Artist Conversation @ Silverlens Gallery

Artist Conversation
Noelle Katigbak Tan and Rachel Rillo
August 16, Saturday, 3-5pm

Silverlens Gallery presents Noelle Katigbak Tan and Rachel Rillo in conversation about idenity, homecoming, making photographs, and the importance of showing their work in the Philippines on August 16, Saturday, from 3-5pm.

Both born in Manila, Noelle Katigbak Tan and Rachel Rillo moved to the United States, the former in the '80s and the latter in the '90s, to get their fine arts degrees in New York University and the Academy of Art College in San Francisco, respectively. Since then, Tan has had numerous exhibitions in Washington, New York, Baltimore and Beverly Hills. Her work is included in the permanent collections of the Corcoran Museum, the Center for Photography at Woodstock, and the Creative Artists Agency. Rillo on the other hand, went on to work as a freelance photographer for the television industry in Los Angeles. Her clients included FOX TV, UPN, CBS and NBC. Now based in Manila, Rillo has had two exhibitions in Silverlens Gallery. Her last show entitled Manila was recently short listed in the 2008 Ateneo Art Awards.

Noelle Katigbak Tan will be opening her first solo show in Manila on August 14 in Silverlens Gallery. It will run until September 27 and will feature two bodies of work, Untitled and Drawing.

Visit Silverlens Gallery at 2/F YMC Bldg. 2, 2320 Pasong Tamo Extension, Makati City, 816-0044, 0905-2650873, manage@silverlensph oto.com. Gallery hours are Monday to Friday 10am–7 pm, Saturday 1–6pm. www.silverlensphoto.com.