Norberto (Peewee) Roldan

Norberto Roldan

b.1953, Roxas City, Philippines

 

Norberto Roldan took his BA in Philosophy at St. Pius X Seminary, his BFA in Visual Communications at the University of Santo Tomas and his MA in Art Studies at the University of the Philippines-Diliman. He has represented the Philippines in various international exhibitions in Asia-Pacific, Europe and the USA, and in international symposia and conferences on independent art spaces and international cultural exchanges. He is represented in three landmark surveys of Southeast Asian contemporary art: New Art from Southeast Asia 1992 by the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum; Negotiating Home History and Nation: Two Decades of Contemporary Art in Southeast Asia 1991-2011 by the Singapore Art Museum; and, Between Declarations & Dreams: Art of Southeast Asia Since the 19th Century, National Gallery Singapore 2015, He was also represented in No Country: Contemporary Art For South/Southeast Asia at the Solomon R Guggenheim Museum in New York, Asia Society-Hong Kong and Center for Contemporary Art in Singapore. Roldan is currently artistic director of Green Papaya Art Projects, an independent multidiscplinary platform founded in 2000, while practicing as a visual artist.