Womanhood by Amanda fe in Auckland

AMANDA is an artist-teacher and curator. She finished her BA in Art Studies majoring in Theater Arts and Creative Writing at the University of the Philippines, Diliman. She represented the Philippines in the Indonesian Art and Culture Exchange program (2008). She also finished her MA in Art Education in Boston University, Massachusetts, USA. She earned MA units in Art Therapy from Hibernia College, UK. She began her career as an assistant curator for an NGO called Trauma Interrupted, under the tutelage of her university professor in UP, Diliman, Quezon City. When she moved back to Davao City, she worked as a College Instructor in the University of the Philippines, Mindanao and Ateneo de Davao University. She also worked in the Fashion Institute of Design and Art for 5 years as a Fashion Illustration and Fashion History Instructor. She did all this while teaching art in her art studio, Art Pavilion, on the side. She has co-curated several of his shows and a number of group shows in Davao City. She has mounted and curated exhibits for her art students and other professional artists in different public venues. She was the assistant Curator and one of the 12 Mindanaoan Artists featured in the December 2017 Pheonix Petroleum 15th founding anniversary in SM Lanang, Davao. She was featured in the 101 Artistic Toastmasters from 101 countries (Cristofori, 2014). She has participated in a number of group art exhibitions. She also completed an artist residency in the Arts Village, Rotorua, New Zealand. She is currently working on her 3rd one-woman show while fulfilling the duties of an Artistic Director at The Sanctuary Art Pavilion, a center for art workshops. During her free time, she makes sculptural lamps, paints, and fulfills her duties as an officer in the Dabawenyo Artists Federation, Inc. She is currently living in Auckland, New Zealand pursuing a Post-Graduate degree in creative art therapy.