For her second solo, A. Millet Yraola-Yulo focused on a familiar object from her childhood. Growing up in the coastal town of Mariveles, Bataan, the artist is much aware of the importance of the lighthouse. It is a beacon that signals safety, a place to go to, or go home to. Like her first solo, Yulo borrows small elements of surrealism by distorting the lighthouse, as if viewed through a circular lense. She continues to work on strong impressionist strokes and texture. And invests on bold fauvist colors.
Additionally, this series is called Unlayering, with reference to the technique of painting, where the artist spreads layers of paints, then etches, peels, and erases her way to creating the forms.
With this work, the artist is fidgety-- making sure that she is in no one place, in no one perspective, in no one palette, and in no one layer, all throughout the, while keeping her gaze, constantly, towards the beacon of light.
A. Millet Yraola-Yulo (1974) Graduated Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Communication (1995), and Bachelor of Science in Architecture (2013) from the University of the Philippines Diliman. She is a member of the UP Artists Circle Sorority, United Architects of the Philippines, and Business Network International.
She started her practice in 1995 as a graphic designer for companies like Adsmiths Inc. and organizations including Educhild Foundation. Being a devout Catholic, her prized work in this field is the book series “The Drum” by Rev.Fr. Francis B. Ongkingco, published in 2010. For art events, she was also the designer for Ateneo Art Award in 2010; “Mutation Series”, an online exhibit for Fundacion Sanso in 2020; and “Composite by the numbers”, an international online exhibit of sound and music also in 2020.
She was also Artistic Director for W.Brown, Global Brands Inc., Chong International Trading, focusing on visual merchandising from 2000 to 2006
As an architect, since 2015 she is the founder and president of a design-built architecture company--Adform, Inc., specializing on small urban commercial and residential spaces. To date, Adform has already expanded its reach to designing community buildings, such as justice hall, water dam, among others.
Prior to last year, she has only been painting and creating assemblage as part of meditative breaks.
Unlayering is her 2nd major exhibit.