J.A. will be exhibiting his latest work at the popular Vancouver spot, Aphrodite’s Organic Cafe and Pie Shop. Using powerful and strong colors, J.A. paints mostly abstract works and mixed media pieces, where each color and brush stroke has a specific meaning with multiple nuances representing the many layers of meaning he encounters in his…
Family Oriented Painting and Drawing Demo by Jose Antonio S. Tan Thursday June 1st, 2017 5PM-8PM Vancouver Lipont Art Centre Free Admission Age group: All. Family oriented. On June 1st, Children’s Day, during the Generation One Exhibition – Art by First-Generation Asian-Canadian Artists, local artist Jose Antonio S. Tan will be giving a collaborative demonstration…
May is Asian Heritage Month. To celebrate, the Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society is holding the ExplorASIAN Festival. One of the highlights of the festival is the Generation One Exhibit at the Vancouver Lipont Art Centre. J.A. Tan is part of a juried exhibition of Asian Canadian artists. This is the 4th year he is…
Vancouver-based Filipino artist J.A. Tan will be one of the featured artists in the Autism Hearts Foundation series of art exhibits and a fashion show in New York City, April 3-7, 2017 in celebration of World Autism Awareness Month. The event billed Fashion Arts Autism Benefits Project (FAAB,) highlights the work of young Filipino artists…
J.A.’s painting “Energetic Moves” was used as the backdrop for the show “This Week in Neurodiversity” with Matthew Ryan. The online show is a regular feature on the website Different Brains.
The University of Exeter used J.A. Tan’s artwork together with other artists on the spectrum to showcase the value of alternative thinking demonstrating how neurodiverse individuals can — and do — communicate in visual rather than verbal ways.” The University’s research team is based at Egenis, part of the University of Exeter in the UK….
When the Philippine Consulate transferred to their new office space at Canada Place, Vancouver, J.A. loaned 7 of his artworks to give color and a welcoming atmosphere to the consular office. His paintings hung on the walls in the board room and the public space from February to Dec. 17, 2015. This began a wonderful…
Philippine Art Critic Cid Reyes wrote “JA Tan: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man” in Contemporary Art Philippines. Excerpt: “Dismissed in the past and described as the work of “disabled” artists, the artworks of autistic artists are now thrust in the limelight, being bought by serious collectors. Indeed, New York’s Museum of Modern…
The Art of J.A. Tan is featured in the October-November 2015 issue of The Autism File, a bi-monthly magazine dealing with all aspects of autism. The article was written by Debra Muzikar, author of the book, “The Art of Autism: Shifting Perceptions.” Click here to read the magazine. Excerpt: “Using art to show how his…
The Philippine Consulate office at 999 Canada Place in Vancouver is a little brighter these days. Thanks to the art of J.A. Tan hanging on the walls. In February 2015, J.A.’s paintings “Stress Free” and “So this is Canada” series were hung at the Philippine Consulate General offices. Filipino-Canadian artist J.A. Tan’s paintings hang in…
GALLERY NINE presents Vancouver-based Filipino artist J.A. Tan. The 27 year old painter who is a Fine Arts graduate from the prestigious Emily Carr University of Art+Design has been quietly raising the Filipino flag in a unique way, particularly when one of his works was chosen by the United Nations to be featured as…