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Tuesday 9am - 4pm Wednesday 9am - 4pm Thursday 9am - 4pm Friday 9am - 4pm Saturday 9am - 4pm

UP Fine Arts Gallery, UP Fine Arts Gallery, Arts and Design West Hall, College of Fine Arts, Quezon City (2026)

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UP Fine Arts Gallery, Arts And Design West Hall, College Of Fine Arts

07/10/2026

ON VIEW: 𝗣𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗘: 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗚𝗘, 𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗨𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗙𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗦 opened on Monday, October 5, at the UP Fine Arts Gallery 🍉

The Embassy of the State of Palestine, in partnership with the University of the Philippines System Office of International Linkages and the UP Diliman College of Fine Arts, presents 𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲: 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲, 𝗘𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗳𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀. The exhibition opening kickstarts the UP Diliman engagement between the Embassy and the University and serves as the visual heritage and art exhibition component of the collaborative series.

𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲: 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲, 𝗘𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗳𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 presents the Palestinians’ endurance in precarity through images that document the catastrophic destruction of heritage sites from the genocide happening across Gaza, alongside crafts and devotional objects that attest to the continuing expressions of identity and of the Palestinian people’s indelible presence against annihilation. The exhibition ultimately presents Palestinian heritage not as relics of the past, but as living and persisting culture.

In celebrating Palestinian Heritage Day today, the UP Fine Arts Gallery stands in solidarity and joins the Palestinian people in asserting their inalienable rights to their culture, land, and life.

𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲: 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲, 𝗘𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗳𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 is on view at Gallery Two of the UP Fine Arts Gallery until October 30, 2026.

The UP Fine Arts Gallery is open Tuesday to Saturday, 9 AM to 4 PM, at the Arts and Design West Hall, College of Fine Arts, Diliman, Quezon City. For inquiries, message [email protected] or call +63-2-8981-8500, local 3988.

Photos by Kevin Roque, UPS-MCO

06/10/2026

THIS SATURDAY AT PAROLA: 𝗜𝗠𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗙𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 ❌

The UP CFA Batch ‘96-’00 presents 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. This exhibition explores imperfection in a world obsessed with polished identities, curated lives, and unrealistic standards of perfection. Artists are invited to interpret flaws, vulnerability, incompleteness, and raw human truth -challenging the pressure to always appear flawless.

What does it mean to remain authentic in a culture addicted to perfection?

𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 opens this Saturday, October 10, 2026, at 3 PM, and will be on view at the Multipurpose Hall of the UP Fine Arts Gallery until October 28.

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

The UP Fine Arts Gallery is open Tuesday to Saturday, 9 AM to 4 PM, at the Arts and Design West Hall, College of Fine Arts, Diliman, Quezon City. For inquiries, message [email protected] or call +63-2-8981-8500, local 3988.

05/10/2026

STUDIES IN TIME: 𝗣𝗔𝗚𝗣𝗨𝗣𝗨𝗚𝗔𝗬 𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗔 𝗣𝗔𝗡𝗔𝗚𝗢𝗨𝗟𝗜𝗦, 𝗦𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗡, 𝗢𝗖𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗢, 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗦 𝗔𝗧𝗕𝗣. by Jose Tence Ruiz and 𝗕𝗔𝗧𝗔-𝗕𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗧𝗔 by Cap Reyes at the 16th Gwangju Biennale Philippine Pavilion ⌛️

The UP Fine Arts Gallery closes the Month of Remembrance through the works of Jose Tence Ruiz, 𝗣𝗮𝗴𝗽𝘂𝗽𝘂𝗴𝗮𝘆 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗶𝘀, 𝗦𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻, 𝗢𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗼, 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗔𝘁𝗯𝗽., and Cap Reyes, 𝗕𝗮𝘁𝗮-𝗕𝗮𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗮, originally part of the 𝘒𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘬𝘺𝘢𝘵’ 𝘒𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢 𝘯𝘨 𝘉𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘯 (𝘈𝘉𝘈𝘠) 𝟣𝟫𝟪𝟧-𝟣𝟫𝟫𝟦 Retrospective held at the UP Fine Arts Gallery.

