Embedded Files
Artist's Featured PieceTitles: Alamat ng Sampaguita, Anitun Tabu, Barong Tagalog and Baro't Saya, Binunghay, Frenemy, ibaloy, inabal, Manananggal, Mga Wika sa Gilid ng Katahimikan (Languages at the Edge of Silence) #1, and SarimanokType: Digital ArtSize: 1400 x 1400 pixelsYear: 2025Description: "I speak these works as living fragments of our collective inheritance. Alamat ng Sampaguita and Anitun Tabu are not just myths but breathing archives, carried forward in care. Barong Tagalog and Baro’t Saya and Binunghay honor the textures of clothing as everyday legacies. Frenemy and Manananggal reveal the contradictions of intimacy and fear, while ibaloy and inabal insist on indigenous presence and weaving as continuity. Mga Wika sa Gilid ng Katahimikan #1 listens to silence as language, and Sarimanok rises again as chromatic resilience. In each, I flatten hierarchy, amplify communal inheritance, and transform myth, material, and memory into minimalist resonance—radical care made visible." - IJWBAA
Publication (art magazine)Location: Bekasi, IndonesiaPublisher: Kelambi Magazine - Special Visual Arts Vol 034 (print and digital)Front Cover: ikat by IJWBAAEditor-in-Chief: Siti Hajar ChatamiDate Published: December 16, 2025
Artist's Featured PieceTitle: Habi (weaving)Type: Digital ArtSize: 2550 x 3300 pixelsYear: 2025Description: IJWBAA's interpretation of habi (weaving) in decolonial minimalism leverages Filipino textile traditions—such as bangkoro-kambayashu, panubok, sudlikama, patadyong, binunghay, inabel, and ikat—not as mere aesthetic forms, but as ancestral blueprints for an art of resistance through restraint. His work reclaims the minimalist impulse from a Eurocentric definition of 'subtraction' and reframes it as the compression of cultural memory, utilizing the repetitive geometries, ritualized marks, and indigenous patterns inherent in these weaves to visually articulate the weight of history and the silent presence of an un-erased Filipino identity.
Featured OnLocation: Delaware, USACurated by: Olivia BrooksFeatured by: we[dot]artDate Published: December 17, 2025Artist Note: I’m honored to share that I’ve been selected to be part of we[dot]art — curated creative directory, curated by Olivia Brooks, a global collection that brings together inspiring websites in art, design, and culture from around the world. This platform highlights projects that embody creativity, innovation, and cultural storytelling, and being included among such diverse and visionary creators is a meaningful affirmation of art as both personal expression and collective legacy. I’m grateful to Olivia Brooks and the team for curating with such care and vision, and for creating a space that celebrates artistic innovation while connecting communities across borders.
Publication (art magazine)Location: USAPublisher: I Am Not A Size Magazine (print and digital)Editor-in-Chief: Amy JoyceDate Published: November 2025
Artist's Featured PieceTitle: Binunghay and IbaloyType: Digital ArtSize: 2550 x 3300 pixelsYear: 2025Description: IJWBAA’s twin works—Binunghay and Ibaloy—declare Decolonial Minimalism as a sovereign design language. Binunghay strips the sacred zigzag of Panay Bukidnon Panubok to its bare geometry, revealing ancestral power through digital clarity and chromatic defiance. Ibaloy renders kinship through elemental abstraction: circles and rectangles breathe quiet strength, resisting ethnographic flattening. Together, they refuse spectacle and assert indigenous presence as blueprint, not artifact—memory held with reverence, not curiosity.
Publication (art magazine) InterviewLocation: Manila, PhilippinesIssue No 053 - IJWBAA: The Voice of Memory and Care in Decolonial MinimalismPublisher: Philippine Art Zine FB, IG, and read full interviewDate Published: Oct 14, 2025
Artist's Featured PieceTitles: ibaloy and ManananggalType: Digital ArtSize: 1400 x 1400 pixelsYear: 2025Description: These artworks are the starting point of Decolonial Minimalism - a movement I created to give minimalism a deeper, more culturally rooted meaning. Instead of stripping things down just for style, each piece quietly speaks of identity, resistance, and pride. The works I’ve shared - Manananggal and ibaloy - are simple but powerful. They carry stories, traditions, and quiet strength, using less to say more.
Citation (online)Books Location: Gallerie degli Uffizi Florence, ItalyPublishers: WorldCat Org, OCLCBook Titles: I Just Wannabe an Artist - book 1 and 2OCLC Numbers: Book 1 - 1530632939 and Book 2 - 1530636063Note: WorldCat is a global library catalog that helps people find books and materials held by libraries around the world. For IJWBAA, being listed in WorldCat means the work is now part of a shared public record—making it easier for students, researchers, and curious readers to discover it through trusted institutions like the Gallerie degli Uffizi. It’s a quiet but meaningful step in making the movement more accessible and traceable.
