Past Meets Present

After an almost 30-year absence from the Philippine art scene, Chris Patio, a Filipino-American painter based in the San Francisco Bay Area, returns to his roots with Heritage & Algorithm.

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The exhibit showcases 12 oil-on-canvas paintings held at Vetted, a creative space in Milelong Makati founded by Jonathan Matti.

Born and raised in Manila, Patio received his bachelor's degree in fine arts from the Philippine Women's University. He then migrated to California, where he took the San Jose State University's illustration programme and the Golden Gate Atelier's anatomy and écorché programme under the tutelage of renowned American painter Andrew Ameral, from whom he picked up his signature style of classical realism.