Pacita Abad made a point to exhibit her artwork in a wide variety of venues, not just in galleries and museums. During her 32-year artistic career Pacita's paintings were shown in more than 200 museums, galleries and other sites in the United States, Asia, Australia, Europe, Africa and Latin America. Her work is now in museum, public, corporate and private art collections in over 70 countries.
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Pacita Abad
The First Retrospective of Pacita Abad's Paintings, co-curated by Victoria Sung and Renée van der Avoird, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto 9 Oct 2024 - 19 Jan 2025 The exuberant and wide-ranging works of the late Philippine-born artist Pacita Abad make their Canadian debut as part of her first retrospective. This acclaimed exhibition includes more than 100 artworks showcasing Abad's experiments in different mediums: textiles, works on paper, paintings, prints, and a range of archival material and studio... Read more -
La Biennale di Venezia: 60th International Art Exhibition
Stranieri Ovunque – Foreigners Everywhere: Curated by Adriano Pedrosa, Arsenale 20 Apr - 24 Nov 2024 Statement by Adriano Pedrosa, Curator Stranieri Ovunque - Foreigners Everywhere The title of the 60th International Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia is drawn from a series of works made by the Paris-born and Palermo-based collective Claire Fontaine since 2004. The works consist of neon sculptures in different colors that... Read more -
Connecting Bodies: Asian Women Artists
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea (Seoul B1, Gallery 5,B1, Gallery 6) 3 Sep 2024 - 3 Mar 2025 Connecting Bodies: Asian Women Artists attempts a new examination of the contemporary meaning of post-1960s art by Asian women from the perspective of 'corporeality.' It was developed as part of an Asian art project by the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (MMCA), which has carried out comparative... Read more -
Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 14 Sep 2024 - 5 Jan 2025 This exhibition is co-curated by Amanda Pinatih of Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam as well as Wells Fray-Smith and Lotte Johnson of the Barbican, London. The exhibition is on show at the Stedelijk from 14 September 2024 to 5 January 2025. Using textiles, fibre and thread, over 40 international artists challenge power... Read more -
Making Their Mark: Works from the Shah Garg Collection
Curated by Cecilia Alemani and Margot Norton 27 Oct 2024 - 20 Apr 2025 Making Their Mark brings together more than seventy artworks from the Shah Garg Collection, which is committed to amplifying the voices and visions of women artists. The exhibition, which premiered in New York in 2023, is the first public presentation of this important collection. Making Their Mark juxtaposes contemporary practices... Read more -
When You See Me: Visibility in Contemporary Art/History
curated by Vivian Li, Dallas Museum of Art 7 Apr 2024 - 13 Apr 2025 Read more -
New Kids in Class exhibited at Smithsonian American Art Museum
SAAM Gallery for Modern and Contemporary Art, Washington, DC 27 May 2024 - 30 Mar 2025 SAAM: New Kids in Class reflects Pacita Abad's experience teaching art in DC public schools, including Oyster Bilingual School, Thompson Elementary School, and Savoy Elementary School, from 1986 to 1994. An immigrant from the Philippines, she was fascinated by the mix of people from around the world found in DC... Read more
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Frieze London 2024
with Tina Kim Gallery, The Regent's Park, London 9 - 13 Oct 2024 Read more -
Frieze Seoul 2024
with Tina Kim Gallery, COEX Seoul 4 - 7 Sep 2024 Read more -
Chances of Contact: Contemporary Prints from the Philippines and Singapore
Curated by Patrick Flores, Metropolitan Museum of Manila, 3F South Gallery 23 Aug - 26 Oct 2024 Leading contemporary art space in Singapore, STPI – Creative Workshop & Gallery, is proud to be presenting Chances of Contact: Contemporary Prints from the Philippines and Singapore at the Metropolitan Museum of Manila, also known as The M, in conjunction with the 55th anniversary of bilateral relations between Singapore... Read more -