Initially featured in the ABAY Retrospective, an exhibition hosted by Parola in commemoration of the Month of Remembrance last September 2024, the two sculpture installations give insight into the distinct yet varied visual language, particularly in a three-dimensional format, employed by social realists in depicting the precarious sociopolitical conditions in the Philippines during Martial Law.

Jose Tence Ruiz’s 𝗣𝗮𝗴𝗽𝘂𝗽𝘂𝗴𝗮𝘆 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗶𝘀, 𝗦𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻, 𝗢𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗼, 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗔𝘁𝗯𝗽. was originally mounted as an installation sealed within a large wooden box that prompted the audience to peek through a small viewing window. As described by art historian Dr. Alice Guillermo, the work is a “seated life-size figure of a man in molded resin, a red bulb glowing within its translucent head, while undergoing torture by electric shock,” and is the artist’s tribute to the hundreds of political prisoners and survivors of human rights violations during Martial Law in the 1970s, whose numbers continue to grow until today. A stark contrast to Ruiz’s work, Cap Reyes’ papier-mâché 𝗕𝗮𝘁𝗮-𝗕𝗮𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗮, presented in university exhibitions of Social Realist artists in 2002 and 2024, recalls a line from a local children's rhyme while evoking the loss of innocence amid precarious realities.

As artworks in the 16th Gwangju Biennale, the two attest to art lending itself to the continuous endeavor of remembering beyond temporal and spatial boundaries, and as a collective activity committed against atrocity and violence.

𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 is an exhibition of the Philippine Pavilion at the 16th Gwangju Biennale, curated by Lisa Ito-Tapang, presented by the UP College of Fine Arts, UP Fine Arts Gallery, and the UP President’s Committee on Culture and the Arts. The exhibition will be on view at the 5.18 Archives, Jeonnam-Gwangju Special Metropolitan City, Dong-gu, Geumnam-ro 221, South Korea, from September 5, 2026, to November 1, 2026.

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𝗝𝗢𝗦𝗘 𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗥𝗨𝗜𝗭 is an artist-curator and writer who represented the Philippines at major international exhibitions such as the 1993 Asia-Pacific Triennial in Queensland, the 7th Havana Biennial in Cuba in 2000, the 2015 Florence Biennale and the 56th Venice Biennale in 2015. He was member of Kaisahan, a group of nationalist painters founded in 1976 described by Dr. Alice Guillermo as Social Realists in Philippine art. He joined progressive organizations, such as Alab (1981), BAKAS (1982), Concerned Artists of the Philippines (1983), Artista ng Bayan or ABAY (1995), and Tutok Karapatan or TutoK (2005). He worked for more than two decades as an editorial cartoonist for national dailies such as The Manila Times and for newspapers abroad such as The Singapore Straits Times. He has had more than 35 solo exhibitions and 200 group exhibits. He published Transit: A Quarterly Journal of Art Discussion, from 1999 to 2002. He received the Cultural Center of the Philippines Thirteen Artists Award in 1988 and a Gawad Patnubay ng Sining of the City of Manila in 2003. In 2024, he was the guest speaker to the UPCFA’s Tanglaw ng Sining (Light of Art) commencement rites.

