A graduate of Fine Arts major in Painting at the University of Santo Tomas, Nicole Lasquety is a visual artist and writer with a passion for media exploration where big ideas are commonplace. Her broad range of works including surreal, kinetic, wearable, abstract, and digital art.

 

Here she shares her commentaries on art theory, art exhibits as well as individual artworks, stage plays, documentaries, and even gameshows featuring the lives of artists. Whether you’re a certified art lover or just discovered this site by accident, this blog aims to bring a deeper appreciation and understanding of the art world and culture to the forefront of the audience’s awareness. At the heart of her work, she aims to share the things that have brought her joy and given her hope as she continues to uncover the narratives of our time--one artwork, one poem, one story at a time. As someone once said, “Good art asks questions”.

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Publications

2019

"Modern Interpretations of the Tungkung Langit and Alunsina Creation Story" 

(The Aswang Project)

From musicals to kinetic sculpture, this in-depth breakdown of the theoretical framework of modern adaptations explores themes such as empowerment, Theodicy, Existentialism, and Post-postmodernism in a Panay-Visayan metanarrative about love and loss.

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Also featured at Pebbles, a storytelling podcast (see episode 2 of the episode guide), and UP Vargas Museum's exhibit study guide (see activity on mythology).

 

 "Ten Years Later, Red is Still Sunshine"

(Art Plus Magazine, also featured at Medium, Culture)

              A theater review of “Red” by John Logan, a biodrama of Rothko through the eyes of an apprentice.

 

"Studio Studies, Behind the Scenes"

(Art Plus Magazine)

             "Studio Studies" which is on view at Vargas Museum allows us to get a glimpse of what goes on in Dy's studio. A studio is a place where concept gives birth to creation. The art objects--what were once studies--now take on a new context in the gallery.

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2017

"Reclaiming Searchlights Where We Had Kliegs"

1st Runner-up "TEOmasino On the Spot Essay Contest"

https://varsitarian.net/witness/20171208/artlets-dethrone-education-in-theology-quiz-contest

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