Pacita Abad: Underwater Wilderness
Tina Kim Gallery, New York 27 Jun - 16 Aug 2024 Pacita Abad: Underwater Wilderness June 27 - August 16, 2024 Tina Kim Gallery is pleased to present 'Underwater Wilderness,' the gallery's second solo show dedicated to the late Filipina-American artist Pacita Abad. Featuring eight monumental trapuntos, a form of textile-painting that Pacita pioneered, this exhibition offers a focused selection of... Read more -
Art Basel 2024
with Tina Kim Gallery, Messe Basel, Switzerland 13 - 16 Jun 2024 Read more -
Rupture & Connection
Curated by Christopher Y. Lew, The Green Family Foundation, Dallas, TX 8 Jun - 22 Sep 2024 Rupture & Connection brings together an intergenerational group of artists to examine the overlapping concerns of place, emigration, and legacy. With works drawn primarily from the Green Family Collection, the exhibition is inspired by the work of Martinique-born philosopher, poet, and writer Édouard Glissant. Articulating a system of relations... Read more -
TEFAF New York 2024
with Tina Kim Gallery, Park Avenue Armory 10 - 14 May 2024 Read more -
Frieze New York 2024
with Tina Kim Gallery, The Shed 1 - 5 May 2024 Read more -
Pacita Abad
The First Retrospective of Pacita Abad's Paintings, co-curated by Victoria Sung and Ruba Katrib at MoMA PS1, New York 4 Apr - 2 Sep 2024 This spring MoMA PS1 presents the first retrospective of artist Pacita Abad (Filipina-American, 1946-2004). Spanning the artist's 32-year career, the exhibition includes more than 100 works-most of which have never been on public view in the United States prior to this exhibition-showcasing her experiments across mediums, including textiles, works on... Read more -
Art Basel Hong Kong 2024
with Silverlens Galleries, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Center 28 - 30 Mar 2024 Read more -
Art Basel Hong Kong 2024
with Tina Kim Gallery, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Center 28 - 30 Mar 2024 Read more -
TEFAF Maastricht 2024
with Tina Kim Gallery at MECC Maastricht 9 - 14 Mar 2024 TEFAF Maastricht is widely regarded as the world’s premier fair for fine art, antiques, and design, bringing together 7,000 years of art history under one roof. Featuring over 260 prestigious dealers from some 20 countries, TEFAF Maastricht is a showcase for the finest art works currently on the market. Alongside... Read more -
Future Minded: New Works in the Collection
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge 1 Mar - 21 Jul 2024 Future Minded highlights a selection of works acquired in recent years that exemplify the Harvard Art Museums’ collecting vision and strategies. Nearly all are on display for the first time. The museums are committed to acquiring art that expands the range of artists and cultures represented in the collections; that... Read more -
Frieze Los Angeles 2024
with Tina Kim Gallery, Santa Monica Airport 29 Feb - 3 Mar 2024 Read more -
PAMBABAE: Exploring Abstraction by Women Artists 1969-1989
Curated by Miguel Rosales, a special exhibition at the Art Fair Philippines 2024 15 - 18 Feb 2024 PAMBABAE: Exploring Abstraction by Women Artists 1969-1989 is a special exhibit that aims to explore Abstract Art created by a selection of female artists between 1969 to 1989, framed within two decades that saw an explosion of creativity in the arts, starting from the creation of the Cultural Center of... Read more -
Art Fair Philippines 2024
with Silverlens Galleries, The Link, Manila 15 - 18 Feb 2024 Silverlens is thrilled to participate in this year’s edition of Art Fair Philippines, featuring over 60 artists working across a wide range of mediums. Curated by gallery directors Isa Lorenzo and Rachel Rillo, Silverlens’ presentation consists of five sections: Ends with Nature, Cuts and Tears, Surface, Stories, and History and... Read more -
Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art
Barbican Art Gallery, London, United Kingdom 13 Feb - 13 Mar 2024 Textiles weave through our everyday lives yet remain one of the most underexamined mediums in art history. Opening in February 2024, Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art will shine a light on contemporary artists who — drawn to the tactile processes of stitching, weaving, braiding, and knotting... Read more -
