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ABOUT THE DRAWER


KRING Demetrio is an illustrator based in Cebu City, Philippines.

Kring’s passion for visual storytelling began with her early fascination for her grand-uncle's folkloric museum. It housed her father's archaeological finds and exhibited surrealist, historical, and fantastical paintings by local artists which continue to deeply inform her work.

She creates interior and cover illustrations for books, magazines, and similar visual media that evoke a sense of eerie intrigue and sometimes macabre. Her constant aspiration is to portray themes of Philippine culture, pre-colonial folklore, world mythology, and her own queer experiences within her images.

For her training, she is largely self-taught but has undergone art mentorships with SmART School and Visual Arts Passage programs. In 2018, she won the Lampara Books Illustrator Prize from the Philippines.

When not drawing, she's either living other lives through books and video games or talking to her plants. She occasionally enjoys archery and musical theater.

She lives with her partner and their cats.


+ SELECTED CLIENTS


Metaphorosis Publishing, ColorIt, Strange Horizons Magazine, Smith Street Books, Chaosium Inc., Magpie Games, Lampara Books Publishing, Elemento PH, The New Naratif, Davey Langit Music, Spirits of the Philippine Archipelago

+ RECOGNITION & PUBLICATIONS

smARTSchool January Art Prize 2024 | Honorable Mention

The 4th ASEAN-Philippines Digital Art Contest | Third Place

Kaleidotrope Magazine, Jun 2023

Strange Horizons Magazine, May 2023 | Undog

Infected by Art Vol 11 | Silver Honors: Pen/Ink/Pencil Category

Graphika Manila Annual Artbook 2022

Graphika Manila Art E-book Feb 2022

Strange Horizons Magazine, Jan 2022 | Gentle Dragon Fires

ImagineFX, Issue 208 | Art FXposé

Infected by Art Vol 10

Infected by Art Vol 9

The New Naratif | Artists Respond: the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020

Spectrum 26: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art

The 7th Lampara Books Illustrator's Prize (Philippines) | Winner

Infected by Art Vol 7 | Honorable Mention: Pen/Ink/Pencil Category

House of Illustration & Folio Society's Book Illustration Competition 2019 | Longlist

Graphika Manila Annual Artbook 2018


+ SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023
POWER IN NUMBERS 8, Gallery Nucleus, Alhambra, CA, USA
DESCENDANTS II: A Queer Art Show, Jose T Joya Gallery, Cebu City, PH

2022
CABF: ESTORYANG BINOTBOT, Qube Gallery, Cebu City, PH
A NEW EARTH, KalawakanSpaceTime Gallery, Quezon City, Manila, PH
FAMILIAR STRANGERS Online Group Exhibit, WOWxWOW Gallery, UK
COSMIC ELIXIR Online Group Exhibit, WOWxWOW Gallery, UK

2021
THE END IS NIGH, Light Grey Art Lab Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, USA

2020
MICROVISIONS 3 Online Group Exhibit, WOWxWOW Gallery, UK
National Arts Month: ASSEMBLAGE, Robinsons Galleria, Cebu City, PH
HELLO LO LO LO: Sex and Innuendo, Jose T Joya Gallery, Cebu City, PH

2019
VANITY: In The Pursuit of Beauty, Jose T Joya Gallery, Cebu, PH
WHILE THE WHIRLWIND WHISPERS (LGBT Exhibit), Joya Gallery, Cebu, PH
TASTEFUL NUDES, Light Grey Art Lab Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, USA

2018
FUTURISM, Robinsons Galleria, Cebu City, PH
SCC: BRAVERY & STRENGTH, Artissimo Arthouse, Cebu City, PH
L O O S E , Mr Griddle Studio Space, Banilad, Cebu City, PH
RESURGENCE, Light Grey Art Lab Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, USA

2017
SWARM, Light Grey Art Lab Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, USA
SCC: GHIBLI TRIBUTE EXHIBITION, iioffice, Cebu City, PH
CAMOUFLAGE, Light Grey Art Lab Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, USA

2016
SCC: TAROT AND MYSTICS EXHIBITION, UP Cebu, Cebu City, PH
MIDNIGHT, Light Grey Art Lab Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, USA
NEVER ODD OR EVEN, Light Grey Art Lab Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, USA

2015
HER/A : An All Female Exhibit, 856G Gallery, Mandaue City, Cebu, PH


+ INTERVIEWS & FEATURES

ARTCebu Artist Spotlight
At Home with GMA RTV: Spotlight Artist Interview (Cebuano)
SunStar Cebu Artist Feature
Podcast Historias by Alphecca Perpetua - Ep.4: Babaye Pa, Artist Pa?… (English/Cebuano)
Liwayway Magazine Review of Ang Lumang Makina ni Lola Mina (Filipino)
L O O S E Exhibit Feature in SunStar Cebu Weekend