Multi-disciplinary artist Catalina Africa (b. 1988, Manila, Philippines; lives and works in Baler, Philippines) considers shapeshifting to be her primary mode of expression. Working across mediums including painting, sound, sculpture, video, text, and performance, her artworks are invocations to the natural landscape. Resembling spells, songs, love letters, prayers, and maps, her spatial visualization of an environment pays testimony to the Earth’s mysteries and magic. Raised in Manila, the artist now lives and works in Baler, Philippines, along with her husband and child, where she cultivates a devotional practice to Spirit, transmuting Earth song and collaborating with the living land. 

Africa’s solo exhibitions include Shrine in the Shape of Shadow, Silverlens, Manila, Philippines (2022); Spiralling in Starlight Vision, ArtInformal, Makati, Philippines (2022); Time Moving in All Directions (Featuring Conversational Adornment by Tanya Villanueva),  Finale Art File, Makati, Philippines (2018). Select group exhibitions include Shrines, Silverlens, New York (2023); Phantasmapolis x Manila: Select works from the 2021 Asian Art Biennial, Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Philippines (2022); Phantasmapolis, Asian Art Biennial, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan (2021); Wild Legend, Juming Museum, Taiwan (2015); The Philippines Contemporary: Directions, Metropolitan Museum Museum of Manila, Philippines (2015).