Kristina Guison
Mga Kahon
Artist Statement
A box is a metaphor for the persistent desire of Filipinos to share their valued objects to their loved ones. It is a testament to our very close-knit emotional ties with people around us and a reflection of how the Filipino society is somehow compartmentalized in terms of its regional identity and various other differences that continue to separate it. The box, being 3-dimensional, is utilized to fit into the theme so that it depicts the three different aspects of “Pabaon, Padala and Pasalubong” through the transparency which allows it to be viewed from mostly three angles. The three angles correspond to the three segments of the theme. They contain images that Filipinos have treasured, have been proud of and have fought long for.
Artist Biography
Maria Kristina Guison is a visual artist currently residing in Mississauga Ontario. She was born and raised in the Philippines. She took up Production design in Theater and Film for three years in College of St. Benilde, Philippines, then transferred at Sheridan, Trafalgar campus, Oakville Ontario for the Visual and Creative Arts 2-year program. She started being active in the Kapisanan Centre when she joined the CLUTCH Program, a 5-month arts-based program for young Filipina women that deals with the expression of Filipina identity through a wide range of multi-disciplinary arts. Kristina’s works are mostly inspired by not only the by her personal history and experiences, but also by her views on the Philippine society, specifically the relationship of the so-called oppressors with the so-called oppressed. She is amazed at the beauty and sometimes grotesque characteristic of Filipino resilience through out its long and very eventful history.
Kristina Guison
Mga Kahon
Artist Statement
A box is a metaphor for the persistent desire of Filipinos to share their valued objects to their loved ones. It is a testament to our very close-knit emotional ties with people around us and a reflection of how the Filipino society is somehow compartmentalized in terms of its regional identity and various other differences that continue to separate it. The box, being 3-dimensional, is utilized to fit into the theme so that it depicts the three different aspects of “Pabaon, Padala and Pasalubong” through the transparency which allows it to be viewed from mostly three angles. The three angles correspond to the three segments of the theme. They contain images that Filipinos have treasured, have been proud of and have fought long for.
Artist Biography
Maria Kristina Guison is a visual artist currently residing in Mississauga Ontario. She was born and raised in the Philippines. She took up Production design in Theater and Film for three years in College of St. Benilde, Philippines, then transferred at Sheridan, Trafalgar campus, Oakville Ontario for the Visual and Creative Arts 2-year program. She started being active in the Kapisanan Centre when she joined the CLUTCH Program, a 5-month arts-based program for young Filipina women that deals with the expression of Filipina identity through a wide range of multi-disciplinary arts. Kristina’s works are mostly inspired by not only the by her personal history and experiences, but also by her views on the Philippine society, specifically the relationship of the so-called oppressors with the so-called oppressed. She is amazed at the beauty and sometimes grotesque characteristic of Filipino resilience through out its long and very eventful history.