STPI – Creative Workshop & Gallery presents Pacita Abad: Common Ground, featuring artworks created during the late artist’s 2003 residency at STPI.
After two decades, this exhibition offers an opportunity to experience a significant body of her STPI works, alongside two of her iconic trapunto paintings. The exhibition runs from 25 October to 13 December 2025.
As the workshop’s third artist-in-residence and the first female to undertake the role, Abad fully embraced STPI’s experimental ethos in its formative years. In Singapore, Abad is most beloved for transforming the Alkaff Bridge into a rainbow of 55 colours and 2,350 circles—an iconic public artwork and testament to her belief in colour’s power to uplift communities. This latest exhibition arrives amid renewed global recognition for Abad, whose vibrant, boundary-crossing practice has recently been celebrated at major museum exhibitions and biennales worldwide.
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Cellophane man, 200319-colour, paper pulp, mixed media collage on shaped handmade STPI paper assemblage58 x 28 in -
Close to you, Enki's whirl Monoprint (edition of 6), 200330-colour, stencilled coloured paper pulp, lithograph, silkscreen, photo relief, photo intaglio, TGL handmade white paper, 3-D collage embellishments on handmade STPI paper32 x 42 in
81 x 107 cm -
Feel the beat! Monoprint (edition of 13), 200338-colour, coloured paper pulp, lithograph, linocut, photo-polymer relief, collage embellishments on handmade cream STPI paper42 x 32 in
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Oh happy days Print (edition of 6), 200326-colour, 10-stencil coloured paper pulp on handmade STPI paper66 x 52 in
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Pipi's long stockings, 200320-colour, paper pulp, mixed media collage on shaped handmade STPI paper49 x 42 in
125 x 107 cm -
Self-Portrait, 200324-colour, paper pulp, mixed media collage on shaped handmade STPI paper assemblage62 x 28 in
158 x 71 cm -
Sweet things are made of these (edition of 12), 200344-colour, stencilled coloured paper pulp, lithograph, linocut, silkscreen, on shaped handmade off-white STPI paper, with cloth and foil collage, Tycore® construction on Rives BFK50 x 40 in
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Under her spell, 2003
21-colour, paper pulp, mixed media collage on shaped handmade STPI paper
40 x 50 in
102 x 127 cm
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Windows of the world, 2003
20-colour, paper pulp, mixed media collage on handmade STPI paper
52 x 66 in
132 x 168 cm
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Pacita Abad in Singapore: Finding common ground in color
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STPI’s ‘Pacita Abad: Common Ground’ celebrates the artist behind Alkaff Bridge
Staff Writer, Bakchormeeboy, October 29, 2025 This link opens in a new tab. -
Philippine Embassy in Singapore Showcased Filipino Artists Pacita Abad and Leslie De Chavez in Celebratory Exhibitions
Staff Writer, InDiplomacy, October 27, 2025 This link opens in a new tab.