Kami Naman Po

To help decentralize the creation, practice, and staging of Filipino contemporary art, THE ANNEXT took the initiative to discover raw talents from different regions in the Philippines, mostly coming from economically challenged backgrounds and settings. After at least six months of dedicated rigorous mentorship and guidance on each discovered artist, finally, we gathered their last mentorship outputs and created a special digital catalogue to hopefully introduce them to communities of art patrons, collectors, and enthusiasts.

To creatively introduce each artist, we present Kami Naman Po—an inaugural collection featuring seven new artists and their first series of works. Initially self-taught, each artist represents a specific point of view, uses an innovative art-making approach to create and derive a concept, and pursues a visual narrative that reflects deep wells of personal story, profound aspirations, and inspiring motivations to be an artist.