Sustaining Heritage and Contemporary Legacies: A National Museum Perspective Jeremy Barns About the Speaker/s

Nothing to Declare and other projects Artist couple Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan talk about how their artistic practice is intermingled in their lives as migrants. About the Speaker/s ISABEL AQUILIZAN y GAUDINEZ (Manila, Philippines, 1965) and ALFREDO JUAN AQUILIZAN (Cagayan, Philippines, 1962) is a Filipino artist-couple who emigrated to Australia in 2006. As a result of their personal experiences, migration, family and cultural displacement are the central themes that they address through their projects. Their artistic language prioritizes the use of recycled materials and community participation. They have participated in numerous exhibitions, biennials, and their works are part of outstanding international collections such as the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art in Japan; The Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation in Australia, The Singapore Art Museum; MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum in Thailand, or The Lopez Museum Foundation in the Philippines, among others.Isabel Aquilizan completed her degree in Communication Arts at the Assumption College in 1986 and taught at the Philippine High School for the Arts. Alfredo Aquilizan earned his fine arts degree from the Philippine Women’s University in 1986 and his Master’s from the Polytechnic University in Norwich, England. He is currently pursuing his doctorate at the Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia."

Grappling with Realities: A Conversation with Manuel Ocampo and Manny Garibay Manuel Ocampo and Manny Garibay About the Speaker/s

Santiago Bose: Painter, Magician Christopher Y. Lew, Lilledeshan Bose, and Kawayan de Guia About the Speaker/s

From Collecting to Building Bridges: A Journey in Art Ning Chong of FOFA: Family Office for Art and Christoph Noe of LARRY'S LIST About the Speaker/s NING CHONGNing is the co-founder of Family Office for the Art (FOFA) and The Culture Story (TCS), bringing over 15 years of experience in the art world across London and Singapore. Since founding FOFA in 2022, she has provided specialized art advisory services with a focus on collection management, estate planning, and legacy building. Ning also offers strategic counsel on project management, exhibition planning, research, publishing, marketing, and philanthropy, working with high-net-worth individuals, families, corporations, and cultural institutions.At TCS, an independent non-profit art space founded in 2017, Ning champions art collecting, supports local artists, and advocates for art education through curated exhibitions and engaging events. Previously, Ning worked with the Singapore Tourism Board and spent five years at the National Arts Council (NAC) in the Visual Arts department, where she spearheaded the Singapore Art Week campaigns and managed the Singapore Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2011 and 2015.A passionate advocate for the arts, Ning is a sought-after speaker on topics such as art collecting, market trends, and building legacies through art. She is a patron of the Singapore Art Museum, a board member at Objectifs (a non-profit centre for filmmaking and photography), a committee member at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, and an advisor to SHAW Studios, managed by the Hong Kong ShawFoundation.Ning holds a BSc in Economics and Economic History from the London School of Economics and an MA in Modern and Contemporary Art from Christie’s Education in London.CHRISTOPH NOEPreviously a management consultant, Christoph Noe decided to switch industries and work in the contemporary art scene. Initially focusing on Chinese contemporary art, later he co-founded LARRY'S LIST, the leading art market knowledge company providing data, research and access to contemporary art collectors. In his role, he has edited and published a number of books and reports including a catalogue raisonné for the painter Liu Ye; the first publication of this kind for a Chinese contemporary artist, the "Private Museum Report (2016 and 2023)", a global overview on the landscape of privately founded contemporary art museums, and “The Next Gen Art Collectors Report (2021)”, a survey on art collectors below the age of 40 and the best-selling guidebooks “How to Not Fuck Up Your Art-World Happiness Vol. 1 and 2” (2022 and 2024).Christoph Noe is also advising a number of corporates, brands and private museums including Porsche, Rolls-Royce and Hugo Boss on their art engagements and collection. For Hugo Boss, he helped setting up the biennial HUGO BOSS ASIA ART AWARD in cooperation with the Shanghai-based private art museum Rockbund Art Museum. The award has been recognized as one of most acclaimed awards for emerging artists in Asia contributing to the art ecology in China and beyond.Christoph Noe has lectured extensively on the art market, among others for academic institutions including Angewandte University, Vienna, Ewha University, Seoul, and Sotheby’s Institute of Art, London. Leading global news media and art press, from Financial Times to China Daily, have been quoting Noe on his expertise on the global art market.

