Publication & Featured On
Type: Publication (art magazine)
Location: Milan, Italy
Publisher: Art Up Mi Digital | Issue 18
Date Published: March 31, 2025
Artist's Featured Piece
Title: Aeta
Media: Digital Art
Size: varies
Year: 2024 and 2023
Description: IJWBAA presents a powerful digital artwork celebrating the Aeta, one of the Philippines' earliest indigenous groups. The piece highlights themes of talaba (family), magkasintahan (lovers), babaylan (woman), and lalaki (man), represented by bold black figures symbolizing unity and strength. Yellow geometric accents and vibrant patterns reflect traditional adornments and weaving. This art honors the Aetas' resilience and deep connection to nature, while addressing challenges like displacement and the Mount Pinatubo eruption, blending ancestral traditions with modern digital techniques to celebrate their enduring cultural legacy.
Type: Publication (art magazine)
Location: New York, USA
Publisher: Marika Magazine - Fine Art & Fantasy
Date Published: November 2024
Artist's Featured Piece
Title: The Red Thread
Media: Digital Art - 3D
Size: 5100 x 3300 pixels
Year: 2024
Description: This artwork powerfully conveys the feeling of being different within a crowd, represented by a single red figure standing out among uniformly colored, neutral-toned figures. The red figure symbolizes individuality and the emotions that come with being distinct, such as alienation or discomfort. Its stark contrast to the others evokes the internal struggle of those who feel out of place in a conforming society. Through minimalist forms and a bold use of color, the piece captures the tension between uniqueness and the often overwhelming pressure to blend in, inviting viewers to reflect on the emotional complexities of standing apart.
Type: Publication (art magazine)
Location: New York, USA
Publisher: 6X Media - Fine Arts | Vol 86
Date Published: October 2024
Artist's Featured Piece
Title: Echoes of Lost Futures
Media: Digital Art
Size: 3300 x 2250 pixels
Year: 2024
Description: IJWBAA’s "Echoes of Lost Futures" series of collages explores the fragility of human experience through striking geometric compositions, each symbolizing different facets of life’s uncertainties. The collages — Left Behind (figure), Closed Doors (square), Broken Path (triangle), and Fading Chances (circle) — use these shapes to evoke themes of isolation, frustration, disorientation, and fading hope. Each piece transforms its form into a visual metaphor, creating a compelling narrative of emotional disconnection and the gradual unraveling of aspirations.