Ari Turalba

Ari Turalba is an emerging interdisciplinary artist whose work moves across photography, film, graphic design, fashion and jewelry design. Trained in film production, she maintains an open and evolving practice shaped by experimentation, collaboration, and project-based making. Her work does not follow a single fixed medium, but develops through different visual forms depending on the needs of each project.
She works closely with her mother, Josephine Turalba on a range of artistic research projects, contributing through visual development, photography, design, and production support. Alongside this collaborative work, her current independent research focuses on nightlife, urban youth culture, and gendered spectatorship in Poblacion, Makati, explored through photography and curatorial research toward a future photobook. Her Master’s dissertation examined Philippine film distribution infrastructure and questions of national identity in cinema, reflecting a broader investment in the future of the local film industry.