Photo Courtesy || European Union in the Philippines
Cordillera - Artworks of Igorota artist Miss Kizel Cotiw-an got the chance to be featured at Euro-Pinoy Arts Exhibition.
Her works "Little Girl Catching Tadpoles" and "The Water Spirit" can be viewed during the Euro-Pinoy Visual Arts Exhibition at the Yuchengco Museum from May 20 to 31, 2022. This exhibition is being held in the lead-up to the Oceans Conference and the EU Green Week.
Kizel is an Igorota artist from Buguias, Benguet and belongs to the Kankana-ey tribe.
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Her works are always colorful and whimsical, with a theme that focuses mainly on nature and her Igorot culture.
It is inspired by her childhood, hunting wild insects, gathering mountain tea, catching tadpoles and eating sweet potatoes.
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She took up her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from University of the Philippines-Baguio (Cum laude) and graduated last 2012.
Kizel also took up law and passed the bar exam in 2022.
