CONTEMPORARY ARTS

IN VARIOUS CONTEXT
 ZEUS BASCON
- ZEUS
- BORN ON JUNE 30, 1987
- AGE 22
- FROM STA. ROSA, LAGUNA
- PAINTER, ILLUSTRATER AND
DESIGNER SINCE 2008
- GRADUATED AT UNIVERSITY OF
ST. THOMAS ON 2008
- BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN
COMMERCE MAJOR IN
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
• AWARDS
• 2018, Thirteen Artist Award,
Cultural Center of the Philippines,
Roxas Blvd., Manila
• 2010, Alcala Prize Honorable
Mention, Philippine Board on
Books for Young, Quezon City
• SOLO EXHIBITIONS
• 2017, MAGIC HOUR, Timog Coffee, San
Antonio, Biñan, Laguna, Philippines
• 2016, Huwag Mong Huyagin Ang Punong
Walang Bunga, Pablo Gallery, The Fort, Taguig
City, Philippines
• 2014, To be lost in this kind of wilderness (Is
Eternal), Art Informal, Greenhills East,
MandaluyongCity, Philippines
• 2014, The Cave, Koganecho Bazaar Artist in
Residency Program, Koganecho, Yokohama
City, Japan
• 2013,Ngayong Gabi AngUmaga,
NgayongUmagaAng Gabi, Blanc Gallery,
Quezon City, Philippines
• 2012, Trees Burn Down, Blanc Gallery,
Makati, Philippines
 THEME
• STYLES OF ART
• Minimalism
• Vast spaces
• Metaphors
• Symbolisms
 ARTWORKS

“Bangungot”
Zeus Bascon, 2011
Entities (Portrait) Installation Art
Zeus Bascon
Rizal 5
Zeus Bascon, 2011
ZEUS’ VIEW ABOUT ART
• Why do you take and create images?
• Most often, I take photos as for my daily log. To capture people or events for
rememberance. To make an attempt to actualize a vision or to create an illustration
for an idea.
• How do you define your photographic/artistic body of work? What
subjects do you often explore in your work?
• I basically take pictures of everything and anything. My Instagram account is a
record of my boredom. When I see something beautiful, or even odd, or disgusting,
bland, dark – I take a photo of it. But I like it most when there are elements in it that
I can in/directly relate to a local myth or anything supernatural/spiritual,
otherworldly. It is most exciting when the image comes as a surprise!
• What motivates your work?
• The idea that I can create something to believe in. To be able to tell a story.
• For you, what is the purpose of art?
• To be able to present to us what is possible.
• In your opinion, what is the current state of contemporary
photography in the Philippines?
• My works does not focus on Photography, although it involves the medium in
producing my works. There is a number of artists making efforts in making a
discourse. At the moment, I think photography is an efficient tool and relevant
considering the social climate we are experiencing now.