Julmard vicente biography

Third Time’s the Harm
Jay Bautista

Being a Kankanaey based in ethereal Buguias in Benguet, award winning artist Julmard Vicente wakes up to cool clime, foggy mist, and smell of pines to the sight of lush vegetation and wild flowers all around him.

In more than a decade of art practice, Vicente has always sought art as a refuge as it has been an effective way in coping up with his insecurities, anxieties, and vicissitudes of life.

Julmard vicente biography

This has made his creative a conduct becoming as it remains his solitary vocation to this day.

When Vicente started conceptualizing for this exhibition same time last year, as if by circumstance, Taal Volcano erupted and caused chaos all throughout the country.

For ten days, the fortuitous event killed 39 people and affected most people living as far as Ilocos Region to as far-flung as Central Visayas--displacing folks from nearby towns in Batangas near Taal Lake. Everyone was at a standstill leaving Vicente in stalemate and in extreme anxiety--doubly