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One of the best-known artists in the Philippine art scene at the moment. Born in 1978 in Manila.

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In her first international solo exhibit, False Apparitions in Valentine Fine Art, Singapore (2012), Garcia presented X-rays of several statues of saints. These were fixed on light boxes and framed in antique-looking ornate frames. In 2015, she showcased her landscape creations in a solo exhibit entitled UNEARTH at ARNDT, Berlin.

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Nona Garcia is 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.

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Andres Barrioquinto’s 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.

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Barrioquinto has been fondly called the Dark Man of Philippine Art due to his use of the macabre in many of his works.

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Barrioquinto’s work is notable for its use of juxtaposition 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 imperfect.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Sculptor, street artist, fashion designer, production manager and jewelry maker - among everything else, Leeroy New is a practitioner of what can be called “applied sculpture” across different yet allied fields of the creative industry.

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One of the most prominent female artists in Philippine arts circles today, Nikki 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.

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Luna’s work is notable for highlighting issues of women, including the issues of rape, sexual harassment, domestic workers, and migrant workers.

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women’s hair collected from Filipino domestic workers in Egypt, leather, thread, cowhide rug.

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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.

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The burning shoe in the video is a wooden replica of the exact shoe that former First Lady of the Philippines Imelda Marcos wore when Ferdinand Marcos was sworn in as president. The shoe was created by carvers from Paete, Laguna.

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Rodel Tapaya is 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,

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.

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The Invasion Of Brainyack at The Rockland Center for the Arts

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The Invasion Of Brainyack at The Rockland Center for the Arts

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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.

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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.

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Annie Cabigting is 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.

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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.

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La chambre bleue (After Alxandre Jean Baptiste Hesse)

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La chambre bleue (After Alxandre Jean Baptiste Hesse)

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There's always something to look at if you open your eyes!

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There's always something to look at if you open your eyes!

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Annie brings high art closer, daring to recreate artworks in galleries, museums, and auction houses all over the globe. She shares intimate looks into museum-going and art-viewing, also taking from books, or exploring the ideas behind single objects. Her work becomes a critique of institutions, and she questions the process of art’s presentation.

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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

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From Bastard of Misrepresentation, New York Edition, 2012

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From Bastard of Misrepresentation, New York Edition, 2012

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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.

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Oscar Villamiel is a familiar figure in the Philippine art world, and his visceral, 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.

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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.

Even the most humble and everyday of objects can convey larger truths about the world. Villamiel is fascinated and drawn to the possibilities of telling these stories: exploring how precious histories, current realities, and urgent lessons inhabit the material qualities of detritus and debris.

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Geraldine Javier is a Philippine visual artist whose work foregrounds the tension between dynamic contrasts. Born in 1970, Javier has cited Roberto Chabet as one of her top influences, and she herself takes a similar cerebral approach to her artwork.

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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.

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Clock Ticks in the Night, Tic toc, Tic toc, 2017

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Clock Ticks in the Night, Tic toc, Tic toc, 2017