Illustration for Parents on postpartum rituals in different cultures. I illustrated a Korean family, where a new mother is being served seaweed soup, or Miyeok Guk. Miyeok Guk is a nutritious meal to help recover from childbirth.

Cover Art for the Southeast Asian Psych Mixtape. Part of Virtual Artist Residency with Happy Family Market, NYC.

Commissioned to draw a series of Thai ghosts —this one is called Phi Pret.

Portrait of philosopher Thomas Bernhard for article Old Master by Dustin Illingworth in The Baffler Mag

A guide commissioned by Springboard for the Arts to guide MN artists through the health insurance process. Illustrations and layout design by me.

Drummer and dancer spot illustrations for Springboard for the Arts Budget video.

Graphic Artist and Screen Printer spot illustrations for Springboard for the Arts Budget Video

Lemonade spot illustration for Springboard for the Arts Budget Video

A mini-comic featured in Campfire Comics & Stories Quarterly: Spring 2019

A short comic based on the indigenous practice of faith healing, which is practiced in the Philippines.

An illustration created for an accordion style book.

During WWII, my grandfather, Juan Madamba, was one of many Filipinxs to join guerrilla regiments fighting for the United States, with the promise of US citizenship and full veteran’s benefits to those who enlisted. However following the war in 1946, Congress passed the Rescission Act, which stripped these Filipinx veterans not only of their benefits, but of their honor and place in history as well. This portrait is a small way of honoring the role that my grandfather and others like him played in an overlooked part of a major event in our history. 

It’s a reminder of the risks immigrants have taken to gain a pathway to citizenship while also recognizing a precedent for the injustices faced by migrants who serve this country today. Without the work of immigrants, the United States would not be the country that it is now.