WORK
EXPOSURES AND EXHIBITIONS
Out From the Mist, October 2023
A collaborative and passion project between Myr's closest friends namely: Kim Tomaro (Multimedia arts practitioner) and Ed Priete ( Film Maker).
The photography titled "Avarice" was a finalist at the 'Out From the Mist', an international competition depicting Mental Health. This work was an entry for the single photography category and was exhibited at the Judith Wright Arts Centre in Brisbane, Australia. Myr served as the model, production designer, and costume designer for the team.
A visualization of self depreciation, of the harmful actions I take to cope with depression. I stare into the void and find myself wanting, often doing things for relief that end up spiraling into a bigger mess. I'm gasping for air, for any sort of freedom or solution, and realizing that taking too much, my avarice, has left me broke and unrecognizable. I know now that managing these harmful impulses is the first step towards healing.
Sublime Iterations, Davao Art Kollective 2023
The textile version of the artworks from the Beyond the Closet series joined the Sublime Iterations presented by the Davao Art Collective last November 23 - 25, 2023.
Two artworks were added to the original series namely: For Esra and Kinaiya, which is an interactive artwork where audiences can paint, sew, and draw how they view their kinaiya or inner being.
Beyond the Closet, March 2023
" Our identities does not stop in our clothing"
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Beyond the Closet, 2022
Coming Out
is an intimate process of individuals identifying within the LGBTQIA+ spectrum wherein they are able to realize, accept, understand, and comfortable sharing and exploring their SOGIE or Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity & Expression to their loved ones and other people. But we often only see the end of this process which is being “out of the closet” and not the embedded narratives before, during, and or after Coming out that significantly affect this
process – what is beyond the closet.
Beyond the Closet
features six personal experiences of Coming out of LGBTQIA+ individuals from Koronadal City, South Cotabato, surrounding the concept of self, environment, and culture. These personal experiences were collaboratively translated by the participants and the artist/researcher to the artistic practice of the artist, 2D Digital Painting, and an art style called Stylized Art. This exhibition aims to explore the capabilities of 2D Digital Paintings as a visual communication tool in artistically representing the unknown narratives of “Coming out.” But more importantly, an opportunity for LGBTQIA+ individuals to own their coming out process, forge their newfound identities, and testimony that gender diversity is existing through these experiences of people.
This artistic practice thesis is inspired by the artist/researcher’s personal experience of Coming Out, her passion for the visual arts, and a culmination of her four years of education as a Communication and Media Arts student at the University of the Philippines Mindanao.
A short explanation on some terms mentioned in here, particularly the ascribe and avowed identity:
It should be noted that the sexual identities presented here are all self-identified by the participants themselves in connection to their experiences. These identities can be acquired and acknowledged in different ways, Sanchez (2021) discussed about these forms of identification as Ascribed identities, wherein it refers to the social, cultural, and personal identities given to us by others stereotypes can be considered as part of this while, Avowed identities is the type of identity that we claim by ourselves. These identities are not constant, and both can change overtime.
Coming Out: an exhibit by Maryll Delposo, 2022
Coming Out: an exhibit by Maryll Delposo
is the on-site exhibition of the previous digital exhibition, Beyond the Closet in partnership with the University of the Philippines Mindanao Office of the Gender and Development.
Coming Out: an exhibit by Maryll Delposo is available starting 15th of June until 31st of July, 2022 in the UP Mindanao Campus, situated in the the right wing of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences.
EXPERIENCES
Children's Book Illustrator, 2022 - Present
Myr is working as an Illustrator for Nabu Global INC, a non-profit organization based in New York, USA aiming to make literacy accessible for children across the globe through distributing multilingual children's stories. She illustrated the Filipino adaptation of the stories Better Together, Princess Maniya, and Our Magical Forest.
Currently, Better Together is published digitally under the NABU application.
Application Download link:
for IOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nabuorg/
id1483607930
for Android:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?
id=org.libraryforall.simplified&hl=en&gl=US
Commissioned-Based Work, 2020 - Present
The artworks that Myr was able to produce as a Commissioned-Based Artist based on her client's specifications.
FAO Maldives
Project, July - August 2021
Through Prof. Nelfa M. Glova, UP Mindanao Department of Humanities Chairperson, Myr was able to work as a Graphic Designer/Layout Artist-CUM- AV Editor and created visuals and graphics for two webinar backgrounds intended for the client's webinar events and edited recorded Zoom meetings.
Picture Perfect, May - July 2021
Through Altered Ones Production, Myr became the Graphic Artist/Illustrator in the creation of an original and creative interactive digital comic series that reveals the imperfections of reality. It is a "choose-your-own-adventure" multimedia
experience that allows the audience to be part of the narrative as they choose where the story will go and how it will end. She was able to produce the graphic art aspect of the project.
Demo Version Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1uVNws848E
UP Mindanao
Christmas
Card Project - October 2020
As part of the homegrown production unit of the BA Communication and Media Arts program, BACMA Sibya, Myr acted as the Foreground Illustrator
and successfully generated the University Christmas Card based on the client's liking.
Infographics on
the Guidelines
And Protocols for
the Establishment
of COVID-19
Isolation Facilities
within the UP
Mindanao Campus- June 2020
When the University of the Philippines became one of the Isolation Facilities for COVID-19 last 2020, BACMA Sibya was tasked to create a series of Infographics on the Guidelines and Protocols within the Campus. Myr was part of the team as the Layout Artist.
OTHER ARTWORKS
Myr's Artworks in different art styles.
 The Sum of Her Parts.Digital paintings of women body parts. |  loveA digital painting of two women in love. |  Untitled68A digital re-draw of Myr's old traditional drawing. |  Ed's PortraitA portrait of Ed, a close friend of Myr |
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 Boni's Self-portraitA black and white portrait of Myr's close friend, Boni. |  Neon Yaksha |  The many-faced shoujo. |  " I just cry "An artwork created based from the sentiments Myr's friend Boni in their podcast, Shat Talks. |
 Self-Portrait |  Self-Portrait 2 |  BeiguangA fanart of fictional characters and ship, Ningguang and Beidou popularized as Beiguang from Genshin Impact. |  BeiguangA mild NSFW fanart of Beiguang. |
 BEIGUANG X HMCA Genshin Impact Fanart of Beiguang inspired by Ghibli's Howl's Moving Castle |  What could have beenA fanart of Ymir and Historia from Shingeki no Kyojin. |  XiaoVenA fanart of Genshin Impact Characters, Xiao and Venti. |  kalachuchiAn illustration created based from the song titled Kalachuchi of the band Munimuni. |
 BakunawaA re-imagination of folklore creature, Bakunawa devouring the moon. |  The Digital StruggleA poster created for a radio documentary titled: The "Digital" Struggle is Real: Mga Suliranin ng mga Mag-aaral sa Agham at Medisina. |  BubblineA fanart of Marceline and Princess Bubblegum from Adventure Time inspired by Gustav Klimt's,The Kiss. |  Lean on You.A painting based on a scene from Park Chan-wook's film The Handmaiden. |
 VenusA re-imagination of Sandro Botticelli's The Birth of Venus in a denim jacket. |  The KissA re-imagination of Gustav Klimt's The Kiss in a windbreaker jacket. |