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anata laylay (they/them) is a trans nonbinary Filipinx curator, ancestral medicine worker, and textile artist from the rivers and hills in Hagonoy, Bulacan and Catanauan, Quezon. anata laylay is currently living on stolen and unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, səlilwətaɬ land. As a curator, their practice centres Filipinx history, healing, Kapwa, and the QTBIPOC experience led by community collaboration and slow, intentional creation.

With curation and storytelling at the heart of their practice, their art mediums have extended into working with photography, graphic design, colour-grading, community research, and most recently, fibre-arts, weaving, and cyanotype. Their exhibitions such as, "bahay na babalik-balikan" or "lagi akong uuwi" have been shown in the Lower Mainland and their digital art has been shared in Canada, the Philippines, California, and New York. anata laylay is currently part of the Balikbayan Cohort with Centre A and the Future Artist-in-Residence program with Future Arts Network until spring 2026. Through different iterations, anata laylay continuously works with themes of shared histories, liberation, connection, climate justice, and ancestral practices.

Outside of art, anata laylay is deeply focused on community organizing, activism, and continuing to learn as a Filipinx healer and ritual worker. They are committed to honouring their ancestors, community care, decolonization and fighting for national democracy and genuine liberation!

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