Pacita Abad: Love is Like a Heat Wave
Silverlens Galleries, Manila 13 Feb - 16 Mar 2024 Love is Like a Heat Wave celebrates the 20th anniversary of Circles in My Mind, Pacita's landmark exhibition at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. The exuberant exhibition would serve as the final presentation of the artist’s work, before her passing in 2004. The works in the show are part... Read more -
Histories & Horizons
Curated by May Lyn L. Cruz at the Metropolitan Museum of Manila 1 Feb - 13 Apr 2024 The Metropolitan Museum of Manila shows items from its own collection in the exhibition, “Histories and Horizons: The Metropolitan Museum of Manila Permanent Art Collection.” It includes paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, assemblages, some photographs, and a couple of video art pieces. The exhibit looks at history not as a concluded... Read more -
A Box of One’s Own: Women Beyond Borders
Curated by Letícia Cobra Lima, at UC Santa Barbara Art, Design & Architecture Museum 25 Jan - 5 May 2024 A Box of One’s Own explores how the cross-cultural exhibition project, Women Beyond Borders fostered experimental spaces for women to do-it-themself and do-it-together and highlighted artistic media often dismissed as being coded feminine. The exhibition celebrates the transformative gift of the archives and artworks from the Women Beyond Borders Art... Read more -
FOG Design+Art Fair 2024
with Tina Kim Gallery, Fort Mason Pier 2 and Pier 3, San Francisco 18 - 21 Jan 2024 Read more -
Translations: Afro-Asian Poetics
Curated by Zoé Whitley, Gillman Barracks, Singapore 18 - 30 Jan 2024 On the occasion of Singapore Art Week 2024, The Institutum presents, “Translations: Afro-Asian Poetics”, a major exhibition that features 100 internationally acclaimed artists from the African and Asian continents and diasporas. This will be the first large-scale exhibition dedicated to the vibrant and interconnected narratives of these demographics to be... Read more -
Godzilla: Echoes of the 1990s Asian American Arts Network
Curated by Jennifer Samet, Eric Firestone Gallery, New York 17 Jan - 16 Mar 2024 The exhibition showcases the work of individual artists involved with the network at the time. Spanning two gallery spaces, the show includes established artists and also amplifies the voices of artists who have not been centered in the canon, and who made their careers showing in alternative spaces. Godzilla founders—artists... Read more -
Art Basel Miami Beach 2023
with Tina Kim Gallery, Miami Beach Convention Center 8 - 10 Dec 2023 For Art Basel Miami Beach 2024 , Tina Kim Gallery features a presentation of works by our artists that span across the globe and generations. Artists include the prolific Pacita Abad , known for her vibrant trapuntos born out of her peripatetic life of social engagement and advocacy — many... Read more -
A League of Nations
The Art Students League, New York - Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery 26 Oct - 30 Nov 2023 A League of Nations is a group show exploring the League as a creative nexus for artists from around the world since 1875. This thematic presentation features over 25 artists born outside of the United States who found themselves at the League as either students or instructors during some portion... Read more -
Pacita Abad
The First Retrospective of Pacita Abad's Paintings, co-curated by Victoria Sung, Eungie Joo and Nancy Lim, at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Floor 4 21 Oct 2023 - 28 Jan 2024 SFMOMA: The first retrospective of Pacita Abad (born 1946, Batanes, Philippines; died 2004, Singapore) features over 40 dazzling works that showcase the artist’s experiments in different mediums, including painting, sculpture, textiles, and works on paper. Abad is best known for her trapuntos, a form of quilted painting made by stitching... Read more -
Frieze London 2023
