Akin Instagram Takeover - Amada Estabillo, Nov. 17, 18 & 19 - @akinprojects
Amada is a Canadian-born artist of mixed Filipino-Irish heritage. She attended York University and earned a BFA in Visual Art as well as a Bachelor of Education. She is an art teacher and mother as well as an artist. Amada is currently participating in the Akin Studio residency at the AUTO building on Sterling Rd. in Toronto. Her work explores the boundary between abstraction and representation through a variety of subjects. Landscape, weather, dreams, the body, memory and motherhood are common references. Recently Amada has started to incorporate embroidery and sewing into her practice, using patterns that are indigenous to the Philippines as well as European motifs and stitch-types.
Find more of Amada’s work here, check out her instagram here
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