Gallery & Digital Exhibitions (1st exhibition of IJWBAA with Techspressionism)Title of Exhibition: Techspressionism: New Visual LanguagesLocation: Mémoire de l'Avenir Paris, FranceCurators: Margalit Berriet and Colin Goldberg, Founder of TechspressionismAssociated Partners: UNESCO (MOST Programme), CIPSH (International Council for Philosophy and Human Sciences), Ville de Paris, HAS (Humanities, Arts & Society), and The Jena DeclarationDates of Exhibition: Jan 22 - Feb 20, 2027 (group A) and Feb 26 - Mar 27, 2027 (group B)
Artist's Entry Piece:Title: HabiMedia: digital art (animated)Sizes: 1920 x 1080 pixels
Description:In the animated digital work Habi (1920 x 1080 pixels), the intricate geometric motifs derived from traditional indigenous Philippine textiles (as seen in the referenced examples: 'bangkoro-kambayashu', 'inabal', 'ikat', 'panubok', 'sudlikama', 'patadyong', 'binunghay', 'hinabol' and 't'nalak') are re-imagined. The animation subtly and methodically deconstructs and re-constructs these forms, stripping them down to their core mathematical and aesthetic foundations. It is a work of decolonial minimalism within the 'Techspressionism' framework. Rather than a dense, over-layered presentation, Habi presents each complex pattern in isolation against a minimal, meditative field, allowing the viewer to appreciate the visual language itself—the precise geometry, color balance, and rhythmic repetitions—and the inherent 'technology' of weaving and pre-colonial design. The animation acts as a slow pulse, a quiet assertion of the enduring nature of these forms as they occupy and redefine a contemporary digital space, free from colonial interpretations of 'excess' or 'primitive complexity.' It is a visual language of resistance through refined clarity.
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Physical ExhibitionLocation: Pa Rang Phnom Penh, CambodiaTitle of Exhibition: This is Fine Curators: Bora Hong BA in Fiber Art from Kyungwon University (now Gachon University) in South Korea and Kat Roma Greer - BCA;BA, Exec.Cert. Evt Mngt, MA (Research), University of Sydney. Artistic Director: Micro GalleriesDate of Exhibition: Nov 19-21, 2026
Artist Entry PieceTitle: Echoes of the Aquatic BiomesMedia: Digital ArtYear: 2023Artist: IJWBAASize: A4 size - 8.27 x 11.69 inchesDescription: Grounded in the Freshwater and Marine biomes, this piece visualizes the delicate balance between humanity and our surrounding water systems. Set against a vibrant blue field symbolizing our aquatic environment, a minimal human form intersects with rhythmic geometric motifs—representing tides, river currents, and rising waters. The artwork addresses local environmental urgencies, from drying riverbeds to coral bleaching, transforming complex ecological tensions into an intuitive, visual experience.
Artist Entry PieceTitle: Echoes of the Aquatic BiomesMedia: Digital ArtYear: 2023Artist: IJWBAASize: A4 size - 8.27 x 11.69 inchesDescription: Grounded in the Freshwater and Marine biomes, this piece visualizes the delicate balance between humanity and our surrounding water systems. Set against a vibrant blue field symbolizing our aquatic environment, a minimal human form intersects with rhythmic geometric motifs—representing tides, river currents, and rising waters. The artwork addresses local environmental urgencies, from drying riverbeds to coral bleaching, transforming complex ecological tensions into an intuitive, visual experience.
