Artist’s and Curator’s Talk: 6 June 2026 (Sat) 3-4pm

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10 Chancery Lane Gallery is pleased to present We Are The Sea, a solo exhibition by Filipino artist Josephine Turalba, curated by Caroline Ha Thuc. Drawing inspiration from Pacific thinker Epeli Hauʻofa’s powerful declaration—“We are the sea, we are the ocean”—Turalba invites audiences to shift perspective: from land-bound isolation to an expansive, oceanic worldview in which no island stands alone and all beings are interconnected. 

[ABOUT THE ARTIST]

Josephine Turalba (Born in 1965 in Manila, Philippines) is a Manila-based transdisciplinary artist whose work explores issues of divide and convergence within a volatile geopolitical world order. Her nomadic relation to various forms of media, including performance, installation, experimental video, tapestry, photography, and painting, allows her to delve into her obsessions with sociopolitical narratives, myths, and personal histories. Addressing power struggles over contested waters, she reframes these conflicts through leather and bullet shell tapestries, using a hydro-feminist lens.

Turalba is a highly accomplished artist and academic. She has showcased her work at prestigious events and institutions worldwide, including the London Biennale, Cairo Biennale, and Venice Biennale. She has served in various leadership roles, including as Director of Arts-Based Research at the Philippine Women's University and as a Research Fellow at the MIT Future Heritage Lab and Program for Arts, Culture, and Technology. Turalba holds a Master's degree in Research from Sint-Lucas Antwerpen, KdG Belgium, as well as an MFA in New Media from the Transart Institute, validated by Donau Universität Krems, Austria.

[ABOUT THE CURATOR]

Dr. Caroline Ha Thuc is an independent Hong Kong based art historian, researcher and curator. Specialized in Asian contemporary art, Ha Thuc’s field of research focuses on research-based art practices and the emergence of alternative modes of knowledge production. She contributes to different magazines such as ArtPress in France and Artomity in Hong Kong and is a lecturer at Lingnan University where she is teaching curating practices and ecocriticism. As a curator, she focuses on promoting dialogue between artists from different cultures, while reflecting on social, ecological and political contemporary issues. Her book ’The Ocean Manifesto,’ commissioned by the French Agency for Development was published by JBE Books for the UN Conference on the Ocean in June 2025. It features artists from across the world whose practices address the issues of marine ecosystems and question our collective representation of the ocean.

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