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FREDERICK EPISTOLA

Visual Artist

Frederick Epistola is a painter, mixed-media artist, sculptor, and documentary film producer. The International Museum of Collage, Assemblage, and Construction in Texas, United States, acquired two of his pieces in 2006. In 2008, his mixed-media piece titled "Master without a disciple" was featured in the internationally distributed limited-edition calendar of the Painters for Human Rights (USA). In 2017 Epistola is the only Filipino featured in the commemorative book Dada Centennial: Day of the Dead, which commemorates 100 years of the DADAISM Movement. His sculpture "Kulintang" was part of the permanent collection in Katara, Qatar's Cultural Village (Unveiling June 2022). He was the only Filipino artist to participate in NASA's FluxFace in Space Art Program, which included 127 artists from 26 different countries that was launched into orbit in space and exhibited as a part of Fluxfest Chicago at the Contemporary Art Museum in Chicago, USA. In 2019 and 2022, the National Commission on Cultures and the Arts awarded Epistola the Cultural Diplomacy Grant of Sentro Rizal and the Competitive Travel Grant. He was also the first Filipino to have a solo exhibition at KATARA Artist Village in DOHA, Qatar (August 2019). "Blinking" a piece of video art by Epistola, was featured in the exhibition "No More Valid" at Momentum Gallery in Krakow, Poland (March 2022).   In May 2022, he spearheaded the Philippine delegation to exhibit contemporary Philippine art at the 4th Armenia Art Fair and was accepted into the Art Commune International Art Residency Program under the Art Cultural Studies Laboratory (ACSL) in Yerevan, Armenia.
In 2017, Epistola was featured on CNN Profiles, where he discussed his life as an artist and the causes he promotes through his works.
Epistola's works have been published and can be seen in: "Captured Culture: An Interpretive Portrait of Paranaque City", "Living with Art", "Fluxface in Space", "Collage/Assemblage Centennial 1912-2012",
Climate MAP Exhibit at Archivo 1984 Gallery sponsored by the French Embassy in Manila (2015)
Epistola obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Communications from the University of the Philippines in 1996. He is the founder and head curator of Art Show Philippines, the leading online platform for Filipino artists. He is also a member of the United States-based 
International Society of Assemblage and Collage Artists.

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ARTWORKS

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MONET'S SUNRISE

2022

12" x 12" Acrylic on Canvas

VENERABLE

2022

12" x 12" Acrylic on Canvas

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250HZ (NEUTRALITY)

2022

18" x 18".  Acrylic on Canvas

528 HZ ( POSITIVE ENERGY)

2022

24" x 36". Acrylic on Canvas.

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Listen to Silence

.01 HZ ( LISTEN TO SILENCE )

2022

18" x 18". Acrylic on Canvas

2000 HZ (REFORMATION)

2022

12" x 12". Acrylic on Canvas

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400HZ ( REASON )

2022

18" x 18". Acrylic on Canvas

“THERE ARE ALWAYS FLOWERS FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO SEE THEM.”

2021

 6" x 5.5"x 6".Mixed Media Sculpture.

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"FOLD YOUR WORRIES INTO PAPER AIRPLANES"

2021

6"x 5.5"x 9.5". Mixed Media Sculpture

UNTANGLINGS LIFE'S MYSTERIES

2021

6.5"x4.5" x7". Mixed Media Sculpture

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Bright Light
Fade
Past Pass Perfect
Glitches
Heart
Luck
Wind Up Toy
Blink
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“A good piece of art is inspired by your inner self and guided by the unknown”

- FREDERICK EPISTOLA

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ARTIST STATEMENT

Frederick Epistola

I explore my own identity and core values through my artworks using colors, strokes, and evocative images. I meant for each artwork to be a non-narrative celebration of my culture, while at the same time a documentation of my society’s enrichment through time.


Drawing inspiration from the political, artistic, and social milieu of my time, and grounded by my experience, my artworks hold mirror to the continuously evolving culture of my surroundings that is formed through relationships, associations, and metaphor.


Each mixed media artwork features different layers of pure hues in the background that represent my cultural and societal memory and the creative juxtaposition of my real-world observations through time. The multiple layers of strokes and colors are integrated with cut-out images to add depth, mystery, and memory to the central theme of each piece.


My artworks explore the themes of identity, ethnicity, colonialism, and the affirmation of my native race, language, and culture; with each of the piece representing a celebration of culture and my beginnings.


Always interested in the interplay of art and life, my works maintain their open-endedness to allow the viewers to engage with my art through their free and uninhibited interpretation.

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