Module-3.pptx Contemporary Arts from the regions

Contemporary
Philippine Arts from the
Region
(Module 3)

• To the Philippines-born Concepcion, OMG Christ depicts
the juxtaposition of the nostalgic, religious references of his
childhood and the pop-art culture he has been exposed to
since his adolescent years. The tongue-in-cheek piece
captures the tension between religion and art, tradition and
modernity, in a lighthearted manner.
• In Super than Superman, Ventura envisions a surreal fantasy
underpinned by comic elements, transforming the massive
scene of braggadocio into one of humorous grandiosity. The
posing man is presented in muscular enormity, his sheer size
encompassing the vast majority of the canvas.

Column A Column B
1. Recovery A. Mark Salvatus
2. Red Fights Back B. Patricia Perez Estaquio
3. Payatas C. Hanna Pettyjohn
4. Hearth D. Pope Bacay
5. À Paris Avec Une Amie
Polonaise Et Un Italien
E. David Medalla
6. A Stitch in Time Around
Mars
F. Annie Cabigting
7. Before the Rut G. Dex Fernandez
8. DFW, RIP (Loves) H. Oscar Villamiel
9. Figure Babel VI I. Geraldine Javier
10. Gates J. Nona Garcia
With the advent of technology, art in the Philippines is no longer
confined in galleries where only the rich and privileged have access.
Nowadays, you can now look and admire some of the best
contemporary arts in the Philippines by simply opening your mobile
phones, iPads, or laptops, making Philippine arts and culture more
accessible now than ever. Moving beyond traditional and standard
museum fanfare, Philippine art now moves in a way where common
folks can digest what lies beyond the mixes of colors, decipher
messages under the guise of emotion-filled tunes and melodies, and
capture the beauty which words alone cannot purely describe.

FILIPINO CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS
1 Nona Garcia
 Perhaps one of the best-known artists in
the Philippine art scene at the moment.
 Born in 1978 in Manila, she received her
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting from the
University of the Philippines.
 Based primarily in Baguio, her work has
been exhibited in countless galleries both
local and abroad.
 She won the Grand Prize in the Philip
Morris ASEAN Art Award (2000), and is
also a recipient of the Cultural Center of
the Philippines (CCP) Thirteen Artists
Award (2003).

1 Nona Garcia
 Among her solo shows are False Apparitions
(Singapore, 2012), Before the Sea (Manila, 2012),
Unearth (Berlin, 2015), and Before the Sky (Manila,
2016)
 Known for employing the use of stark realism to
bring into question what the true meaning of
representation is.
 Her use of photorealism centers everyday objects,
cultural artifacts, or people, inviting the viewers to
explore the environmental, sociopolitical, and
personal histories of her subjects. Although famous
for her paintings, she also employs the use of paper
cutouts, x-rays, and lightboxes in her works.
 Her attention to detail and incredible skill are unlike
any other, making her a favorite of collectors, art
enthusiasts, and laypeople alike

1 Nona Garcia
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2 Andres Barrioquinto
 Multi-awarded work is both striking and
unforgettable, and his iconic and surreal
painting style has made him successful
in the local and international art scenes.
 A graduate of the University of Santo
Tomas Fine Arts program, Barrioquinto
has been fondly called the “Dark Man of
Philippine Art” due to his use of the
macabre in many of his works.
 He has participated in shows both in the
country and abroad, including Singapore
and Taipei.
 In addition to this, he also had a recent
major showcase of portraits at the
National Museum in November

 Barrioquinto’s work is notable for its use of
comparison and scale.
 His portraits are famously a mix of the
monochrome and the technicolor.
 With his subjects in black and white framed by
an explosion of color, his paintings assault the
senses and leave viewers reeling.
 While the mainstream perspective on art is that
it must be beautiful, Barrioquinto challenges old
perspectives and brings you up close and
personal with the strange and the imperfect.
 One of the CCP’s Thirteen Artists of 2003,
Andres Barrioquinto’s works have also pulled in
huge numbers at auctions in the Philippines and
abroad.
 His painting Skulls and Butterflies pulled in HKD
620,000 at an auction, almost 15 times its
asking price.

