Indy Paredes’ art practice is situated under a close understanding of the physicality of Filipino urban culture, most especially the dynamics of living and creating in residential spaces in congested areas in the metropolis. He examines the interrelation of his perception of constructions in private and public spaces and his study of the individual’s ways of negotiating with it through experiential output in the form of large-scale site-specific sculpture and installation.

Paredes’ main influence and reference is his observation of the general attitude of middle-class Filipinos towards their immediate environment, and how their temperament and livelihood affect the way they build and interact with their spaces. He insists on not limiting his work to a metaphorical reading, hence he chooses to present a type of staged experience that is bound by his use of materials found on actual sites- materials that are consequential to the framing of a specific vantage point. This perspective is notably refreshing since the artist acknowledges a reality that many Filipinos consider severe and visually unsatisfying.

His work then is a coherent visual description of the foundation of the mental processes that describe the ethical and social considerations of being a Filipino who is struggling with the demands of maintaining a decent life. What does one use and what does one take away? What are the processes by which materials and situations are maximized? How does one choose to build his walls and not be perpetually inconvenienced? These are some of the artist’s concerns, and his aim is to present multi-sensory experience through visual work based on his continuing investigation of the local culture and the Filipino psyche.

Indy Paredes (b. 1988) took up painting at the University of the Philippine, Diliman. He has participated in a number of exhibitions and has shown work at 1335MABINI (PH), Galleria Duemila (PH), West Gallery (PH), Tin-Aw Gallery (PH), and Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris (FR). 

Biography

1988 born in Quezon City (Philippines)
lives and works in Manila (Philippines)

2014-2015 Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts; Paris (FR)
2011-2015 University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City (PH)

Exhibitions, projects (2013 - 2019, selection)

2020
Strength of Fragility, Mono8 (solo) (PH)

2019
Curatorial Development Workshop Exhibitions: A Knowing Intimacy or a Life - Philippine Contemporary Art Network and Japan Foundation Asia Center, UP Vargas Museum (PH) Working Condition, West Gallery, Quezon City (PH)
City of Bawal, 1335MABINI, Makati (PH)
Fake Sparks, Sampaguita Projects, Quezon City (PH)
Edifice of Fragments, J Studio, Makati (PH)

2018
Himmel Über them Lonesome Cities, 1335MABINI, Makati (PH)
Generations and Directions, Art Anton (PH)
Gwangju Biennale: Hothouse – Philippine Pavilion, Lee Kang Ha Museum, Gwangju (SK)
Gwangju Biennale: Satellite project: Hothouse, Mite Ugro, Gwangju (SK)
Artkitektura: Living Architecture Special Projects, UP Vargas Museum, Quezon City (PH)
Manila Biennale 2018: OPEN CITY, Baluarte de San Diego Gardens, Intramuros (PH)
Erase Sure, Mono8 Gallery, Manila (PH)(solo)

2017
Parle Pas Francais, Merci, UP College of Fine Arts, Quezon City (PH)
Living Spaces -Japan Foundation Asia Center, Vetro, Quezon City (PH)
Disillusions, Art Anton (PH)

2016
Endings are Beginnings of Pendings, 1335MABINI, Manila (PH) 

2015
Stop Look Listen, 1335MABINI, Manila (PH)
Intravasion, Intervasion, Invasion, 1335MABINI, Manila (PH)

2014
Portage, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris (FR)
Kandinsky: Music No Lyrics, Jay Studio (PH)
Eight Minutes, (Shift: Project Art Space), Taguig (PH)
Seven Deadly Sins , Ateneo de Manila, Quezon City (PH)
Meditations and Musings, West Gallery, Quezon City (PH)
Identity, Place, Fantasy, Galleria Duemila, Pasay City (PH)
Kulay ng Pagsibol, University of the Phillipines Diliman, Quezon City (PH)

2013
Pieces from Sources, The Blue Door; Amorsolo Hall UPCFA (PH)
Eyes of Gauze-The Trails and Mists of Santiago Bose's Vision, Tin-Aw Gallery, Makati (PH)
Konstruksyon: One Man Show, UP Los Baños, Laguna (PH)
Artist Book; An Artist Book Exhibit, The Blue Door; Amorsolo Hall UPCFA (PH)