호세 텐세 루이스 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗥𝘂𝗶𝘇는 아티스트 큐레이터이자 저술자로 필리핀을 대표해 주요
국제 전시에 참여해왔다. 1993년 호주 퀸즐랜드에서 열린 아시아·태평양 트리엔날레,
2000년 쿠바에서 열린 제7회 아바나 비엔날레, 2015년 피렌체 비엔날레와 제56회 베니스 비엔날레 등에 필리핀 대표로 참가했다. 1976년 결성된 민족주의 화가 그룹 Kaisahan (필리핀어로 ‘하나됨,’ 미술사학자 앨리스 길리에르모는 그들을 자국의 social realists, 사회적 사실주의 작가들이라 표현함)의 구성원으로 활동했다. 1981년 ALAB 민중 예술가 동맹, 1982년 BAKAS, 1983년 CAP 필리핀 아티스트 연대, 1995년 ABAY 동행하는 민중 예술가 협회, 2005년 TutoK (Tutok Karapatan, ‘인권을 보라’) 등 여러 진보적 단체에 참여했다. 20년이 넘는 기간 동안 The Manila Times를 비롯한 전국 일간지와 싱가포르의 The Straits Times 등 해외 신문에서 시사 만화가로 활동했다. 35회 이상의 개인전과 200회 이상의
단체전에 참여했으며, 1999년부터 2002년까지 미술 담론을 다룬 계간지 을 발행했다. 1988년 CCP의 13인 아티스트 어워드, 2003년 마닐라시의 예술 지도자상을 수상했다. 2024년에는 유피 미술대학의 학위수여 의식 에 초청 연사로 참여했다.

𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗔𝗥 (𝗖𝗔𝗣) 𝗗𝗘 𝗟𝗢𝗦 𝗥𝗘𝗬𝗘𝗦 (𝗖𝗔𝗣 𝗥𝗘𝗬𝗘𝗦) (April 20, 1952- March 16, 2026) was a cultural worker and a member of the historic artist-activist group Nagkakaisang Progresibong Artista’t Arkitekto (United Progressive Artists and Architects, or NPAA) from 1971 to 1972. He was part of ALAB (Alyansa ng Artista ng Bayan), Buklod Sining, CAP, and Artista ng Bayan (Artists of the People, or ABAY). He served as a Board Member of the National Committee on Visual Arts, National Commission on Culture and the Arts, from 2002 to 2004. Among his exhibits were the BUKLOD Sining at Goethe Institute of Manila, a solo show at The Blind Tiger on Visayas Avenue and Hardware 1 and Hardware 2 at the UP Vargas Museum in 2002.

故 캅 레예스 𝗖𝗲𝘀𝗮𝗿 “𝗖𝗮𝗽” 𝗱𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀 (1952년 4월 20일–2026년 3월 16일) 캅 레예스는 문화예술인으로, NPAA 진보예술가·건축가연대 (1971 년부터 계엄령이 선포된 1972 년까지 활동한 역사적 단체)의 구성원이었다. 또한 ALAB 민중 예술가 동맹, Buklod Sining 예술 연합, CAP 필리핀 예술가 연대, ABAY 동행하는 민중 예술가 협회의 소속으로 활동했다. 2002 년부터 2004 년까지 필리핀 문화예술위원회(NCCA) 국립 시각예술 위원회에서 위원으로 역임했다. 주요 전시로는 마닐라 괴테 인스티튜트에서 열린 , 비사야스 애비뉴의 The Blind Tiger 에서 열린 개인전, 그리고 2002 년 유피 바르가스 미술관에서 열린 과 등이 있다.

05/10/2026

HAPPENING TOMORROW AT PAROLA: 𝗦𝗘𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗧 𝗖𝗢𝗗𝗘𝗦: 𝗣𝗢𝗘𝗧𝗥𝗬 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗗𝗜𝗔𝗟𝗢𝗚𝗨𝗘 🗣️

As part of the Old Iskul, Old Is Cool (Side B) exhibition public program, 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲𝘀: 𝗣𝗼𝗲𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘂𝗲 invites Marian Eastwood for a spoken poetry performance reflecting on the intersections of poetry and visual art.

𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲𝘀 is a bold and intimate collection of poems by Marian Eastwood, illustrated by a wide range of visual artists. With themes spanning family, colonial memory, justice, and personal healing, the book bridges the poetic and the political through deeply human storytelling.

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲𝘀: 𝗣𝗼𝗲𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘂𝗲
🗓️ October 6, 2026
📍 2 PM, Gallery Lobby
UP Fine Arts Gallery, Arts and Design West Hall
UP College of Fine Arts

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Marian Eastwood is the founder of the Oxford Poetry Circle, hosting monthly poetry and open mic nights in Oxford, UK. Her poems have appeared in Anthology One Poetry Tree Press, 2024 and have been performed at poetry readings across Oxford and London.

