Nica Aquino is a multidisciplinary artist, analog photographer & educator from Los Angeles, California. She holds a BFA in Photography from the Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, Oregon and an MA in Visual Culture from the School of Art at Manchester Metropolitan University in the United Kingdom. Her work has been exhibited internationally in Manchester, United Kingdom; Belgrade, Serbia; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and nationally in Portland, Oregon; Los Angeles, California; San Antonio, Texas. Her work reveals place, identity, diaspora and the cross-cultural experience largely through a photographic lens. Via photography, viewers see through the eyes of a first generation Ilokana-American trying to navigate North American culture and drawing inspiration from the people and places around her, exploring diverse immigrant diasporas and communities in the US and beyond. Most recently, her work has expanded to experiment with textiles, installation, video and sound; examining themes of memory and loss. |
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EXHIBITION DATES: NOVEMBER 1-29, 2018
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"Balay/Bahay: Creating Our Home is a FilipinX-American visual art exhibition that examines the meaning of home. Through investigations of belonging, memory, identity & contemporary issues, these artists share their diverse interpretations of home through this original collection of works; Showing the multi-layered diversity of Philippine culture & experiences as FilipinXs in the US diaspora.
Balay/Bahay: Creating Our Home is set to open on November 1st at the Center for the Arts Eagle Rock, in Eagle Rock, California. Eagle Rock is known for having one of the largest FilipinX/-American communities in California for over fifty years, housing over 6000 FilipinX/-Americans, with many more residing in the greater Northeast Los Angeles Area. This exhibition honors the many Fil-Ams who’ve come to call Eagle Rock, Los Angeles & the United States their home. Balay meaning home in Ilokano - a language spoken in the northern Philippines & in Visayan - a language spoken in the central & southern Philippines. Bahay meaning home in Tagalog - the national language of the Philippines." Featuring work by: Nica Aquino Vanessa Briones-Englund Champoy Sara Chao Christine Hipolito Jacqueline Lee Marissa Lynn Diyan Valencia Curated by Nica Aquino with the assistance of Vanessa Briones-Englund. Center for the Arts Eagle Rock 2225 Colorado Blvd. Los Angeles, California 90041 Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday, 11am - 5pm Closed Saturdays & Sundays |
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