Hampas Palayok

11 x 14″

Print of original artwork

Limited series and signed by the artist

The colors are created by cyanotype printing and the crayons made to create the original

“Dito sa San Jacinto, Doon sa Santo Tomas” is a series of cyanotype prints from 35mm photos that the artist’s mother took between late 1980 and early 2000. These are moments of the artist’s youth at different stages of her youth where she grew up – San Jancito and Santo Tomas. Memories a bit fuzzy, Dela Peña attempts to bring her moments to life by offering a different narrative and perception than that of her mother (who took the photos) with cyanotype printing. The white spaces of the images are colored with a wooden pencil, which transforms the banality of the image into a contemporary snapshot animated by color.

Joliz Dela Peña

Joliz Dela Peña, also known as JDP 2009, is an interdisciplinary artist from the Philippines who now lives in Tiohtià: ke/Montreal. She is a self-taught artist whose mediums of choice range from painting to performance to alternative photography. Despite the constant change in her practice, she specifically explores the theme of discomfort and social constructions among people of color. She uses her art and body as a bridge to address issues of social injustice, stereotypes, sexuality and eroticism, and the celebration of her cultural roots.