SHOWCASE
/ ARTIST / 2026
| ARTIST: | DIWADATA |
| COUNTRY/REGION: | Philippines |
| CONTACT: |
www.womancreate.com facebook.com/womancreate instagram.com/womancreate instagram.com/kevinroqueart |
| Working from distinct visual languages yet united by a shared commitment to reclamation, Woman Create and Kevin Roque unravel the images, histories, and systems that shape visual culture. Their practices confront inherited narratives of gender, identity, and memory, revealing how what is celebrated, forgotten, or erased continues to define the present. Woman Create transforms magazines, Barbies, and feminine objects into intricate femmages that deconstruct traditional femininity. Through collage, embroidery, and beadwork, her textures question and reconstruct the ideals of beauty, desire, and womanhood embedded. Rooted in personal experience and contemporary visual culture, her works challenge dominant perceptions of women's bodies while reclaiming craft traditions historically associated with domestic labor, elevating them as a powerful form of artistic and feminist expression. Devoid of color yet brimming with a spectrum of both brazen and incognito, Kevin Roque's works map and outline various ideologies through a variety of processes –from drawing (tracing a line), collage (cutting the edges), video and digital work (tracing data and the image). Together, these edges wrap around and form the bigger picture that plays out social truths: harsh and unimaginable, yet palpable and tangible. Considering elements from the past as spectral beings weaving in and out and in between time, Roque deconstructs the colonial by building up what is hidden, overlooked, or erased into its own future form. Together, their works reveal that images are never neutral. Whether drawn from mass-produced icons or historical archives, both artists treat visual culture as a contested site where power is constructed, inherited, and resisted. Through acts of cutting, layering, and reconstruction, they transform images into new narratives that challenge dominant ways of seeing. |
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Ponder by Woman Create
Roots of Female Rage by Woman Create
collection of the hyperfeminine by Woman Create
Evolving Wilds
Makahiya by Kevin Roque
Sukajan by Kevin Roque
Gonfleur by Kevin Roque
Spineless by Kevin Roque
Utak Biya by Kevin Roque
BKKIF ARTIST SPECIAL
More Artwork/Merchandise:
Diwa
This latest collage by Woman Create explores the Filipina diwa ("spirit") through a play of floral and crystalized forms.12x12 inches
Map of the Filipina Feminine
Map of Filipina Feminine is a digital collage by Woman Create that maps the constructs of Filipina femininity from the Spanish and American colonial periods as a way to reclaim archival images of Filipina women.12x12 inches
Diwa Ko - 1st Woman Create Silk Scarves
Debuting at BKKIF 2026, this set is the 1st release of Woman Create silk scarves, which features the latest Filipina collages, DIWA and Map of the Filipina Feminine.LIMITED PIECES
24x24inches
Where are the Spaces for the Hyperfeminine
Contemplating and imagining spaces where the hyperfeminine can thrive without competition, inhibitions, or borders.LIMITED PIECES
A3 size art print
PuPu UFO
The series by Kevin Roque explores the juxtaposition of images from archival sources, bringing seemingly unrelated elements together to create strange narratives and unexpected scenes.25x25cm
Kevin Roque art prints
A curated selection of single art prints will be available exclusively at BKKIF 2026.4x6inches per print
Masid, Postcard Set
This collection of postcards reflects a critical dimension of Kevin Roque's practice, shaped by an active and discerning observation (Masid). Roque examines the conditions and tensions embedded within the ordinary, offering sites of reflection and inquiry.SUPER LIMITED SET
Each set contains 18 postcards
4x6inches per postcard
Silay, Postcard Set
This collection of postcards offers a glimpse (Silay) into Kevin Roque’s earlier practice, where graphite becomes a means of seeing and translating the quiet poetry of the mundane. Through drawing, the familiar is rendered with renewed attention, inviting us to pause and see the ordinary anew.SUPER LIMITED SET
Each set contains 18 postcards,
4x6inches per postcard
Shadow Puppetry
A work by Kevin Roque reflecting on shadow and shadow play.LIMITED
A3 size
Sumbisori
'Sumbisori' by Kevin Roque is the breath sound heard on the ocean as the Jeju haenyeos first break the surface after a deep dive.LIMITED
A3 size