Joliz Dela Peña

Joliz Dela Peña, also known as JDP 2009, is a self-taught interdisciplinary artist from the Philippines currently based in Tiohtià:ke / Montréal. Intimate connection to memories, identity, and immigration are recurring themes in Dela Peña’s practice. Through performance accompanied by installations, she endeavours to relive realities, explore their complexities, and translate invisible tensions into various visual and tactile qualities. In recent works, she attempts to translate fragmented memories from her personal life as a first-generation immigrant, alongside memories borrowed from others, to create a larger and more universal perspective for the audience to relate or connect to.