Avie Felix is a multi-disciplinary artist, educator, curator and writer. A graduate of BA Art Studies and MA Art History, she is an assistant professor at the University of the Philippines Film Institute (UPFI) teaching cinema studies and film theory. A collaborator of Independent Curators International (ICI), headquartered in New York, she is the current curator for the Philippine Pavilion at the 15th Gwangju Biennale. In 2009, Avie founded the art school Young Artists’ Studio based in key cities in Manila, and in 2012 the curator-run space called vMeme Contemporary Art Gallery. She currently serves as Vice Chairperson of the National Committee on Art Galleries (NCAG) of the National Commission on Culture and the Arts (NCCA). Her art and writing explore materials, forms and expressions of feminist identity, while her research focuses on feminist archival history. Her essays, researches, articles and poetry are published in local magazines, journals, academic platforms and anthologies.
She is mom and collaborator to emerging artist Malaya with whom she paints, creates, performs, sings, dances, embroiders and exhibits in the Philippines and the U.S. Avie also co-hosts the film podcast called Screen Cap, a sequel to the radio show Cine Chichirya. Pursuing leadership in education and sustainability in the arts, Avie is also a current candidate for Executive Doctorate on Business Administration at the Asian Institute of Management.
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