nature and often paying homage to the ecology in his installations. Cainglet popularized soft sculptures in the country.
Constantino C. Tejero Philippine Daily Inquirer July 26, 2004 p.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2022 - Mini Retrospective, Escuela de Ninas Art Museum, City of Tagbilaran, Bohol, Philippines 2017 - Gallery Y - SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City, Philippines 2014 - Museo Orlina, Tagaytay City, Philippines 2011 - Gallery Ana - SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City, Philippines 2010 - Ayala Museum, Makati City, Philippines 2007 - SM ART Center - Megamall, Mandaluyong City, Philippines 2008 - SM ART Center - Megamall, Mandaluyong City, Philippines 2006 - SM ART Center - Megamall, Mandaluyong City, Philippines - Rainforest Gallery, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei 2005 - The Big and Small Art Gallery, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City, Philippines 2004 - SM ART Center, 5M Megamall, Mandaluyong City, Philippines 2003 - SM ART Center - Megamall, Mandaluyong City, Philippines 2002 - The Big and Small Art sallery, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City, Philippines 2001 - Galleria Duemila, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City, Philippines - The Drawing Room, Makati City, Philippines 1998 - Avala Museum, Makati City, Philippines - Parc Royale Gallery, New Delhi, India 1996 - Gallery 139, Alabang Town Center, Metro Manila, Philippines 1995 - Ayala Museum, Makati City, Philippines - Gallery Y - SM Mesa mall, Mandaluyong City, Philippines - West Gallery, Sm Megamall, Mandaluyong City, Philippines 1994 - Gallery, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City, Philippines 1993 - Tropem Museum Amsterdam. The Netherlands - Little Theater Lobby Wall, Cultural Center of the Philippines Manila, Philippines 1992 - Ayala Museum, Makati City, Philippines - Kulay-Diwa Galleries, Paranaque City, Philippines - City Gallery, Rizal Park, Manila, Philippines 1991 - Maska International Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington, USA 1990 - Gallery David, Soho, New/ York City, New York City, USA - Philippine Art Center, Manhattan, New York City, USA - German Cultural Center, San Francisco, California, USA 1989 - Asian Resource Gallery, Oakland, California, USA - 509 Cultural Center, San Francisco, California, USA 1988 - National Museum of Singapore, Singapore - National Art Gallery of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1987 - Alliance Francaise de Singapour, Singapore - Club Universitaire, Vienna, Austria - Galerie Heilig Geist, Berlin Germany 1986 - David Art Gallery, Manila, Philippines 1985 - Manila Hilton Art Gallery, Manila, Philippines
STUDIES: (Selected)
1990 - Stone Sculpture - Arts Students League of New York, New York City, USA 1939 - Apprenticed to New York Painter Jay Milder 1988 - Advanced Painting and Clay Sculpture - Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California, USA 1975 - Kalilangan National High School (Valedictorian) Kalilangan, Bukidnon, Philippines
AWARDS AND DISTINCTION: (Selected) 2014 - Philippine Representative, "Found Objects to Art” -International Council for Caring Communities, Inc., UIN, New York - Finalist - Second Central Bank TANAW Art Competition, Metropolitan Museum Manila 2012 - Runner Up - First PAGCOR National Art Contest, Metro Manila, Philippines - Honorable Mention - Swatch Design Art Competition, Metro Manila, Philippines 2010 - Finalist - First Central Bank TANAW Art Competition, Manila, Philippines 2007- Awardee, Outstanding Boholano in Metro Manila, Manila, Philippines 2005 - Honorable Mention - Mixed Media Category, Art Association of the Philippines Art Annual,GSIS Museum, Manila - Finalist, Philip Morris Philippine Art Awards, National Museum, Manila 2003 - Honorable Mention - Sculpture Category, Art Association of the Philippines Art Award, Manila, Philippines. 2002 - Grand Prize, Dress - A - Fish Art Contests, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City, Philippines, - Grantee - Layaw Fellowship National Commission for Culture and Arts, Manila, 1999 - Second Prize, Hong Kong City of Life Jeepney Design Contest, Hong Kong 1999 - Finalist - Philip Morris Philippines Art Awards, Manila, Philippines. - Philippine Representative - 9th India Triennale, New Delhi, India, - First Prize - Painting Category, Art Association of the Philippines Art Annual, Manila. 1996 - Grand Prize, Diwa ng Sining Awards, National Commission for Culture and Arts, Manila - First Prize - Sculpture Category - Diwa ng Sining Awards, National Commission for Culture and Arts, Manila - Second Prize - Mixed Media Category, Diwa ng Sining Awards, National Commission for Culture and Arts, Manila - Juror's Choice - Philip Morris Philippines Arts Awards - Manila, Philippines - Representative, ASEAN ART AWARDS, Bangkok, Thailand 1993 - Philippines Representative - Osaka Triennale for Painting, Osaka, Japan - Grantee, Visual Arts Department, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila 1992 - Awardee -Outstanding Citizen of Valencia, Bohol, Philippines 1990 - Artist in Residence, Atlantic Center for the Arts - New Smyrna Beach, Florida, USA 1984 - Honorable Mention - First Metrobank National Arts and Design Contest, Makati City, Philippines