Catalina Africa. Profile image from Silverlens

Catalina Africa

b. 1988, Manila, Philippines

Lives and works in Baler, Philippines

Philippines

Multi-disciplinary artist Catalina Africa (b. 1988, Manila, Philippines; lives and works in Baler, Philippines) considers shapeshifting to be her primary mode of expression. Working across mediums including painting, sound, sculpture, video, text, and performance, her artworks are invocations to the natural landscape. Resembling spells, songs, love letters, prayers, and maps, her spatial visualization of an environment pays testimony to the Earth’s mysteries and magic. Raised in Manila, the artist now lives and works in Baler, Philippines, along with her husband and child, where she cultivates a devotional practice to Spirit, transmuting Earth song and collaborating with the living land.

Biography information from Silverlens, October 2025

Catalina Africa, ‘An Unfinished Allegory on the Bourgeoning Consciousness of the Ego (cave painting no. 3)’, 2019, acrylic, oil, oil stick, gold leaf, and graphite on canvas, 122 x 213 cm. Image from Artsy

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Catalina Africa, ‘Revealing the process of shapeshifting, participating in the processes of the earth’, 2022, tarpaulin, unfired ceramic clay, stone, modelling clay, sticker, acrylic sheet, charcoal, glass aquarium, sintra board print, found corals, candle, mirror, cave sculpture, and liquid chalk. Image from Ocula

Catalina Africa, 'A Sensual Experience of Myself in Sand, in Time', 2019, acrylic, spray paint, oil, fabric paint on canvas, 182.88 x 152.40 cm. Image from Silverlens