3 Leeroy New
 When it comes to the history of
Philippine arts and culture, you’d be
hard-pressed to find a more distinctive
style across a variety of mediums than
Leeroy New’s.
 A native of General Santos City, New
graduated from the Philippine High
School for the Arts and the University of
the Philippines College of Fine Arts.
 His work has garnered him a number of
accolades and awards, including the
2005 Metrobank Art Awards, the 2009
Ateneo Art Awards, a nomination for the
2011 Signature Art Prize in Singapore,
the 2012 CCP 13 Artists Award, and the
2014 Metrobank Foundation Award

3 Leeroy New
 Has employed a variety of mediums for
his artwork, including production design,
public art, product design, and wearable
art.
 However, he’s perhaps best known for his
iconic sculptures, which blend together a
variety of shapes, colors, and forms to
challenge the viewer.
 New’s lifelong fascination with monsters
has led him to create pieces that are out
of this world, making him one of the most
prominent names in the Philippine
sculpture and visual arts scenes.
 His work has also been featured in
television shows such as Bagani (2018).

3 Leeroy New

4 Nikki Luna  One of the most prominent female artists in
Philippine arts circles today is Nikki Luna.
 Luna’s work brings together advocacy and art.
 Luna is a graduate of the University of the
Philippines’ Fine Arts program, focusing on visual
art. She also received a Chevening Award,
allowing her to take a masters in Art and
Education at the University of London in the UK.
 Her work has been exhibited in the CCP, Vargas
Museum, and Lopez Memorial Museum, among
others. In addition, she has also been featured in
the Aichi Triennale, Singapore Biennale, Beijing
Binnale, and Le Festival International des Textiles
Extra Ordinaires.

4 Nikki Luna  Luna’s work is notable for highlighting issues of
women, including the issues of rape, sexual
harassment, domestic workers, and migrant
workers.
 She authored the book I Love My Body (2018),
highlighting body positivity and awareness.
 She also recently completed a solo exhibition at
the 1335 Mabini Gallery called This is How to be a
Woman of the World.
 Besides gallery work, Luna also employs her art in
her activism.
 She has conducted various art therapy workshops
in conflict zones in the Philippines, and uses her
work to speak out against social issues like
extrajudicial killings, misogyny, and rape culture

4 Nikki Luna

5 Rodel Tapaya
 one of the top names in Philippine
painting and visual art, and his work has
garnered him critical acclaim both in the
country and abroad.
 Born in 1980 in Montalban, Rizal, Tapaya
first broke out into the scene when he
won the Nokia Art Awards in 2001.
 This enabled him to take drawing and
painting courses in prestigious institutions
such as the Parsons School of Design in
New York, USA, and the University of
Helsinki in Finland.
 Additionally, Tapaya won the 2011
Signature Art Prize, was named one of
CCP’s 13 Artists of 2012, and has been
shortlisted several times for the Ateneo
Art Awards, among others.

5 Rodel Tapaya
 Tapaya’s first solo show outside the
country was in 2008 and was entitled
Rodel Tapaya: Folkgotten.
 This marked a shift in subject matter and
medium, and Tapaya began to explore the
themes of Philippine mythology and
folktales for which he’s known today.
 Rodel Tapaya’s artworks and paintings are
notable for their mix of Filipino folk
culture and history, which he uses to offer
commentary on contemporary social
issues.
 His complex compositions and use of vivid
colors and patterns have made his work a
favorite of collectors and art enthusiasts

5 Rodel Tapaya

6 Ernest Concepcion
 Ernest Concepcion is well known for his highly
complex and experimental paintings, which play
with texture and color to create images that
arrest the viewer’s eyes.
 Born in 1977, he graduated from the University of
the Philippines with a Bachelor of Fine Arts.
 He has participated in a number of art residences
in New York, where he stayed for several years.
Concepcion has exhibited in galleries both in the
Philippines and in the United States, including solo
exhibitions and group shows.
 He has also received the CCP’s 13 Artists of 2015
award, among others.

