Abe Orobia
2 Artworks
Biography
Eleazar Abraham 'Abe' L. Orobia, or Abe Orobia, the TOYM 2021 (The Outstanding Young Men of the Philippines) Honoree for Education, Arts, and Culture, is an artist, educator, curator, and cultural advocate. In 2018, he worked as the head facilitator of art workshops for Indigenous People (IP) elementary teachers from different parts of the Philippines. He also created a bas relief mural of the Basi Revolt in San Ildefonso, Ilocos Sur.
In 2017, Orobia was one of the five artists who worked on a mural re-interpretation of the famous Bahay Nakpil-Bautista. All proceeds were donated for the historical site's reconstruction and preservation.
In 2021, Abe held a solo show at the National Commission for Culture and the Arts titled 'IMAGES OF OUR NATION,' inspired by the situations at the height of the pandemic, using crumpled paper as a symbol for the human spirit. Orobia championed the following through ink drawing and poetry: the plight of medical workers, food supply through agriculture and aquaculture, OFWs, maritime disputes, faith and resiliency in crises, and the effects of community pantry.
His latest exhibition, ‘UNCONQUERABLE’ (Turn! Turn! Turn!) at the Pinto Art Museum (2023), highlights time and nature encompassing everything, yet it is the strength of the human spirit that is truly insuperable, as symbolized by crumpled papers.
Additionally, Abe Orobia has also been a favorite workshop facilitator at the Ayala Museum since 2013, where his latest project was the reproduction of Juan Luna’s ‘Hymen o Hymeneé!’
Exhibitor and Curator of Pagdaloy (Manila Bang Show 2023)