Portrait of Augustine Paredes via Dazed MENA.
Augustine Paredes is a person from whom art bursts forth without relent. Gearing up for his fourth upcoming solo exhibition since he moved to Dubai less than a decade ago, the multidisciplinary artist has no plans of slowing down. When he’s not working as a commercial photographer specialising in fashion, portraits and lifestyle, Augustine is replenishing galleries in the city with his photography, poetry, painting and installations. He uses these mediums to explore what it means to desire through the prisms of migration, identity and belonging. Augustine’s photography primarily excavates post-colonial identity as a Filipino in diaspora, often hinging on historical narratives. Read More.
