VeraPax Art

01/10/2026

Throwback to when I was a Fine Arts student. 😊🎨

30/09/2026

Originally, this exhibit was dedicated to someone very, very dear to me. The net proceeds from this online exhibit were meant to be shared with her. But the Lord had other plans and called her home before she could see this exhibit come to life. (I still dedicate this to you, Ye!)

Even so, I’m grateful to be able to continue what I had hoped to do. Moving forward, I intend to share the net proceeds from my artwork sales with meaningful causes, starting with this exhibit and continuing with the ones to come.

If you have a moment, I would be grateful if you could take a look at the artworks. You might find a piece that speaks to you, brings back a cherished memory, or simply resonates with your heart. And if you do, please know that your purchase will also help give back to a meaningful cause.

Thank you so much for taking the time to look, for supporting my art, and for being part of something meaningful. ❤️

30/09/2026

29/09/2026

“WORKING GIRLS” celebrates the quiet strength, ambition, and grace of women whose lives extend far beyond the hours they spend at work. Through moments of preparation, perseverance, stolen pauses, and the end of every shift, these paintings honor the many ways women navigate their professions while embracing the fullness of life with resilience and elegance. Because every ordinary day tells an extraordinary story, “WORKING GIRLS” is a tribute to every woman who works hard, lives fully, and journeys through life with purpose and style.

She works hard. She lives bigger. Here’s to every working girl making ordinary days extraordinary. 🥂✨

Join us for the online opening of the Working Girls exhibit on September 30, 2026.

24/09/2026

24/09/2026

Lullabies: Songs of Subtle Resistance Brings Filipino Stories to Venice

In Venice, where art and history meet at every turn, a group of Filipino artists gather around an idea that is both intimate and quietly powerful: sometimes, resistance begins with remembering.

LULLABIES: Songs of Subtle Resistance (Hele: Mga Awitin ng Banayad na Pagtutol) concluded its three-day run at Kunst Depot in Venice on September 20, 2026, held in resonance with the 61st International Art Exhibition—La Biennale di Venezia. Curated by Frederick Epistola, the exhibition brought together Filipino contemporary artists whose works explored memory, cultural inheritance, identity, and the quieter forms of endurance passed from one generation to another.

Taking its cue from the Venice Biennale’s theme, “In Minor Keys,” the exhibition used the lullaby as a central metaphor. Lullabies are often associated with childhood and comfort, but here they became something more layered—a way of carrying stories, values, and memories across time. What is softly spoken, sung, or remembered can also become a way of preserving identity.

The exhibition unfolded through painting, photography, soundscapes, video art, light installation, and performance. Together, the works created an environment where personal memories could be read alongside larger questions of culture and belonging. Each medium offered a different way of approaching the exhibition’s central idea, allowing viewers to encounter Filipino experiences through both familiar and unexpected forms.

At the opening, Consul General Tito San Agustin described the exhibition as a meaningful cultural and diplomatic exchange between the Philippines and Italy. His presence underscored the role of art in creating conversations that extend beyond galleries and national borders.

For Epistola, however, the heart of the exhibition remained closer to home: the stories people preserve, even when history moves on.

“LULLABIES” ultimately offered a reminder that cultural memory does not always speak loudly. Sometimes, it survives in familiar songs, inherited stories, images, and quiet acts of remembrance—and in the artists who choose to keep them alive.

24/09/2026

The Filipino Diaspora: Stories That Cross Borders

PARIS, FRANCE — For a few hours in Paris, the distance between the Philippines and Europe seemed to shrink.

On September 12, the International Art Gallery in Paris opened The Filipino Diaspora, an exhibition that brought together Filipino artists and their stories around themes of migration, memory, identity, and the search for home. Running from September 8 to 12, the exhibition offered a glimpse into the many ways Filipino experiences continue to take shape far from familiar shores.

Curated by Frederick Epistola of Art Show Philippines, the exhibition gathered works reflecting lives and perspectives connected to places as varied as Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao, Paris, Bologna, and Brussels. Together, the pieces formed a conversation about what it means to leave, to remember, and to carry a sense of belonging across borders.

During the opening, Epistola described the exhibition as a bridge—one that connects people not only across geography, but also through shared memories and cultural roots.

The visual works were accompanied by performances that gave the evening another dimension. Florida Villazor performed Babalik Ka Rin through interpretative dance, bringing movement to the emotional realities of leaving and returning. Poet MaDittz Centeno De Jesus offered her reflection, Ang Mabuhay sa Kasalukuyan, while musicians D'Elfee Leroy and Malcom Berger added a musical thread to the gathering.

Consul General Noemi Diaz delivered the keynote address, highlighting the role of culture and the arts in strengthening connections between Filipinos abroad and the wider international community.

The evening also marked the official ribbon-cutting, joined by Diaz, Consul Miko Cabigting, Epistola, exhibition organizer Apple Love Eve, gallery host George Levy, and the participating artists.

Among the recognitions was Christopher Alcantara, whose Entre Deux Monde received Best in Show. The work offered its own interpretation of displacement and resilience, adding another voice to an exhibition shaped by many different journeys.

Ultimately, The Filipino Diaspora was less about distance than connection—a gathering of stories showing how Filipino identity can travel, adapt, and remain deeply rooted wherever life leads.

22/09/2026

“Right Way to Heaven”
10in x 7in
Oil on Canvas
Vera Pax | 2026

Taken too soon, yet never truly gone,
You walk the path where golden light shines on.
Through flowers and memories, your spirit ascends,
To heaven’s embrace, where love never ends.

21/09/2026

IYKYK 👀

“Between Time and Tide”
24in x 18in
Oil on Canvas

On view at the Manila Clock Tower Museum until Sept 30, 2026.