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Artist Talk with Eloisa May P. Hernandez
Sunday, Nov 5, 2023 at 6pm: Free > RSVP
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TOPAZ ARTS welcomes Eloisa May P. Hernandez from the University of the Philippines in presenting an Artist Talk, Sunday, Nov 5, 2023 at 6pm. Hernandez shares her work as a photographer, curator and educator, with recent exhibitions of her photography created during the pandemic “Uneasy Peace” and “Take Over”. Her current curatorial work includes the UP Pride Queer Art Exhibit – the first exhibition featuring works by LGBTQIA+ alumni, staff, faculty and students to be presented and celebrated in the university’s 100-year history.
Eloisa May P. Hernandez, PhD is Professor at the Department of Art Studies, College of Arts and Letters, University of the Philippines in Diliman where she teaches art history, photography, popular art and culture, gender issues in the arts, and Philippine cinema. She finished her B.A. Art Studies, M.A. in Art History, and Ph.D. in Philippine Studies. She is the author of Digital Cinema in the Philippines, 1999-2009 (2014) and Homebound: Women Visual Artists in 19th Century Philippines (2004), as well as articles in several international publications, refereed journals, and anthologies. She has curated several exhibitions for women artists and queer artists, the most recent is the UP Pride Queer Art Exhibit. As a photographer, she had a solo online exhibit on VMeme Contemporary Art Gallery entitled Uneasy Peace (2020-2021) and another solo exhibition at the UP Vargas Museum entitled Take Over (2022), both focusing on UP Diliman during the Covid19 pandemic. She is currently working on an anthology Popular Art and Culture in the Philippines in the Time of Corona.
TOPAZ ARTS Visual Arts Program is made possible, in part, by NYC Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
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