BIO

Jacel Anne Bulatao (b. 2002) is a queer Filipino-American multimedia artist based in San Diego, California.

They primarily work with mixed media ceramic sculptures to explore their identity and connection to ancestry through embodying cultural motifs and the agricultural life of the Philippines. With a vast background in art, they hold a B.A. in Multimedia Art from San Diego State University, an A.A. in Studio Art from Southwestern College, and in high school, majored as a Visual Artist at the San Diego School of Creative Performing Arts.

STATEMENT

Through this surreal lens, I use clay with various mediums and cultural elements to express narratives of identity, home, and ancestry. With this curiosity in mind, I think of the generational traditions and the agricultural life my family had grown up around. I find connection to my ancestry and who I am within these mixed media ceramic sculptures, and I strive to combine the worlds of the art and the viewer, hoping to cultivate a home of belonging and advocacy.