Exhibits 2023
Young, sincere and driven, the new batch of Tuklas grantees, Ace Navarro, Andres Catig, Bry Barrios, Den Pascual, Jack De Castro, Melvin Pollero, Renwil Portodo, and Zeelah Aquilizan, point out current social ills because they see themselves in charge of the present; as they are also in the momentum of being in-charge, advancing the enrichment of the quality of life where art has more sense than mere object-fetish and plain commodity.
-Janine Dimaranan
In Threaded Stillness, Steven Natal makes sense of the world around him through solemn gestures of painted images. He reassembles disconnected splinters of still-life paintings into wall-bound installations and adorns them with mundane, everyday objects like discarded wooden stair railings. This results in an interwoven nexus of silent pictures that plunges its viewers into the quiet state of being caught inside a dream.
-Dave Lock
In her new series of works, Bahay-bahayan, Ianna Engaño turns clay into artistic and tangible musings of home. Central to her work is the ‘barong-barong,’ that speak of so many layers both literal and figurative.
-Janine Dimaranan
KAMALAYAN, a series of 3 group shows, features a diverse list of young and mid-career artists mentored by curator Renato Habulan.
Kabugtuan na nagpapakita ng reyalidad ng pagiging Pilipino ang mga makikita sa mga gawa dito.
-Janine Dimaranan
KAMALAYAN, a series of 3 group shows, features a diverse list of young and mid-career artists mentored by curator Renato Habulan.
Kahayupan ng tao, katiwalian ng mga may katungkulan, at karahasan at pang-aapi naman ang tinatalakay ng Concrete Jungle.
-Janine Dimaranan
KAMALAYAN, a series of 3 group shows, features a diverse list of young and mid-career artists mentored by curator Renato Habulan.
Ang A Seat at the Table naman ay tipunan ding nagbibigay diin sa matitingkad na mga karanasang pansarili at panlipunan.
-Janine Dimaranan
Orland Espinosa's latest body of work, "Beyond Senses", explores the subliminal ghosts that lurk in the shadows of the human creative state. Our five senses are the main mediums that help us curate the malleable parts of our inner selves, as they are the pathways through which we allow things to enter us and become parts of our own.
-Dave Lock
Influenced by a roving circus that regularly visits their hometown, for his first solo exhibition at the Eskinita Art Farm, Salamangka by Tuklas mentee Joen Sudlon has visually brought back storytelling in understanding the ongoing narrative of our dysfunctional nation.
-Jay Bautista
In Abril Valdemoro's perspective, the term pakyawan or Kuridas in the Masbateño language carries a different meaning. Kuridas covers a broad scope, encompassing everything.
-Kaye O'yek
We pay tribute to the life and work of the late Filipino sculptor and Tuklas 2018 grantee, Dennis Jimenez, with an exhibit of his remarkable pieces at Eskinita Art Farm. Jimenez was an outsider artist who championed traditional sculpting methods while addressing contemporary realities surrounding society through his narrative figuration.
We are deeply honored to host this exhibit and to celebrate the legacy of such a talented artist.
-Dave Lock
Join us as we witness "The Darkest Night Produces the Brightest Stars" exhibit by Neo-Angono Artists Collective.
Featuring the works of Jie Adamat, Allan Alcantara, Banwa, Chito Borja, Jerome Choco, Aga Francisco, Raul Funilas, Pabsie Martus, Keiye Miranda, Ebok Pinpino, Noel Solis, Kim Hamilton Sulit, Wire Tuazon, Odoi Villalon, Tin Yturiaga, and Chitoy Zapata.
-Jay Bautista
Tuklas Nominees 2023 presents us with a new batch of fresh, promising talents that will be entering the program’s meticulous selection process.
-Dave Lock
Jayme Lucas, Tuklas 2021 grantee and MADE 2019 grand prize winner, holds her 1st solo exhibit at Eskinita Art Farm.
The exhibition Este Teka is a moving testament to the artist's inarguable technical skill and an unquenchable thirst for adventures in art.
Elayda freely gives visual cues as tools to question what the artist reveals, what we see, who or what the gaze owns, and how visual culture evolves with the changing of the times.
-Kaye O’Yek
Comets are heavenly bodies that orbit around the sun, but unlike asteroids that are rocky, airless, and sometimes have their own satellites, comets are composed of very compact ice and dust. The nucleus of a comet is said to be very condensed ice forms that when it gets close to our galaxy’s sun, the dusts and ice layers evaporate. Hence, the formation of a tail. This tail is a visible remnant of motion. Mossy’s solo show meditates on this as it reflects his life processes.
-Janine Dimaranan
Sicam’s works mirror an existential aesthetic of his commentary toward society. His works function like windows. The viewer is given a peek of what’s on the other side; a contained mirror universe in where strange humanoid creatures dwell, with appearances almost resembling morsels of a half-remembered dream.
-Dave Lock