With Tina Kim Gallery 11 - 15 Oct 2023 This year marks Frieze’s 20th anniversary, alongside new programming at Frieze Masters with Studio and Modern Women. With more than 160 leading galleries spanning 40 countries, Frieze London 2023 is the most international edition of the fair to date. This year, Frieze London has a dynamic programme of special projects,... Read more -
21 Years: A Story in Multiple Parts
Singapore Tyler Print Institute 25 Sep - 15 Oct 2023 21 Years: A Story in Multiple Parts is a multi-faceted exhibition featuring a selection of over 30 artworks from more than 20 artists, spanning across the early 2000s to the 2020s, including the likes of Do Ho Suh (South Korea), Rirkrit Tiravanija (Thailand/USA), Pinaree Sanpitak (Thailand), the late Ashley Bickerton... Read more -
The Brodsky Center at Rutgers University: Three Decades, 1986–2017
Organized by Ferris Olin, Distinguished Professor Emerita, Rutgers University, at Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick 13 Sep - 22 Dec 2023 Rutgers Distinguished Professor Emerita Judith K. Brodsky, a visionary artist and advocate, arts administrator and entrepreneur, printmaker, and scholar, recognized that w omen and gender nonconforming artists, as well as artists of color, were excluded from the art world in the 1980s. Brodsky’s pioneering vision set out to rectify the... Read more -
Frieze Seoul 2023
with Tina Kim Gallery, COEX 6 - 9 Sep 2023 Read more -
Frieze Seoul 2023
with Silverlens Galleries, COEX 6 - 9 Sep 2023 Read more -
Linhas Tortas
Curated by Diana Campbell 2 Sep - 11 Nov 2023 Words from the curator, Diana Campbell: Linhas Tortas is a multi-venue international group exhibition that celebrates the entanglements of journeys and the power of storytelling, marking a decade of Mendes Wood DM. Inspired by the Brazilian aphorism “deus escreve certo por linhas tortas”, which literally translates to “god writes... Read more -
Change Agents: Women Collectors Shaping The Art World
Curated Kate Fowle, Folasade Ologundudu, and Xiaoyu Weng, at Southampton Arts Center 22 Jul - 30 Sep 2023 Southampton Arts Center (SAC) presents CHANGE AGENTS: Women Collectors Shaping the Art World , an exhibition that showcases the unparalleled vision of 14 women collectors dedicated to championing artists and their practices. The first of its kind at SAC, the exhibition celebrates these international pioneers, whose missions are matched by... Read more -
Silent Hands
Curated by Rotana Shaker, Zain Al Saie and Jean Wong, at Hayy Jameel, Jeddah 29 May - 16 Oct 2023 Jeddah’s home for the arts, Hayy Jameel presents ‘Silent Hands’ (May 29 – October 16, 2023) a new group exhibition exploring questions of work and leisure in Asia and its diasporas. With works by Pacita Abad, Hangama Amiri, Mohammed Kazem, Maha Malluh, Khairullah Rahim, Anhar Salem and Aarti Sunder, the... Read more -
Pacita Abad: Colors of My Dream
Tina Kim Gallery, New York 18 May - 24 Jun 2023 Spotlighting Pacita’s abstract body of work created between 1985 and 2002, this exhibition offers a close look at the development of a vibrant and distinctive style as she pushed the traditional boundary of painting over the course of her 32-year career. Pacita’s oeuvre was informed by her itinerancy and deep... Read more -
Frieze New York 2023
with Tina Kim Gallery, The Shed 17 - 21 May 2023 Read more -
TEFAF New York 2023
with Tina Kim Gallery, Park Avenue Armory 12 - 16 May 2023 Read more -
Pacita Abad
The First Retrospective of Pacita Abad's Paintings, Curated by Victoria Sung, at Walker Art Center, Minneapolis 15 Apr - 3 Sep 2023 MINNEAPOLIS, November 15, 2022 — On April 15, 2023, the Walker Art Center will open the first retrospective of artist Pacita Abad (U.S., b. Philippines, 1946–2004), featuring significant and rarely-seen works from across her 32-year career. Pacita Abad will serve as the most comprehensive exploration of Abad’s works to-date, including... Read more -
Woman: Thesis and Antithesis
curated by Jeannie Javelosa, Yuchengco Museum, Makati 21 Mar - 24 Jun 2023 THE CCP Visual Arts and Museum Division (CCP VAMD) celebrates the National Women’s Month with “WOMAN: Thesis and Antithesis” exhibit, featuring selected artworks from the CCP 21AM Collection, on view from March 21 to June 24, 2023, at the Yuchengco Museum in Makati City. Curated by museum director Jeannie Javelosa,... Read more -
