Marge Organo Explained

Marge Organo
Birth Place:	Ilocos Sur

Marge Organo is a Filipina glass artist.^{[1] [2] [3]}

She was born and raised in Ilocos Sur.^[4]

Life

Organo's interest in art started at a young age, however, she never fully dedicated herself to it. After graduating from college, she managed her family's pharmaceutical business. She went to a semi-retirement home in 2014 and decided to take art classes from painter Fernando Sena. Organo explored various forms of art — such as abstract painting, tile mosaic, furniture upholstery, interior and exterior design and construction — until she came to the conclusion that she wants to pursue a field where women are sparse: sculpture.^[5]

Education and career

Organo took up formal lessons in sculpture and studied clay, welding, cold casting and bronze casting. She began exhibiting and eventually decided to hand over the management of her business to her son.

Organo studied at the Corning Museum of Glass (CMOG) in 2015. The following year, she was granted a scholarship.^[6]

Organo attended the Secondary School of Glassmaking in Kamenicky Senov, the oldest glass school in the world, in 2018. There, she learned a novel technique in glass casting and mold making.^{[7] [8]}

Employing all that she learned, Organo held several solo exhibitions as she returned to the Philippines. In 2019, she decided to return to CMOG to further her skills. She studied lifecasting.^[9]

Selected works

• Makayla^[10]
• Magnum Opus
• Fairy Godmother
• Golden Forest
• Song of the clouds^[11]
• Lilith
• Jill^[12]
• Interlude
• Metamorphosis
• Kisses^[13]
• I Got You^[14]

Notes and References

1. News: Belleza . Ian . Cloth mask to canvas . 20 January 2021 . Manila Bulletin . 17 July 2020.
2. News: asianTraveler Art for Everyone at SM Supermalls . 20 January 2021 . asianTraveler . en.
3. News: Garcia . Becky . A successful art exhibit . 20 January 2021 . The Manila Times.
4. News: Silvestre . Jojo . Marge Organo: Shaper of glass . 20 January 2021 . Daily Tribune.
5. News: About . 20 January 2021 . Organo' Sculptures . 31 July 2016 . en.
6. News: Organo’s glass sculptures on special preview . 20 January 2021 . Inquirer Lifestyle . 1 October 2017.
7. Web site: International Glass Alliance_Schools_3 . internationalglassalliance.org . 20 January 2021.
8. News: Profile of Filipino Artist Marge Organo . 20 January 2021 . Modeka Art.
9. News: Marge Organo — . 20 January 2021 . The Museum of Modern Filipino Art.
10. News: Glass forms: Marge Organo's insights of vision and humanity . 20 January 2021 . BluPrint . 26 June 2020.
11. News: Fire and Ice Merge in These Mesmerizing Glass Sculptures . 20 January 2021 . SPOT.PH . Summit Digital . en.
12. Web site: The Inimitable Femme . Galerie Joaquin . 20 January 2021.
13. Web site: Glimmering Illuminations . Galerie Joaquin . 20 January 2021.
14. News: Art All Around: 'The Divine Feminine' . 20 January 2021 . Manila Bulletin . 1 December 2020.