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's Masks Paintings at the Tate's Artist and Society Room
curated by Alvin Li and Beatriz Cifuentes Feliciano, Twenty-Five Years of Tate Modern - Anniversary Highlights, London 9 May - 31 Oct 2025 These quilted canvases celebrate global artistic traditions and Indigenous cultures through their bold colours and sculpted surfaces Pacita Abad's vibrant paintings and textile works combine many traditional art forms. These include Indonesian batik (cloth-dying using wax), Korean ink-brush painting, macramé (knotted textiles) from Papua New Guinea, and sewing techniques from... Read more -
Dwelling, New Acquisitions
Curated by Veronica Roberts and Aleesa Pitcharmarn Alexander, Cantor Arts Center, Stanford 4 Oct 2024 Dwelling: New Acquisitions showcases recent acquisitions to the Cantor Arts Center's collection and explores how these works expand our understanding of home. This exhibition highlights that home can be more than just a physical space; it can also be a familial tradition, a challenging reality, or the inner world of... Read more -
Chronologies: Selection from the M Collection
curated by May Lyn L. Cruz, The Metropolitan Museum of Manila 22 May - 31 Dec 2025 Read more -
Permanent Installation of Pacita's Colorful Abstract Painting Reproduction | Singapore's Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
20 Jul 2012 - 31 Dec 2025 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
Forthcoming
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Perpetual Motion Machines
Pilar Corrias Gallery, London 9 Jul - 20 Sep 2025 Pilar Corrias presents Perpetual Motion Machines , a group exhibition featuring work by Pacita Abad , Loie Hollowell , Christina Quarles , Tschabalala Self and Mickalene Thomas . Taking as its starting point the concept that perpetual motion machines create energy indefinitely, this exhibition brings together works that explore the... Read more -
Making Their Mark: Works from the Shah Garg Collection
Curated by Cecilia Alemani and Sabine Eckmann, Kemper Art Museum at Washington University, St. Louis 12 Sep 2025 - 5 Jan 2026 Making Their Mark is drawn from the visionary collection of Komal Shah and Gaurav Garg. The exhibition puts into dialogue works by nearly 70 women artists across generations, geographies, and disciplines, drawing out connections and exploring influences between artists working from the postwar era to the present. The presentation at... Read more
Past
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Art Basel 2025
with Tina Kim Gallery, Messe Basel, Switzerland 19 - 22 Jun 2025 Read more -
Collectors Plus
Silverlens Galleries, Manila 17 May - 3 Jun 2025 Silverlens Manila In this edition of Collectors Plus, we find progressively creative ways in which our artists have engaged intimately with materials over the past four decades. What emerges is not merely a chronological evolution in artmaking, but a growing contemporary spirit—one where narratives converge through forms and practices that... Read more -
Frieze New York 2025
with Tina Kim Gallery, The Shed 7 - 11 May 2025 Tina Kim Gallery returns to Frieze New York with a presentation spotlighting women artists, from across generations and geographies, that are core to the gallery’s program. There is a particular emphasis on works that integrate textile materials in inventively tactile and transformative ways. Through methods such as stitching, dyeing, binding,... Read more -
Remix: The Collection
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC 10 Apr - 30 Jun 2025 Read more -
Pacita Abad at Art Basel Hong Kong Encounters Sector
Curated by Alexie Glass-Kantor and Pio Abad, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre 28 - 30 Mar 2025 Alexie Glass-Kantor: ‘There’s been a huge move to material practice and a real shift to recognizing Indigenous sovereignty.’ The first work visitors will see within ‘As The World Turns’, this year’s edition of Encounters at Art Basel Hong Kong, will be impossible to miss. Set against a theatrical backdrop of... Read more -
Art Basel Hong Kong 2025
with Silverlens Galleries, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Center 28 - 30 Mar 2025 240 world-class galleries from 42 countries and territories gathered to present their finest programs, once again confirming the fair’s role as the premier destination for experiencing world-class contemporary art in Asia. Over half of the galleries hail from the Asia-Pacific, underscoring the fair’s commitment to championing the region’s artistic voices.... Read more -
Art Basel Hong Kong 2025
with Tina Kim Gallery, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Center 28 - 30 Mar 2025 Tina Kim Gallery is delighted to return to Art Basel Hong Kong with a presentation in the fair’s Galleries sector as well as in the curated Encounters sector, dedicated to large-scale works by leading contemporary artists. Our main booth in the Galleries sector brings together a diverse range of practices,... Read more -
Art Fair Philippines 2025
with Silverlens Galleries, Ayala Triangle Gardens and Somerset Olympia Building, Manila 21 - 23 Feb 2025 Read more -
Frieze Los Angeles 2025
with Tina Kim Gallery, Santa Monica Airport 20 - 23 Feb 2025 Read more -
Frieze Los Angeles 2025
with Silverlens Galleries, Santa Monica Airport 20 - 23 Feb 2025 Read more -
FOG Design+Art Fair 2025
with Tina Kim Gallery, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco 22 - 25 Jan 2025 Read more -
SEA Focus 2025 'Pacita Abad & Pio Abad'
with Silverlens Galleries, Tanjong Pagar Distripark, Singapore 18 - 26 Jan 2025 For its first art fair of 2025, Silverlens is pleased to return to S.E.A. Focus with a duo presentation of Filipino diaspora artists Pacita Abad and nephew Pio Abad, marking the first time they are presented together in Singapore. The presentation features a series of prints Pacita Abad (b.1946, Batanes,... Read more -
Art Basel Miami Beach 2024
with Tina Kim Gallery, Miami Beach Convention Center 4 - 8 Dec 2024 Read more -
Pacita Abad: Philippine Painter
curated by Clarissa Chikiamko, The Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Bonifacio Global City 28 Nov 2024 - 30 Mar 2025 PACITA ABAD: PHILIPPINE PAINTER Curated by Clarissa Chikiamco, Curator at National Gallery Singapore 28 November 2024 -30 March 2025 This exhibition celebrates the late artist Pacita Abad (1946-2004) as a Philippine painter. Born in Batanes, the Philippines’ northernmost province, Pacita left the country in 1970, resided in 14 cities, and... Read more -
Group Exhibition: Pacita Abad, Tosh Basco, Ser Serpas
Karma International, Zurich 19 Nov 2024 - 8 Feb 2025 Karma International is proud to present the exhibition of works by Pacita Abad, Tosh Basco and Ser Serpas. Read more -
Pacita Abad's Masks at the Haefner Foyer and Chipperfield Atrium
Kunsthaus Zurich, Switzerland 19 Nov 2024 - 14 May 2025 On her extensive travels, Pacita Abad (1946 Batanes, Philippines - 2004 Singapore) found her roots in the realm of textiles. Although she saw herself primarily as a painter, she was fascinated by 'tra-punto', an old Italian quilting technique. She embellished padded and stitched canvases with pearls, buttons, sequins, stones, shells... Read more -
Making Their Mark: Works from the Shah Garg Collection
Curated by Cecilia Alemani and Margot Norton, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) 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 -
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 -
Frieze London 2024
with Tina Kim Gallery, The Regent's Park, London 9 - 13 Oct 2024 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 -
Frieze Seoul 2024
with Tina Kim Gallery, COEX Seoul 4 - 7 Sep 2024 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 -
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 and... 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 that... 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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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... 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 straight... 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 and associate... 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 in... Read more
