Lani Maestro

Lani Maestro
Born	1957 Philippines
Nationality	Filipino-Canadian
Education	University of the Philippines (BFA) , Banff Centre for the Arts, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (MFA)
Known for	Artist

Lani Maestro is a Filipino-Canadian artist who divides her time between France and Canada. She works in installation, sound, video, bookworks and writing. Born and educated in Manila, she immigrated to Canada in 1982 where she pursued studies at the Banff Centre for the Arts in Alberta and NSCAD University in Halifax. From 1990-94 Maestro was co-founder/co-publisher and designer of HARBOUR Magazine of Art and Everyday Life, a journal of artworks and writings by artists, writers and theorists.

Among her many awards is the Hnatyshyn Award for outstanding achievement by a Canadian artist in the visual arts in 2012.

Maestro has participated in numerous biennials including the Canadian Biennial of Contemporary Art (1989), the Segunda and the Quinta Bienal dela Habana (Havana Biennial) (1986,1994), the Fifth Istanbul Biennial (1997), the 11th Biennale of Sydney (1998), the Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Brisbane, Australia (1999), and the Busan Biennale, Busan, Korea (2004).

In 1994, the artist showed at the Chambre Blanche Gallery in Quebec City in an exhibition titled "Lani Maestro: A Wound in the Lung". Maestro showed an installation entitled "Paramita" in the Ohrenlust exhibition at the Centre d'Art Contemporain de Basse-Normandie in 1997. In 2006, the artist was featured in a solo exhibition at Dalhousie Art Gallery, curated by Susan Gibson Garvey

In 2010, her exhibition “her rain” was showed at Centre A in Vancouver BC, curated by Makiko Hara http://centrea.org/2010/10/her-rain/

Maestro will represent the Philippines at the 2017 Venice Biennale, together with artists Manuel Ocampo and Joselina Cruz. The 57th International Art Exhibition - La Bienale de Veniezia - will be held from May 13 to Nov 26, 2017.

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