Maria Taniguchi (b. 1981, Dumaguete City, Philippines; lives and works in Manila, Philippines) works in painting, sculpture, video, and installation, encompassing a practice that investigates space and time along with social and historical contexts. Taniguchi is most recognized for her brick paintings, a series that began in 2008 and has served as the fundamental root of her larger practice. Every artwork is composed of an array of seemingly infinite rectangular cells, meticulously outlined by hand with graphite and filled with shades of gray and black. With many paintings reaching meters in size, their structured form echoes architectural elements, transforming the works into monumental entities that command attention with their space.

Taniguchi’s recent exhibitions include Figure Study, Silverlens New York (2023); the 12th Gwangju Biennale: Imagined Borders, Gwangju Biennale Exhibition Centre, South Korea (2018);
21st Biennale of Sydney, SUPERPOSITION: Equilibrium & Engagement, Museum of Contemporary Art, Australia (2018); History of a vanishing present: A prologue, the Mistake Room,
Los Angeles (2016); Afterwork, Para Site, Hong Kong (2016); Globale: New Sensorium, ZKM Centre for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany (2016); The Vexed Contemporary, Museum of Contemporary Art and Design, Manila (2015); and the 8th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, QAGOMA, Brisbane (2015). Her work is held in a number of collections including the M+ Museum, Hong Kong; the Burger Collection, Hong Kong; Kadist Art Foundation, San Francisco; QAGOMA, Brisbane; and the K11 Art Foundation, Shanghai. She won the Hugo Boss Asia Art Award in 2015 and was a LUX Associate Artist in 2009.