Regin
Igloria
Artist
website:
www.ReginIgloria.com
Born 1974
Manila, Philippines, Regin Igloria
lives and works in Chicago and Lake
Forest, IL.
Regin
Igloria maintains a studio practice
which revolves around teaching and
serving as an arts administrator. He
teaches studio courses at Marwen, a
nonprofit youth arts organization, where
he has also served as program and
exhibitions coordinator. An alumnus of
the program, he helped establish their
Alumni Advisory Board and served as its
co-chair, run their Alumni Gallery, and
served as a teaching artist for many of
their study trips to New York City,
Boston, and Maine. He has also taught
for the children's program at Anderson
Ranch Arts Center, where he served as a
studio assistant for three summers and
worked with many influential artists.
Other teaching experiences include Rhode
Island School of Design, Terra Museum of
American Art, Kenosha Institute of Art,
and various workshops throughout the
Chicagoland area. Currently he serves as
the Director of Artists-In-Residence at
The Ragdale Foundation, an artist
residency program for visual artists,
writers and composers in Lake Forest,
IL. He received his MFA in Painting from
Rhode Island School of Design and is
represented by Zg Gallery in Chicago,
IL.
Regin
Igloria was raised in Albany Park on the
northwest side of Chicago. The youngest
of five children, he attended public
schools and was immersed in an
environment which, as financially
limiting as it was, encouraged
exploration. His joy was found in
movement, though his family almost never
traveled or went on vacations (being
driven to the suburbs seemed an
adventure in its own right). He
considered his community, made up of
Korean variety shops, supermercados, and
Indian video stores, home, for nearly
twenty-five years. Within walking
distance of this neighborhood lay the
forest preserves of the city--the urban
woods--which provided solace from the
complexities of city living. Under the
cover of trees and next to the
slow-moving North Branch of the Chicago
River lay possible contentment. One's
identity was neutral here, social
obligations were irrelevant, money meant
nothing, and power was dictated only by
forces of nature. It was the kind of
place he sought on a daily basis.
Ultimately, however, his immersion in
art school within the city--a breeding
ground for dialogue amongst a community
he felt disconnected with--propelled
further disenchantment. Traveling would
prove to be a remedy of sorts, and
experiencing solitary landscapes would
be associated with happiness.
Nature and
travel have always been prevalent themes
in his work, but actually immersing
himself in both would allow him to
understand its direct impact on the
human condition. A solo bicycle trip
done on the West Coast and exposure to
an outdoor lifestyle in Colorado brought
forth many simple truths: 1) everything
he wants he cannot afford, 2) the things
he wants he does not really need, and 3)
he can never work enough, even in
solitude. Ironically, he has since found
himself living in very wealthy
communities where luxury and privilege
tempt him every day, a struggle brought
upon himself only by choosing to be an
artist. His work considers the
compromise between these kinds of
opposing forces, the efforts made that
yield loss, the accumulation of
equipment that becomes more burden than
blessing, and the constant search for a
better place.
Selected for the 2008 Beyond The Barrelman
Exhibition
Redwood,
Would I
acrylic
and graphite on paper
20 x 25
2005
nfs
To purchase any of
the jury-selected or non-selected artworks listed for sale, please contact Ray
In, exhibition sales coordinator, at (773)
419-4117 or
Sales@BeyondTheBarrelman.com. Items
marked "nfs' are not for sale.
non-selected
entries
Small
World, Big Fuckin' Country
gouache on
paper
16 x 16
2006
nfs
So Much
Work To Do
acrylic
and graphite on paper
2006
nfs
Unrequited
gouache on
paper
16 x 16
2006
nfs
Return to
the FEATURED ARTISTS page
for a full list of artists included in the 2008
exhibition.
Return to
the GALLERY
for a catalog of artworks selected for the
2008 exhibition.
