Singapore, 23 January 2026 – The Philippine Embassy invites art enthusiasts, collectors, and the public to discover vibrant presentations from Philippine galleries showcasing Filipino contemporary artists at ART SG, Southeast Asia’s leading international art fair. Ongoing until 25 January 2026 at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre as part of Singapore Art Week, this edition highlights dynamic practices exploring memory, devotion, migration, and impermanence through painting, sculpture, and lens-based works.
Filipino Galleries and Artists Highlights
STPI participates in Singapore Art Week with presentations at ART SG and S.E.A. Focus, plus the inaugural The Print Show & Symposium Singapore, celebrating local and regional contemporary art through print and paper. At S.E.A. Focus, STPI spotlights Filipino couple Alfredo and Isabel Aquilizan, whose balikbayan box works, which were reworked into houses and ships exploring memory, displacement, and community for the Filipino diaspora.
The Drawing Room Manila presents Soft Articulations by Amy Aragon, Chelsea Theodossis, and Matina Partosa in their first fair of 2026, treating painting as a space for lived experience, memory, and uncertainty. Concurrently at SEA Focus (now part of ART SG), they feature a collaborative work by Rirkrit Tiravanija and Tomas Vu alongside England Hidalgo, emphasizing sustained inquiry and resistance to fixed forms.
Silverlens at S.E.A. Focus showcases Imelda Cajipe Endaya and Nicole Coson, tracing memory, craft, and labour across borders. Cajipe Endaya’s feminist works like Balabal ni Lola Minggay blend textiles, recycled materials, and iconography to probe migration and Filipina resilience, while Coson’s abstractions from shipping container doors merge industrial form with bodily labour.
Gajah Gallery spans multiple sections in ART SG and S.E.A. Focus, uniting artists like Filipino maestros BenCab, Charlie Co and Leslie de Chavez alongside regional figures to foster interregional dialogues.
Artinformal debuts an expanded roster with new works by Raena Abella (Spotlight Artist), Pope Bacay, Zean Cabangis, Jigger Cruz, Monica Delgado, Johannah Helmuth, and Winnie Go. Abella’s 100 ambrotypes of Mama Mary evoke devotion through repetition. At S.E.A. Focus, Kristoffer Ardeña’s jeepney-inspired paintings, embroidered and encased in plastic, challenge permanence with tropical impermanence, referencing tropes from Songs of the Brown Man.
To know more about ART SG, visit artsg.com for tickets, full programmes, and guided tours. Join us to celebrate Filipino contemporary art’s vital contributions to global conversations. /END.