Brand New Ancients
Co-curated by Cecilia Ruggeri and Wassan Al-Khudhairi, Misk Art Institute, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 15 Mar - 15 Jun 2023 The poet Kae Tempest addresses our relationship to history in the poem “Brand New Ancients.” Taking inspiration from the poem and its title, the exhibition expands on the connections between our present, our ancestors, and our cultural history. Rather than being static and archaic, Brand New Ancients considers how traditions... Read more -
Art Fair Philippines 2023
with Silverlens Galleries, The Link, Manila 17 - 19 Feb 2023 Read more -
Frieze Los Angeles 2023
with Tina Kim Gallery, Santa Monica Airport 16 - 19 Feb 2023 Read more -
FOG Design+Art Fair 2023
with Tina Kim Gallery, Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture, San Francisco 19 - 22 Jan 2023 Read more -
S.E.A. Focus 2023
Special Project Section at Helu-Trans Singapore with Silverlens Galleries 5 - 10 Jan 2023 Read more -
Art Basel Miami Beach 2022
with Tina Kim Gallery, Miami Beach Convention Center 1 - 3 Dec 2022 Art Basel celebrates its 20th-anniversary edition in Miami Beach with 282 premier galleries from 38 countries – the largest show in Miami Beach to date – including 25 first-time participants as well as multiple exhibitors returning after a brief hiatus. More than half of this year’s galleries have principal gallery... Read more -
Phases, Places, Faces: Works from the BPI Collection
Curated by Kenneth C. Esguerra, Ayala Museum, Manila, November 16 - December 30, 2022 16 Nov - 30 Dec 2022 The exhibit, in collaboration with Ayala Museum, features 49 artworks from 35 homegrown artists from the BPI Art Collection. The display of art aims to showcase life’s beautiful facets as presented by Filipino visual artists of yesteryears and of the present, curated by the Senior Curator and Head of Conservation... Read more -
ADAA The Art Show 2022
with Tina Kim Gallery, Park Avenue Armory, New York 3 - 6 Nov 2022 Organized annually by the Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA), and benefitting Henry Street Settlement, one of New York’s leading social service, arts, and health care organizations, The Art Show brings together the country’s top galleries to showcase incisively curated exhibitions of both historical and contemporary works. Read more -
The Hat of the Matter
Curated by Bambina Olivares, The Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Bonifacio Global City 26 Oct - 22 Dec 2022 The Hat of the Matter showcases a multimedia exhibition that allows viewers a peak into Filipino history through the narrative of hats. Each headpiece expresses a story through bold and free-spirited creativity — achieved by esteemed Filipino and international contemporary artists and designers. Read more -
Frieze London 2022
with Tina Kim Gallery 12 - 16 Oct 2022 The 2022 edition of the fair showcases over 160 galleries from around the world. Frieze London coincides with its sister fair, Frieze Masters, in The Regent's Park. Read more -
58th Carnegie International
Curated by Sohrab Mohebbi, Pittsburgh 24 Sep 2022 - 2 Apr 2023 IS IT MORNING FOR YOU YET ? , the 58th Carnegie International, featuring works by Pacita Abad, is on view at Carnegie Museum of Art from September 24, 2022 through April 2, 2023. Organized by Sohrab Mohebbi, the Kathe and Jim Patrinos Curator of the 58th Carnegie International... Read more -
Frieze Seoul 2022
with Tina Kim Gallery 2 - 5 Sep 2022 Frieze Seoul is a new international art fair by the team behind premium art fairs such as Frieze London, Frieze Masters, Frieze New York and Frieze Los Angeles. It takes place from September 2-5, 2022. Patrick Lee is the Director of Frieze Seoul. Launched in partnership with the Galleries Association... Read more -
The Cumulative Effect
Curated by John Yau 30 Aug - 15 Sep 2022 The Cumulative Effect is a group exhibition that will be showcased at Songwon Art Center in honor of the inaugural Frieze Seoul. In collaboration with Andrew Kreps and Bortolami Gallery, The Cumulative Effect is curated by John Yau and features works by acclaimed international artists such as Pacita Abad... Read more -
