For me, art is about bridging the gap between time—joining the infant present to its mother past. This installation, created in collaboration with high school students from Manila and Nakanojo, embodies that dialogue where the echoes of history meet the whispers of today. Together, we explored the poetic interplay of light and shadow to symbolize memory, resilience, and hope. The students’ contributions reflect deeply personal stories, translating their emotions into a luminous visual language.
As viewers move through and beneath the suspended elements, their presence transforms the patterns of light and shadow, illustrating how memories and perspectives shift over time. The cloth-based medium adds a tactile, organic quality that fosters intimacy and invites reflection, connecting us to the enduring threads that link us to our ancestors. It’s a reminder of the shared experiences that define our humanity and the lasting impressions left by fleeting moments.
This project celebrates the transformative power of memory, collaboration, and interaction. It is a layered, reflective journey that honors resilience and our shared capacity to find hope in ever-changing stories.
CV
PhD: 2023 Doctor of Philosophy in Education
(Educational Management)
Philippine Women’s University, Manila
MAFAD: 2015 Studio Arts Philippine Women’s University, Manila
BFA: 1992 Advertising Philippine Women’s University, Manila
AWARDS
2024 Research Productivity Award, Rank 2, Full Time, Benitez Hall, Philippine Women’s University, Taft Avenue, Manila
2023 Research Productivity Award, Rank 1, Full Time, Benitez Hall, Philippine Women’s University, Taft Avenue, Manila
2023 Grand Finalist, GSIS National Art Competition, GSIS Museum, Pasay City, Philippines
2011 Certificate of Recognition, Top Five Part Time Faculty Member, Benitez Hall, Philippine Women’s University, Taft Avenue, Manila
2011 Finalist, AAP-ECCA Annual Art Competition, GSIS Museum, Pasay City, PhilippinesEXHIBITION RECORD
2024 Shades of Identity: Unveiling Filipino Folk Art Aesthetics from Tradition to Resistance, HZB Gallery, PWU, Manila
2024 Painting: Boceto Series_Yellow, Art Festival, BGC, Burgos Park, Forbes Town, Taguig City
2024 Painting: Boceto Series_Red, Art Festival, BGC, Burgos Park, Forbes Town, Taguig City
2024 Painting: Boceto Series_BlueArt Festival, BGC, Burgos Park, Forbes Town, Taguig City
2023 Sculpture: Panagkita ti man-nalon (A Farmer’s Gaze), 18th GSIS National Art Competition, GSIS Museum, Pasay City, Philippines
2023 Print: Space in Time, Association of Pinoy Printmakers, Bulwagang Roberto Chabet, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Pasay, Philippines
2022 Print: Revisiting the Bakunawa, Arte Bettina, Greenbelt 5, Makati, Philippines
2022 Painting: Boceto Series 2022_Occeno, Philippine Modernism Book Launching and Exhibition, GSIS Museum, Pasay, Philippines
2021 Prints: Panglakaton, Online Exhibit, Pinoy Printmakers: Art by the Bay
2020 Painting: Orasyon (Evening Prayer), ` Panumbalik Exhibit, Spektrum Virtual Art Gallery2019 Prints: Alaala ng Kamusmusan, Pinoy Printmakers: Hands On Cultural Center of the Philippines, Pasay City, Philippines
2019 Painting: Habi-lin, GSIS Annual Exhibition, GSIS Museum, CCP Complex, Pasay City
2018 Prints: Handumanan, Pinoy Printmakers: Tirada Cultural Center of the Philippines, Pasay City, Philippines
2018 Painting: Her Grandmother’s Child, GSIS Annual Exhibition, GSIS MuseumComplex, Pasay City
2018 Painting: Changing Hue, GSIS Annual Exhibition, GSIS Museum, CCP Complex, Pasay City
2017 Prints: Lupa…Kapwa, Pinoy Printmakers: Nature/Nurture, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Pasay City, Philippines
2017 Painting: Once Upon a Time, a True Story, GSIS Annual Exhibition, GSIS Museum, CCP Complex, Pasay City
2017 Painting: Inflections, GSIS Annual Exhibition, GSIS Museum, CCP Complex, Pasay City
2017 Sculpture: Ang Pagsilang kay Filipa, Diverse Works: Add/Subtract/Construct, EREHWON Center for the Arts Quezon City, Philippines
