Paulina Constancia

Paulina Constancia (born Maria Paulina Constancia Cornejo Lee) is a Filipino-Canadian artist born on December 1, 1970 in Cebu City, Philippines. She works primarily on canvas, textiles, found materials and sometimes incorporating stitching and her art can primarily be viewed at the Paulina Constancia Museum of Naïve art (MoNA). She has been acknowledged one of the most prolific female artists in Cebu.

Paulina Constancia
Born
Maria Paulina Constancia Cornejo Lee

(1970-12-01) 1 December 1970
Cebu City, Philippines
NationalityFilipino-Canadian
Notable workA Heart's Choice, Kleur en ik in de geheime tuin
SpouseMichael
ChildrenLucas
Websitewww.paulinaconstancia.com

Career

Constancia began painting in the early 1990s.[1] Constancia and her art were featured on the back cover of the December 1997 Asian-Pacific edition of Reader's Digest [2] She has exhibited her art in places all over the globe, from places like the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, to the Netherlands, Mexico, Greece, Slovenia and Poland. She has also been to various cities in the U.S. & Canada.

In 1997, Constancia was presented by the Philippine Centennial Coordinating Council of Northeast U.S. in a show called Here's to Sunny at the Philippine Center in New York City.

In 2000, her collection of painted quilts called "Kleur en ik in de geheime tuin" ("Color and me in the secret garden") was presented by the VHC-Vereniging Haarlemmermeer-Cebu (sister cities organization of Haarlemmermeer and Cebu) at the Centrum voor Kunst en Cultuur (Center for Art and Culture) in Hoofddorp and Kunst 2001 Gallery in Badhoevedorp..

From 2012 to 2015, Constancia had an art blog called Daily Dose of Art (DDoA).[3]

In 2013 and 2014 Constancia's collection "Moments of Motherhood" (MOM) was exhibited in Japan, Malaysia, and Indonesia.[1]

In 2016, Paulina was one of the 8 naive artists invited to participate in the 49th International Meeting of Naïve Artists at the Trebnje Gallery of Naïve Artists in Slovenia. In 2020, Paulina's art "Covid Times at the Park" was the feature/cover piece for the XIII Art Naif Festiwal (naif art festival) in Katowice, Poland.

Paulina is currently based in Canada and actively creates art in her home studio, blogs, and teaches arts and crafts.

Style

Constancia is a self-described multifaceted artist and has described her art as naive art.[1] She is best known for bright-colored and whimsical narratives painted on quilts and tiles that are also shown and reflected in her writing. Sunstar Daily's Leticia Suarez said of her work, "Her paintings are like a breath of green air in the local art scene. It's like going from the dusty street into a woody hide-away that's full of magical secrets."[4]

Writing

She has published a bilingual collection of poetry called Brazos Abiertos/Open Arms (World Poetry Publishing, Vancouver 2003)[5] and short stories Cuentos Hispano-filipinos/Hispano-Philippine Stories (Central Books, Manila, 2009).[6]

References
  1. Muangrod, Anthika (2014-03-19). "Phuket art: Naïve expressions of MOM". The Phuket News. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
  2. "Archived copy". Reader's Digest: Back cover. December 1997. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2013-05-28.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "About". DAILY DOSE OF ART. 2014-05-31. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  4. Suarez, Leticia (October 12, 1996). SunStar Daily Life and Leisure. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. "Revista Filipina". www.revista.carayanpress.com.
  6. "Centralbooks". Cuentos Hispanofilipinos.
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