
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.
ARTWORKS

MONET'S SUNRISE
2022
12" x 12" Acrylic on Canvas
VENERABLE
2022
12" x 12" Acrylic on Canvas


250HZ (NEUTRALITY)
2022
18" x 18". Acrylic on Canvas
528 HZ ( POSITIVE ENERGY)
2022
24" x 36". Acrylic on Canvas.


.01 HZ ( LISTEN TO SILENCE )
2022
18" x 18". Acrylic on Canvas
2000 HZ (REFORMATION)
2022
12" x 12". Acrylic on Canvas


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.


"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


“A good piece of art is inspired by your inner self and guided by the unknown”
- FREDERICK EPISTOLA
ARTIST STATEMENT
Frederick Epistola