1/5th of MONOCHROME's lineup, Wes is a multi talented creator of complex and majestic layers of visual and sonic waves.
A Fine Arts graduate from the University Of Santo Tomas, Wes spent a few years in advertising and then went on to teaching first in the College of the Holy Spirit, where he met Sonia Mendiola, who also plays guitar for MONOCHROME. He then transferred to UST, and met Domeng and Donna. Sonia, Donna and Domeng were his thesis students prior to forming Monochrome.
He had Ace Alamillo of SHINRIKYō & SÄLÖT as a student when he taught at APC in Magallanes. He also remembers seeing Earl Lopez of No One Wins loitering around the UST grounds but didn't have the chance to domesticate him.
The prevalent themes of Wesley Valenzuela’s work are visions of human survival, social transformation & enlightenment, which appropriates aesthetics derived from popular culture, religion, technology and history
Distinguished guests please welcome one of the coolest, cuddly person around...
Title: Fall From Grace
Medium: Acryclic and serigraph on canvas
Size: 96 x 96 inches
Year: 2019
“inspired to dun sa bible story na yung Fall from grace daw ng tao ay nung kinagat ni eva yung fruit of knowledge. Pero iniba ko yung narrative dito, instead we see an empowered human na ginamit yung knowledge for their enlightenment. Tapos as you can see, pinakita rin dito yung pagkahuli nya sa ahas na supposedly nagtempt sa kanya
Title: Monolith
Medium: Acryclic and serigraph on canvas
Size: 60 x 48 inches
Year: 2019
based to sa observation ko about mind control and conditioning,
fake news, etc. Eeryday, sandamakmak na information ang nahahgilap natin, pero kailangan nating himayin ang tutoo sa hindi.
Title: Oculus
Medium: Acryclic and serigraph on canvas
Size: 72 x 72 inches
Year: 2017
inspired naman to dun sa Virtual Reality na headset and observation din tungkol sa buhay ngayon na very reliant sa social media at unti unting pagiging out of touch sa tutoong buhay
Title: Random State of Recovery
Medium: Acryclic and serigraph on canvas
Size: 36 x 36inches
Year: 2017
yung subject nito ay tungkol sa ecstasy of information
Title: Symmetry
Medium: Acryclic and serigraph on canvas
Size: 48 x 36inches
Year: 2017
inspired ito sa narrative ng Frankenstein at Jesus resurrection
Title: An Instance of Conciousness
Medium: Acryclic and serigraph on canvas
Size: 60 x 48inches
Year: 2019
Enlightenment in the time of mass disinformation
Title: Iconoclast
Medium: Mixed Media
Size: Variable
Year: 2019
Urban myth of Manila
Title: Madhouse
Medium: Mixed Media
Size: Variable
Year: 2019
False gods, the blind leading the blind
Title: Untitled
Medium: Serigraph on paper
Size: 20x15 inches
Year: 2019
Title: Untitled
Medium: Serigraph on paper
Size: 20x15 inches
Year: 2019
Title: Untitled
Medium: Serigraph on paper
Size: 20x15 inches
Year: 2019
Title: A Steady Diet Of Brutality
Medium: Acrylic & Serigraph
Size: 4x2ft
tungkol sa pag gising mo sa umaga hanggang sa pagtulog mo sa gabi, lahat ng nasasagap mo sa tv, social media, balita, ay may koneksyon sa violence at death,
lalo na sa panahon ni pduts
"for my main dirt/heavy sound, i run an eqd plumes (ts9 type overdrive) into a musket fuzz (a more tweakable big muff inspired fuzz).
for my ambient/washed delays and reverbs sound,
I run a chorus (julia) > analog delay (carbon copy) > digital delay (timeline) > reverb (bigsky), then it is complimented by the additional sounds coming from the other 2 guitar players"
- Wes
MONOCHROME LIVE
- rubicon (3-way split cdep) / IDB / 15 march 2013
video synched with audio recorded with zoom h1.
special thanks to CRAPSALAD for this!
Wes' Playlist:
Spotlights (Tidals), Nothing (Guilty of Everything), Placebo (Without You I’m Nothing), Slowdive (Just for a Day), The Cure (Disintegration), The Smashing Pumpkins (Siamese Dream), Sparta (Wiretap Scars), Joni Mitchell (Blue), Bob Dylan (Blood on the Tracks), The Smiths (the Queen is Dead)
Wes' Top Album Art Picks
1. Dead Kennedys (Give me Convenience or Give me Death), Cover Art by Winston Smith
2. Metallica & Pushead (Artist) collaborations
3. IOV (Another Destructive Century), Cover art by Gerry Duenas
4. The Jimi Hendrix Experience (Axis Bold as Love), Cover art by Roger Law
5. Slayer (Reign in Blood), Cover Art by Larry Caroll
6. Tool (Lateralus), Cover art: Alex Grey
7. Danzig (Danzig III:How the God’s Kill), Cover art: H.R. Giger
8. The Smashing Pumpkins (Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness), Cover art: John Craig
9. Blur (Think Tank), Cover art: Banksy
10. Led Zepellin (Mothership), Cover art: Shepard Fairey
11. Joy Division (Closer), Cover Design: Peter Saville
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