Allyn Canja

Allyn Canja is a writer, independent curator, and community organizer based in Iloilo City, Philippines. She has worked with Visayas Islands Visual Arts Exhibition and Conference (2015-2016), and the Iloilo Museum of Contemporary Art (2018-2022). She was a fellow of the Goethe Institut's Arts Spaces and Collaborative Projects Program in 2020 and was shortlisted for the Purita Kalaw Ledesma Awards for Art Criticism in 2021 and 2023. She attended art workshops in Vietnam (2019) Thailand (2023).

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A Room to Breathe

The conversation began quite organically, in 2024, with Johanz Mercurio simply showing up at Thrive Art Gallery, talking about this project he and his...

Art Festivals Matter

Take away the decades, the digital revolutions, and the changing zeitgeists. What does an artist from the 1990s share with an artist working today?...

“Ugnayan,” a Lesson on Collaboration and Exchange

The dominance of Manila as the center of the Philippine art scene has long defined the narrative of success and visibility of Filipino artists....

Curating the Artists; the Artists Curating

In her essay, "With Practicality Comes a Practice: The Artist as Curator," Sarah Pierce examines the initial instance of artists assuming control over the...

Visualizing Happiness in Roland Llarena Exhibition at Puluy-An Art Gallery

In his sixth exhibition, “Happiness”, Roland Llarena invites viewers to explore light and darkness through the language of the colors black and yellow. Llarena...

Shifting the Gaze in Job Hablo’s PorNOgraphyX

PorNOgraphyX is Job Hablo’s first solo exhibition. A collection of works in different media, all featuring the naked body, both of female models and...