Confluence of Her

There is no singular way of being a woman.
Across generations, cultures, and personal histories, womanhood is shaped through countless acts of becoming. It is inherited and resisted, celebrated and questioned, carried through memory, labor, desire, tenderness, grief, and imagination.

Confluence of Her brings together six distinct artistic voices whose practices move through different visual languages yet arrive at a shared inquiry: how women make meaning from the worlds they inhabit.

Rather than presenting a unified narrative, the exhibition embraces multiplicity. The works gathered here reflect intimate observations, emotional landscapes, personal mythologies, and lived experiences that resist easy categorization. Some artists look outward toward community, relationships, and everyday rituals. Others turn inward, examining memory, vulnerability, transformation, and selfhood. Together, they reveal womanhood not as a fixed identity but as an evolving terrain shaped by contradiction, complexity, and care.

The exhibition's title suggests a meeting point, a place where distinct currents flow alongside one another without losing their individual character.

What emerges is not a singular portrait but a collective one. Each artist approaches her practice from a different position, yet together they form a conversation about presence, perception, and the many ways women shape and reshape their worlds. In this gathering of perspectives, Confluence of Her becomes less about defining womanhood and more about witnessing its endless capacity for reinvention.

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Anna Bautista (b. 1997) is a Manila- based visual artist whose work bridges the sensibilities of tradition with the vitality of contemporary expression. Her practice is distinguished by thick, lyrical brushstrokes and a discerning choice of subjects that evoke the weight of historical lineage and storytelling.

Although Bautista's choice of subjects indicate a deep sense of tradition, the use of vibrant hues and cleverly subtle references to popular culture situate her pieces in the contemporary- rendering each of Bautista's pieces as time capsules simultaneously fraught with nostalgia and dynamism.

Since her debut solo exhibition in 2019, Bautista has exhibited extensively locally and around the globe; notably in London, Japan, Paris, Bangkok, Jakarta, Korea and the Venice Biennale.

Bea Batungbacal (b. 1998) constructs images that question how meaning is formed through what is seen, remembered, and withheld. Based between Manila and international contexts, her work examines the complex narratives embedded in everyday life.

Trained as a competitive athlete, she illustrates her observations through compositions where the foreground and the background
appear to be wrangling for dominance. Working through layered compositions, she builds images that unfold through sustained looking, where meaning emerges gradually through observation and detail.

Her works were featured in a solo exhibition in Madrid, and in group presentations in Manila, Madrid, New York, and Seoul. She received her BA in Communication from Ateneo De Manila University.

CABNOV's artist statement reflects her belief that life is an unpredictable tapestry woven from unique moments and surprises. She perceives these moments as creating a distinctive and intangible world that exists beyond our daily experiences, shaped by emotions and the ever-changing energy that surrounds us. With an open mind and a great sense of humor, CABNOV explores life from this perspective, creating pieces that deeply resonate with the complex and diverse nature of human existence.

CABNOV engages in various visualization methods, such as drawing, sketching, mural painting, sculpting, and traditional painting, to depict imaginative creatures and biomorphic forms. Her signature character called "LYFE" a heart fetus child friendly aesthetic, are heavily influenced by her Maori and Filipino heritage. Her compositions, inspired by the feeling of floating, evoke bold expressions within their depths.

Jill Arteche is a visual artist and illustrator based in Manila, Philippines. After two years, she left the advertising industry to pursue
art and illustration as a full-time career. In 2019, she completed a residency in Illustration and Visual Storytelling at the School of Visual Arts in New York City.

Her body of work focuses on depicting culture and everyday experiences with her own touch of humor. Such as the everyday life,
whether it is the 7 AM rush hour or a simple merienda, her work aims to transform the mundane into the comical and lighthearted. Her distinctive style has allowed her to collaborate with numerous brands, as well as showcase her work locally and internationally.

The artist name concept "Tita Halaman" is about a young person described as "Tita" for having an old soul personality and "Halaman" for being extremely awkward and introverted. Way back as a little child, she grew up so reserved and unsociable. “I was this timid type of nerd way back then. I don’t even play and socialize with other kids. I don’t talk that much and all I do is just get my notebook and pencil, draw some figures representing those words I wanted to voice out. My burning passion for art, it all
started there. So I decided to name myself as Tita Halaman”.

Her paintings are mostly described as “sad, yet hopeful”. It revolves around characters with dark, melancholic and chaotic faces
mixed with loud textured strokes of colors overlapping on its frame. Tita Halaman's characters aim to express the beauty of deep seated faith and undying hope no matter how difficult the situation one may face in life. Her poems are mostly dramatic yet strongly inspiring and motivational.

Graduate of UST College of Fine Arts, Yanna Guillermo is a young and emerging visual artist based in Antipolo. Her paintings evoke dreamlike states and figures, inspired by Pop Surrealism.

Despite being a fresh face, Yanna is unafraid to dive deep into her subconscious and dexterity, which then enables her to combine the fluidity of the surreal with the hard- set authenticity of real life events.