The Philippines’ national art fair, ManilART, returns for its 17th edition from October 15 to 19, 2025, at the SMX Aura Convention Center, Taguig City.
Carrying the theme “Across Forms, Beyond Borders,” this year’s fair celebrates the cyclical nature of inspiration—how creativity transcends categories and disciplines, from painting and sculpture to fashion, design, and cuisine.
Here’s a glimpse of the highlights and special showcases to look forward to at ManilART 2025 and its partner events across the country.
Luminous Collection by Gallery Nine
A Luminous Collection presents a convergence of visual art, fashion, jewelry, and functional design—demonstrating how artistry can transcend form. Brushstrokes, textiles, metals, and craftsmanship intertwine to create a cohesive narrative of Filipino creativity.
Headlining the collection are couture icon Patis Tesoro, National Artist Romulo Galicano, and painter Bullet Dematera, alongside jewelry by Ramon Orlina, Helena Alegre, Maria Magdamit, and Hoseki’s Faico and Knoi Esmane, among others. Bayo Atelier interprets collaborative works between Patis Tesoro and Francis Dravigny, Anna Orlina, Bea Policarpio, and Anouck Tantoco. Completing the tableau are contributions from top sculptors of the Annual Sculpture Review, textile and fabric artists, and creators of fine furniture and wearable art pieces.
Galerie du Soleil: Reframing of the American Award-Winning Gummy Bear
Galerie du Soleil presents two solo features: Ed Coronel’s Reframing the Gummy Bear and Nelson Ricahuerta’s Pahina.
Coronel, a multiple American Art Awards winner (2020, 2022), reimagines the playful gummy bear form in radiant amber and green hues—melding whimsy with introspection. Ricahuerta’s monumental work, Pahina (Page), meditates on narrative and memory, symbolizing the turning of creative chapters. Together, these works embody the innovation and dialogue between heritage and modern expression that define ManilART.
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The Artologist Gallery: Vision and Grace
The Artologist Gallery presents three exhibitions that explore memory, motion, and creative endurance through the unique visual languages of Pandy Aviado, Joemarie Sanclaria, and Monnar.
Pandy Aviado’s Persistence of Vision reflects on movement and the endurance of sight—translating urban rhythm into layered compositions that mirror progress and perseverance.
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Joemarie Sanclaria’s Flurries of Grace draws from childhood memories of winnowing rice, transforming the act into a meditation on nurturing and renewal.
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Monnar’s Finding Picasso revisits the master’s legacy through bright pastels and expressive abstraction, bridging classical influence with contemporary freedom.
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Together, these exhibitions form a unified statement of vision and grace—where heritage, introspection, and modernity converge.
Art for Space: To Exist in This Eclipse
The collective Art for Space presents To Exist in This Eclipse, featuring Demi Padua, Reyna Raymunda, Joshua Torres, Ezekiel Fajardo, Jane Cuevas, Baltek, Ali Alejandro, and Yao Sampana.
Through visions poised between decay and renewal, the artists examine humanity’s evolving relationship with technology, nature, and hope. From Cuevas’s organic-mechanical hybrids and Alejandro’s futuristic imaginings to Padua’s symbolic dolls and Fajardo’s meditative hues, each work reflects resilience amid uncertainty. Baltek’s vintage cartoon figures and Sampana’s affirmations of love underscore the enduring courage of creativity—even when light is eclipsed.
Synergy of the Traditional and Modern at Art Corner
Art Corner presents Synergy: A Collective Unveiling of Filipino Expressions, featuring Renee Avila, Binong Javier, Ejem Alarcon, Norlie Meimban, Jane Ebarle, and John Perry Pellejera.
Uniting classical, pointillist, abstract, surreal, and contemporary styles, the exhibition celebrates the dynamism of Filipino creativity. Synergy highlights how traditional and modern sensibilities meet, revealing the vitality and soul of the Filipino artistic spirit.