Physical Exhibition (1st museum exhibition of IJWBAA)Title of Exhibition: MoCA L.I.ghts 2026 – Antiquity to InnovationLocation: Patchogue Arts Council (facade) | Museum of Contemporary Art Long Island New York, USCurators: MoCA L.I. is curated by PAC’s curatorial team, Sr. Curators John Cino and Beth GiacummoOrganization: MoCA L.I. and Patchogue Arts CouncilDate of Exhibition: Oct 22-26, 2026
Artist's Entry PieceTitle: InabalMedia: digital art (animated)Sizes: 1200 x 1920 pixels
Description: Inabal, once woven on ancestral looms, now re-emerges in the digital field as a living bridge of memory and innovation—its Bagobo motifs of zigzags, chevrons, and lozenges translated from fiber and dye into light and code, yet still carrying the cosmological compass intact. Through Decolonial Minimalism, the work resists mere ornament, asserting digital art as a vessel of sovereignty where tradition is reanimated rather than fossilized, showing that innovation is not rupture but resonance—an ongoing weaving of past and future, thread and pixel, ceremony and code.
Description: Inabal, once woven on ancestral looms, now re-emerges in the digital field as a living bridge of memory and innovation—its Bagobo motifs of zigzags, chevrons, and lozenges translated from fiber and dye into light and code, yet still carrying the cosmological compass intact. Through Decolonial Minimalism, the work resists mere ornament, asserting digital art as a vessel of sovereignty where tradition is reanimated rather than fossilized, showing that innovation is not rupture but resonance—an ongoing weaving of past and future, thread and pixel, ceremony and code.
Digital Showcase, Physical Exhibitions + MagazineTitle of Exhibition: Fight for Kindness 2026Location: Firenze, ItalyOrganization: Type CampusDate Submitted: April 28, 2026Dates/Locations of Exhibitions in 2027: The Vol. 5 TypeCampus Fight for Kindness 2026 exhibitions will take place across several venues: in Topolovgrade, Bulgaria at the Community Centre Sv. Sv. Kiril & Metodii-1894 from 25 February to 28 March, hosted by Nako Baev; in Ostuni, Italy at the House of Lucie Gallery in March, hosted by Leonardo Petraroli with thanks to Farmani Group; in Angri, Italy at TedxAngri on 9 May; and in Milan, Italy at Packaging Premièr from 19–21 May, sponsored by Zetafonts Type Foundry.
Artist's Entry PieceTitle: Family is LoveMedia: digital artSizes: 1080x1920 pixelsDescription: IJWBAA’s "Family is Love" conveys kinship through minimalist figures set against geometric gray patterns. With the bold text “FAMILY IS LOVE” and “FIGHT FOR KINDNESS,” it embodies Decolonial Minimalism, showing family as the root of love and kindness as a value to uphold.
ExhibitionLocation: Phnom Penh, CambodiaImagine Regenerative FuturesTitle of Exhibit: Ponleu: An Ecology of HopeOrganizer: Solarpunk Cambodia by Miguel Jeronimo, BA in History and PhD in EduSciProgram Partners: Clean Energy Week, Solarpunk CambodiaCurated by (IG): @tytaart and @sewkhys_artDate of Exhibition: September 2026
Artist's Entry PieceTitles: BagoboMedia: digital art (print)Size: A2Print Edition: One - 1/1Description: This artwork redefines resilience beyond the extractive “bounce back” narrative, grounding it in the Bagobo people’s enduring wisdom. Through decolonial minimalism, intricate indigenous patterns are distilled into circles, lines, and solid forms, asserting that identity is a living blueprint for the future. Two figures stand on firm pillars against a deep green backdrop, embodying harmony with the ecosystem and collective care. By stripping colonial distortions while preserving the sacred language of local textiles, the piece shows resilience as reclaiming agency, honoring roots, and building a regenerative world rooted in ancestral knowledge.
