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Artist couple Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan talk about how their artistic practice is intermingled in their lives as migrants. Their projects utilize recycled materials and encourage community participation, with themes of migration, family, and cultural displacement central to their works. They have participated in numerous exhibitions and have their works housed in collections of institutions such as the Singapore Art Museum, the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art in Japan, MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum in Thailand, among others.

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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."