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Alab Pagarigan with Artes Orientes
Alab Pagarigan continues his exploration of line and form through sculptural works that capture both lightness and depth. Known for life-sized wire sculptures that extend beyond their two-dimensional frames, Pagarigan expresses human vulnerability with grace and strength.
For ManilART 2025, he unveils seven new sculptures—four wall-bound and three freestanding—that blur the boundaries between figuration and abstraction, reaffirming his mastery of wire as a medium that bridges structure, space, and soul.
San Pablo Art Circuit (SaPAC): A Regional Artstravaganza
ManilART 2025 partners with the inaugural San Pablo Art Circuit (SaPAC), uniting ten artistic and cultural venues across San Pablo City for a month-long Artstravaganza.
Participating spaces include The Art Barn at Casa San Pablo, Art Corridor, Color Commune at Sining Labuyo, Fule-Malvar Heritage Mansion, The Lake House, Paraiso de Avedad Gallery, Studio 88, Sulyap Café Gallery & Museum, Verbena Gallery of Patis Tesoro, and the Villa Escudero Museum.
Launched on October 4–5 in celebration of Museums and Galleries Month, SaPAC underscores how regional collaboration expands the reach and resonance of the Philippine art community.
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LAMBANA: Angono Women Artists’ Collective at Angkla
At Angkla Art Gallery, the LAMBANA: Angono Women Artists’ Collective takes flight as part of ManilART’s satellite exhibitions.
Named after the Tagalog word for “fairy,” Lambana evokes the mythical winged beings that reveal themselves only to the pure of heart. Formed in 2020 during Women’s Month, the collective unites women from Angono’s leading art groups to empower women and children through art while preserving the town’s creative heritage.
Their works range from figurative to abstract, traditional to experimental—reimagining Angono’s myths while affirming that women’s voices are essential to the nation’s creative future.
Rojo Galerie: Urban Fireflies by Erwin Mallari
Rojo Galerie presents Erwin Mallari’s Urban Fireflies, a watercolor collection capturing the poetic transience of the city after dusk. Mallari transforms Metro Manila’s streets into luminous nocturnes, where reflections of car lights resemble fireflies gliding through the urban night.
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VAM International: Rhythm of Nature
Singapore-based VAM International Art Gallery showcases Rhythm of Nature featuring sculptor Patrick H. C. Naval and painter-printmaker Fil Delacruz.
Naval, trained in architecture, crafts stainless steel sculptures that explore motion and spatial harmony. Delacruz—recipient of the CCP Thirteen Artists Award and Distinguished Thomasian Alumni Award—brings decades of artistic and educational excellence to this collaboration. Together, their works reveal how inspiration moves across structure and spirit, echoing the fair’s central theme.
Heritage Cuisine Exhibit: The Art of the Table
Expanding the dialogue between visual art and culinary tradition, CocoKusina: The Philippine Coconut Kitchen presents Heritage Cuisine: The Art of the Table—a “tablescape” fine dining experience uniting food, art, and design.
Featuring mana-pulutan creations by Chef Riza Matibag Muyot, the experience is complemented by functional artworks from Ugu Bigyan, Danny Rayos del Sol, and Agi Pagkatipunan. This sensory feast transforms the Filipino table into a living canvas of craftsmanship, sustainability, and storytelling.
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Museo Orlina: Steampunk – Filipino Artistry Meets Industrial Fantasy
Museo Orlina’s Steampunk exhibition fuses 19th-century industrial aesthetics with futuristic imagination—where gears, pipes, and metalworks evoke both nostalgia and innovation.
Eskultura IV: Steampunk features eight distinguished sculptors: Agi Pagkatipunan, Darwin Guevarra, James Dayrit, Jinggoy Salcedo, Otto Neri, Ram Mallari Jr., Richard Buxani, and Ronwaldo Dasal—each interpreting the steampunk ethos through their chosen medium, transforming machinery into metaphor and fantasy.
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