Fatima Ronquillo is a self-taught painter whose classically inspired imagery evokes a world of serenity and charm. Her paintings of mysterious personages, often set against pastoral and idyllic landscapes, are accented with an underlying sense of drama and playfulness. These small intimate works invite a respite from the frenetic pace of modern life.

Fatima is an intuitive painter who works from a deeply personal visual language and imagination. Each painting is an unfolding story of layered meanings brought to life through multiple layers of paint. Her painted surfaces sparkle with thin delicate glazes over thick impastos and scattered scumbles of semi transparent colors. She paints in the style of the European classical traditions coupled with a magical realism rooted in folk imagery. Hers is an authentic voice echoing from an inner world where art history meets with nostalgia and imagined characters from literature, theatre and opera.

Born in San Fernando, Philippines in 1976, Fatima Ronquillo emigrated as a child to the United States in 1987 where her family settled in San Antonio, Texas. She currently resides and maintains a studio in Santa Fe, New Mexico with her husband and west highland terrier. Her work is included in private collections throughout North America and Europe.

BORN: Philippines, 1976

LIVES/WORKS: Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS

August 2020, Meyer Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2020 Florilegium, Meyer Gallery, Park City, Utah
2019 Spellbound, Meyer Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2018 Arcadia, Meyer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2018 Mythologies, Meyer Gallery, Park City, Utah
2017 Mad Enchantment, Meyer Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2016 Flora and Fauna, Meyer Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2015 Reveries, Meyer East Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2015 Possession, Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, Texas
2014 The Sublime Vignette, Meyer Gallery, Park City, Utah
2014 Dreamers, Arden Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
2014 Tesoro Mio, Meyer East Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2013 Attachment, Meyer East Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2013 Private Revolution, Wally Workman Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2012 Love and Loss, Meyer East Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2011 Devotion, Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, Texas
2011 Recuerdos, Meyer East Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2010 Wondrous Journey, Meyer East Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2010 Secret Narratives, Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, Texas
2009 O Brave New World, Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, Texas
2006 Town Life, Accolades, Ventura, California
2004 New Paintings, Accolades, Ventura, California
2003 New Paintings, Accolades, Ventura, California
2002 Magandang Buhay (Beautiful Life), Buenaventura Gallery, Ventura, California

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2018 “Une Petite Nuit”, Meyer Gallery, Park City
2018 “GenNext: Future So Bright”, Spanish Colonial Arts Museum, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2013 Arden Gallery Booth, Art Hamptons Fine Art Fair, Bridgehampton, New York
2013 Complexity, Meyer Gallery, Park City, Utah
2012 On The Rise, Meyer Gallery, Park City, Utah
2011 After Dark, Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, Texas
2010 Mirror/Mirror, Meyer Gallery, Park City, Utah
2010 30th Anniversary Show, Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, Texas
2010 A Grand Affair, Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, Texas
2009 Feast, Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, Texas
2009 A Grand Affair, Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, Texas
2008 Twelve, Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, Texas
2008 The Boat Show, Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, Texas
2008 A Grand Affair, Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, Texas
2007 Alice in Wonderland, Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, Texas
2002 17 Asian American Artists: Asian American Experience, Studio Channel Islands Art Center, California State University Channel Islands, Oxnard, California
2001 8th Annual Classic Competition, Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, California
1999 Inland Exhibition XXXV, San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands, California
1998 30th Multi-Media Mini Show, San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands, California
1995 Welcome To Our World: Seventeen Young Artists, Centro Cultural Aztlan, San Antonio,Texas
1994 Welcome To Our World: Seventeen Young Artists, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio,Texas
1994 Mirrors/Windows, Great Hall Gallery at Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, Texas
1994 Our World: Twenty Young Artists, Centro Cultural Aztlan, San Antonio, Texas
1993 Our World: Twenty Young Artists, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas
1993 Hispanic Heritage, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico San Antonio Extension, San Antonio, Texas

HONORS

2015 Official Poster Artist, 20th Annual Texas Book Festival
2002 Artist Fellowship Grant, City of Ventura Cultural Arts Grants Program, Ventura, California

PUBLICATIONS / COLLABORATIONS

Ronquillo, Fatima, Spellbound, Unicorn Publishing, 2019
Out of the Box: Artist Edition, The Cut (New York Magazine Special Issue), August 20 – September 2, 2018, pp.78-79
“Devotion”, A Magazine Curated by Alessandro Michele #16
Editions Barbe à Pop, Sébastian Escande, Grand Salon de la Micro-Edition #4, Lyon, France, April 2013

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