Finding paradise as a queer Filipino artist living a thousand miles away from home | via nolisoliph
I first met multi-disciplinary artist and photographer Augustine Paredes—in person, though we have been acquainted prior on Instagram—in the summer of 2022. He took a short vacation to the Philippines at that time, having been based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates since 2016.and ginumis at a cafe in Makati where I almost didn’t get in for wearing a tank top . Augustine came to my rescue and lent me his vivid blue chore coat.
When he is not busy documenting and creating art, Augustine works as a commercial photographer represented by the Dubai-based agency Seeing Things. Hi Augustine! Congratulations on your first international solo exhibition and its extended run. To begin, why don’t you tell us about your life before you become an immigrant?
I grew up moving a lot, so traveling and moving were almost part of my upbringing. I was born in Cagayan de Oro but every four years, I moved cities for education. Then there is Ocean Vuong and Joan Didion. They have guided me throughout my journey with the written word. Being a queer BIPOC artist everywhere is hard, you have to constantly prove your worth and fight for your space. Creative work has always been my means of getting by, no matter where I was because it is the only thing I know how to do. Wherever I am in the world, being an artist brings financial precarity; thus I always try to keep my day job as a commercial photographer.
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