The artist Pacita Abad was born in Basco, Batanes, a small island located near the most northern part of the Philippines. Her parent’s involvement in politics influenced her choice in her college education as well as her early art works. Prior to her career as a painter she received her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of the Philippines. She continued on to law school and became more deeply involved in social and political activism for her people and against President Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos. “Political unrest and demonstrations against the Marcos regime resulting in threats to her family, led Pacita's parents to decide to send her overseas to the US and Spain to continue her law studies.”
While in The United Sates she resided in San Francisco, California. There she decided rather than continuing on to Spain she would extend her stay. She enrolled at the University of San Francisco for her masters in Asian History. However, becoming rapidly involved in the local art community she started painting and instead received her Masters Degree in Fine Arts. Her works were heavily rooted in politics and humanitarianism. In 1975 she left California and obtained further painting instruction at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, D.C. and in 1977 the Arts Students League in New York City.
After finishing her formal training Abad continued to travel abroad. “Immersing herself in each new culture, all of the countries she visited, including Guatemala, Mexico, India, Afghanistan, Yemen, Sudan, Mali, Papua New Guinea, Cambodia, and Indonesia, influenced her work in some way, from cultural artistic styles and materials to techniques.” Her use of Trapunto, a technique she developed, similar to tha...
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...des us with a glimpse into the ancient culture using beautiful and detailed designs. The art form has been sustained in fired clay for thousands of years indiscriminately telling its story to the world and to history.