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Antonio Pastoriza is a Cebuano visual artist and AB-Psychology graduate from DLSU Antonio’s art is distinguishable for its relationship to psychology.

With a formal education in psychology, his practice has evolved
from visual journal exercises to a more complex exploration of how
it intersects with the arts. His body of work then examines how
both disciplines communicate with each other, thus recognizing
and marrying the cultural, political, and personal together in a
visual culmination. Informing his constantly evolving art practice is continu

ous
research into psychological processes and contemporary art. With
a focus on new developments and historical foundations of both
fields, his work is varied and intertextual: mixed-media collage
paintings use the process of manipulating text and images as
therapeutic catharsis. Repetitive mark-making, as a technique, is an
account of the subtle variations in human action. As with Antonio’s
ethos, his art taps into better understanding the psyche.

03/04/2026

" Love came in a bottle with a twist off cap " 5.5 x 4 inches, acrylic and repurposed paintings on paper, 2026

One of the paintings I made for Art in The Park 2026 under NEST. Thank you to everyone that dropped by and to the NEST team for the constant support. ✨

These, and a few other works by me and other artists, are still available for purchase through .

05/12/2025

" New Person, Same Old Mistakes " 50 x 50 cm, acrylic on canvas

One of three paintings I had the pleasure of creating for .ph . After learning of the Kamp concept, story, and vision, I was excited to see the project being a perfect fit for exploring the pattern series.

The emphasis on dialing in all the aspects of your craft, taking the time to do things well, and focusing on the process echoed the ideas the pattern series explores.

Using layered and repetitive patterns, this camo pattern echoes the desire for a different result from the same action. The camouflage motif, originally meant to conceal, is recontextualized to stand out, inviting viewers to explore the many layers and meanings behind a familiar design. As the pattern is mirrored, it can also look similar to Rorschach inkblot tests. Always fun exploring ideas and images that both can have a specific association but be open enough to interpretation.

Through a process of rotating, connecting, and overlapping, the pattern rewards the viewer who takes the time to notice the details hidden within its intricate layers.

The title is one of the songs of Currents by Tame Impala, which was on repeat quite a lot while I was working on these paintings and an album that continues to influence me and my art. Coincidentally, the album also served as inspiration for Kamp.

Thank you so much to the team at Kamp for the opportunity to create for such a great space. 🧡

04/12/2025

" The Less I Know The Better " 50 x 50 cm, acrylic on canvas

One of three paintings I had the pleasure of creating for .ph . After learning of the Kamp concept, story, and vision, I was excited to see the project being a perfect fit for exploring the pattern series.

The emphasis on dialing in all the aspects of your craft, taking the time to do things well, and focusing on the process echoed the ideas the pattern series explores.

Drawing inspiration from Bauhaus masters like Anni Albers and Wassily Kandinsky, the triangle pattern explores how a single shape can be used to build a rich, complex image.

Through a process of rotating, connecting, and overlapping, the pattern rewards the viewer who takes the time to notice the details hidden within its intricate layers. A fun Easter egg is on the top left, and other areas occassionally, the patterns overlap to create a minimal bauhaus inspired K, which is what I based the entire pattern on.

The title is one of the songs of Currents by Tame Impala, which was on repeat quite a lot while I was working on these paintings and an album that continues to influence me and my art. Coincidentally, the album also served as inspiration for Kamp.

Thank you so much to the team at Kamp for the opportunity to create for such a great space. 🧡

03/12/2025

" Reality in Motion " 50 x 50 cm, acrylic on canvas

One of three paintings I had the pleasure of creating for .ph . After learning of the Kamp concept, story, and vision, I was excited to see the project being a perfect fit for exploring the pattern series.

The emphasis on dialing in all the aspects of your craft, taking the time to do things well, and focusing on the process echoed the ideas the pattern series explores.

This painting's pattern is inspired by the Kamp team's vision of creating a ripple in the coffee community. It was fun pulling inspiration from different sources such as Japanese woodblock prints, Vitruvian scrolls, and traditional Filipino tattooing.

It was quite eye-opening learning how nature, specifically waves and the ocean, is interpreted in the visual arts by different cultures. As I was making the paintings, I kept thinking about the parallels of creating art and the coffee craft; I could go on and on about it, but this is already getting long haha.

The title is one of the songs of Currents by Tame Impala, which was on repeat quite a lot while I was working on these paintings and an album that continues to influence me and my art. Coincidentally, the album also served as inspiration for Kamp.

Thank you so much to the team at Kamp for the opportunity to create for such a great space. 🧡

15/08/2025

" when the lines get blurred " 30 x 40 inches, acrylic on canvas

Some photos that were taken before anyone viewed the artwork and interacted with it after it was hung for the Damá exhibition, right after completion.