The Revolving Doors of Contemporary Art: The Influence of Market and Capital in the Art World In line with a forthcoming book, Amb. Guglielmino presents his insights on the factors that impact the artists’ careers and the art market. About the Speaker/s Christina Quisumbing Ramilo examines and reimagines objects and their contexts through comprehension of material and site specificity. Her artistic practice involves an interest in and respect for the life and history of objects. With minimal intervention on their surfaces, she arranges them or reconfigures their parts, presenting other perspectives to their forms and functions. Often using unconventional materials (construction discards, architectural fragments, casts, recycled paper), and utilizing objects themselves as material (mirrors, bottles, old frames, clothing), most of which have been collected for years, she constructs the works in parts over long periods of time, never completely finished. Conferred with titles that employ wit and humor, they ultimately express her personal poetries.Ramilo lives and works in the Philippines as a full-time artist.

Expanding Boundaries: Jezzel Wee, Ryan Rubio, Goldie Poblador Jezzel Wee, Ryan Rubio, and Goldie Poblador About the Speaker/s JEZZEL WEEJezzel Wee finds inspiration in the complexities of organic forms and relates them to the changing landscapes we interact with. She is a ceramic artist based in Quezon City and graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of the Philippines with a bachelor’s degree in fine arts major in Painting. She is the first Filipino to finish a 3-year apprenticeship from the Tsugaru Kanayama Pottery, Aomori, Japan in 2017. Through the years, she has worked and exhibited with various local & international ceramic artists.She is currently teaching at the UP College of Fine Arts, serves as the Ceramics Studio Coordinator, and is taking her master’s degree at the UP School of Archaeology. Last April, she finished her field school in Dewil Valley, New Ibajay, El Nido Palawan, and reconnecting with her hometown. Her works have been exhibited in various art spaces and institutions across the Philippines as well as in Australia, Japan, and Thailand.RYAN RUBIOA 2005 graduate of Fine Arts - Advertising at the Technological University of the Philippines, painter and sculptor Ryan Rubio is currently based in Camarines Norte, Bicol Region.Known for his rock and stone sculptures that often resemble totem poles with expressive faces that alternate from the stoic to the surprised, Rubio’s works are either silent witnesses or tight-lipped guardians to all that is going on around them. His understanding of his chosen material can be seen in how each piece retains its unique qualities. Rubio hardly carves a rock to change its appearance or made to look like something else; he works with the natural shape and color of the stone or pebble and etches each figure’s face based on the stone’s form.He reveals that his affinity to this type of material stems from his childhood. “I grew up in a village where the main source of livelihood was small and large-scale mining,” he shares. “I lived near the sea, and all around me were rocks. That was memorable to me, because each rock tells its own story.”GOLDIE POBLADORGoldie Poblador (b.1987) uses glass blowing, performance, video, installation, and scent when considering themes of feminism, the environment, and decolonization as it relates to the body. She received her BFA in Studio Arts from the University of the Philippines, Diliman, and her MFA in Glass from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). Her work has been exhibited at the Singapore Art Museum, Bangkok Art and Culture Center, Museum Atelierhaus Mengerzeile, Lopez Memorial Museum and Library, Metropolitan Museum of Manila, The National Museum of the Philippines, and The Cultural Center of the Philippines. She received a grant from the New York-based Foundation of Contemporary Arts and a President's Scholarship from RISD. She completed residencies at the Corning Museum of Glass, Oakspring Garden Foundation, Wassaic Project, The Hambidge Center, MASS MoCA, La Fragua and the Cité International des Arts. Poblador was selected for the Immigrant Artist Mentorship Program awarded by the New York Foundation of the Arts, received a President's Scholarship from the Rhode Island School of Design, and the Philippine AIR Prize organized by the Alliance Française de Manille. In 2024, Poblador was featured in the 'Serial and Massively Parallel' exhibition for the 6th edition of S.E.A. Focus in Singapore and in the same year, her work 'Squalor' entered the permanent collection of the Corning Museum of Glass.

