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Susan Cua is a Filipino-born, Chinese Filipino American artist whose work reflects her lifelong passion for painting, music, travel, and cultural heritage. Growing up in Manila, she discovered art early and carried that creative drive to the U.S. at 18, eventually settling in Evanston, Illinois. Supported by the local arts community, she developed a style…

Cesar Conde is a Filipino immigrant shaped by diaspora and Martial Law, has lived between Chicago and Seattle, where early experiences with school integration influenced his socially engaged art. A contemporary realist painter trained at the Angel Academy in Florence and under Patrick Betaudier in France, he also works as an actor, writer, and activist.…

Ancestors, 5”x6” Porcelain Set Gozo Set is a visual artist born in the Philippines. She grew up in a small town called Majayjay, Laguna. She moved to Chicago with her entire family in 1987. Set’s interest in art comes in at an early age, growing up in a naturally rich environment. Her town is at the…

Look Into My Eye and See, 39×46 Oil on Wood Lawrence (Larry) Leopoldo Larry uses oil on wood to explore the themes of nature using kut kut and coloring techniques. His influence comes from the kut kut* and the abstract landscape.IG @LARRYLEOPOLDO *Kut-kut, a method involving incised woodblocks, represents a crucial development in the history…

Jose G. Aggari, Jr. Jose discovered his passion for art and music as a child growing up in a family of artists. He is accomplished in painting, sculpture, and architecture, and is also a gifted percussionist and saxophonist. Aggari left the Philippines for Chicago at the age of 13 and studied art and architecture at…

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…

Marissa Domantay (They/Them) is a queer Filipino-American illustrator, animator, and cartoonist. They graduated in 2020 with a BA in Art (and minor in mathematics) and received multiple awards for their leadership and artistic practice. Marissa is passionate about telling unique and silly stories through their cute and whimsical art style. Their stories are pulled from…