The Asia Pacific Print Club, a newly established collective of printmakers from Southeast Asia, announces that its first traveling exhibition has finally made its way to the Philippines.
The exhibition features the works of six printmaking studios – Black Hand Gang (Indonesia), Krack Studio (Indonesia), Chiangmai Art on Paper C.A.P. Studio (Thailand), Jojo Kobe (Thailand), Rolling Paper Press (Philippines), and Pasilyo Press (Philippines). The traveling exhibition kicked off in December 2023 at Uma Seminyak in Bali, Indonesia. And then followed by a successful stint at Jojo Kobe Gallery in Thailand in early February, the exhibition is now set to captivate art enthusiasts in the Philippines.
Asia Pacific Print Club #03 Philippines will be held at Gravity Art Space in Quezon City from Feb. 23 to March 23, 2024. The previous legs of the exhibition proudly showcased the talents of Filipino printmakers Angela Silva of Rolling Paper Press, Elmer Borlongan, Plet Bolipata, William Matawaran, and Alynnah Macla-Tadeo of Pasilyo Press.
To highlight the local vibe of printmaking, APPC #03 also features invited printmakers and print studios from the Philippines, including Don Kusuanco under Rolling Paper Press (Talisay, Bacolod), Jone Sibugan of Overinked Studio (Quezon City, Philippines), and Marz Aglipay of Marz Today Studio (Quezon City, Philippines).
“We are excited to host the Asia Pacific Print Club’s first traveling exhibition in the Philippines,” says Angela Silva of Rolling Paper Press, one of the founding member studios of the Asia Pacific Print Club. “This exhibition is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate printmaking talents in Southeast Asia. We hope that it will inspire and connect art lovers from all over the region.”
The exhibition formally opens on Friday, Feb. 23, 2024 at 6 p.m. at Gravity Art Space. This will be followed by Demo day, which takes place on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024 from 2 p.m to 5 p.m. Guests are invited to learn the different printmaking techniques facilitated by participating print studios. Admission to this event is free.