About Me
Sirk Dueda
Visual Artist
Sirk employs the use of symbols, graphic images, vintage photographs and provocative words in his maximalist collages. His works are peppered with social issues, personal troubles, disturbed psyche, and soft porn. His images are composed of ambiguity, word play, and double meanings. The brightly colored graphics of commercial images and icons insinuate his contempt and disgust at the ills of society. (Fatima Erasmo)
Sirk is a visual artist, tattoo artist and a designer influenced by conceptual art. He took up product design at Technological University of the Philippines (Fine Arts standards of academic process. And though he wasn’t able to finish his course, His drive in perusing his art life did not stop from there. With his passion to draw since he was young, he continued learning through self-study by visiting art galleries, joining workshops, symposium and other art activities. It has helped him a lot with the expansion of his ideas, concepts, principles and different visions of art.
In 1995, He met Bobby Balingit, (the Wuds) and Lirio Salvador (Intermedia / Elemento), both art enthusiasts, who held an exhibit at Centro Escolar University entitled “Society in Conflict “, an audio- visual art performance. He took part of expressing his works through paintings with the help of this event.
He also joined the band “Elemento” on 1999, founded by Lirio Salvador. Elemento is a sound art experimental avant-garde band. He played the “baby sandata”, a violin. Their instruments are made out of scrap metals, PVC tube pipes, bicycle parts and other found objects- very creative indeed.
Sirk joined an art group show at Surrounded by waters Art Space Gallery (Ortigas City), the show was entitled “ Pangunahing Udyok” ( Primal Urge on 2000 ). He shared his ideas by creating mixed media works “Who Controls your Mind? “ He joined the second art Group show “ Pangunahing Udyok” at Botanical Garden, and participated in the Art Summit in Baguio City on 2001.
When he left the band on 2003, He joined PHILTAG “Philippine Tattoo Arts Guild” and perused his passion in the art of tattooing. He is still active in joining art exhibits in and outside Baguio up to the present.
Shows & Awards
ONE MAN SHOW
KAWAL-AN (EMPTINESS) November 28, 2015. Kawal-an- may mean feeling of emptiness; emptiness of space and so forth; a prisoner of any life’s circumstances. It is a conceptualized art out of blank and empty boxed type plywood where viewers see nothing but the natural lines curves and colour of the plywood, it is up to them what they can see and feel from it. “Art you got it or not”?!
GROUP SHOW
August 7 2021 | Aus Liebe Zum Automobil|
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Dec 4 2020 | 10th Tam-awan Art Festival Tam-awan Village |
Nov 20 2019 | Lahing Makulay Expo Teacher’s Camp Baguio City |
Oct 13 2019 | New.S.Feed Tam-awan Village |
Oct 1, 2019 | Another Day R Gallery, Quezon City, MM |
Feb 9 2019 | Ibagtit Luisa’s Cafe, Session Rd., Baguio City |
2019 | Apunan Teacher’s Camp Baguio City |
Aug 18, 2018 | Ramdam: A Three Man Show VOCAS, 5th Flr. Azotea Bldg., Baguio City |
Nov 5 2016 | Social Distortion: A Three Man Show VOCAS, 5th Flr. Azotea Bldg., Baguio City |
March 2 2016 | An Art Exhibit Katipunan Resto Bar, Baguio City |
Oct 2015 | Market Resistance Baguio City |
July 2015 | Market Resistance PWU, Taf. Ave.Manila |
May 30 2015 | D 1st More International Katipunan Exhibitionist: RIZAL, ANARCHISM AND INTERNATIONALISM Katipunan Resto Bar, Baguio City |
April 25 2015 | unEarth Altromondo Gallery, Makati City |
Sep 21 2014 | Baguio Pinest VOCAS, 5th Flr. Azotea Bldg., Baguio City |
May 10 2014 | Mangagawa Baguio Museum |
2013 | Katipunan Dog Show Katipunan Resto Bar, Baguio City |
May 2013 | Kabsat: Sining at Musika Pinag-isa Kikan Resto Bar, Gov. Pac., Baguio City |
2012 | Collab Malate |
2011 | Baguio Day VOCAS, 5th Flr. Azotea Bldg., Baguio City |
Styro Art Makati City |
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AXIS ART PROJECT: An Accident waiting to happen Baguio City |
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2001 | Baguio Art Summit Botanical Garden, Baguio City |
Pangunahing Udyok Botanical Garden, Baguio City |
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2000 | Pangunahing Udyok Artist Space Gallery Ortigas |