Corinne de San Jose

Bio

Corinne de San Jose (b. Bacolod, Philippines;lives and works in Manila, Philippines) is an interdisciplinary artist and award‑winning film sound designer. Her practice spans photography‑based processes such as printmaking and video, as well as installations, kinetic sculptures, and sound‑generating works. Often employing found objects and outmoded forms of communication, she juxtaposes them with current or imagined technologies to build new systems of storytelling.


Her work engages complex processes and repetition to examine the female body and gaze, while exploring domesticity and habitation within systemic cultural values. Silence recurs as a central theme, treated not as absence but as material. She is currently researching narratives that intersect with anthropological mysticism and alternative healing practices, alongside an interest in the gaps and silences of early Philippine media history.


De San Jose’s parallel career in film sound design has garnered multiple awards, including four Gawad Urian citations for Best Sound. In 2024 she was awarded a Visual Artist Fellowship by the Civitella Ranieri Foundation and a six-month New York Fellowship from the Asian Cultural Council. She has presented her work in exhibitions in Manila, New York, and Berlin, situating her practice within an expanded dialogue on sound, materiality, cultural histories, and systems of perception.

 

Corinne de San Jose (b. Bacolod, Philippines;lives and works in Manila, Philippines) is an interdisciplinary artist and award‑winning film sound designer. Her practice spans photography‑based processes such as printmaking and video, as well as installations, kinetic sculptures, and sound‑generating works. Often employing found objects and outmoded forms of communication, she juxtaposes them with current or imagined technologies to build new systems of storytelling.


Her work engages complex processes and repetition to examine the female body and gaze, while exploring domesticity and habitation within systemic cultural values. Silence recurs as a central theme, treated not as absence but as material. She is currently researching narratives that intersect with anthropological mysticism and alternative healing practices, alongside an interest in the gaps and silences of early Philippine media history.


De San Jose’s parallel career in film sound design has garnered multiple awards, including four Gawad Urian citations for Best Sound. In 2024 she was awarded a Visual Artist Fellowship by the Civitella Ranieri Foundation and a six-month New York Fellowship from the Asian Cultural Council. She has presented her work in exhibitions in Manila, New York, and Berlin, situating her practice within an expanded dialogue on sound, materiality, cultural histories, and systems of perception.

 

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2022
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cyanotype and organic chemicals on watercolor paper
47.74h x 31.10w in • 121.25h x 79w cm (unframed)
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Da Capo
2022
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aluminum metal plate, contact microphone, contact speaker, phono pre-amp, audio mixer, audio loop of vocal recording, vinyl record, turntable, subwoofer, 8mm film, projector, guitar effects pedals, audio cables
variable size
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59.59
2019
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118 transistor radios, 2 fm transmitters broadcasting, 2 9-hour loop of field recordings
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1440 in 24
2009
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1440 pieces, archival inkjet prints
8.3h x 5.7w cm (each)
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Vanitas (Omnibus) Versions 1 to 25
2015
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inkjet print on Hahnemühle Photo rag® Bright White 310 gsm paper
12h x 16w in • 30.5h x 40.6w cm (each)
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Untitled A
2015
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video
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The Shore is Parchment #3
2021
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cyanotype
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New Pair 03
2013
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archival inkjet print and origami
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Slide 10
2017
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metal leaf on inkjet print on Tecco canvas
24h x 36w in • 60.96h x 91.44w cm
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Landscape (Daytime) option 1 - Water
2015
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inkjet print on Hahnemühle Photo rag® Bright White 310 gsm paper
30h x 60w in • 76.20h x 152.40w cm
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56 Days
2020
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56 cyanotype prints on cold press watercolor paper, (varying paper grades 200-300gsm)
56.69h x 93.90w in • 144h x 238.50w cm (framed)
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Selected Exhibitions

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