Patrick Fernandez: Artist in Residence
The MacKenzie Art Gallery is excited to feature artist Patrick Fernandez as our Learning Centre Artist in Residence for 2025. During his residency, Patrick will create an interactive installation for visitors of all ages to explore ideas of culture and an individual鈥檚 journey, celebrate capturing the uphill climbs, downhill struggles, and lessons learned along the way. The Philippines boasts 42,000 minor and major festivals. In the artist鈥檚 home province of Pangasinan, they celebrate two consecutive events during the months of April and May. The first is the Bangus Festival (Milkfish Festival), which honours a bountiful harvest, and the second is 鈥淧ista鈥檡 Dayat鈥� (Feast of the Sea), which celebrates the abundance of the ocean. These festivals are a joyful reflection of how gratitude and sustenance are central to Filipino culture.
The largest mural in the installation depicts a man riding a carabao, a water buffalo and national animal of the Phillippines. Along the nearby walls are 12 wooden panels, each representing a month of the year and corresponding to one of the four seasons. These panels are connected by banderitas (festival banners) that hang slightly loose, mimicking the waves of the sea. Visitors are invited to peek inside the panels to find hope-filled poems and letters. Graphics line the panels, mirroring the density of cities in the Philippines and symbols of abundance found in Filipino traditional tattoos and binunga or fruit.
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The MacKenzie Art Gallery is excited to feature artist Patrick Fernandez as our Learning Centre Artist in Residence for 2025. During his residency, Patrick will create an interactive installation for visitors of all ages to explore ideas of culture and an individual鈥檚 journey, celebrate capturing the uphill climbs, downhill struggles, and lessons learned along the way. The Philippines boasts 42,000 minor and major festivals. In the artist鈥檚 home province of Pangasinan, they celebrate two consecutive events during the months of April and May. The first is the Bangus Festival (Milkfish Festival), which honours a bountiful harvest, and the second is 鈥淧ista鈥檡 Dayat鈥� (Feast of the Sea), which celebrates the abundance of the ocean. These festivals are a joyful reflection of how gratitude and sustenance are central to Filipino culture.
The largest mural in the installation depicts a man riding a carabao, a water buffalo and national animal of the Phillippines. Along the nearby walls are 12 wooden panels, each representing a month of the year and corresponding to one of the four seasons. These panels are connected by banderitas (festival banners) that hang slightly loose, mimicking the waves of the sea. Visitors are invited to peek inside the panels to find hope-filled poems and letters. Graphics line the panels, mirroring the density of cities in the Philippines and symbols of abundance found in Filipino traditional tattoos and binunga or fruit.
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