6 Ernest Concepcion
 Concepcion is notable for his use of color
and texture in his artworks.
 His paintings are abstracted reflections on
Philippine history, social issues, and the
human experience.
 By experimenting with composition, form,
color, and textures, Concepcion’s works
challenge the viewers’ preconceptions of
what is or isn’t possible in art.
 Concepcion’s pieces are set apart by his
use of different techniques, styles, and
media in order to put together images
that are disjointed and unified at the
same time.
 He currently splits his time between
Manila and Brooklyn

6 Ernest Concepcion

7 Annie Cabigting
 One of this generation of artists’ technical
masters, and her work is well-known both
for its adherence to real life form, and for
its ability to challenge the viewer.
 She graduated from the University of the
Philippines with a Major in Painting in
1994, and has since been exhibited in
dozens of galleries.
 She has over a dozen solo exhibitions,
including ones in Singapore, Malaysia,
and the Philippines.
 She also won the Ateneo Art Awards in
2005, among others, and her work was
also included in the Prague Biennale.

7 Annie Cabigting
 Cabigting is perhaps most known for her
ability to force her viewers to question
ideas of authorship, reproduction, and
point of view.
 Her recent show, Museum Watching,
featured photorealistic paintings of people
observing famous artworks.
 This playfulness in exploring the dynamic
between subject and viewer has been
present throughout her career.
 In addition to original work, Cabigting has
also made reproductions of pieces by
Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and local
artists.
 Her ability to play around with the act of
observation has made her a favorite of
collectors and laypeople alike.

7 Annie Cabigting

8 Dex Fernandez
 Dex Fernandez is a rising name among
young artists in the Philippines, and it’s
immediately evident why.
 Perhaps best known for his cartoonish,
many-legged subject “Garapata,”
Fernandez’s work is playful and street-
smart, bringing a modern sensibility to
many of Manila’s galleries.
 He studied Fine Arts and Advertising at
the Technological University of the
Philippines before working as a graphic
designer.
 He’s had solo exhibitions in the
Philippines and the United States, as well
as group exhibitions in France, Singapore,
the United States, and the Philippines.

8 Dex Fernandez
 Fernandez’s work makes use of the urban
landscape as a canvas, bringing art out of
staid white galleries and into the daily
lives of commuters.
 His Garapata stickers are a well-known
sight around Manila and even abroad.
 Besides his illustration, he’s also worked
in mixed media, photomanipulation,
mural painting, and other styles.
 Fernandez’s pieces like to mix the
mundane in with the surreal, making
each of his artworks an instant visual
playground for the viewer.
 Although he is currently based in
Caloocan City, you can find his works, and
Garapata, in metropolises all over the
world.

8 Dex Fernandez

9 Oscar Villamiel
 Oscar Villamiel is a familiar figure in the
Philippine art world, and his primitive,
multi-media installations are both
instantly recognizable and unforgettable.
 Born in 1953 and a graduate of the Fine
Arts Program of University of the East, he
worked as a set designer and
entrepreneur for several decades.
 During this period, he founded the
graphic t-shirt brand Artwork in 2002.
 His first exhibition was a group exhibition
of UE alumni at the National Commission
for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), and he’s
exhibited in a number of galleries and
countries since.

9 Oscar Villamiel
 Villamiel’s work is well-known for its use
of salvaging, with the artist using found
materials or old, recycled parts to create
entirely new works.
 His 2014 installation art about the
Philippines, Mga Damong Ligaw,
employed the use of over 10,000 excised
carabao horns that flowed from the
gallery walls onto the floor.
 Instead of focusing on prized objects, his
art brings to the foreground discarded
junk and cast-off, ordinary items.
 By doing this, he highlights the stark
beauty that can often be found in these
discarded pieces

9 Oscar Villamiel

10 Geraldine Javier
a Philippine visual artist whose work
foregrounds the tension between
dynamic contrasts.
Born in 1970, she initially began
her career training to be a nurse
before turning to the arts.
Javier rose into the spotlight when
she received the CCP’s 13 Artists
Award in 2003.
She first began exhibiting her work
internationally in 2004, and has
been featured in dozens of galleries
both in the Philippines and abroad.

