Chai Soo

Born on January 25, 1988 in Binondo Manila, Chai Soo, a self-taught artist grew up in a small town in Borongan, Samar. Being an only child and growing up with no parents around, she was raised with strict supervision, limiting her interaction in the outside world. She then found an ally through brushes and paints. At an early age, she found bliss in expressing herself through arts and painting.

In 2007, as she began to lead her own life, she set aside her passion and focused on making a living through the hustle and bustle in the corporate world. In early 2017, after almost a decade of dealing with the high demands and pressure at work (and life), she felt an urge to go back to her old passion — painting. It then became her definition of escape whenever she got too much on her plate. It became her voice. A dramatic reflection of her deepest thoughts, hidden emotions, and inner chaos. She uses acrylic on canvas as her medium and incorporates it with vivid colours, spontaneous bold gestures, and a number of different experimental approaches to set the tone of her work.

She hopes to inspire people through her works, to never be afraid to speak their mind and to stand up for what they believe in as that is what made her presence felt not only in the local art scene but also in the international art scene.