MLA 9th Edition Citation: For the benefit of all scholars, researchers, historians, educators, and students, please find the citation in MLA 9th Edition below. If your research touches upon: Art History (Global Art History, Philippine Art and Culture, Philippine Contemporary Arts) | Decolonial Studies (Decolonial Aesthetics, Decolonial Minimalism, Cultural Resistance, Visual Sovereignty) | Media & Technology (New Media, Digital Art) | Area Studies (Southeast Asian Studies, Indigenous Studies) | Archival & Institutional Studies (Archival Theory, Museum and Curatorial Studies, Digital Humanities) | Sociology of Art (Self-Publishing and Distribution Models, Case Studies in Emerging Artists’ Career Trajectories, Cultural Economics)...these volumes are now accessible and ready to be discovered and cited.
Hafalla, Paul 'Pao' [IJWBAA]. I Just Wanna Be An Artist: Book 1: Aug-Dec '22. Self-Published, 2022. Held by Gallerie degli Uffizi. WorldCat, OCLC 1530632939, https://search.worldcat.org/title/1530632939.Hafalla, Paul 'Pao' [IJWBAA]. I Just Wanna Be An Artist: Book 2: Jan-Dec '23. Self-Published, 2023. Held by Gallerie degli Uffizi. WorldCat, OCLC 1530636063, https://search.worldcat.org/title/1530636063.
Hafalla, Paul 'Pao' [IJWBAA]. I Just Wanna Be An Artist: Book 1: Aug-Dec '22. Self-Published, 2022. Held by Gallerie degli Uffizi. WorldCat, OCLC 1530632939, https://search.worldcat.org/title/1530632939.Hafalla, Paul 'Pao' [IJWBAA]. I Just Wanna Be An Artist: Book 2: Jan-Dec '23. Self-Published, 2023. Held by Gallerie degli Uffizi. WorldCat, OCLC 1530636063, https://search.worldcat.org/title/1530636063.
Publication (art magazine)Location: Berlin, GermanyPublisher: D.Wonder Magazine (print and digital)Editor-in-Chief: Elle PodolskaDate Published: September 29, 2025
Artist's Featured PieceTitle: Decolonial Minimalism: The First PiecesType: Digital ArtSize: 2550 x 3300 pixelsYear: 2025Description: These artworks are the starting point of Decolonial Minimalism - a movement I created to give minimalism a deeper, more culturally rooted meaning. Instead of stripping things down just for style, each piece quietly speaks of identity, resistance, and pride. The works I’ve shared - Manananggal, Anitun Tabu, Barong Tagalog and Baro’t Saya, Alamat ng Sampaguita, and Fiesta - are simple but powerful. They carry stories, traditions, and quiet strength, using less to say more.
Publication (art magazine)Location: Milan, ItalyPublisher: Figgi Magazine Fantasy & AI September Vol 1793 (print and digital)Editor-in-Chief: Marina AbramovaDate Published: September 22, 2025
Artist's Featured PieceTitle: Filipino DeitiesType: Digital ArtSize: 2550 x 3300 pixelsYear: 2025Description: In IJWBAA’s Decolonial Minimalism series, the Filipino deities—Bathala, Lihangin, Magwayen, Mayan, and Tala- are reimagined as minimalist embodiments of ancestral power, cosmic rhythm, and cultural resistance. Bathala anchors creation and sky; Lihangin channel wind and rain’s volatility; Tala and Mayan illuminate celestial guidance; and Magwayen bridges life and death. Each figure is rendered not as mythic relic but as living archive, haunting Western aesthetics with indigenous sovereignty.
Publication (art magazine)Location: New York, USAPublisher: Artells Magazine - Sense.View.Style July (Vol 3412)Editor-in-Chief: Marina AbramovaDate Published: July 28, 2025
Artist's Featured PieceTitles: Manananggal, Apolaki, Anitun Tabu, Sarimanok, and Alamat ng SampaguitaType: Digital ArtSize: variesYear: 2025Description: These artworks by IJWBAA—Manananggal, Apolaki, Anitun Tabu, Sarimanok, and Alamat ng Sampaguita—bring old Filipino stories and legends to life using bold colors and simple shapes. Manananggal, with her haunting split-body form and nocturnal wings, channels the eerie allure of Visayan folklore, turning fear into fascination. Apolaki and Anitun Tabu show powerful forces like the sun and storms. Sarimanok is a magical bird full of color and meaning, while Alamat ng Sampaguita tells a love story through soft flowers and gentle sadness. Together, they turn Filipino myths into modern art that’s easy to feel, even if you don’t know the full story.
Publication (Zine + Charity Show)Location: Victoria, AustraliaOrganization: Satellite Foundation in partners with Lady Gaga’s Born This Way FoundationPublisher: All the Coloured GlassesDate of Publication: coming soonDate of Exhibition: coming soon
Artist's Entry PieceTitle: The Red ThreadMedia: 3D art on WOMPSizes: 1240 x 1730 pixelsYear: 2024Description: Ever felt like the only one in the room who didn’t quite fit? This piece captures that exact feeling. A single red figure stands out in a sea of neutral-toned bodies—bold, alone, and unapologetically different. It’s not just about being unique; it’s about the ache that sometimes comes with it. The tension. The discomfort. The quiet power of refusing to blend in. Through minimalist shapes and striking color, The Red Thread speaks to the emotional weight of standing apart—and the courage it takes to stay red in a world of grey.
Page updated
Google Sites
Report abuse