10 Geraldine Javier
 Javier has cited Roberto Chabet as one of her top
influences, and she herself takes a similar
cerebral approach to her artwork.
 Her work emphasizes complexity, both of subject
matter and form.
 In addition to iconography from her Roman
Catholic upbringing, she also touches on the
concepts of death, emotional violence,
relationships, and social tensions.
 Rather than touching on the social realism and
political commentary of her predecessors, Javier
instead paints subjects that are highly personal
and specific.
 Thus, she invites the viewers of her artwork to
look at the internal rather the external, making
her a favorite of galleries and collectors alike

10 Geraldine Javier

11 Ronald Ventura
 hailed as one of the most distinctive and
unique artistic voices of his generation.
 Born in 1973 and educated at the
University of Santo Tomas in Manila, he’s
been multi-awarded since his student
days.
 As an undergraduate, he won the longest-
running student art competition
sponsored by Shell Corporation in 1990.
 His first two solo shows were in 2000,
and he has since been exhibited in the
Philippines, Asia, and in Europe and the
United States.
 Among his many awards are the 13
Artists Award of 2003 by the CCP, and the
Ateneo Art Award in 2005

11 Ronald Ventura
 Ronald Ventura’s artworks are known for
combining a variety of different media,
and he explores new themes, materials,
and concepts in his work.
 Although skilled in different media,
including photography, sculptures, and
installations, he’s particularly known for
his work surrounding the human form.
 By layering usually separate styles— such
as graffiti, cartoons, and photorealism—
he highlights the multiple and sometimes
conflicting identities that make up the
Philippines.
 Ronald Ventura’s paintings explore
dynamics and contrasts, and each piece is
a unique dialogue between viewer and
subject.

11 Ronald Ventura

12 Gary-Ross Pastrana
 Distinctive, conceptual works makes him
a stand-out in a country rich with artistic
talent.
 He received his bachelor’s degree in
painting from the University of the
Philippines’ College of Fine Arts, where he
was awarded the Dominador Castañeda
Award for Best Thesis.
 Subsequently, he was granted residences
in Japan and Bangkok.
 He received the CCP’s 13 Artists Award in
2006, and has since been exhibited in
shows both local and abroad. He is also
one of the co-founders of the Future
Prospects Art Space in Cubao, Philippines.

 Pastrana’s work is known for combining concepts
with context in subtle, poetic ways.
 In addition to sculpture, his work has also
employed the use of folded and coiled
photographs, found pictures from the internet
woven together, and even his own shirt tied to a
flag pole.
 In one exhibit in 2018, Pastrana turned to the
“forgotten” objects in the house, highlighting
them and inviting viewers to explore their often-
ignored histories.
 His simple yet dynamic approach to the everyday
turns the mundane into something deeply
emotional, adding a complexity to even the most
deceptively simple of pieces

13 Benedicto Cabrera
 more popularly known as BenCab, has
been hailed as one of the most iconic
artists of his generation.
 Awarded the National Artist of the
Philippines for Visual Arts (Painting)
Award in 2006, he is arguably one of the
best-selling artists in the country, with
the BenCab museum in Baguio City
dedicated to his works. He studied in the
University of the Philippines before
exploring a career in art circles in London.
 Subsequently, he began to build a name
for himself that led to countless
exhibitions and shows in dozens of
countries across the world

 Benedicto Cabrera’s artworks are notable
for his mastery of a variety of different
media, including printmaking, painting,
photography, and draftsmanship.
 In particular, he is known for his series of
works centering around his muse “Sabel,”
inspired by a scavenger woman whom he
photographed and sketched in 1965.
 Following the same vein, Benedicto
Cabrera’s paintings are primarily
figurative, focusing on the female subject,
and occasionally men, wrapped in swirling
fabrics.
 His subjects are often dressed in
Filipiniana, highlighting the context of
Filipino women in society.

