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JUN CAMBEL (Philippines, b. 1961) is currently the Design Manager of GOD (Goods of Desire, a very popular retail brand in Hong Kong) and former Production and Design Editor at SCMP (South China Morning Post, one of the leading Hong Kong English-language newspaper founded in 1903.
Contemporary artist Cambel, grew up in Manila and is presently residing in Hong Kong. He views art as a tool to raise people's environmental awareness. He often applies mixtures of paints and industrial materials to create multiple layers with pronounced textures. He sometimes combine found objects and realistic rendering to give the canvas an extra dimension.
He worked in CM Ltd and Edipresse Media for fashion and other lifestyle magazines such as Couture, Men Mode and Hong Kong Tatler as Art Director from 1993 to 2007. He also taught Graphic Design and Visual Arts Communication at the Caritas College of Careers Hong Kong in 2010-2011.
Through his art, he lifts the veil of familiarity from common places, objects and scenes – a leaf, a crumpled newspaper, an overflowing ashtray – and transforms them into potent symbols of our age. Far from harboring didactic intentions, however, Jun says he paints because he enjoys it. His works tend to make us reminisce about yesterday, while he also likes to show current situations and portray possible future scenarios.
Cambel pursued Fine Arts at FEATI University majoring in Advertising.