Jai

Jai is an emerging visual artist and an omnidisciplinary designer based in Panay Island. Her body of work intersects between art, architecture, design, conservation and community organizing. A core member behind Studio Mano since 2022, she was part of the curatorial and festival management team during VIVA Excon Antique's “Suba Sa Iraya” (2023), and was involved in over 30 projects as an architectural intern at Pulseo Design Studio (2022 - 2024). In 2025, she co-initiated Pawikan Awareness and Resource Center (PARC) and became part of Dihon Sa 'Raya. Earlier this year, she participated at the Cross-Community Dialogues: Sensing the Islands and was selected to be one of the cohorts for Current Shift's sugid Dagat Commservation Workshop.