Wawi Navarroza: The Other Shore

Wawi Navarroza is a renowned Filipina lens-based artist known for her large format photographic tableaus and self-portraits. Informed by post-colonial dialogue and globalization, Navarroza employs her corporeal form as an artistic medium. Her in-studio collages serve as a testament to the various facets and stages of the women’s narrative, portraying woman as creator. She is the recipient of the Asian Cultural Council Fellowship Grant New York and Lucas Artists Fellowship Award for Visual Arts San Francisco. Her work has been exhibited in museums internationally, and in galleries in Australia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Laos, Cambodia, London, Spain, and Italy.

CJ Salapare is a curatorial assistant at the Whitney Museum of American Art, where he is working on Edges of Ailey. His research spans the fields of Philippine diaspora, art historical method, and performance studies. He has contributed essays and interviews for Artists Space, FAR-NEAR, the Hammer Museum, the 2024 Venice Biennale, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. He received M.Phil degrees in art history and arts education from the University of Cambridge, and his BA in art history from Williams College.