+ community
+ network
+ library
+ kitchen
+ shop
+ platform
+ archive



98B COLLABoratory is an artist-run initiative and space in Manila, Philippines. We are a + community + network + library + kitchen + shop + platform + archive. The idea is to have a setting where artists and creative individuals from other disciplines can interact and work together while presenting art, design and creativity in different ways; be it a talk, a bazaar, a publication, a meal or a simple gathering. It is a multi-disciplinary art laboratory that seeks to establish a convergence with artists, designers, curators, writers, musicians, film makers, activists, educators, researchers, cultural workers, performers, architects and students together with the general public.



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Projects & Programs



ESC Projects



ESC Projects



Research & Residency



FUSE



Mission & Vision



98B is a platform for critical discourse, experimentation, exchange, information and presentation of contemporary art in the Philippines.

98B seeks to establish convergence with creatives from diverse disciplines together with the general public.

98B aims to present local and international contemporary art through our various programs, projects, and research, outside the confines of the white cube.

98B presents art in multiple layers and perspectives to a broad and diverse audience while contributing to the contemporary art scene.

98B is stimulated with ideas, projects and explorations that ask pertinent questions, stretch boundaries and more importantly, provide unintimidating access to art and creativity.



The Team



KATHERINE NUNEZ



Executive Director



Kathy was born on 1992 in Metro Manila, Philippines. She finished her Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts (Studio Arts - Painting) from the College of Fine Arts, University of the Philippines, Diliman in 2013 where she graduated cum laude. Most of her works are extracted from personal everyday encounters with the demands of contemporary life. Her works venture on abstract themes such as mortality, desire, relationships and identity which she connects to the global, picnoleptic, digital and consumerist backdrop of today. She employs crafts such as sewing, crochet, and scrapbooking because she is attracted to their meditative, slow, domestic and decorative properties. She is interested in forms that are usually perceived as everyday or mundane to introduce an element of familiarity which she tries to manipulate. She has exhibited her work in Venice, Jakarta, Ratchaburi and Dubai. She currently works and lives in Manila. She recently participated in the 2018 International Craft and Design Exchange Program Taitung, Taiwan.



JUNO VIZCARRA



Team Member



(B. PHILIPPINES 1997) A Visual Artist who takes interest in isolation, familial bonds and the collective unconsciousness. Their work mainly focuses on illustrations, paintings, and moving images, fusing traditional media and digital media together. They are currently studying and doing private commissions. Juno is a member of RetrogradeFM, an artist duo who independently publishes zines and comics.



GABRIELLE GATCHALIAN



Team Member



Gatch is an all-around-project-instigator-and-manager, artist and writer born, raised and based in Metro Manila, Philippines. She draws inspiration and miniature eureka moments from a wide sundry of things such things as pop culture, nostalgia for old computer hardware, living life with illness both physical and mental; the magic and adventure in the everyday; vicarious living through worlds heard about, imagined and virtual; communities and interconnectedness through encounters both fleeting and lasting, within towns and beyond national borders. These interests marinate and then manifest in the form of paintings, installations, zines, and let’s see what else. Initially having pursued a degree in the Humanities so as to dip her feet into small samples of various human narratives—she has since shifted gears and is currently taking up Studio Arts with a specialization in Sculpture at the University of the Philippines, Diliman wanting to make things after having read about people making things for so long.



CHRISTINE CAPILI



Team Member



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