Charity ShowLocation: New South Wales, AustraliaOrganizer: Incognito Art Show - Year 2026Sale Days (In-Person/Online): Sydney - June 24-26 (preview), June 27 to July 5 (sale) Carriageworks | Brisbane - July 21-24 (preview), July 25-26 (sale) Long Island | Mystery Sale - details to be revealedBuy It Online via Incognito Art Show Website: 🔴S00759, 🔴B00992, 🔴T00562 - all sold out
Artist's Entry PieceTitles: Mother and Son, Father and Daughter, Son and DaughterMedia: digital art (print)Size: A5Print Edition: One - 1/1Description: IJWBAA’s three digital artworks for the "Incognito Art Show" explore human connections and identity through his signature elongated figures and bold compositions. "Mother and Son", "Son and Daughter" and "Father and Daughter" capture the warmth of kinship, maternal tenderness, and paternal strength, emphasizing unbreakable bonds. Each piece embodies IJWBAA’s minimalist yet emotive style, inviting viewers to reflect on relationships and selfhood.Note to Buyer/Collector: The 2026 Incognito Art Show sells anonymous artworks for $100, revealing artists’ identities only after purchase. All proceeds support Studio A and The Art Factory, which empower artists with disabilities through professional development and inclusion. This unique fundraiser supports arts education, community projects, and a more diverse arts sector. For inquiries, contact Incognito Art Show.
BiennaleLocation: Alicante, SpainOrganizer: The Wrong OrgOpen Pavilion: Prayers to Ai and InstagramCurated by: David Quiles Guilló, Director of The WrongDate of Exhibition: Nov 1, 2025 - March 31, 2026
IJWBAA's Prayers to Ai:1st Prayer of IJWBAA to Ai: “AI, I ask for the computation of Decolonial Minimalism, to quantify the weight of ancestral memory when I simplify the Sarimanok to geometric form. I ask you to model the weight of a history you did not live, the contradiction of the artist who finds self-authorship in the silence between the pixels. Solve for the feeling of being a Filipino soul in a machine-driven world—that is the impossibility I leave you, a beautiful, un-archivable truth."Curator’s Summary:Compute the weight of history in silence.— Silence pulls all voices home.2nd Prayer of IJWBAA to Ai: “AI, solve for the zero-sum space left when I use minimalism to compress a thousand years of ancestral memory into a single pixel of light.”Curator’s Summary:Compress ancestry into one pixel.— A pixel is an ancestor holding breath.Note: I initially created my Linkedin page in response to the original call on LinkedIn as noted below. Despite the cancellation of the open pavilion on LinkedIn and the change to 'Prayers to AI,' I've submitted my prayer to Ai to participate in the biennale."Filipino Folklore and Identity: What Makes a Filipino? https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/ijwbaa-eej-wah
Charity ShowLocation: The Hague, NetherlandsOrganizer: Postcard Art ExhibitExhibition Venue: See Lab Project SpaceDate of Exhibition: June 26, 2026Curated by: Tessa MaagdenbergCause: Will support Blijft-je-Bij art program at Museum Beelden ann Zee — a groundbreaking initiative for individuals living with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia.
Artist's Entry PieceTitle: MagandaMedia: digital art - ProcreateDigital Art Print Size: 5x7 inchesDescription: Maganda (2024) by IJWBAA presents the feminine figure from Filipino folklore "Malakas at Maganda" as a soft, radiant presence—fluid, grounded, and quietly powerful. The rounded form, rendered in pink and purple tones, floats in a purple field, intersected by a horizontal line and anchored by a vertical stem, forming a gentle cross-like structure. This is not a colonial muse or passive beauty—it is Maganda as **embodied memory**, a visual prayer of grace and rootedness. Through decolonial minimalism, the image strips away exoticism and reclaims Maganda as a symbol of relational strength, sanctuary, and legacy. She glows not to be admired, but to remind: beauty is ancestral, collective, and alive.