14 Agnes Arellano
 Perhaps one of the greatest Philippine sculptors of
her generation, Agnes Arellano’s work demands
the viewer’s full attention.
 Before delving into art, Arellano first went down a
more science-oriented track, pursuing a Bachelor
of Arts in Psychology and units in a Master of Arts
in the same field. She finally took a Major in
Sculpture from the College of Fine Arts, University
of the Philippines, kickstarting what would be
decades of success and renown.
 She has participated in several exhibitions across
the globe, and her work is in the permanent
collections of the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, the
Singapore Art Museum, and the APEC Sculpture
Park in Busan, South Korea.

14 Agnes Arellano
 Arellano’s sculptures are distinctive not only for
their mastery of the female form, but for their
harrowing, sometimes grotesque, and always
unforgettable subject matter.
 Much of her career has been shaped by the tragic
death of her family in a fire in 1981, and many of
her works commemorate this event.
 In particular, her multimedia memorial event Fire
and Death – A Labyrinth of Ritual Art was a
unique installation of memorabilia from their
family home.
 Arellano is known for her focus on the female
body using a variety of different sculptural
materials, including casts of her own body.
 She calls her sculptures “inscapes,” where she
invites the viewers to walk in and explore the core
of their meaning

14 Agnes Arellano
Hermaphroditic Humunculus (1983)
Vesta (1996)

15 Kiko Escora
 known as “Manila Animal”, is a prolific,
chameleon-like artist whose work
changes with every exhibition.
 Born in 1970, his fascination with art
began as a child, when his father
introduced him to the color wheel and
taught him to match each color with a
song. Awarded the prestigious 13 Artists
Award by the CCP in 2003, he has been
exhibited numerous times, both in solo
and group shows in the Philippines and in
countries such as Indonesia and Spain.
 He is a favorite of collectors, and his
pieces have sold for up to Php 1.5 million
at auctions.

15 Kiko Escora
 Kiko Escora’s work is known for the
negotiation between the themes of
intimacy and violence.
 His portraits, often foregrounding the
subjects in stark lighting, invite a level of
scrutiny on the part of the viewer that
feels both familiar and invasive all at
once.
 His subjects often have a particularly
unnerving energy, with expressions and
attitudes that turn the viewer from an
impartial observer to an almost voyeur.
 This bald-facedness allows that forces the
viewer from the passive into the active
have made his work deceptively simple
yet haunting.

15 Kiko Escora

16 Yasmin Sison-Ching
 Filipina visual artist whose work lingers
with you long after you’ve turned away.
 Born in 1972 in Cavite, she took up a
degree in Humanities and Fine Arts and
graduated from the University of the
Philippines, later taking a second degree
in Painting from 1994-1997 and a Masters
in Art Education in 2001.
 Her work Bear fetched the highest price
at the Borobudur auction in Singapore in
2008, and she has been exhibited in
Malaysia, Italy, the Czech Republic,
Indonesia, Singapore, Hong Kong, and
the Philippines.

 Sison-Ching’s early work centered on
abstract expressionism.
 Her gestural paintings included bright
splashes of color and expressionist figures
that lacked both form and identity.
 She then moved on to representational
imagery, distinctive for her unflinching
portrayal of her subjects.
 In particular, her series on children in all
their moods showed her skill at drawing
out the emotions of her subjects.
 This perceptiveness and connection with
viewers have made her a standout in the
Philippine art scene, and a favorite among
collectors.

17 Neil Pasilan
 self-taught, multi-media artist from
Bacolod.
 Born in 1971 and brother to fellow artist
Diokno Pasilan, he displayed creativity at
an early age.
 In his youth, he modeled figures in clay
before moving on to other forms and
media.
 He has been in several group exhibitions,
including 2010’s Buang in Makati City
Alay in Quezon City, and 2011 in Taguig
City, Philippines. His solo exhibitions have
been at various galleries in the
Philippines, including Wes Gallery, Art
Informal Gallery, and the Cultural Center
of the Philippines.

