Having to move from Brazil to Hong Kong, to the Philippines in her childhood, Amanda Lapus Santos found the change to be unsettling. But now she takes the shifts in location as a benefit, as it widened her influences, her openness to beliefs and cultures, and her circle of friends and mentors. She is interested in exploring the issue of identities, as our globalized world seems to be growing with so many diasporic people, and yet shrinking, as people are better connected with travel and technology.
“Amanda Lapus Santos is a visual artist who enjoys working with vibrant colour and expressionism in her artworks, and collaborating with people with shared passions.”
Most of Amanda‘s work are nature-inspired, however, she is constantly exploring new themes motivated by major changes in her life, such as marriage, motherhood, and a return to childhood loves. And although her strength is in painting, She enjoys urban sketching, collages, and graffiti, and has delved into printmaking and most recently incorporated embroidery into her pieces.
Lastly, Amanda is most interested in tackling environmental issues through her work. She is concerned mainly with how we are depleting our natural resources so carelessly, and the rapid extinction of species, especially marine animals. She has joined advocacies such as Dolphins Love Freedom Murals but would like to become more active in inter-community and international collaboration projects that involve societal transformation.
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