The concept behind this interactive art project began a few years ago during the height of the pandemic where art was seen mainly on screens and projects or exhibitions rescheduled, postponed, and even cancelled — much like many artists' art practices and lives were at the time, such as my own. A common feature of my work is painting over previous artworks and this one was no exception, the painting I painted over was a nearly all black painting that was meant to be viewed in person that changes and shows more to the viewer in different angles and lighting but sadly was only exhibited online. The result of which shattered confidence both in the concept and my art practice, so being able to paint over it with this project was extra cathartic.

Thankful to the team of and for listening to my project's concept from its inception and finding an avenue for it to actually be presented to the public, something I truthfully was not very confident it would. Huge thank you to for also hearing about and providing valuable insight and confidence into the project during a previous project, Confluence — also with NEST.

With a project that heavily centers around audience participation, grateful to both the friends and exhibit attendees for showing up and interacting with the work.

I conceptualized this project with multiple layers of questions and ideas, but instead of having them answered, new ones were brought up and inspires me both to have more iterations of the work and my art practice as a whole. ✨

13/08/2025

What does it mean to feel?

The Damá exhibit runs until this Saturday. Thankful to everyone who came to the opening, and that dropped by during exhibit's run.

Appreciate having an avenue for this project to be public. It took a few years to get it done, but happy to have done it with the team at and alongside a group of great artists.

I do see this as the first iteration, let's see when and where the next one will be. ✨️

03/06/2025

“going to a place where I used to stay”

30 x 24 inches, acrylic on canvas, 2025

The painting utilizes layers of repetitive patterns with slight variations echoing the desire to do the same action over and over again and expecting different results which, is often mentioned as the definition of insanity.

Originally, camouflage patterns were created to conceal military equipment or soldiers but have since been adopted by fashion, design, and art for both the same effect and have also been used in conjunction with bright colors to stand out and contradict its violet history, famously done so by Andy Warhol.

As the patterns are altered and repeated, they resemble the Rorschach inkblot test that was used to assess personality traits and emotional functioning which is parallel with our experience of attempting to understand art. This painting is an evolution of my pattern painting series and also aims to question patterns and their layered contexts, in art and beyond.

20/01/2025

“ Capacity for Details “

[ 10 x 8 inches ] acrylic, paper, & ink on canvas, 2024

14/01/2025

“ the days that don’t exist “ 02 [ 7.5 x 5.5 inches ] acrylic on paper, 2025

During the process of repurposing and putting layer on layer of paint on older cut up paintings there are often moments that look great when you don’t expect them. Usually they serve as jump off points to add a few more layers to create a finish work which sometimes goes well but more often doesn’t and the cycle continues. Haven’t shared a mostly “abstract” work in a while as I tend to move things towards one of the series I currently have but these two I felt were really interesting as is. Knowing me, they won’t last long as is too.

13/01/2025

“ the days that don’t exist “ 03 [ 8 x 5.5 inches ] acrylic on paper, 2025

12/01/2025

“ the days that don’t exist “ 01 [ 7.5 x 5.5 inches ] acrylic on paper, 2025

During the process of repurposing and putting layer on layer of paint on older cut up paintings there are often moments that look great when you don’t expect them. Usually they serve as jump off points to add a few more layers to create a finish work which sometimes goes well but more often doesn’t and the cycle continues. Haven’t shared a mostly “abstract” work in a while as I tend to move things towards one of the series I currently have but these two I felt were really interesting as is. Knowing me, they won’t last long as is too.

05/10/2024

“ becoming myself, without any end “
[ 30 x 24 inches ] acrylic on canvas

text by :
“The self is made up of the world it is surrounded by and the world is shaped by these selves. There is a oneness that people, culture, and society share and, for artists, this oneness manifests in the art that they make. In this pattern-collage diptych, we are immersed in Antonio Pastoriza’s artistic struggles, as much as in those of Filipino artists across our history and geography. To keep on creating is Antonio’s biggest aspiration, no doubt shared by generations of manlilikha whether they’re called artists, designers, crafters, or weavers. But this deceptively simple dream seems impossible today, a result of Philippine art’s entanglement with profit that forces artists to find lives and livelihoods other than art. As such, Antonio finds himself repurposing past work the industry failed to value, using them as substrates for something new. In preparing them for a new pattern or collage, he scrapes at them literally and figuratively, transforming detachment, disappointment, and sometimes dejection, into rebirth. The most important thing is to keep making art, he says. Antonio rebels by simply persisting.”(cont. in comments)

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