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“Fountainhead” Reclaimed Wood, Hydrostone, Brass 2026 First sculpture in 2026 for a special commission for a new Wine spot @fountainhead.winehouse in Newstead

“Technomimicry” Reclaimed wood Various sizes 2025 An extension of my fascination with 5G towers around the world. Last post for the year, this one is private commission.

“Piece together” Reclaimed wood 98cm X 36.5cm X 16cm Part of the annual Outer Space Charity Auction & Fundraiser, celebrating and sustains experimental emerging art. Each year, Outerspace carefully curates auction exhibition to sets the stage for you to secure affordable artworks from today’s leading industry greats and tomorrow’s artistic icons. Bidding ends Dec 05 2025 21:00 AEST

Found Allegory I , Found Allegory II Reclaimed objects 950 x 490 x 420 mm, 790 x 340 x 230mm 2025 The New works are part of the fiftieth IMA Gala and Benefit Auction. Celebrating fifty years of Australia’s oldest contemporary art space. Bidding opens online on Wednesday 15 October and concludes at 10pm AEST Friday 31 October, with select items available only by live auction at the Gala.

“Fever Dreams no.5“ Found objects, mixed media. 2350 x 520 x 450 mm 2025 Miguel Aquilizan breathes new life into discarded objects collected from deceased estates, thrift shops, and streets, transforming them through the lens of his Filipino heritage that emphasizes repurposing. His work “Fever Dreams No•5” emerged from a series of sculptures showcased during his inaugural group exhibition in 2023, coinciding with his return to Brisbane after five years in the Philippines, following his migration to Australia in 2006. Reflecting his artistic philosophy, Aquilizan remade the sculpture to incorporate newly discovered elements, infusing kitsch items and tropical souvenirs that evoke memories of home. Meticulously arranged, each component of the piece functions as a still life, capturing his exploration of sentimental and material values alongside the complexities of cultural identity and the conflicting material perspectives of the global north and south. Finalist for STILL: National Still Life Award 2025 On show now Yarrila Arts and Museum @yam.coffs 6 Sep – 9 Nov 2025

“Post Vitruvius” Found Objects 2025 Trained as a sculptor, Miguel Aquilizan uses found, scavenged and collected objects to create assemblages and sculptures. Working with a diverse range of objects, the artist explores environmental issues and social history through poetic narratives. In Post Vitruvian, Aquilizan evokes the Roman architect Vitruvius and Leonardo Da Vinci’s celebrated drawing, Vitruvian man, a masterpiece of Renaissance art. Da Vinci’s drawing represents his concept of the ideal body proportions of a man, with Aquilizan inviting us to ponder the accuracy and relevance of this ideal. Part of the Ramsey Art prize Currently on show at the Art Gallery of South Australia. @agsa.adelaide major exhibition running from May 31 – August 31 2025 Please come and visit if you are in town. Photo credit: Henry Trumble

“Signals over spaces” 2025 Polaroid film 10.8cm x 96.8cm An experimentation of analog film base medium, consisting of 11 Polaroid film shots. Part of the show “Lakas Hilaw at Pukpok Palayat”

“Aeon Forms” 2025 Found Ceramic, Porcelain , Raku Clay. Miguel Aquilizan, much like an archaeologist, delves into the remnants of ceramic and porcelain artifacts sourced from deceased estates. His artistic journey involves experimenting with clay, where he blends and reshapes various ceramic forms, effectively blurring historical timelines. Immersed in a world of organic, alien, and abstract shapes, he employs Raku Clay as a binding agent, allowing melted glazes from other ceramic pieces to fuse and transform. This process results in creations that challenge the viewer’s understanding of the original object’s origins, ultimately returning them to their elemental roots derived from the earth. Part of the group show “AND CLAY” . A show about 8 Queensland contemporary artist exploring clay. curated by @michaelshawceramics May 10 - 24 2025 @makersgalleryaustralia Catalogue is out now. A big thanks to @clayprecinct for the guidance in producing this pieces.

