Mara Fabella

On Debris and Idylls: Zean Cabangis’s Nawawalang Paraiso
By Mara Fabella

“In the Face of…”

A Portrait of a Portrait Show Part 2
By Mara Fabella

Refuge in the Art of Nicole Tee
By Mara Fabella
"Are we shaped by the spaces around us, or are our spaces extensions of our innermost selves?"

Upon A Bed of Gravel: A Journey Through Nona Garcia’s Overland
By Mara Fabella
What does it mean to actually “be” in a place—to be present in all its qualities, in what makes it unique? Reviewing Nona Garcia’s…

The Nebulous Aftermath: Rebirth in the Works of Amy Aragon, Jay Ticar, and Maria Cruz
By Mara Fabella
"It remains the keen ability of the artist to condense this vast spectrum of stories into pools of color, form, and…

Reflecting Legacies: The Glass Art of Anna Orlina
By Mara Fabella
Between carrying her family's legacy and forging her own artistic path, Anna Orlina's practice is one of harmony and play. 

Reading Gale Encarnacion’s Pushkin Roberts Anthology
By Mara Fabella
"I found myself looking at each work in its entirety before checking their titles, as each literary reference entailed…

The Joys and Abundance in the Life and Art of Inday Cadapan
By Mara Fabella
"The simplicity in her form and her lack of a formal artistic background had many questioning her skills. But Inday…

A Red That Runs Deep: Doktor Karayom’s Namatanda
By Mara Fabella
At Artinformal Gallery, Doktor Karayom clads the walls red with tales of old, the stories that bleed.

Discerning Treasure and Wealth in Jandy Carvajal’s Repoussé Artworks
By Mara Fabella
His third exhibit of repoussé works, Ang Ating Mga Kayamanan Sa Bakuran is Jandy Carvajal's inquiry into the alignment of our…

The Gathering Infestation in ND Harn’s Collecting Faults
By Mara Fabella
ND Harn's latest offering at Finale Art File unpack the stashes of thoughts and memories we stow away in the corners of our mind. 

Renz Baluyot’s Anthem: A Song for the Adrift
By Mara Fabella
Writer Mara Fabella ruminates on the lengths we go to give form to the ineffable and elusive, and finds grounding in the fictional draperies of Renz…

Pio Abad: Exorcising the Ghosts of the Marcos Regime
By Mara Fabella
After ten years of research into the conjugal dictatorship of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos, Pio Abad's Fear of Freedom Makes Us See Ghosts unearths…

On the Threads of Space and Time in “Passing”
By Mara Fabella
In her solo show “Passing,” Celine Lee wrestles with the inevitable pull of the unknowable.

Defining Home in the Works of Contreras, Bacay, and Tee
By Mara Fabella
In this month’s exhibitions at MO_Space Gallery, Marionne Contreras, Pope Bacay, and Nicole Tee recreate the…

Expanding the Tapestry: Modern Myth-Making with Philippine Spirits
By Mara Fabella
Jean Karl Gaverza engages with local myth and folklore -- and invites readers to do the same.

The Treachery and Optimism of Ayka Go’s Images
By Mara Fabella

Taking a Moment to Reflect in 'Breathing Space'
By Mara Fabella
When in quarantine, any breathing room wall tends to close in.