Previously, Marian served as Labour Attaché for the Philippine Mission to the United Nations in Geneva for seven years, following her role as Welfare Officer at the Philippine Consulate in Milan. She is the founder of the Boracay Paraw Regatta and International Arts Festival, which she led from 1992 to 1998. Marian also worked with the late Virginia R. Moreno, Chair of the Culture Committee at the Philippine National Commission to UNESCO, while serving as Executive Cultural Director at the Cultural Center of the Philippines.

02/10/2026

THIS OCTOBER AT PAROLA: 𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲: 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲, 𝗘𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗳𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 🍉

As a prelude to October 7, globally celebrated as Palestinian Heritage Day, the University of the Philippines, in collaboration with the Embassy of the State of Palestine, presents an exhibition of Palestinian visual culture to testify to the catastrophic loss of a people’s physical and cultural memory alongside the genocide happening across the Gaza Strip today.

Gathering a selection of photographs, crafts, and devotional objects, the exhibit offers visitors a direct connection to Palestine’s enduring cultural traditions.

Photographs of historic sites across the West Bank are juxtaposed alongside images of Gaza’s heritage sites before and after their destruction. Traditional arts, ranging from embroidery, painting, and devotional items, are presented as testimonies to a culture’s enduring beauty and vitality amid the systematic annihilation of Palestinian identity, collective memory, history, and land.

By putting the spotlight on both tangible and intangible cultural heritage in this time of crisis, the exhibit extends the message of solidarity and aspiration for social justice.

Opening on October 5, the exhibition organized with the College of Fine Arts, opens the month-long series of university-wide collaborative events which offer spaces for inter-cultural dialogue on the connection between cultural and fundamental human rights. The exhibition will run up to October 30, 2026.

October 5 - 30, 2026
Gallery Two, UP Fine Arts Gallery (Parola)
Arts and Design West Hall, College of Fine Arts
University of the Philippines Diliman

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

The UP Fine Arts Gallery is open Tuesday to Saturday, 9 AM to 4 PM, at the Arts and Design West Hall, College of Fine Arts, Diliman, Quezon City. For inquiries, message [email protected] or call +63-2-8981-8500 local 3988.

02/10/2026

ON VIEW: 𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗜𝗦𝗞𝗨𝗟, 𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗜𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗢𝗟 (𝗦𝗜𝗗𝗘 𝗕) at the Atrium of the UP Fine Arts Gallery 🤘🏼

Now in its second year, 𝗢𝗹𝗱 𝗜𝘀𝗸𝘂𝗹, 𝗢𝗹𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗼𝗹 (𝗦𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗕) continues to present student and recent works from the UP CFA Batch '70-'99. The homecoming exhibition also marks the 30th founding of the UP Fine Arts Gallery (formerly Corredor Gallery), the inaugural formal art exhibition site and venue of the College, celebrating the intergenerational legacy of art production and exhibition making by and for the UP CFA community.

𝗢𝗹𝗱 𝗜𝘀𝗸𝘂𝗹, 𝗢𝗹𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗼𝗹 (𝗦𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗕) will be on view at the Atrium of the UP Fine Arts Gallery until October 10, 2026.

The UP Fine Arts Gallery is open Tuesday to Saturday, 9 AM to 4 PM, at the Arts and Design West Hall, College of Fine Arts, Diliman, Quezon City. For inquiries, message [email protected] or call +63-2-8981-8500, local 3988.

Featured artworks: [2] Mother and Child (1998) by Ernest Concepcion; [3] Dapa (2025) by Rita Gudiño, Hope (2026) by Nubbin Beldia

01/10/2026

THIS SATURDAY AT PAROLA: 𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔𝗠𝗜𝗛𝗔𝗡 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 🍃

Bilang pagbukas ng Buwan ng mga Magbubukid at paggunita sa ika-40 anibersaryo ng AMIHAN, ilulunsad ng RUWA, kasama ang AMIHAN, The O Home, at TkTk Feminist Printmakers, ang 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗺𝗶𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 ngayong Oktubre 3 hanggang 31.

