
Josephine Turalba
Hometown: Manila
Based in: Manila and Boston
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.
To inspire means to breathe life into - this is the essence of why I make art.
What inspires you?
Nature, travel, and discovering other culture.
Describe 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.
What are 3 words that best describe your work?
Transformative, interdisciplinary, and inspiring.
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July 03, 2019
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