This is an excerpt from MEGA's April 2025 Arts and Culture feature As a young art student on a budget in Europe, Olivia d'Aboville had to be resourceful. She would collect leftover packaging and plastics to cut, trim, and weave into her works. She did a loot of recycling as an art student, and this practice continued even after she graduated with honors from ESAA Duperré in Paris, with a Diploma in Arts and Textile Crafts specializing in textile structures. Nowadays, the French-Filipino d'Aboville is acclaimed for her innovative use of Philippine textiles and commitment to sustainability. She is also head curator for the Malasimbo Festival, a board member for the D'Aboville Foundation, a wife, and a mother. RELATED: Want to Get a Tattoo? Crimson River Tattoo’s Got You Local influences and natural textiles d’Aboville’s French heritage partly informs her artistic perspective, particularly in relation to textile history. France was […]
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