No More 24! May Day Tapestry and Care Guardian Sculpture, 2023 Jacquard woven textile, 60 x 80 inches 3D-printed resin, coins, porcelain, 16.5 x 11.5 x 10 inches Incorporating museum objects and language, No More 24! May Day Tapestry and C
Handle with Care, 2023 Digital Stills from performance at 601 Artspace, NYC Duration 1 hour Handle of Care addresses the multi-layered meaning of the phrase in terms of the value imbued to narratives of museum objects as opposed to the s
Abang-guard Street Museum, 2023 Digital Stills from performance at The Six Foot Platform, DUMBO, NYC Duration: 6 hours Abang-guard Street Museum is a participatory platform that enables the public to share their inner voice and creative expr
Little Manila Monuments, 2023 Multi-media installation at PS122 Gallery, NYC Dimensions variable Little Manila Monuments commemorate both the history and vital presence of the Filipino community in Woodside, Queens. The multi-media install
Artists on Artworks: Abang-guard, 2022 Digital Stills from Performance at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC Duration 1 hour Abang-guard’s performative lecture on the works of Asian American artists in The Metropolitan Museum’s collection in
America is in the Heart, 2021 Digital Still from Performance at Abrons Art Amphitheater, NYC Duration 10 minutes America is in the Heart explored the intersections between Filipinx American identity, history, and labor by combining a readin
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Bahay Kubo on the Water, 2021 Digital Stills from Performance at Governors Island, NYC Duration 2 hours Part performance, part landscape painting, Abang-guard framed Bahay Kubo on the Water between the Manhattan and Governors Island waterf
Museum Workers Manifesto Session 3: Potential of Work, 2020 Digital Stills from Performance at PS 122 Gallery, NYC Duration 40 min. In collaboration with Museum Workers Manifesto (2020) at PS122 Gallery, Abang-guard lead a performative lec
Abang-guard Stills @ Art Workers Lab, 2020 Digital Prints, 3 x 4 ft. each Abang-guard Stills is a digital photography series that centers the movements of a museum guard amidst the cropped galleries of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The ima
Daydreamer’s Manifestation Meditation, 2019 Digital Stills from Performance, 3 sessions 15 min. each As part of the Flux Takeover! (2019) in Socrates Park, Abang-guard performed a guided meditation that referenced the precarious situation of
Abang-guard x ARoS Tactical Museum, 2019 Digital Stills from Performance, 1 hour The project is a collaboration between Abang-guard and ARoS museum guards as a way to highlight the labor body within art institutions while subverting the curr
A bang-guard x ARoS Tactical Museum Zine, 2019 Publication, 2.75 x 4 in. (with 8 x 11 in. fold out) The zine documented Abang-guard’s performance and art collaboration with ARoS Museum guards. It is displayed as part of a wall installation for
POC-POC POP-UP!, 2017 Mixed-media Installation, 10 x 12 x 12 ft. Made for the Self-Storage (2017) exhibit at Flux Factory, the installation was a collaboration with Bliss-on-Bliss that addressed themes of displacement and designations of va
La Guardia, 2017 Mixed-media Installation, 2 wooden crate panels 10x12x2ft. each For the Self-Storage exhibition at Flux Factory, Abang-guard propped two wooden crate cover panels against a wall that acted as a secret storage niche. The ins
ZAPT (Zones of Art Practice Theory) Zine, 2017 Publication, 8.5 x 5.5 in. The zine is the accompanying catalog for the POC-POC POP UP! and La Guardia installations for the Self-Storage Show (2017) at Flux Factory. The publication conte
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