Dead Lecturer / distant relative: Notes from the Woodshed 1950-1980
Curated by Genji Amino. Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, New York 9 Jul - 2 Oct 2022 Wallach Art Gallery: Dead Lecturer / distant relative: Notes from the Woodshed, 1950-1980 focuses on works by Asian American and African American artists whose approaches to abstraction provided alternatives to prevailing vocabularies for representation and resistance during the social movements of the 1960s and 70s, and for whom the parameters... Read more -
Frieze New York 2022
with Tina Kim Gallery 18 - 22 May 2022 Tina Kim Gallery: Spanning the breadth of our roster, from Dansaekhwa icons to luminous contemporary figures, Tina Kim Gallery (A9) is pleased to present our booth for Frieze NY, marking the debut of the Pacita Abad Art Estate with the gallery. At Frieze NY, Abad will present Weeping Woman (1985),... Read more -
Kathmandu Triennale 2077
curated by Artistic Director Cosmin Costinas and Co-Curators Sheelasha Rajbhandari and Hit Man Gurung 11 Feb - 31 Mar 2022 Kathmandu Triennale 2077 takes place in the spring of 2022, across five culturally and historically significant venues in Kathmandu: Nepal Art Council, Taragaon Museum, Patan Museum, Siddhartha Art Gallery and Bahadur Shah Baithak. Pacita Abad's two paintings are exhibited at the Nepal Art Council, Babar Mahal. Organised by the Ministry... Read more -
Individuals, Networks, Expressions | M+, Hong Kong
An expansive story of art from the 1950s to now 11 Nov 2021 - 30 Jun 2023 The artists and artworks presented in Individuals, Networks, Expressions form a complex web of connections. Together, they create a story of visual art that unfolds across time and intertwines individual and shared experiences. At the centre of this web is Asia, a geographic designation and a broad cultural space that... Read more -
Art Basel 2021
with Silverlens Gallery, 'Feature' exhibition, Messe Basel, Switzerland 24 - 26 Sep 2021 WALK THROUGH WITH PIO ABAD - LINK HERE Empathy deeply informed Pacita Abad’s life, practice, and interactions with others. Born in Batanes, Philippines, Pacita travelled continuously, connecting with diverse groups of people along the way. Her journeys around the world strengthened her compassion for difference, and rooted her art... Read more -
Pacita Abad: I Thought the Streets were Paved with Gold | Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai
Curated by Nora Razian, in collaboration with the Pacita Abad Art Estate and London-based artist Pio Abad 8 Sep 2021 - 13 Feb 2022 I Thought the Streets Were Paved with Gold is the first solo exhibition in the Middle East of works by late Philippine-American artist Pacita Abad. The show brings together exuberant signature works – from her colorful trapunto embroideries to major paintings, with a focus on four main bodies of work... Read more -
Bacongo IV at National Gallery Indonesia's Permanent Collection Exhibition
15 Jun - 31 Dec 2021 Bacongo IV is currently exhibited as part of the National Gallery Indonesia's permanent collection in Jakarta. In 1996 Pacita held a solo exhibition at the National Gallery Indonesia titled 'Exploring the Spirit', which showcased over 30 of her paintings, including 16 of her large trapunto paintings. Read more -
Sweat | Haus der Kunst, Munich
Curated by Raphael Fonseca and Anna Schneider. Three of Pacita Abad's Trapuntos are part of the Exhibition. 11 Jun 2021 - 9 Jan 2022 Sweat Exhibition (11 June 2021 — 9 January 2022), extended to 27 February 2022 The group exhibition “Sweat” is the result of two years of intensive research. The show is dedicated to the phenomenon of bodies that act together and shape their present. Breaking a sweat in the face of... Read more -
13th Gwangju Biennale
Curated by Defne Ayas and Natasha Ginwala. Ten of Pacita's large abstract paintings from her 'Door to Life' and 'Abstract Emotions' series in Gallery 2 1 Apr - 9 May 2021 The 13th Gwangju Biennale, Minds Rising, Spirits Tuning, opens on 1 April 2021 with 69 participating artists and 40 new commissions, in Gwangju, South Korea. The exhibition will last until 9 May 2021 and is held at the Gwangju Biennale Exhibition Hall, Gwangju National Museum, and Gwangju Theater, Yangnim mountain... Read more -
