IN THE SPIRIT OF THINGS is a solo exhibition of Filipino visual artist, Mia Herbosa. It will be on view from October 11-28, 2024 at the ARTISTSPACE located at Ground Level, Ayala Museum Annex, Makati Avenue corner De La Rosa Street, Greenbelt Park, Makati City.
“In the Spirit of Things” is Mia Herbosa’s 16th major art exhibition. It includes 15 still life’s, 6 nudes, and 9 privately commissioned portraits, borrowed from personal collections.
There are 3 scenes from Mia’s life in Laguna and Muntinlupa and a small interior of her home in Long Island. New to Herbosa’s oeuvre are 2 large abstracts, titled 21 and Alabang. There are also 3 earlier abstracts borrowed from private collectors. The biggest painting in the show is called My Juggernaut Friend, which is a modern portrait of Shaira Luna, catching her in a hidden face selfie at the mirror and showcasing her tattooed arms while wearing a black gown. The exhibit continues Herbosa’s theme of sharing a type of visual journal of her life as an artist.
Mia Herbosa is an artist trained in the French Atelier system. She shuttles back and forth every year between Manila and New York, painting an average of 6 months in each location. This show marks her 29th year as an exhibiting artist, having had her first one woman show at the Art Walk of old Ayala Museum in 1995. Born and raised in Manila, then rigorously trained for almost 20 years at the Art Students’ League of New York, she has been blessed to receive coveted awards and art scholarships through the years.
Herbosa’s paintings are found in private collections from New York, New Jersey, Washington D.C., London, Vienna, Japan, Hong Kong, San Francisco, L.A., Manila, Cebu, Davao, to Dumaguete. She is included in the public art collections of the New York Public Library, The Art Students’ League of New York, The Museum of New York and in the Collection of Bangko Sentral in the Philippines. Herbosa now holds drawing and painting workshops with a live model at L’Arc en Ciel Gallery Atelier in Ayala Alabang.
