Pacita Abad's painting is characterized by color, constant change and experimentation from the 1970s right up to her passing in 2004. Pacita's most extensive body of work is her vibrantly, colorful, trapunto paintings, mixed media painted textile collages and abstract assemblages.

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The exuberant and wide-ranging works of the late Philippine-born artist Pacita Abad make their Canadian debut as part of her first retrospective. This acclaimed exhibition includes more than 100 artworks...

Pacita Barsana Abad (October 5, 1946 – December 7, 2004) was a Filipino-born American Ivatan self-taught [1] visual artist. Her more than 30-year painting career began when she traveled to the United States to undertake graduate studies in Spain.

Pacita Abad’s large-scale, richly colored paintings, textile collages, and mixed-media assemblages have long been revered in her native Philippines, and since her death in 2004 they have drawn international acclaim.

Pacita Abad, organized by the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, is the first major retrospective of the artist’s works. The SFMOMA exhibition opening this October features over 40 major artworks. Pacita Abad was born in 1946 into a family of politicians in Batanes, an island province in the northern Philippines.

The exuberant and wide-ranging works of the late Philippine-born artist Pacita Abad make their Canadian debut as part of her first retrospective. This acclaimed exhibition includes more than 100 artworks showcasing Abad's experiments in different mediums: textiles, works on paper, paintings, prints, and a range of archival material and studio ...

Pacita's Exorcism of the Philippine Dictator - "Marcos and His Cronies" This painting by Pacita Abad was inspired by a wooden Sanni mask she saw in Sri Lanka when traveling on the back roads down the mountains from Kandy to Galle in 1984.

Jul 22, 2024 · Pacita Abad significantly influenced contemporary art with her innovative trapunto paintings. By quilting, embroidering, and embellishing canvases with beads, buttons, mirrors, and shells, she created rich, textured works.

Sep 2, 2024 · This spring, MoMA PS1 presents the first retrospective of artist Pacita Abad (Filipina-American, 1946–2004). Spanning the artist’s 32-year career, the exhibition includes more than 50 works—most of which have never been on public view in …