Racso Jugarap (born January 15, 1989) is a Filipino Belgian wire artist from General Santos,

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Early life

Racso Jugarap, born in 1989, had a head start in art – he was the youngest son of a

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. As a result, he grew up with not only an inextricable connection with art crafting and creative design, him playing and freely experimenting with the tools in his father's workshop cultivated creative ideas in his mind. During that particular time of higher education endeavor, he had already been commissioned to do design pieces for hotels and business establishments. That experience sharpened then duly broadened his creativity, allowed him to explore a wide range of materials to craft art pieces, and showed him that there are endless and exciting possibilities for art crafting, art creating, and art designing.

Works

Racso Jugarap is mainly self-taught with extensive experimentations with the material, the artist in Racso understood how materials behave—weaving each strand of various wires into organic and asymmetric shapes using the most minimal tool available to him. Curves have always been a crucial element in the artist's works, biomorphic and organic shapes. Wire Sculpture by Racso Jugarap

Wearable arts and collaborations

The artist also shows a fascination with the fashion world as he created his series Icarus, which are different types of wearable pieces made from metal wires. Wearable art He also collaborated with brands such as

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Book

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TV shows

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Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

* 2023 Puttenaers Gallery, Diest Belgium * 2022 European Commission (Lobby Show) Brussels, Belgium * 2021 Frederick Mouraux Gallery, Brussels Belgium (Duo) * 2020 Art Forum, Antwerp Belgium * 2019 Noon Gallery, Evere Belgium * 2016 Les Expos du 130, Brussels Belgium

Group exhibitions

* 2022 S.M.A.K. Museum, Gent Belgium. The Plinth * 2021 Gallerie 208, Paris France * 2021 Expo Bonheiden, Bonheiden Belgium * 2021 GURU Fair, Paris France * 2021 Chausee des Arts, Auderghem Belgium * 2021 Affordable Art Fair, Hamburg Germany * 2021 Art Muc Munich, Germany * 2020 Balthasar, Brussels Belgium * 2017 Soirée à la Rue de l'Abattoir, Tamines, Belgium * 2019 Chausee des Arts, Auderghem Belgium * 2019 Ten Gallery, Knokke Belgium * 2019 Akademy, Kortrijk Belgium * 2019 Memojacqs Gallerym Brussels, Belgium * 2018 Luna Rosa Gallery, Brussels Belgium * 2018 Modern Shapes, Antwerp Belgium * 2018 Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam Netherlands * 2017 Cocoon, Brussels Belgium * 2017 Palais 12 All4Home, Brussels Belgium * 2017 Intirio, Gent, Belgium * 2017 Maison et Objet, Paris France * 2016 Les Memoire des Jacqmottes, Belgium

Notable collector

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References

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