‘Markets of Resistance’ Roundtable Kawayan de Guia, Rocky Cajigan, and Francisco Benitez About the Speaker/s

Fernando Zobel: Learning to See Professor and historian Ambeth Ocampo talks about Fernando Zóbel through archival images About the Speaker/s

Milestones and Beginnings in Contemporary Art Cedie Vargas of the Lopez Museum, Mariles Gustilo of Ayala Foundation, and Boots Herrera of the Ateneo Art Gallery About the Speaker/s Ma. Elizabeth “Mariles” L. Gustilo is a Senior Consultant at the Ayala Foundation, focusing on a new contemporary arts center project. Before this role, she served as the Senior Director for Arts & Culture, overseeing both the Ayala Museum and the Filipinas Heritage Library until her retirement in 2024 after 14 years of service.During her tenure, she revitalized the museum and library with elevated museum experiences and innovative programming designed to engage audiences.In addition, she spearheaded various global initiatives by the Ayala Museum. She oversaw a comprehensive renovation of the museum, which began in mid-2019 and concluded in December 2021, despite challenges posed by COVID-19. During this period, the museum shifted to an omnichannel operational model, enhancing accessibility both onsite and online as exemplified by thecountry’s first ever digital gallery situated at the museum lobby.She culminated her tenure in 2024 with the celebration of the Ayala Museum’s 50th Anniversary, which featured two compelling exhibitions: Reuniting the Surigao Treasure, and the Asian premiere of Fernando Zobel. The Future of Past, along with a series of Free Days throughout the year as a gesture of appreciation to the community. 

Creating digital mythologies Chris Fussner, Tona Lopez, and Keb Cerda About the Speaker/s KEB CERDAKeb Cerda has never seen a divide between art and video games. Growing up in an artistic household, video games and traditional painting all felt like natural forms of storytelling. Instead of choosing one, he brought them together, creating art that doesn’t just sit still but moves, reacts, and invites participation.His latest project, Dopamine Dash, a motion-based video game projected onto a painting. It transforms the canvas into a chaotic, non-stop social media landscape. Players grab positive reactions to keep their Dopamine Meter from running out while avoiding negative ones, only to find themselves caught in a cycle that mirrors the exhausting pursuit of validation online.For Keb, art is not just about creating something to be looked at. It’s about connection and interaction. He blurs the lines between traditional and digital, inviting audiences to step inside his work, not as passive viewers but as active participants in an experience that challenges, immerses, and makes them think."CHIA AMISOLAChia Amisola (b. 2000) is an artist and technologist devoted to the internet’s ambiences and its loss, love, labor, and liberation. Their games, performances, and websites explore the intimacies of infrastructures, the labor of tools, and the poetics of machines from the domestic to the divine. They organized Developh towards poetic technologies in the Philippines.They graduated from Yale University with a BA in Computing & the Arts in 2022. They’ve exhibited internationally at the V&A and Somerset House, London; Tai Kwun, Hong Kong; WSA & TRANSFER, New York; CHRONIQUES, France; Künstlerhaus Bethanien and panke.gallery, Germany; and Gray Area & Game Developer Conference, San Francisco. They've been featured in The New Yorker, Forbes, Frieze, BOMB Magazine, et. al, and are a Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia recipient & Lumen Prize Winner. They are based between San Francisco and Manila.

Constellations from the Margins: Artists Reimagining Initiatives and Communities from the Center to the Peripheries Charlie Co, Mark Justiniani and Joy Mallari, Alfredo Esquillo, Renato Habulan, and Manny Garibay About the Speaker/s

Art Fair Philippines 2025 Daily Tour View gallery exhibitions and #ArtFairPH sections through an hour-long guided tour around Art Fair Philippines 2025. About the Speaker/s