Racso Jugarap

Racso Jugarap
Born	(1989-01-15) 15 January 1989 (age 35) General Santos

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

Early life

Racso Jugarap, born in 1989, had a head start in art – he was the youngest son of a jewelry designer. 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.^[1][2]

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.^{[3][4][5][6][7]} In 2024, Racso was selected as one of the 30 finalist for Loewe Foundation Craft Prize^[8] for his work Echinoid.^[9]

Wire Sculpture by Racso Jugarap

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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 GuerlainRemy Martin^[11] and Tomorrowland Festival in his career.

Book

Echinoid By Racso Jugarap

Black and White Reasons For My Carpal Tunnel Syndrome- A Photobook (2020)^[12]

TV shows

Snack Masters Season 1 Episode 4 With Sofie Dumont, Patrick Aubrion Hosted by Koen Wauters.

Work seen at Extended Family, NBC channel

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

• 2023 Puttenaers Gallery, Diest Belgium

• 2022 European Commission (Lobby Show) Brussels, Belgium^[13]
• 2021 Frederick Mouraux Gallery, Brussels Belgium (Duo)
• 2020 Art Forum, Antwerp Belgium^[14]
• 2019 Noon Gallery, Evere Belgium
• 2016 Les Expos du 130, Brussels Belgium

Group exhibitions

• 2024 Palais De Tokyo Museum, Paris France^[8]
• 2022 S.M.A.K. Museum, Gent Belgium. The Plinth
• 2021 Gallerie 208, Paris France
• 2021 Expo Bonheiden, Bonheiden Belgium^[15]
• 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^[16]
• 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

The Weeknd, Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, a Canadian singer, songwriter, and actor.

Galila Berzalai Hollander,^[17] a prominent Belgian socialite with a reputable discernment and taste for the arts.

Reinout Oerlemans and Danielle Overgraag, celebrity Dutch couple.

References

1. "Racism Pushed This OFW to Leave His Job and Become a Famous Artist in Europe". Esquiremag.ph. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
2. "Twists and turns: How this former OFW chef became a world-famous wire artist".
3. "Filipino wire artist penetrates the European world of art and design". Inquirer Lifestyle. 2017-07-24. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
4. Jugarap, Racso. "Racso Jugarap – Inspiring others". Together Magazine.
5. Jugarap, Racso. "Brussels expat wire artist branches into bowties". The Bulletin.
6. McCann, Kristian (2018-03-02). "Racso Jugarap's campaign for eco friendly fashion". Brussels Express. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
7. Rivera, Rosetti (2017-07-24). "Filipino wire artist hits the Belgian art scene with novel art pieces". Brussels Express. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
8. "Wired to Succeed: Racso Jugarap on Becoming the First Filipino Finalist of the Loewe Craft Prize". Vogue Magazine. Archived from the original on May 29, 2024.
9. "Filipino-Belgian artisan Racso Jugarap emerges as finalist for Loewe Craft Prize". The Lifestyle.INQ. Archived from the original on May 11, 2024.
10. Jugarap, Racso. "Racso Jugarap presents the stories of his childhood". Gareth JOHNSON. Ket Magazine.
11. "New Caketail : Butterflies & Royal Sidecar".
12. "BLACK AND WHITE REASONS FOR MY CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME PHOTO BOOK By Racso J". Racso J. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
13. "Obra ng Pinoy artist tampok sa European Commission". ABSCBN.
14. "Racso J - Sculptures".
15. "Schilder start groepsexpo omdat het tijd wordt dat kunstenaars weer iets doen".
16. "Kunstensteenweg 2019".
17. "Galila Barzilaï ouvre enfin sa collection d'art au public". L'Echo (in French). 2020-10-23. Retrieved 2021-10-07.