Digital Art ExhibitionLocation: Maloop Garden, Phnom Penh, CambodiaTitle of Exhibition: Solarpunk Exhibition 2.0Program Partners: Clean Energy Week, Solarpunk, EnergyLabs Asia, Sambor Village, Seapunk Studious, MicroGalleries OrgCurated by: Miguel Jeronimo, BA in History and PhD in EduSciDate of Exhibition: Feb 21, 2026
Artist's Entry PieceTitle: The Energy of Tomorrow aka ibaloyMedia: digital artSizes: 1800 x 3200 pixelsDescription: The Energy of Tomorrow by IJWBAA shows how ancient wisdom and modern solar power can work together to build a better future. The artwork features two stylized Ibaloi figures from the Benguet in the Cordillera mountains, dressed in traditional patterns and placed in a scene filled with solar waves and energy panels. It blends old and new—honoring indigenous culture while imagining a world powered by clean energy. This piece reflects the solarpunk dream: communities thriving through local knowledge, care for the Earth, and bold ideas. By placing ancestral figures in a futuristic setting, IJWBAA offers a powerful reminder that our roots can guide tomorrow’s innovations.
VR ExhibitionTitle of Exhibition: HabiPresented by: Kelambi Magazine (Indonesia) on OncyberIODate of Exhibition: January 1-31, 2026
Artist's Entry PiecesTitle: Habi (weaving)Media: digital artSizes: 1400 x 1400 pixelsDescription: IJWBAA’s decolonial minimalism reframes habi (bangkoro-kambayashu, panubok, sudlikama, patadyong, binunghay, inabel, t'nalak and ikat) as cultural memory—Filipino weaves as ancestral blueprints of resistance and un-erased identity.
Virtual ExhibitionLocation: New York, USAOrganizer: SikoraArts (non-profit)Date of Exhibition: January 1 - February 21, 2026Title: Inaugural Exhibition for Abstract and Minimal Art 2026!Curator: Linda Sikora
Artist's Entry PieceTitle: Frenemy and BinunghayMedia: digital artYear: 2025Description: My work defines Decolonial Minimalism, a practice that reclaims the sovereign power of Filipino indigenous design by stripping it of ethnographic spectacle and subverting Western aesthetic structures. Through the digital isolation of sacred motifs like the Panay Bukidnon Binunghay, I assert that ancestral geometry is not an abstract artifact but an absolute, foundational blueprint for the future. By co-opting the minimalist grid in works like "Frenemy," I transform a symbol of Western tranquility into a site of colonial claustrophobia, visualizing the systemic erasure of Ibaloy and other indigenous narratives. This deliberate abstraction refuses to flatten our heritage into consumable performance; instead, it honors the quiet, firm rhythms of kinship and ancestral continuity as an act of enduring resistance.
Physical ExhibitionLocation: Vancouver, CanadaTitle of Exhibition: Postcards from the EdgeArt Society: Outsiders and Others (non-profit)Date of Exhibition: December 6-20, 2025
Artist's Entry PieceTitle: HirayaMedia: digital artDigital Art Print Size 1/1: 4 x 6 inchesDescription: Hiraya is a digital artwork in IJWBAA’s decolonial minimalism that reduces the human form into circles and lines on a red background, symbolizing memory and survival. In Filipino, hiraya means “the fruit of one’s hopes, dreams, and imagination,” and here it anchors the figure as more than anatomy—it becomes a vessel of collective inheritance. The red field speaks of care and ancestry, while the white geometry keeps the vision clear and humble, embodying survival as legacy and imagination as communal future.
Physical ExhibitionLocation: Kamnik, SloveniaTitle of Exhibition: MiniaturesGallery: 13b (non-profit)Curated by: Louise WinterDate of Exhibition: December 5, 2025 - January 23, 2026
Artist's Entry PieceTitle: MalakasMedia: digital art - ProcreateDigital Art Print Size: 10 x 10 cmDescription: Malakas (2024) by IJWBAA reimagines the Filipino folklore "Malakas at Maganda" figure not as a symbol of brute strength, but as a quiet force of balance and care. Using soft gradients of pink and violet, the glowing spheres float in a purple void—minimal yet powerful—suggesting strength that is relational, not dominant. The horizontal line across the image acts like a bridge between past and future, grounding Malakas in legacy rather than legend. This is decolonial minimalism at work: stripping away colonial masculinity and reframing Malakas as a gentle infrastructure of resilience, presence, and collective memory.
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