Revisiting Circles in My Mind by Pacita Abad
Four of Pacita Abad's Prints, created in 2003 as an Artist-in-Residence at Singapore Tyler Print Institute, are being shown at Galleria Duemila, Manila, Philippines 6 Feb - 31 Mar 2021 Galleria Duemila Presents: Revisiting Circles in My Mind by Pacita Abad Pacita Abad is born in the smallest and northernmost Philippine island of Batanes in 1946. Her most extensive works are her vibrant colorful trapunto, paintings, prints, which can be found in public and private collection in over 70 countries.... Read more -
Whose Tradition? | Tate Liverpool
Two of Pacita Abad's Mask Trapuntos are among 28 artworks from the Museum's permanent collection exhibited at Tate Liverpool 14 Nov 2020 - 11 Sep 2022 Tate Liverpool: Rethinking inspiration between different cultures Different world cultures have always been a source of inspiration for many artists throughout history. Although this has led to important artistic developments, it is a complex story that has rarely been carried out on equal terms. On display you’ll see works by... Read more -
Pacita Abad: Masks and Spirits
with Silverlens Galleries I Art Basel OVR:20c (28-31 October 2020) 17 Oct - 21 Nov 2020 'Masks and Spirits', a solo show of five large trapunto paintings, is held at Silverlens Galleries Manila starting October 17, 2020. The artworks are part of Pacita Abad's Masks and Spirits, a monumental series that spanned two decades, from 1981 to 2000. They were inspired by her extensive travels across... Read more -
11th Berlin Biennale
Curated by María Berríos, Renata Cervetto, Lisette Lagnado and Agustín Pérez Rubio 5 Sep - 1 Nov 2020 Seven of Pacita Abad's large 'Masks and Spirits' trapunto paintings are included in the 11th Berlin Biennale's Gropius Bau, opening on September 4, 2020. Watch HERE - Video walkthrough with Agustín Pérez Rubio. The 11th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art is curated by María Berríos, Renata Cervetto, Lisette Lagnado, and... Read more -
Garden of Six Seasons
Curated by Cosmin Costinas, Para Site Hong Kong 16 May - 30 Aug 2020 This exhibition was made with a certain desire and privilege of embracing the world. Without melancholy, from the fortunate gaze of Hong Kong, where we can open to the public with a certain sense of safety, we can now perhaps reflect on what became obsolete about this exhibition, in the... Read more -
Pacita Abad: Life in the Margins
Curated by Robert Leckie and Pio Abad, Spike Island, Bristol, United Kingdom 18 Jan - 5 Apr 2020 Co-curated by Robert Leckie and artist Pio Abad, this is Pacita Abad's first solo exhibition in the United Kingdom. The exhibition includes over 20 large- scale ‘trapunto’ paintings and other works on fabric made between 1983 and 2002. Characterised by their vibrant colour and intricate construction, these works combine a... Read more -
Selections from the Permanent Collection
Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan 11 Jan - 25 Dec 2020 The display of Pacita Abad's work ‘Walls of Santa Mesa” was originally exhibited as part of the Second Asian Art Show at the Fukuoka Art Museum in 1985. The painting is now being shown at the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum as part of the exhibition of the museum's permanent collection... Read more -
Suddenly Turning Visible: Art and Architecture in SEA, 1969-89
Curated by Cheng Jia Yun, Joleen Loh, Seng Yu Jin and Shabbir Hussain Mustafa, Singapore National Gallery 19 Nov 2019 - 29 Nov 2020 'Suddenly Turning Visible' explores how urban development in the 1970s impacted the cities of Bangkok, Singapore and Manila, and how the relationship between art and architecture during this period led to the emergence of new, hybrid cultural forms. The exhibition examines this paradigm shift in the history of art in... Read more -
Frieze London 2019
with Silverlens Galleries, Woven section curated by Cosmin Costinas 3 - 6 Oct 2019 Cosmin Costinas curates a new themed section exploring textiles, weaving and legacies of colonialism. Together these eight solo presentations will make visible the histories and continuous legacies of the colonial catastrophe, from the economies around textiles to current forms of exploitation and political complicity, as well as point to the... Read more -
