EXHIBITIONS
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
Paper Works
Art Informal (Booth L4) at Art in the Park, Jaime Velasquez Park, Salcedo Village, Makati City
February 18, 2012 from 2PM to 12MN
Women On Women
Altromondo Arte Contemporanea, 3rd Level, Greenbelt 5, Makati City
March 08-29, 2012
The group show, primarily focused on the evolution of powerful women will feature artworks by a diverse roster of eminent and top emerging women artists, including Agnes Arellano, Valeria Cavestany, Marika Constantino, Imelda Cajipe-Endaya, Jenny Cortes, Ofelia Gelvezon-Tequi, Lina Llaguno-Ciani, Karen Ocampo-Flores, Delphine de Lorme, Katrina Pallon, Lydia Velasco, and many more.
Tattoo My Colors: An Exhibit by Katrina Pallon and Raul "Ponj" Roco Jr.
F*Art Gallery, K-D corner K1st Kamuning, Quezon City
31 March 2012 (Details to follow)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Labyrinth of Blooms: A Prelude to a Masquerade, Green Halo Cafe, Unit 11, Cubao Expo, Araneta Center, Cubao, Quezon City, September 2008
The Female of the Species: Three Years of Celebrating Beauty, Penguin Cafe and Gallery, 9815 Kamagong Street, San Antonio Village, Makati, July 2010
In Labyrinth of Blooms, Katrina Pallon translates the emblematic spiral into different compositions in acrylics, watercolor, and photos. Fusing ornate Pan-Asian motifs and exquisite blooms, Pallon enjoins the onlooker to look closely into each exhibit piece - to see past visual labyrinths of colors, patterns and that symbolic flora – as she relates different stories of women through a visual spectacle comprised of paintings & photographs.
Katrina Pallon’s “The Female of the Species”: Romanticizing the Feminine
By Evan Tan
In Katrina Pallon’s latest exhibit, “The Female of the Species”, she puts together three years’ worth of images inspired by both real and imaginary women. Here, one witnesses an array of stunning photographs taken by the professional mask-maker, illustrator, graphic artist, painter, and singer during those precious moments when she opts to wield her camera, and use it as a medium for her distinct artistic style.
Like a womb that serves as an instrument of life, the camera of this multi-talented artist ushers to existence powerful vignettes of Pallon’s feminine characters. The audience is treated to photographs with varying degrees of intense emotions that evoke the same fierce feelings among those who lay eyes upon them. Each portrait is a visual delight. From the anguish of the virgin queen so palpable from the expression possessing her face, to the playful coyness of the lady brandishing her fan as if it was a blade ready to slice her lover’s heart, all these pictures captivate and enchant those who lay eyes upon them.
One cannot help but be entranced by the beauty that Pallon offers to her audience – a beauty that transcends and challenges the traditional feminine perceptions most hold. It flits from the morbid to the defiant, and darts from despondency to a drunkenness of life itself. But one thing is definite: timidity shall never describe any of these women that the artist presents to us. They indeed are the women Kipling had in mind when he wrote: “’Twas the women, not the warriors, turned those stark enthusiasts pale. For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.”
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Flowershow: Contemporary Takes on the Floral, Krem Contemporary Art, 27 Scout Ybardaloza Street, Quezon City, May 2011
Dream, Paper, Dream,Vinyl on Vinyl, The Collective, Malugay St., Makati, March 2011
Art For Youth’s Sake: Eksibit Para Sa Kabataan ng Payatas, Southwing Lobby, House of Representatives, Quezon City, November 2009
When I Grow Up: Art Sale and Exhibition for the Benefit of CRIBS Foundation Inc., Powerplant Mall, Makati City, October 2009
Glass Utopia, Verdana Art Gallery Studio, 39 Castrillo Street, Corinthian Gardens, Quezon City, April 2009
In The Absence of a Common Ground, Habi Home Interiors Gallery, Unit C-235 Serendra, Fort Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, July 2008
Ssenses: Group Painting Exhibition, Habi Home Interiors gallery, Unit C-235 Serendra, Fort Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, May 2008
Ev(e)olution, organized by F.A.M.E. (Female Artists’ and Musicians’ Evolution), Porch Katipunan, Katipunan Extension, Blue Ridge, Quezon City, November 2007
Epson Photo Imaging Exposition: 200 Best Images 2005, Shangri-la Mall Art Space, Ortigas, October 2005