Ito ay naglalaman ng exhibit at serye ng mga workshop-talakayan na naglalayong patampukin ang sining ng, tungkol sa, at mula sa kababaihang magbubukid na nagpapakita ng paglaban sa katiwalian, kagutuman, at karahasan, at maghain ng espasyo ng pakikiisa at kamulatan para sa isyu sa agrikultura at bansa sa mga kapwa kababaihan, artista, at advocates para sama-samang manindigan para sa lupa, pagkain, at hustisya.

Kaugnay nito, narito ang aming mga programa sa Sining Amihan at protesta ngayong Buwan ng mga Magbubukid kung saan hinihikayat namin ang lahat na dumalo:

October 3, 1- 4 PM: Exhibit opening
October 15: International Rural Women’s Day
October 16: World Hunger Day
October 21: Pambansang Pagkilos ng Pagbubukid

Defend peasant women! Militar sa kanayunan palayasin! Tunay na reporma sa lupa, ipaglaban!

01/10/2026

OCTOBER AT PAROLA 🧵

This October, we center our conversations on land and identity through a lineup of exhibitions from the community:

📌 𝗘𝗫𝗛𝗜𝗕𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦

𝗢𝗹𝗱 𝗜𝘀𝗸𝘂𝗹, 𝗢𝗹𝗱 𝗜𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗼𝗹 (𝗦𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗕) 🤘🏼
UP CFA Batch ‘70-’99
Atrium
On view until October 10, 2026

𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗺𝗶𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 🍃
RUWA, AMIHAN, The O-Home, TkTk Feminist Printmakers
Gallery One
October 3-31, 2026
Opening reception: October 3, 2026 | 1 PM

𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲: 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲, 𝗘𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗳𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 🍉
Embassy of the State of Palestine
Gallery Two
October 5-30, 2026
Opening reception: October 5, 2026 | 10 AM

𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 ❌
UP CFA Batch ‘96-’00
Multipurpose Hall
October 10-28, 2026
Opening reception: October 10, 2026 | 3 PM

More information about our exhibitions and events will be announced soon.

The UP Fine Arts Gallery is open Tuesday to Saturday, 9 AM to 4 PM, at the Arts and Design West Hall, College of Fine Arts, Diliman, Quezon City. For inquiries, message [email protected] or call +63-2-8981-8500 local 3988.

27/09/2026

STUDIES IN TIME: 𝗣𝗨𝗦𝗢: 𝗣𝗨𝗟𝗦𝗢 (𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗧: 𝗣𝗨𝗟𝗦𝗘) 𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗘𝗡𝗦 by Jef Carnay at the 16th Gwangju Biennale Philippine Pavilion ⌛️

Originally staged as a performance work for Carnay’s course in his Master’s Degree, MFA 215: Production of Space in the Visual Arts, 𝗣𝘂𝘀𝗼: 𝗣𝘂𝗹𝘀𝗼 (𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁: 𝗣𝘂𝗹𝘀𝗲) 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 documents the UP College of Fine Arts and its community as a living site of agencies, trauma, and memory.

Carnay, collaborating with artist Racquel de Loyola who made an enlarged heart plush, activated the work by parading it on college grounds. While holding the heart close to his body, the artist instructed students, faculty, and staff whom he encountered to punch or interact with the work, resulting in different articulations of agency made visible through gestures and spontaneous actions. What is produced by the performance is a journey of vulnerability from the interactions that happen between the artist, participants, and space in its day-to-day life, intimating the pulse of the college as a community.

