(01) Flower Power

Arvin Flores is a Filipino artist, curator, and co-Director of Artery Art Space, an artist-run gallery in Manila established in 2014. He holds an MFA from The School of the Arts at Columbia University, New York, and a BFA from the College of Creative Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. In his practice he works across art-making, independent curatorial projects, and writing, situating his creative and critical interests within contemporary dialogues in visual culture.

Flores served as co-curator of Andi taku e sana, Amung taku di sana / "All of us present, This is our gathering", the featured exhibition of the Philippine Pavilion at the 59th International Art Exhibition of la Biennale di Venezia. In this role he helped shape a multidisciplinary presentation that translated local cultural expressions into a global contemporary art context, emphasizing the dynamic interplay between tradition, language, and experience.