I was born and raised in Manila, Philippines and later moved to the United Kingdom. My art examines lived experience through image and metaphor which I use as a story-telling device. I play with a variety of medium like pencils, pastels, inks, water colours, acrylics on paper and canvas to respond to the energy, discomfort and tension that comes with excavating my inner world.
I’m curious about our creative capacity as human beings to make sense and meaning from the things that happen to us. I draw upon ideas based on the concepts of wholeness, intersectionality and the ‘psychology of parts’ which I see as an invitation to connect with the many parts within us. I describe my process as stitching together a story at the sutures of meaning-making, mattering and mothering. This trifecta plays into my evolving understanding of self and those that came before me.
I am based in a seaside town in the UK where I live with my partner, our children and Bentley our British shorthair.
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Photo credit: Jon Webber
Solo Exhibitions
2026 (TBC), Artinformal, Manila, Philippines
2025 Hidden Parts, The People’s Gallery, Southend Library, Southend-on-sea, UK
2025 Tethers of a whole, Artinformal, Manila, Philippines
2024 Tethers of a whole, The People’s Gallery, Southend Library, Southend-on-sea, UK
2024 The beauty of (in)completeness, Artinformal, Manila, Philippines
2023 In Search of My Sacred, Artinformal, Manila, Philippines
2021 Residue, Artinformal, Manila, Philippines
2020 Apparition, Artinformal, Manila Philippines
2018 A Corner of Nature Seen Through a Temperament, Artinformal, Manila Philippines
2013 Dig, Artinformal, Manila, Philippines
2011 A-softly Pounding, Artinformal, Manila, Philippines
2009 Cloudy With A Chance of Nausea, Avellana Art Gallery, Pasay, Philippines
2006 Why I Am Not A Painter, Avellana Art Gallery, Pasay, Philippines
Group Exhibitions
2024 Annual Open, Southwark Park Galleries, London, UK
2023 Flowers for the Revolution, Edoweird, Manila, Philippines
2020 Recipes, Artinformal, Manila, Philippines
2020 Becoming Trees, Artinformal, Manila, Philippines
2019 Heart and Fist, Vinyl on Vinyl Gallery, Manila, Philippines
2013 North Light: The Obligation of Time, BenCab Museum, Baguio City, Philippines
2012 Tangible Sanctuaries, Bliss on Bliss Studios, New York City, USA
2012 Mission United Artists (juried exhibition), Workspace Limited, San Francisco, USA
2011 Regalo, Avellana Art Gallery, Pasay, Philippines
2011 Mission Artist United (juried exhibition), Flax, San Francisco, USA
2010 Via Mail, Capitana Art Gallery, Negros Occidental, Philippines
2009 Breaking Even, White Wall Gallery, Manila, Philippines
2006 8 Filipina Daragang Magayon, Liongoren Gallery, Quezon City, Philippines
Residencies
2012 And’Art Casablanca, Terre Sans Frontiere, Morocco
2005 XII International Art Colony, Kicevo, Republic of Macedonia