17 Neil Pasilan
 Pasilan’s work is known for its use of
multiple layers and media, utilizing these
different strata to expose or sometimes
mask different forms and subjects.
 He has described himself as being most
at ease when he is being true to himself
as an artist.
 Subsequently, many of his works include
family members and other personal
relationships.
 Pasilan’s work is distinctive for its hazy
yet emotion-filled approach to form,
creating emotion through abstraction
where the viewer would initially assume
there was none to be found

17 Neil Pasilan

18 Kawayan de Guia
 Kawayan de Guia is a growing name
within the Philippine art world, and with
good reason.
 The son of filmmaker Kidlat Tahimik and
German artist Katrin de Guia, he was
mentored by BenCab and Santiago Bose
in his early years.
 In 2011, he helmed the Ax(iS) Art Project
to promote the local artist community in
Baguio City and the rest of the
Cordilleras.
 He has held numerous solo exhibitions in
the Philippines and abroad, and was a
guest curator in 2013 for the Singapore
Biennale. Besides the Philippines, his
work has been exhibited in Australia,
Japan, China, and Germany.

18 Kawayan de Guia
 De Guia’s work is notable for his
seemingly disjointed associations of
different images and forms.
 His collages play with concepts that are
often difficult to pair, such as religion and
consumerism, in collages that play with
both shape and color.
 By placing these outwardly disparate
concepts together, he invites the viewer
to construct their own meaning of their
relationships.
 The chaotic landscapes of his artworks
also invite the viewer to explore feelings
of discontent and disarticulation, and
leave them with lingering feelings of
restlessness long after they’ve left.

18 Kawayan de Guia

19 Mark Salvatus
 Mark Salvatus is an intermedia artist who
has been slowly but surely rising in
prominence in the Philippine art scene.
 Born in 1980 and educated at the
University of Santo Tomas College of Fine
Arts & Design, he won the Ateneo Art
Awards in 2010, and was named as one
of the CCP’s 13 Artists of 2012.
 In subsequent years, he has won
residency grants and fellowships to
Sweden, Japan, and the Netherlands.
 He has exhibited his work in the
Philippines, Japan, South Korea, China,
the Netherlands, Italy, the United
Kingdom, Australia, and the United
States, among others.

19 Mark Salvatus
 Mark Salvatus calls his artworks “Salvage
Projects,” and he is preoccupied with the
idea of movements and transitions from
one place or state of being to another.
 His work discusses urbanization and the
socioeconomic structure that surrounds it,
especially in Metro Manila.
 This urbanization and landscape are both
foreground and background for Salvatus’
pieces, manifesting through familiar
objects and the everyday.
 With his artworks spanning a range of
media and sometimes inviting the
participation of the public itself, Salvatus
has proven himself an artist of the new
age

19 Mark Salvatus

20 Patricia Perez Eustaquio  Patricia Perez Eustaquio has been hailed as one of
the foremost artists of her generation.
 Born in 1977, she received the 13 Artists Award
from the CCP in 2010, and has been awarded
several prestigious residencies.
 Among these residencies are Art Omi in New York,
and Stitching Id11 in Amsterdam.
 She has been exhibited in dozens of galleries, and
her work has awed audiences in Switzerland,
Singapore, Paris, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the
Philippines, among others.
 In 2016, she was commissioned by the Palais de
Tokyo in France, and joined the Singapore
Biennale in the same year.

20 Patricia Perez Eustaquio
 Eustaquio’s work is concerned with the
idea of vanity, focusing on materials and
structures that are carefully created and
staged.
 Much of her work involves the materials
of craft, including fabric, leather, lace,
ceramic, and upholstery— either
handmade or industrial.
 Hailed by critics as a multifaceted talent,
Eustaquio is able to invite viewers to
interrogate both the artwork and the
process by which the artwork is
constructed.
 Detritus is framed within the structures of
craft and fashion, creating a dynamic that
begs reflection and discussion

20 Patricia Perez Eustaquio

21 Martha Atienza  Martha Atienza was born to a Filipino father and
Dutch mother, and this shuttling between two
cultures has been at the forefront of her creative
work.
 She finished a bachelor’s degree in Mixed Media
and Media Art at the Aki Academy of Visual Arts
and Design in the Netherlands.
 Despite her young age, her prodigious skill is
readily apparent, and she’s received accolade
after accolade in her decade of work.
 Among these are the CCP’s 2015 13 Artists
Award, the New Media Fund from the NCCA, the
2012 Ateneo Art Awards, and residencies in
Singapore, Australia, the United States, the UK,
and the Philippines.

