Sunday, April 3, 2022

art fair PH 2022

Thank you, Ted Aldwin Ong and Rock Drilon, for this week's feature on wonder | wander | world

Art Fair Philippines had its eyes set on one daring goal - to provide a bigger platform for talented local artists outside Metro Manila's hub.

 'Goodbye to All That' by Margaux Blas (Photo: Mono 8 Gallery)

These exceptional talents go beyond the walls of art galleries in Metro Manila. In this write-up, Tatler features artists hailing from the Visayas and Mindanao.

Multidisciplinary teaching artist, multimedia poet, and cultural worker Rosa Zerrudo, whose works revolve around Filipino traditions, rituals, and diverse processes through contextual exchange and cultural interventions. 

INDAY Dolls - a restorative social enterprise

Angela Silva is an artist who taught image transfer and portrait collage  to budding creatives in the San Francisco Bay Area before retiring in the Visayas. Her work explores identity, memory, time, and place to create a nuanced and deeper explorations. 

Aina Martinez is a young illustrator and muralist based in Roxas City, Capiz Province. Among her popular projects are community murals she and her band of young artists volunteered for when Iloilo's local government unit (LGU) sought to turn local areas into art spaces

Aina Shane Martinez - @bizvit_

Fashion design and merchandising graduate Margaux Blas is an artist based in Iloilo. Her works revolve around the exploration of the female body using mixed media techniques, neo-ethnic patterns, natural textures, and oriental inspired structures. 

Kudos to our female Bisaya artists - may your tribe flourish and spread! 

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