Isobel Francisco is a Filipina visual artist. Since her first group show in December 2011, she has exhibited in Hong Kong, Germany, China, and various corners of Metro Manila, and she has been kindly featured on some print and online publications. Her works currently involve figurative tensions and narratives of anguish, loss, and the constant examination of what constitutes humanity.


Solo Exhibitions

2023 / “Aren’t We All Running II”, MONO8 Gallery

2022 / “THE MOTH / THE FLAME”, Village Art Gallery

2021 / “The Flood”, Provenance Gallery

2019 / “Aren’t We All Running”, Provenance Gallery

2018 / “Disposable Lives”, Metro Gallery at ArtistSpace Ayala Museum

2017 / “Recent Works”, Gallery Nine at ManilArt

2016 / “Remote_CTRL”, Qube Gallery

2016 / “Sea of Fertility”, Metro Gallery

2014 / “Icarus Smicarus”, Vinyl on Vinyl


Selected Group Exhibitions

2020 / “Hard Fluid Betrayal”, Pilotenkueche, Leipzig, Germany

2020 / “Almost Tension”, Alte Handelsschule, Leipzig, Germany

2018 / “Common Birds” with Iyan de Jesus, Village Art Gallery

2018 / “INTUIT”, Ysobel Art Gallery

2018 / “Silk Road”, Provenance Art Gallery

2017 / “Differences II”, Artspace at Deustche Bank

2017 / “Fresh Ceremony”, Provenance Art Gallery

2017 / “All About Women”, Art Anton, Art Fair Philippines

2017 / “Kintsukuroi 2”, Pineapple Lab

2016 / “The Madtinkers’ Tea Party”, Gallery Nine, ManilArt

2016 / “Anniversary of an Uninteresting Event” with Eleanor Giron,
J Studio

2016 / “Blue House: Philippines” (Frida Kahlo tribute), Vinyl on Vinyl

2016 / “Sentiment & Dynamic Inertia”, Korean Cultural Center
Shanghai, China

2015 / “The Fe(male) Gaze”, Cevio Art Haus

2015 / “Bull in the Heather”, Art Center Megamall

2015 / “Memento Vivere / Memento Mori”, Metro Gallery

2015 / Asia Contemporary Art c/o Cevio Art Haus, Hong Kong

2014 / “Kintsukuroi” with Tokwa Peñaflorida, Altro Mondo

2014 / “DOMestication”, Post Gallery

2014 / “Novus Praeternatura”, A Space Manila

2014 / “EASE”, Tam-awan Village

2014 / “9to5″, Now Gallery and Auctions

2014 / “Chaos in Progress”, Cevio Art Haus

2014 / “The HEAT Show”, Sigwada Art Gallery

2014 / “Art is Fair: Democratizing Art Now!”, Kanto, The Collective

2013 / “Bloom Arts Festival 2013″, The Collective

2013 / “A Third Helping of Instant Doodles”, My Little Art Place

2012 / “Swarm”, Kanto, The Collective

2012 / “Bloom Arts Festival“, Cubao X

2012 / “Acid Asylum: A Roomful of Nightmares“, Vinyl on Vinyl


Awards

Artist’s Grant, Vermont Studio Center, USA, 2018

Finalist, Art Association of the Philippines (AAP) 68th Art Competition (Painting category), 2015


Selected Features

Filipino Artists in Their Studios Volume 2, 2018

Brave New World, 2022

Your All-Access Show (YAS), Lifestyle Network, 2018

“The Artists to Watch”, Philippine Tatler, 2019

“Meet the 30 Artists Under 30 Set to Rule the Local Art Scene”, Esquire, 2017

“Portrait of the Filipina as an Artist: The Women of ManilArt 2018”, Lifestyle Asia, 2018

“ManilAArt 2018”, Art Bahrain SPC, 2018

“The classic, the quirky, and more at ManilArt 2017”, Rappler, 2017

“How Philippine art differs from our ASEAN Neighbors’”, BusinessWorld, 2017

“Linya Erotika: Outlines you want to fill in”, Young Star, 2017

“Unity of Opposites: Isobel Francisco on Meaning and Madness”, Manila Bulletin, 2016

“Undisclosed Desires”, Scout Magazine, 2015-2016

“10 Filipino Artists You Should Follow on Instagram”, Spot.ph, 2015

“Art Is”, (Season 2 Episode 6), Thinking Man’s Classroom, 2015

“Broken Portraits”, Art+ Magazine, 2014

“Digital Illustrations by Isobel Francisco”, Juxtapoz Magazine, 2014

“KINTSUKUROI”, Philippine Tatler Homes, 2014

“A Fresh Slate”, Metro Home Magazine, 2014

GMA News: “‘Endangered Visions’ brings together mindscapes of acclaimed artists”, 2014

“The visual poetry of Katrina Pallon and Isobel Francisco”, The Philippine Star, 2013

“Art Blooms Again”, Young Star, Lifestyle Features, The Philippine Star, 2013

{m}aganda Magazine, University of California, Berkeley, “Broke” Issue, 2012

“Unusual Finds”, MyHome Magazine, 2012


Residencies

Art and History Museums Maitland, USA, 2023

BONFIRE, Spain (Online), 2021

Pilotenkueche, Germany, 2020

Vermont Studio Center, USA, 2018


Seminars and Workshops

Instructor, Ayala Museum Basic Oil Painting Workshop by Isobel Francisco, Ayala Museum, 2018

Panelist, Ateneo Heights Artists Workshop (8th), Ateneo de Manila University, 2017

Speaker, ARTEculate, St. Scholastica Manila College of Fine Arts, 2017

Speaker, Alipato x Palad Seminar by Heraldo Filipino, De La Salle University – Dasmariñas, 2016

Speaker, Multimedia Odyssey, Mapua Institute of Technology, 2015


Contact her via isobelfrancisco@gmail.com.