In Studies in Time, the work is expanded as an installation featuring a mixed-media work, photographs, and video ephemera. A distinct part of 𝗣𝘂𝘀𝗼: 𝗣𝘂𝗹𝘀𝗼 (𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁: 𝗣𝘂𝗹𝘀𝗲) 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 is the 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘭 and 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘦 diptych that images the artist in front of the UP CFA Freedom Wall, a dedicated space in the college where students produce murals documenting the urgencies of its time, and the bruise gained from the performance. Together, they produce a striking image of a home alluding to the body politic as a spatial metaphor.

𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 is the 16th Gwangju Biennale Philippine Pavilion, curated by Lisa Ito-Tapang, presented by the UP College of Fine Arts, UP Fine Arts Gallery, and the UP President’s Committee on Culture and the Arts. The exhibition will be on view at the 5.18 Archives, Jeonnam-Gwangju Special Metropolitan City, Dong-gu, Geumnam-ro 221, South Korea, from September 5, 2026, to November 1, 2026.

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𝗝𝗘𝗙 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗡𝗔𝗬 is a visual/performance artist and curator who worked across art galleries, museums, alternative spaces, art events and festivals, curated live art performances and exhibitions, and participated in artist-in-residency programs since 1999. Carnay served as a Board of Trustees member of the Filipino Visual Arts and Design Rights Organization (FILVADRO), a collective management organization for visual arts and design, a core member of “TutoK” (Tutok Karapatan, or Focus on Rights artists initiative). Carnay is taking up a Master’s degree in Fine Arts at the UPCFA. For this exhibition, Carnay collaborated with Racquel de Loyola, a performance artist and musician, whose work straddles themes from gender to human rights, migration to colonization, identity to globalization. She was a voice major at the College of Music, UP Extension Program.

제프 카나이 Jef Carnay는 시각예술가이자 퍼포먼스 아티스트, 큐레이터로 1999년부터 미술관과 갤러리, 대안 공간, 미술 행사 및 페스티벌 등 다양한 현장에서 활동해왔다. 라이브 아트 퍼포먼스와 전시를 기획했으며, 여러 아티스트 레지던시 프로그램에도 참여했다. 시각예술 및 디자인 분야의 저작권·권리 관리 단체인 FILVADRO의 이사로 활동했으며, 문화예술인들의 권리를 위한 단체 TutoK (Tutok Karapatan ‘인권을 보라’)의 핵심 구성원으로도 활동하고 있다. 현재 유피 미술대학에서 미술 석사과정을 밟고 있다. 이번 전시에서는 퍼포먼스 아티스트이자 음악가인 라켈 데 로욜라와 협업한다. 그녀의 작업은 젠더와 인권, 이주와 식민화, 정체성과 세계화 등 서로 맞닿아 있는 다양한 주제를 탐구한다. 그녀는 유피 음악대학 익스텐션 프로그램에서 성악을 전공했다.

24/09/2026

ON VIEW: Catch 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘂𝗵𝗮𝘆 on its last week at Parola 🦋

Last September 15, the SFA 20-21 Block Y & Z of the Department of Studio Arts opened 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘂𝗵𝗮𝘆, an exhibition featuring outputs on the Visual Studies Classes of Assoc. Prof. Katti Sta. Ana and Assoc. Prof. Riza Eteve.

The works are mixed media explorations between two and three dimensional formats presenting the culmination of the students' foray into foundational CFA courses, particularly in an art production prompted by problems in visual studies.

𝗕𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘂𝗵𝗮𝘆 is on view at Gallery One of the UP Fine Arts Gallery until September 30, 2026.

The UP Fine Arts Gallery is open Tuesday to Saturday, 9 AM to 4 PM, at the Arts and Design West Hall, College of Fine Arts, Diliman, Quezon City. For inquiries, message [email protected] or call +63-2-8981-8500, local 3988.

Featured artworks: (1) Sean Ulang presenting his work on portable visual landscapes titled Reina Sirena de la Hacienda; (2) A close up of Bagaheng Baha-bahaging Bahay by Minnesota Flores; (3) Luigi Givanim presenting the ‘synergy paintings’ or outputs on visual composition practice; (4) A dream is not reality, but who is to say which is which? by Janine Sabido

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