fr. JPLA

Fr. JPLA is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans installation, performance, and contemplative visual art, emerging from a deep engagement with themes of spirituality, ritual, and cultural hybridity. Drawing on a personal history shaped by migration between continents, Fr.

JPLA’s work explores the interplay between sacred tradition and contemporary experience, often incorporating found materials, religious iconography, and participatory elements to invite viewers into moments of collective reflection. Educated in fine arts and theology, and influenced by both liturgical practices and indigenous storytelling, Fr. JPLA’s projects have been exhibited in galleries and alternative spaces internationally, as well as in the context of community-based interventions.

The artist’s evocative body of work bears witness to an ongoing search for reconciliation between ancestral memory and present-day realities, offering poignant meditations on belonging, faith, and the transformative power of art.