The Island Is Calling
Frelan Gonzaga
FRELAN GONZAGA VIEW FULL CV (b. 1981) contemporary artist Frelan Gonzaga focuses on those living on the fringes of Philippine society. He elaborates on values he believes are essential—hard work, faith, and hope. Born in Bacolod City. He learned the technical skills needed to be a photographer and then taught himself to be a painter […]
Karina Broce-Gonzaga
KARINA BROCE-GONZAGA VIEW FULL CV Karina Broce Gonzaga is a full-time visual artist and arts manager with a background in mass communications, hospitality management, and fine arts. Hailing from San Carlos City, she has held a couple of recent solo shows, as well as a two-man show with her artist-husband, Frelan Gonzaga, in 2016; she […]
Moreen Austria
MOREEN AUSTRIA VIEW FULL CV Moreen Austria, or Mox, to her inner circle is an artist whose works cross from sculptures, paintings and installations, navigating the layers of self, relationships and society, seeking identity and spaces of articulation and expression. The physical nature of working with metal sculptures she finds therapeutic, but discovered satisfaction in […]
Emilio “Jun Jun” Montelibano
JUN JUN MONTELIBANO Emilio, more popularly known as Junjun, is the 2014 Philippine Movie Press Club winner for best indie movie production design for the film, Sonata. His involvement in stage, video and film productions as a director, designer, and cinematographer has shaped a multi-dimensional sensibility that very much informs his visual art practice in […]
Faye Abantao
FAYE ABANTAO VIEW FULL CV Largely a self-taught artist, she developed an exemplary multi-disciplinary practice of photography, digital printing, origami, print and painting. In overlapping sequence, the string of procedures begins with a camera and culminates with paint and brushes; giving her imageries their distinct visual form. The focus of her artistry is weaving in […]
Roderick Alpas “R A” Tijing
RA Tijing View Full CV (b.1980) is a semi-finalist in the 2010 Metrobank Art & Design Excellence (MADE) Awards, nominated 3 times for 13 artists awards, and was selected for and participated in Gwangju Korea Art Residency and Exhibition in 2015. Tijing is a self-taught artist drawn to incorporating elements of magic and dreams into […]
Charlie Co
CHARLIE S. CO View Full CV (b.1960, Negros) has produced more than 40 solo exhibitions since 1983, presented internationally in Australia, China, Hong Kong, Singapore and The Philippines. A mature and prolific career, Co established his own distinctive style early on, an individuality that has awarded him many accolades among them the 13 Artists Award […]
Ang Kalibutan Ni Nunelucio Alvarado
Art has a long history of bringing people together and creating a connection amongst diverse individuals. The integration of art has not only enriched people’s lives but it continues to foster communities.
World Gone Mad
Created throughout most of the year 2021, World Gone Mad is a diptych piece that translates the intense and frenzied state of our world as it struggled to fight, endure and live with the pandemic that seems to have churned the world into almost insanity.