Art Basel Hong Kong 2019
with Silverlens Galleries, Kabinett section, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Center 29 - 31 Mar 2019 Art Basel Hong Kong's Kabinett sector - which gathers bijou displays inside the booths - is once again full of treasures. This year, 21 exhibitors present rarely-shown pieces by artists from Asia, Europe, and the Americas, with a strong focus on historical works from the 1930s onwards. Among them are... Read more -
Pacita Abad: I Have One Million Things to Say
Curated by Joselina Cruz and Pio Abad, MCAD Manila 12 Apr - 1 Jul 2018 Pacita Abad: A Million Things To Say presents the artist’s work within the discourse generated by her trapuntos – stitched, padded and quilted paintings that she began in the late 1970s. The exhibition offers a move away from the artist’s tendency towards self-exoticization, that of being a ‘woman of color’.... Read more -
Between Declarations and Dreams: Arts of Southeast Asia since the 19th Century
The Southeast Asia Gallery at the National Gallery, Singapore 17 Jan - 30 Jun 2017 Pacita Abad's painting 'Evil Eye', part of her Tribal art series, was included in the permanent exhibit. Read more -
Art Stage Singapore 2017
with Art-2 Gallery, Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Singapore 12 - 15 Jan 2017 Art-2 Gallery showcases a number of Pacita Abad's mixed media abstract paintings during Art Stage Singapore 2017. The works featured are Pacita's colourful works of vibrant patterns segued into her most well-known practice as an abstract painter. The mixed media works, which range from large-scale paintings to small collages, incorporated... Read more -
Southeast Asian Abstraction: A New Dialogue
Sotheby's Hong Kong Gallery 12 - 21 Nov 2015 A New Dialogue highlights Southeast Asian abstract art from the 1960s to the 21st century. The artworks created may be seen as a marriage influenced by old world concepts paired together with a fresh vocabulary—ultimately a creative rebirth of learned aesthetics. Coinciding with the 30th anniversary of Sotheby’s Singapore, as... Read more -
Permanent Installation of Pacita's Colorful Abstract Painting Reproduction | Singapore's Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
20 Jul 2012 - 31 Dec 2023 This art installation was initiated by Prof. John Wong, a leading Singapore oncologist with the National University Hospital, who was Pacita's doctor while she was being treated for lung cancer. Fifty-three of Pacita's large abstract paintings were reproduced on weather-resistant metal base and were installed on the outer walls of... Read more -
Pacita Abad: Through the Looking Glass
Curated by Michelle Tan, The Esplanade, Singapore 4 Mar - 23 Apr 2006 An exhibition of 25 of Pacita Abad's signature, large abstract trapunto paintings and canvas collages. During her battle with lung cancer, Pacita turned to her studio and listened to the Blues to create paintings that are strong, sometimes sad, a bit nostalgic and very colorful. VIEW PACITA'S DISCOVERY TRAIL FOR... Read more -
Pacita Abad: A Passion to Paint
Galleries of the World Bank, Washington, DC 13 Dec 2005 - 28 Feb 2019 An exhibition of 50 of Pacita Abad's large hand-stitched trapunto paintings from 1980s and 1990s. VIEW WORLD BANK ART PROGRAM BOOKLET HERE Read more -
Pacita Abad Gallery at Singapore Management University
School of Economics, 5th Floor 5 Oct 2005 - 31 Mar 2023 The collection showcases over ninety of Pacita Abad's abstract STPI prints and paperwork, that she created while being artist-in-residence at the Singapore Tyler Print Institute, Singapore in 2003, working with print masters John Hutcheson and Richard Hungerford. It also features her colorfully-painted lion, which she named 'Simba', as part of... Read more -
Pacita Abad: Circles in My Mind
Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), Manila 9 Sep - 31 Oct 2004 The exhibit showcased seventy of Pacita Abad’s paper abstractions, including mixed media assemblages, mono prints and limited edition prints. Read more
