Boracay Dreams, 24″x30″, Mixed Media
Aireen Arellano
Aireen’s work explores themes of juxtaposition, Filipino American identity, belonging, healing generational trauma, and pop culture. A child of first-generation Filipino immigrants, she was born in Chicago in 1983 and lived in Marquette Park until her parents relocated her family to the southwest suburbs in the early 1990s. Influenced by the Pop Art and Bauhaus movements, her mediums are as varied as her interests. She works with mixed media, texture, bold colors, pattern, photography, portraiture, and lettering. Arellano is also a multidisciplinary brand and font designer, running a brand agency that supports women-and-BIPOC-friendly startups and is the founder of the 1st woman-and-Filipino-American-owned font foundry in the U.S. IG @BRIMBRANDING
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