Artinformal

Artinformal was established in 2004 by Tina Fernandez with a group of contemporary Filipino artists as an initiative to bring art and its practice closer to the community through programs of exhibitions and art education. Its attendant gallery space, established two years later, promotes and features a broad range of art forms to the public — from sculpture, painting, pottery, installation, multimedia, performances — all under the rubric of creative exchange and encounters. In 2018, Artinformal opened a new gallery in Makati City. The new gallery features solo exhibitions by selected artists while the original gallery in Greenhills now shows curator-led exhibitions. Artinformal progressively promotes Filipino artists in art markets and cultural institutions in Asia and elsewhere, affirming the dynamic relations and developments in the region and the strength of its creative and cultural industries. It is in spirit artist-run and thus represents a platform of artistic independence and creative enterprise. One of the recent thrusts of the gallery is to bring its artists to an international platform by way of partnerships with established galleries abroad and participation in major international art fairs.