SHOWCASE

/ ARTIST / 2026

BKKIF Artist  
ARTIST: Patricia Almira
COUNTRY/REGION: Philippines
CONTACT: instagram.com/patalms
Patricia Almira is a digital illustrator and creative whose art captures both the fantastical and the familiar. Her atmospheric compositions invite viewers to either step inside a world of her creation or simply observe from afar.

Patricia’s love for drawing began at a very young age and spanned various mediums, including charcoal, ink, oil pastels, acrylic paint, and eventually, digital art. Her style reflects her humor, playfulness, and creativity – qualities that shape her view of life as beautiful, strange, and never quite without its sense of fun.
ⓘ Note

Bovine Feminine

(Digital illustration, 2024)
Sugar, spice, and everything nice. These were not the ingredients chosen to create this diva, she's a self-made woman! And she's made of 100% pure beef, thank you for asking. No further questions though, she's on a strict schedule, but please, feel free to admire from afar.

Flamboyance

A midnight rendezvous strictly reserved for the pink of leg, slender of neck, and red of (high heel) bottom.

Tree at the End of the World

(Digital Illustration, 2026)
Memorialized sighting of this magical dead tree: big and gnarly and rooted in the ocean as far south of the Philippines as you can go, glowing against a haunting sunset.

Merienda Time

(Digital illustration, 2026)
A common sight in provincial Philippines: the egret snacks on the bugs, the bugs snack on the carabao, the carabao snacks on the field. It's a merienda (snack) party!

Heron Takes Flight

(Digital illustration, 2025)
The colors of a gorgeous rock I found while hiking inspired this entire piece composition of this entire piece. There's not much deeper meaning. Inspiration and beauty are anywhere you look.

A Companion

(Digital Illustration, 2021)
A hippopotamus and a stork traverse a vast river. What are they looking for? Where are they going? When did they meet? How will they part? Only the current knows.

Running Late

(Jigsaw puzzle design, 2025)
He'd be the perfect gentleman…if only he owned a watch. Join this hopeless romantic as he rides through endless pink horizons to the date of his dreams, blissfully unaware of how much further he has to go. In this world, time runs loose, hearts stay hopeful, and love always finds its way (eventually).

Lonely Elephant

(Digital illustration, 2025)
Inspired by a real-life sighting of a little blue plastic elephant slide, alone along a desert highway. Open for play 24/7, visitor count: 0

Windows to the Soul

(Digital illustration, 2023)
A literal interpretation of the saying; some creative liberties taken.

Kitchen Newbie

(Digital illustration, 2026)
Prompted by the theme "lace", this humorous piece depicts a chef with only the vaguest clue of how to work around a kitchen. Will someone please tell him what the knife is actually for?

BKKIF ARTIST SPECIAL

More Artwork/Merchandise:

To be Addressed

(Digital Illustration, 2026)
And to be done so in Thai, if possible. Illustrated and printed specially for Bangkok Illustration Fair 2026.

Alligator Lizards

(Digital Illustration, 2026)
Drawn with the beautiful, wistful, hopeful guitar riff of America's "Ventura Highway" playing on loop. Oh, to be young and bright-eyed!

'San Po Kayo, Pt. 1

(Illustrated Zine, 2026)
A 20-page zine that attempts to capture the chaos and energy of navigating provincial commutes in the Philippines, told in comic form. Part 1 follows the journey into the terminal and the rush to catch your bus on time, while trying to make sense of the mess of signs and directions along the way.

Tomato Egg

(Illustrated Zine, 2025)
A 20-page zine illustrating the process of making a breakfast I loved enough to eat every day for six months.

Tiger

(Digital Illustration, 2022)
Drawn during the artist's time in Singapore, "Tiger" is an extremely auspicious and only slightly silly way to usher in the 2022 Lunar New Year

Hinayhay

(Digital Illustration, 2025)
Wash with similar colors. Do not bleach. Do not tumble dry. Do not forget about in case it rains. Say hello to snail on your way back.