Norberto Roldan

Norberto Roldan’s practice is rooted in political issues. His installations, assemblages and paintings of found objects, text fragments and found images address issues surrounding everyday life and collective memory. His artistic process engages with ways in which material objects are re-appropriated in another context. As a political activist during the dictatorial regime of Ferdinand Marcos Sr., he founded Black Artists in Asia (BAA), a group with a socially and politically progressive practice, immediately after the People Power Revolution in 1986. During his self-exile in Sydney between 1987 and 1989, Roldan organised and curated the Philippine contemporary art exhibition Images of the Continuing Struggle at Artspace.

During his residency Roldan is developing work for the 2026 Biennale of Sydney, Rememory.