It is truly a magnificent convergence when the culture and tradition of a place is met with enthusiasm and perseverance to be photographed and documented, and with this year’s competition and winners, it was only obvious that Negros Oriental is very much home to the people’s pride in their heritage which in turn is manifested towards a bigger pride — the Garbo sa Kabisay-an.

Mugna Gallery presents “The Well’s Ladder Method,” a durational, performative exhibition with a four-part production phase to explore “the method” that visual artists Deadlocks and Totem Yap Saa have been experimenting on and developing.

Five artists who are part of Art Moves PH: Rey Labarento, Portia Nemeño, Samnathis, Sandy Dupio, and Jude Millares come together as individual kaleidoscopes, showcasing unique talents, techniques, and approaches to artmaking. Each one represents a color, not only as a visual cue, but also for all that it stands for, such as emotions, and a personal view of the world.

We are pleased to announce our next exhibition, “Halad,” the first solo presentation by thread-based artist Iris Tirambulo.

Classically-trained painter Jomir Tabudlong’s practice largely revolves around that: the lessons of classical painting and its continuing legacy among today’s artists. While his recent body of work displays adeptness in the figurative sense of subject matter, his art also employs the use of lines in various lengths and colors. This motif recalls his time as an art student, where lines were one of the elements he was most challenged by.

Two months after the fair in Manila, Mugna Gallery restages the exhibition to extend its viewership and influence. Interestingly, what makes these photographs resonate well is that while they are the Onion Kids; we, the viewers, are the same. Life imitates art, and whether happy or sad, Onion Kids are always crying.

Viviana Riccelli creates art that is inspired by the mystical island of Siquijor and the unseen world its people believe in. She aims to create hidden realities behind walls of colors, portraying geography, tales of magic, and the island’s spirit.

Hersley-Ven Casero is a street photographer and visual artist seasoned by the saline hues and aromas of his hometown of Dumaguete in the island of Negros. For a creative mind, nothing beats the rich and colorful innocence of a coastal city, compact enough to wander afoot and gentle enough to embrace as if it were the last paradise on earth.

A narrative unlike most, “The Great Little Hunter” is a story that chronicles the fantastical adventure of young Ngayam. As bedtime comes around, his fear of the dark transforms his bedroom into a tropical forest, in which he valiantly encounters some of Philippine mythology’s greatest monsters – Wakwak, Sigbin and even Tikbalang.

The instinct and drive to create is innate to human beings. By the 21st century, a wide array of art making, techniques, and schools of thought have been brought to the forefront all over the world,and yet there is still so much more that remains hidden right in front of us.

This exhibition invites you to look at contemporary terracotta sculpture by dis-engaging the notion of tradition or the expectation of a long-established practice. If there is tradition transmitted through the hands of Herod Duran, they take the form of a potter’s wheel and a set of tools handed down by his father and grandfather.

Visual artist Jude Millares invites us to take a peek at pages from his journal, and take a stroll through his thoughts from the past years.

This creative series explores the connection of image and its location. Vernacular scenes, plants, landscapes or objects are drawn with the specific geographic coordinate where it was derived or conceived.

MUGNA Gallery is pleased to present the works of eight artists who documented their process. The mural project brought these artists together for the first time for a collaboration that gave rise to friendships and the opportunity to further develop their own practices.

Tierra Quemada is a recognition of the experience of giving life back to things that have been abandoned and rendered useless.