21 Martha Atienza
 Martha Atienza’s work is primarily
expressed through video installation,
which has been exhibited in various
galleries across the globe.
 Using the concept of a “stranger” to guide
her hand, her work toes the line between
imagination and understanding.
 Atienza takes an almost sociological
approach to her artwork, exploring
different contradictions and subjects with
an almost clinical eye.
 However, this perceived detachment does
not let the viewer forget who is behind
the camera, turning the experience into a
kind of voyeurism of the voyeur

21 Martha Atienza

22 Hannah Pettyjohn
 As the daughter of Filipino ceramicisists
Jon and Tessy Pettyjohn, it’s no wonder
that Hannah Pettyjohn grew up to pursue
a career in the arts.
 Born in 1983 and now based in Dallas in
the United States, Pettyjohn graduated
from the University of the Philippines with
a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting.
 Her work has been exhibited in the
Philippines, Taiwan, the United States,
Singapore, and Hong Kong, and is
included in various private collections
across Southeast Asia.

22 Hannah Pettyjohn
 Taking inspiration from her parents’ work
and her own experiences as a Filipino-
American, Pettyjohn’s work seems to
focus on the meeting and discussion
between two worlds.
 Her paintings are often accompanied by
sculptural works, and fragments of
memory and autobiographical tidbits
make up much of her artwork.
 Her palettes are muted, emphasizing a
feeling of nostalgia and transience.
 With themes of impermanence,
loneliness, anxiety, and aimlessness, her
work speaks to a new generation of
individuals who feel untethered to their
own histories and societies.

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23 Pope Bacay
 A native of Oriental Mindoro, Pope Bacay
is quickly rising to become one of the
most well-known young artists in the
country.
 Having graduated from the Studio Arts
program of the University of the
Philippines in only 2016, he’s quickly
begun to make waves in the local art
scene in the Philippines.
 He had his first exhibition in 2016 entitled
(t)here, and has had several group and
solo shows in the few short years since.
 Bacay also recently completed a two-
month art residency at the A Bungalow
Residency Project in Negros Occidental.

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 Bacay’s work draws on the sense of place,
capturing scenes from his life in his
hometown of Roxas.
 Framing the everyday and familiar within
architectural structures, he emphasizes
the role of these structures in capturing
and maintaining our memories.
 The visual geography on his canvases is
both foreign and familiar all at once, with
windowpanes or traditional-style houses a
well-known sight to viewers.
 His masterful grasp of melancholy and
nostalgia definitely makes him a voice to
look out for

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24 David Medalla  David Medalla is one of the greats of Philippine
contemporary art, and any list would be remiss
not to include him.
 Born in Manila in 1942, he was admitted to
Columbia University in New York at the young age
of 14 upon the recommendation of American poet
Mark van Doren.
 In the late 1950s he returned to Manila and began
his art career under the wing of several new
patrons.
 In the 1960s, he moved to the United Kingdom
and co-founded the Signals Gallery, which
presented kinetic art by international artists.
 He also founded the London Biennale in 1998, and
has won numerous awards for his work.

24 David Medalla  It’s hard to put together a life more storied than
David Medalla’s.
 As one of the foremost artists in kinetic art and
sculpture in the world, Medalla’s influence on
Philippine contemporary art is undeniable.
 He has experimented with a variety of forms and
materials, never once shying away from the
challenge to viewers and observers.
 He creates artwork that allows all the body’s
senses to engage with it, once even creating a
piece that would release scent pellets of his then-
boyfriend’s smell when he undressed after coming
home from work.
 His creativity, eloquence, and genius are
undeniable, and luckily for Philippine art he still
has more to give.

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