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Cobie Cruz
Full Name
 * Cobie Cruz

Born
 * 1961, Manila, Philippines

Field
 * Visual artist
 * Graphic Designer
 * Painter
 * Print

Movement
 * Expressionist
 * Abstractionist''

Works/Jobs
 * December 1982 – July 1986 PAC/BBDO (Final Artist)
 * July 1986 – September 1989 Olbes, OO&M (Asst. Art Director)
 * July 1989 – November 1994 PAC/BBDO (Art Director)
 * November 1994 – April 2000 Basic/FCB (Art Director)
 * October 2000 – Present (Freelance Graphic Designer)

Education
 * March 1982 Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts major in Advertising, University of Santo Tomas Philippines''

Art Groups
 * Philippine Artist Group of Canada

Early life and Career
From the University of Santo Tomas, Cobie Cruz graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts major in Advertising. After he graduated from UST he soon begin his vocation as an advertising art director for 10 years. In these years, he was able to direct numerous multinational advertising agencies. Later, he found himself directing TV advertisement commercials, not only local brands but he also direct advertisement of international brands.

During his busy corporate life then, painting was just a mere play time for him, but when Cobie left the corporate world, he gained more time to Paint. He experimented with the paintings by means of using different styles and media.

Afterwards Cobie Cruz joined several art group shows in Manila and one in Singapore. Before he and his family migrate to Canada, Cobie had two successful one-man art exhibitions in 2005.

Cobie intended to settle in Toronto, Canada, where he plans to carry on his profession as a professional visual artist. Then he shortly became part of a group of artist in Canada, the “Philippine Artists Group of Canada”. As an abstractionist, he effortlessly made his difference from the other modernist artist in the group, as one of the most thrilling modernist artist.

Style and Techniques
Cobie Cruz is a modernist artist, his paintings are basically abstract that visually represent movement similar to a current of water. He begins by putting a layer on the canvas with modeling paste. Then he uses palette knife and scrapes it in free-flowing movement to create different forms and shapes. Once dried, he starts to paint it over with acrylic paint. It’s a brightly hued and much textured abstraction with shapes and figures.

Through his paintings it truly gives excitement to his audience, with his use of the colors, techniques such as dribbles and drippings of pigment, plus his lavishness of being an expressionist artist he really makes a great execution of his works. His works shows discipline, with tempered lyricism and stillness.

Exhibitions
Solo
 * 2005, Precipitation, West Gallery, Philippines
 * Rainscape Finale Art Gallery, Philippines

Group
 * 2009, ART '09 International Art Fair, Toronto, Canada
 * 2008, "Mano-Mano", Galerie Stephanie, "Kulay Balikbayan", Ayala Museum, Philippines
 * 2007, "Creations and Expression", Cedar Ridge Studio Gallery, Toronto, Canada
 * "Texture In Style", Momentous Arts, Singapore

Referenfces

 * http://www.filipinoartists.com/cobie_cruz.html


 * http://www.filipinopaintings.com/personalities.php?q=Cobie%20Cruz&bio=4


 * http://artworldnet.com/content8_1.php?subj=5


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