Damá brings together nine emerging and established Filipino artists, Ahrtiles, Angelo Magno, Antonio Pastoriza, Bunniefacio, Jaimielly, Liana Maris, RD Daniel, and Zeke Cancio, in an exploration of texture, touch, and emotional resonance in art.

In Filipino, damá refers to both physical sensation and emotional feeling, collapsing the boundary between touch and experience. The exhibition centers on this unique cultural nuance, inviting viewers to engage with artworks that foreground texture, whether actual or implied, as a pathway to memory, identity, and understanding.

Through painting, printmaking, sculpture, zines, performance, and mixed media, Damá positions touch not merely as an act, but as a form of knowledge. Each artist presents a deeply personal interpretation of how surface, material, and emotion connect in the act of art-making.

Curated by John Paul Diciembre, Damá offers a sensory reconsideration of how we encounter and internalize art, through the skin, through memory, and through feeling.