Mango Peeler

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MANGO PEELER

I am a Filipino-Canadian Artist Athlete born and raised in Mississsauga. After 15 years of working and living in Toronto, I now live a on a farm in rural Elora, Ontario near the Grand River.

I produce large scale, murals, installations, live community focussed screenprinting and running activations. I work in a diverse range of media including collage, screen printing, installation, fashion, video, projection, workshops, tropical botanica, and performative athletics.

Repetition, nature and running fuel my artistic process. My dynamic art practice involves the collecting, sorting and patterning of found ephemera from my daily training runs and site specific research. I am passionate in the convergence of artistic and athletic practices, nature, community engagement.

I am known on the international art & running scene as ‘MANGO PEELER’ for my vibrant collage aesthetic, and I am interested in bringing people together through colour, energy and beautifying my environment. My multi-layered aesthetic emphasizes the deep, rich histories and cultural diversity of the landscapes I study and run.

I have run 6 marathons, including 2 World Majors, Boston & Chicago.

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Artist Statement
‘Blue skies, Smiling at me, Nothing but blue skies, Do I see’

I found this old Willie Nelson cassette tape and played this song over and over in my truck while driving the country roads in Elora, Ontario, where I now call home. The album is called Stardust and the song is called ‘Blue Skies’.

A year and a half ago I moved to the country to find an alternative way of life, after 15 years of living and working in Toronto’s urban landscape. I grew up fly fishing on the Grand River here with my dad, having outdoor adventures with my family and always dreaming of one day moving out here. I've also been off of social media for more than a year, and I feel refreshed. Having space, open air and less distractions has also helped find peace and solitude especially during the COVID-19 Pandemic when this artwork was created. My move to to Elora has re-enforced finding alternatives in landscape can harvest a new energy and inspire a new vision.

I've been re-discovering my love of nature, slowing down and digging deeper into my craft. I've been exploring my natural circadian rhythm, my grandparents were Mango farmers in the Philippines, waking up at the crack of dawn to do field work. I run where the wind takes me and I’m always mesmerized by the hypnotic windmills and the open blue skies that energize all the solar panels here in the country. I moved to a farm and my studio is in a renovated old cattle barn that runs off of geothermal loops. The farmhouse I live in was established by a Mennonite family in 1894. Though antiquated, the farmhouse has been running off of geothermal energy for the last 25 years. I’ve always been fascinated with renewable energy and living off the grid.

Last summer I moved to the country with little expectations or a plan, just following a fresh feeling and in search of simplicity. Going back to my roots has lead me to this research for new alternatives of energy and finding a place to call home. The current of the river called me here perhaps to find that Willie Nelson tape, and I’ve had Blue Skies on loop since.