• Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan with their installation, Prototypes After In-Habit: Project Another Country at the Museum of Brisbane. Image courtesy of David Kelly and the museum.
  • Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan, From this place, 2022, cardboards, dimension variable
  • Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan, See/Through, 2021, hand-embroidered fabric, dimensions variable
  • Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan, Passage III: Project Another country, at 'Poetic Heritage', Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong, 2021
  • Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan, Landscape: (fragmented) Mabini Art Project, 2008-23, 101 framed paintings, dimensions variable
  • Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan, Dis-closed, 1850-2010, Framed digital print, scraped paint in acrylic and wood case, dimensions variable
  • Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan, Longing: Get up and go Project Another Studies for Monuments, 2010, collected trophies (deconstructed), display cabinet, cabinet: 105 x 36 x 87 cm / objects: dimensions variable
  • Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan, Windows: (after 'From this Place') Project Another Country, 2023, used cardboard, memory boxes (101 pcs), 28 x 23 cm each
  • Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan, Foreigners: Project Another Country, 2009, graphite over print on canvas, 173 x 129 cm each
  • Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan, Island in the Pacific, 2013, hand-cut postcards, painted figurines, figurines: 17 x 9 x 10 cm each (25 pcs) / postcards: 15 x 10 cm each
  • Isabel & Alfredo Aquilizan, Fleet (Mackay), 2019, Cardboard and wood, 115 x 41 x 88 cm; 62 x 83 x 20 cm (Size of artwork)
  • Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan, Wings Baanan Series #4, 2021, hand forged metal, wood, 120 x 35 x 16 cm
  • Isabel & Alfredo Aquilizan, Plight, 2022, Polyester, cast resin, chopsticks and wood, 249 x 116 x 25 cm (framed)
  • Isabel & Alfredo Aquilizan, Armoured, 2022, chainmail, handcrafted brass sheet, textile, (L) 78 x 45 x 28 cm; (R) 88 x 45 x 29 cm
  • Isabel & Alfredo Aquilizan, Dwellings II, 2022, Raw metal, 87 x 68 x 64 cm
  • Installation view of the exhibition featuring: (left) Pillars: Project Another Country, 2018-19, cardboard and wood, dimensions variable; (right, on wall) Wing (Large), 2019, cardboard, 182 x 1030 cm
  • Installation view, Last Flight, 2009, used slippers and metal stand, 275 x 198 cm
  • Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan, Last Flight, 2009
  • Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan, Last Flight, detail, 2009, used slippers and metal stand, 275 x 198 cm
  • Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan, Wing (Large), 2019, cardboard, timber, mixed media, 182 x 1030 cm
  • Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan, Wing (Large), detail, 2019, cardboard, timber, mixed media, 182 x 1030 cm
  • Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan, Wing (Large), detail, 2019, cardboard, timber, mixed media, 182 x 1030 cm
  • Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan, Left Wing Project (Belok Kiri Jalan Terus) (detail), 2018
  • Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan, Left Wing Project (Belok Kiri Jalan Terus) (detail), 2018
  • Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan, Florets, 2017, knitted baby sweaters, 43.5 x 33.5 cm (framed, each)
  • Isabel & Alfredo Aquilizan, Vessels (After the "Fleet" Project), 2015-2017, cardboard and wood, dimensions variable
  • Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan, “Floret” knit fold series (baby jumper), 2015, charcoal on paper, set of 9 drawings, 42 x 29.7cm (each)
  • Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan, Florets #1 to #9, 2015, knitted baby sweaters, 45.5 x 30.5 cm (each)
  • Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan, Florets 10, 2015, knitted baby sweaters, 45.5 x 35.5cm
  • Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan, Florets 11, 2015, knitted baby sweaters, 45.5 x 35.5cm
  • Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan, Florets 12, 2015, knitted baby sweaters, 45.5 x 35.5cm
  • Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan, Commonwealth: Project Another Country, 2013, handcrafted using metal tin cans, dimensions variable
  • Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan, Commonwealth: Project Another Country, 2013, handcrafted using metal tin cans, dimensions variable
  • Isabel & Alfredo Aquilizan, Screwed, 2022, globe and screwdriver, 56 x 53 x 50 cm

Isabel & Alfredo Aquilizan

Award-winning and internationally-acclaimed husband-and-wife duo Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan (b. 1965 and 1962, Philippines) approach their collaborative practice from the lens of their own personal experiences of global movement in relation to family and home. In doing so, they create highly detailed installations and sculptures that spark conversations around ideas of identity, migration, journey and displacement. Often using everyday, non-traditional materials, they draw attention to the transient nature of global movement, settlement and community, to create objects that serve as metaphors for everyday human life.

The works of Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan have been exhibited extensively in galleries and institutions worldwide, including the Art Gallery of New South Wales (2023); National Gallery Singapore (2022); Podo Museum, South Korea (2022); Madre Museum, Italy (2022); Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong (2021); Museum of Brisbane (2021); Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand (2019); Mao Jihong Arts Foundation and Centre Pompidou, China (2018), amongst many others.

In June 2023, the Aquilizans will present a major survey exhibition, Somewhere, Elsewhere, Nowhere at Museum MACAN, Indonesia which encompasses two decades of their work.

The artists have participated in The National 4: Australian Art Now, Campbelltown Art Centre (2023); Busan Biennale, South Korea (2019); Gangwon International Biennale, South Korea (2018); Sharjah Biennale, UAE (2013); Asia Pacific Triennale, Australia (2009); Singapore Biennale (2008); Biennale of Sydney, Australia (2006); Gwangju Biennale, South Korea (2004); and Venice Biennale, Italy (2003).

Their works are included in the major collections such as the Singapore Art Museum; Fukuoka Asian Art Museum (Japan); Queensland Art Gallery (Australia); MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum (Thailand); ILHAM Museum (Malaysia); Facebook, Menlo Park Headquarters (USA); Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (Australia); and Lopez Museum Foundation (Philippines).

The artists currently reside between Los Baños, Philippines and Brisbane, Australia.

Exhibitions