Silverlens New York is honored to present State of the Nations, the first U.S. solo exhibition of renowned Philippine artist Geraldine Javier. Javier’s exhibition will be on view September 10 through October 24, 2026, with an opening reception on September 10, 6–8 PM.

sum of its parts is photographer and painter MM Yu’s response to an art ecology that favors constant making. In the present series, the artist maintains her long-standing fidelity to the camera and pigment and turns to the image plane as her primary apparatus instead. Modularity emerges as a key approach: the works continue to employ her signature dripping technique, but the canvas itself becomes her primary device for exploration.

The Orchid Pavilion is the first of the artist's trilogy of exhibitions informed by the Philippines’ transpacific exchanges, acculturations, and material and artistic histories shaped by the movement of the Manila Galleons. It focuses on the Philippines’ pan-Asian heritage, particularly the Chinese presence woven into Filipino identity.