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Josephine Turalba

Hometown: Manila

Based in: Manila and Boston

Josephine Turalba, based between Manila and Boston, is an interdisciplinary artist whose practice incorporates intersecting layers of different media: performance, sculpture, video, sound, and photography. Her works explore issues of divide and convergence between the Global North and South, focusing on visceral approaches to the politics of violence and dynamics of infliction, trauma– depicting traces and spaces, where empathy translates into healing.

Her works are in the collections of Yuchengco Museum Manila; Metropolitan Museum of Manila; Omer M. Koc Collection, Istanbul & London; Francis J. Greenburger Collection, New York. They have been exhibited at the 2016 London Biennale, European Cultural Center in Venice, Italy (concurrent with the 56th Venice Biennale 2015) Hofburg Innsbruck, Austria 2015; Arter Space, Istanbul, Turkey 2014; VII Tashkent Biennale of Contemporary Art, Uzbekistan, 2013; Werkstatt der Kulturen, Berlin, Germany, 2012; M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2012; KIT Kunst-im-Tunnel Düsseldorf, Germany 2011; The 12th Cairo Biennale, Egypt 2010; and Cultural Center of the Philippines, 2007 and 2009.

She holds an MFA, New Media from Transart Institute NY and Donau Universität Krems Austria; is currently serving as Dean at the School of Fine Arts and Design at the Philippine Women’s University.

 



Josephine Turalba In The Studio

To inspire means to breathe life into - this is the essence of why I make art.

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More About Josephine Turalba

Question IconWhat inspires you?

Nature, travel, and discovering other culture.

Question IconDescribe your creative process.

I’m an interdisciplinary artist and art educator, based between Boston and Manila, who explores issues of divide and convergence within a volatile geo-political world order. My research and works reflect on the politics of violence and dynamics of infliction and trauma, depicting spaces where empathy translates into healing. I negotiate influences from different cultures, taking on an investigative approach to place and time, in relationship to a sense of self. My nomadic relation to various forms of media, including performance, installation, experimental video, photography, tapestry, and painting, allows me to explore my obsessions with socio-political narratives, myths, and personal histories.

Question IconWhat are 3 words that best describe your work?

Transformative, interdisciplinary, and inspiring.


Collections Featuring Josephine Turalba

7 Collections

Bronze Sculptures

Bronze Sculptures

15 Artists, 25 Products

Last updated: August 18, 2021

Southeast Asian Artworks

Southeast Asian Artworks

55 Artists, 59 Products

Last updated: January 22, 2021

Zodiac Animals

Zodiac Animals

15 Artists, 24 Products

Last updated: December 15, 2020


Articles Featuring Josephine Turalba

2 Articles


Credentials

Education

Transart Institute validated by Dönau University Krems

Austria, 2009

University of the Philippines Diliman

Philippines, 1988

Exhibitions

Solo Exhibition High Wire High Seas

Philippines, 2020

Nine Dragon Heads in DMZ and JSA

South Korea, 2019

Solo Exhibition K9

Philippines, 2019

Violence Transformed

United States of America, 2019

Not Another Mother and Child

Philippines, 2019

Solo Exhibition Candid Canines

Philippines, 2018

Femi-flow Creating Female Subjectivity in Art

Taiwan, 2018

SAB’R: Light a Dream

Philippines, 2018

Moving pledges: Art and action in Southeast Asia

Singapore, 2018

Guns and Gun Violence in America: Too Many Too Close

United States of America, 2018

6th Canakkale Biennial

Turkey, 2018

Taste The Future Collection

France, 2017

Collectionner, le désir inachevé

France, 2017

Curated By Federico de Veyra,

Philippines, 2017

Taste The Future Collection

France, 2017

En Masse

United States of America, 2017

3.2.1.

Philippines, 2017

Taxi

Italy, 2017

No Way Forward No Way Back,

United States of America, 2017

Papers and Layers

Philippines, 2016

2016 London Biennale

Italy, 2016

Homeland

Turkey, 2016

Solo Exhibition Vagari

Philippines, 2016

Cairotronica

Egypt, 2016

Multiples

Turkey, 2016

Fusionera

United States of America, 2015

Studio 300 Digital Art and Music Festival 2015

United States of America, 2015

Handmade

Philippines, 2015

En Masse

United States of America, 2015

Caravanserraglio

Italy, 2015

Speak Together

Australia, 2015

Personal Structures

Italy, 2015

Relative Realities

United States of America, 2014

Terms & Conditions, Simultan Festival #10

Romania, 2014

Dornier

United Kingdom, 2014

Small is Beautiful

Turkey, 2014

Yesterday Once More

Philippines, 2014

Alay Sining 7: Art with a Heart

Philippines, 2014

The Roving Eye

Turkey, 2014

Mother Load, MET Open

Philippines, 2014

Solo Exhibition Fractured Focus

United States of America, 2014

Masterpieces: Asian Digital Art

Philippines, 2013

Pra Biennale – JOGJA International Mini Print Festival

Indonesia, 2013

VII Tashkent Biennale of Contemporary Art: Different Cultures-One World

Uzbekistan, 2013

Grounded

Philippines, 2013

Nuit Blanche

France, 2013

Inside Out

United States of America, 2013

Hugot

Philippines, 2013

Untuned

Philippines, 2013

Six Pack Abs

Philippines, 2013

Pagtitipon

Philippines, 2013

Solo Exhibition Ricochet

Philippines, 2013

2nd Izmir International Biennal

Turkey, 2013

The Story of the Creative

United States of America, 2013

Solo Exhibition In Wonderland

Germany, 2012

M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2012

Singapore, 2012

Beautiful Life: Memory and Nostalgia

China, 2012

Connecting the Dots

Canada, 2012

Human Frames, La Cinémathèque Française

France, 2012

Werkstatt der Kulturen

Germany, 2012

Nowheresville

Canada, 2012

Earth Body Mind

Nepal, 2012

Where is The Here If The Here is In There?

Ireland, 2012

Not Festival

United States of America, 2011

Human Frames, La Cinémathèque Française

Germany, 2011

Human Frames, La Cinémathèque Française

Singapore, 2011

Alay Sining 3: Art with a Heart

Philippines, 2011

Nothing to Declare

Philippines, 2011

Beautiful Life: Memory and Nostalgia

United Kingdom, 2011

Re-Dress

Philippines, 2010

Constructing Secrets, Thoughts & Memories: Aspects of Postmodern Practice

Philippines, 2010

12th International Cairo Biennale

Egypt, 2010

Spaces in Between

Germany, 2010

Tutok SONA Edukasyon

Philippines, 2009

Uncommon Sense (trauma, interrupted, too)

Philippines, 2009

The World Next Door,

Malta, 2009

Solo Exhibition Open Season

Philippines, 2008

Solo Exhibition Hidden Tales

Philippines, 2008

Trajectories, Wooloo Productions

United States of America, 2008

Tutok Krisis: Kalunasan Anong K Mo?

Philippines, 2008

08.08.08 Britania Art Projects

Philippines, 2008

Corredor Gallery, CFA

Philippines, 2007

Solo Exhibition Exploits on the Dining Table

Philippines, 2007

Solo Exhibition Batanes Through the Lens

Philippines, 2003

Our Environment Today,

Philippines, 2002

Solo Exhibition Josephine Turalba Paintings and Photographs

Philippines, 1997

Solo Exhibition Living Tales

Philippines, 1995

Oil, Water and Clay

Philippines, 1990