About the Artist

Palmy Tudtud

She is is a full-time faculty in the Fine Arts program of the College of Communication, Art, and Design (CCAD) of the University of the Philippines Cebu. She served as Dean of the college from 2019 – 2022. As a visual artist, she has mounted solo exhibitions and participated in more than 50 group shows in the Philippines and abroad. In 2007, she was a Regional Winner of the Philippine Art Awards and in 2013, she was awarded an Artist In-Residency Program in Paris, France. She graduated with a degree of Master of Creative Industries major in Creative Production and Arts Management from Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Australia after completing her Bachelor Degree of Fine Arts major in Painting from the University of the Philippines Cebu.
 
Palmy was Region VII Representative at the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) Committee on Visual Arts from 2004 – 2007 and became National Vice Chair from 2007 – 2010. Currently, she is a member of the CHED Region VII Quality Assessment Team in the area of Fine Arts and she is also with the Cebu Creative Grid promoting Cebu as a UNESCO city of design.

Works

Ugma Puhon Series

Ugma Puhon 1

Ugma Puhon 2

Ugma Puhon 3

Ugma Puhon 4

The Frailty of Life and Death

My artwork, “The Frailty of Life and Death” is a series of different pieces: a mixed-media painting of a vase of roses in the foreground of a breathtaking sunset, and two wall-bound vertical installations of fresh roses hanging from dried vines, facing downward towards a mound of earth. These works explore and confront life and death as two concepts that are often deeply intertwined, poignantly inviting the public to contemplate the fleeting nature of life, the inevitability of death, and the beauty that can be found in the transience of existence. It also creates a sense of confinement and restriction that echoes the limitations of our mortal existence.

The Frailty of Life and Death

There are countless moments in my life when I feel engulfed under the powerful spell of nature. Its vastness and diversity are overwhelming and being completely immersed in it is a transformative and transcendent experience that fills me with a sense of peace and joy. This connection deepens my appreciation and gratitude for the natural world and my place within it.

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