“In Shallow Seas Unveiled” 2025 Unfired Clay, Found materials. A forager and assembler, Miguel Aquilizan savages and repurpose materials, drawing from a Filipino ethos of continuous reanimation. “In Shallow Seas Unveiled” seems suspended between science and myth. Remnants of the human frame are rendered unfamiliar and foreign in reference to Fort Lytton’s past as a quarantine station for newly arrived immigrants- a transitory threshold where bodies are scrutinized, contained, and classified as either safe or hazardous. The skeletal structure absorbs the lands residues, blurring distinctions between human and nonhuman. Wooden sculptures of foreign fruits which punctuate the piece become symbols of the alien, adaptation, and estrangement, alluding to the migrations that shaped this place. In the artist’s hands, the familiar is obscured and mutated, resisting categorization- an archaeology of contamination, hybridity, and otherness. -curated and written by Holly Eddington @holly3ddington Part of the site specific group show “A NARROW STRIP ALONG A STEEP EDGE” Featuring: Angel Charlie Robert Dean Ansell Jessica Dorizac Max Athans Miguel Aquilizan Yanru Pan Ziyi Wei Curated by Holly Eddington The Creative Sparks Grant Program is an initiative of Brisbane City Council in partnership with the Queensland Government with Arts Queensland Fort Lytton QLD

MIGUEL AQUILIZAN, ROBERT KLIPPEL AND ISADORA VAUGHAN “To describe an active world” Drawing together works from Miguel Aquilizan, Robert Klippel and Isadora Vaughan, To describe an active world examines artistic investigations into material agency and the interconnected multiplicity of the physical world. Klippel’s abstract, industrial sculptures fuse the organic with the mechanical. His hybrid structures - part insect, part machine, part cathedral - meditate on collapse, regeneration, and the metaphysical tension between nature and industry. Vaughan’s practice extends this dialogue, centring her research into novel ecosystems as sites of contesting values, manifesting spatially across works driven by entropy, fragility and precariousness. Aquilizan works with found objects – natural, industrial and decorative – drawing out embedded histories of use, belief and decay. His assemblages re-inscribe narratives of consumption and disposability with anti-colonial resonances, reanimating detritus and challenging Western tenets of excess. Through poetic sculptural forms, these artists attempt to understand the dynamism of our entangled lives. Together, they offer distinct yet interconnected perspectives on how materials are shaped by, and contribute to, broader ecological, industrial and cultural systems. STATION presents Robert Klippel’s works in collaboration with the Robert Klippel Estate and Annette Larkin Fine Art. 3 - 24 May 2025 STATION | Melbourne Installation shot by Simon Strong

“New Earth (Post Genesis)” Mixed media When art becomes a journey of trust and transformation 💫 Miguel Aquilizan’s New Earth (Post Genesis) captures the magic of surrender. Through a process of foraging, gathering, and renewal, Aquilizan steps back, allowing the materials to dictate their own narrative. These sculptures transcend control, becoming profound reflections of the post-human condition. 🤲🏽⏳ Blending neo-classical forms with religious imagery, the works evoke a sense of familiarity yet remain hauntingly novel, balancing tradition with a daring vision of the future. These figures are not just sculptures; they are mirrors to our collective consciousness—carrying echoes of the past while gesturing towards the unknown. Are these figures visions of what’s to come or shadows of what we’ve left behind? Written and Curated by Joyce Toh, part of the group show “Big Bang: A Myth of Origins” Showed at Gajah Gallery Singapore 📍 Gajah Gallery, Singapore 🗓️ Opened 18 January 2025

“Somnambulating” 50cm x 70cm ink jet on Hahnemühle 70% agave fibre, 30% cotton dimensions 50cm x 70cm 6 images of the sculpture displaced in various locations. Limited prints on Agave paper. Editions of 2 of each images. Available @edoweird In collaboration with @anothertrigger