Galeria Lienzo presents "Abstracted Dialogue", a two-man art exhibition featuring new abstract works by Pancho Piano and Pey Raymond.

Opening Reception: December 6, 2017, 6 P.M.
Exhibit runs from December 6 - 13, 2017.

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Pancho Piano is a Filipino visual artist hailing from Camarines Sur. Pancho's oeuvre includes not just paintings but stained glass and leather art as well.

An Economics graduate of the University of Nueva Caceres, Pancho pursued further studies in Fine Arts at the University of the Philippines as a Jose Joya scholar.

Pancho was the first Filipino artist to exhibit Leather Art in the Philippines. Aside from using leather as medium, he has executed numerous murals and stained glass designs for civic and religious patrons in the Bicol region. His works can also be found in various cities and municipalities in Metro Manila, Boracay, Pampanga, and the Mindanao Region. To date, he has mounted over 40 solo exhibitions in the Philippines and all over the world.

Pancho's works tell the story of a culture, a province and a people, specifically that of the Bicol region. His subjects focus on Bicolano myths and traditions, most especially the devotion to the Lady Penafrancia, putting Bicol on the map with his lively paintings and stained glass designs.

Pancho has won over 10 major national competitions in the Philippines, as well as becoming a finalist in the 1997 Art Association of the Philippines (AAP) Centennial Mural Painting Competition, and the 1998 AAP Centennial Painting competition. He has received several Artist of the Year awards by various institutions throughout his career. He was awarded as the Most Outstanding Bicolano Artist in 2009, the My City, My SM Award in 2010, and the Orgullo Kan Award for Visual Arts in 2011. He has also been featured on television and has appeared in various art publications.

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Pey Raymond is a Filipino contemporary artist. Born in 1977 in San Fernando, Pampanga, Pey started sketching and painting at a very young age. She was influenced and inspired by creative minds in her family, such as her uncle Brillante Mendoza.

Pey has won various art competitions in high school and college which further inspired her to pursue her artistic passion. After graduating from the University of the Philippines, she started painting professionally while having a full-time job as a pre-school teacher, providing artworks for households and resorts.

Pey had her first solo exhibit in Makati City at the age of 23. Titled "Borderline", the series of artworks focused on psychological disorders.

At the age of 28, Pey moved to Los Angeles, California and finished an Associate's Degree in Animation and Art Studies. She then worked as an animator for Stan Rogow Productions in Santa Monica, California. Influenced by her background in animation, her first art exhibit in Los Angeles was titled "Figure in Motion".

In 2016, Pey started consigning her artworks in Galeria Lienzo. She has also joined a few group exhibitions, such as “Art Flows” presented by Phil Art Collections in Rockwell Power Plant, Makati City, and “Prism Art and Craft Market” presented by Prism Gallery in Legaspi Village, Makati City. On November 2016, Raymond also joined the BGC Art Mart and showed all her recent works in Bonifacio High Street. Her most recent solo art exhibition was in Prism Gallery in Makati City last February 2017, titled “The Bright White Light”.