Beauty in Disguise

A solo exhibit by Salvador Bañares Jr.

ABOUT THE ARTIST:

BORN IN VALENZUELA, PHILIPPINES. BAÑARES EARNED A BFA MAJOR IN PAINTING FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF THE EAST (CALOOCAN). HE WORKED AS A MURAL ARTIST BEFORE HE STARTED HIS CAREER AS A FULLTIME ARTIST. BAÑARES ACTIVELY JOINED IN SEVERAL GROUP EXHIBITIONS BEFORE HE HAD HIS FIRST SOLO EXHIBITION IN 2016, CALLED "IMAGINARY BEAUTY".

SINCE THEN, BAÑARES HAS CONTINUED TO REFINE HIS SIGNATURE STYLE OF TRANSPARENCY AND MULTI-LAYERED PAINTINGS, HE ENGAGES THE ART OF THE HUMAN FORM AND ALSO TURNS TO THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS AS HE PRESENTS A PHYSHIC BLOOM OF ART AND IDEAS. WITH SKILL AND IMAGINATION, HE CONTEMPLATES THE MULTIPLICITY AND THE INTERIORITY OF HUMAN IDENTITIES THAT CONSTITUTE INDIVIDUAL PERSONALITIES. INTO THIS PSYCHIC TERRAIN, THIS PORTRAITS ARE ABLOOM WITH LUSTER AND THE PRESENCE OF ENIGMA AND MYSTIC CHAGRE THAT ACT AS AN INVITATION INTO SOULFUL DISCOVERIES OF SELF AND OF OTHERS. TO CREATE INTERNAL IMAGES AND MASKED NARRATIVES, BAÑARES SHROUDS FLORAL PATTERNS AND OVERLAYS TO HIS SUBJECTS AS ANOTHER SKIN.