Ariel Villalobos is a graduate of Feati University (BFA) and currently living in Las Pinas. He is fascinated with creating artwork mostly on old or discarded wood. He takes inspiration from artists such as Francis Bacon, Zdislaw Beksinski, Fernando Botero and Manabu Ikeda.

Ariel also dabbles in ballpen art and loves the movies of Akira Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune. His preferred medium is oil and he is fascinated withh the cycinism of people as shown in his ongoing work series.