Aiess Alonso

Visual Artist

Bio

Aiess Alonso is a Filipina visual artist exploring climate, memory, and identity through her work, drawing from her roots in the Philippines and her life and practice in Mexico.

Nationality

Filipino

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Where I've Been

Where I've Been

Where I’ve Been is a photomicrography project examining goods traded between the Philippines and Mexico during the Manila Galleon Trade, pairing microscopic images from both countries to explore transculturation and shared identity.

Project by Aiess Alonso
Al pie del cóndor (At the Foot of the Condor)

Al Pie Del Cóndor (At The Foot Of The Condor)

Microscopic photographs of glacier water from Bolivia’s Ventanani reflect on climate vulnerability, linking melting Andean ice to rising seas in the Philippines, and tracing shared cycles of fragility, loss, and possible renewal

Project by Aiess Alonso