Raphael Laigo

Painter and visual artist based in The Occupied Coast Salish Territories, or Seattle, and the greater Pacific Northwest Region. I create art out of a philosophical and introspective gaze.

The book, through bodies of visual art, is being written in chapters and in volumes.

Life experience growing up in the Pacific Northwest of the United States

Mexico - 2011- 2012
India - 2014 -2015
Philippines - 2015 - 2017

Other travels:
Japan
Costa Rica
Nepal
Thailand
Singapore

Group Exhibition — Rizal, Anarchism & Internationalism. Katipunan Arestoart Baguio City, Philippines - 2015
A group exhibition of 25 artists or more in Baguio City, Northern Philippines. All works contributed were inspired by themes in the title of the exhibit.

Group Exhibition — Four Degrees Celsius — Vocas Gallery, Victor Oteyza Community Art Space — Baguio City, Philippines — 2015
A one month group exhibit with artists from the Philippines: Dumay Solingay, Arnold Baladad, & Iman Flores. Contributed one triptych, and three other paintings. Two of 24 x 30 in in acrylic on canvas and one of 24 x 36 in. In acrylic on canvas.

Solo Exhibition —Discussions — Vocas Gallery, Victor Oteyza Community Art Space — Baguio City, Philippines —2017

Created 14 new paintings and displayed 23 paintings of small, medium and large scale at Vocas Gallery in Baguio City, Philippines. The paintings are a stylized culmination of travels I’ve conducted through India and The Philippines, through study & in conversations with people who are informed in various fields. The paintings include reclamation of eastern culture and ideas nationally and regionally, and integrating them with certain aspects of the painter’s past present living environ...