Jofre Nachor

Jofre is a full time multi-disciplinary painter. His works are defined by various results of interweaving realism with abstraction, figuration and neo expressionism. He considers himself as an “outsider” borne not by the school of art but by the art itself, heavily influenced by a community of artists back in the 90’s called PANDAY PIRA (Pandayan ng Pilipinong Kultura), schooled by Borlongan, Mondejar and other great masters of ABAY (Artista ng Bayan) in the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.

Jofre went on a hiatus in 1996, to pursue Brand Film Making. It took another 20 years before the repressed images triumphed to emerge back on Jofre’s canvas once more. For Jofre, art is a form of salvation from the depths of extreme anxiety and depression. Mental Health Awareness is the theme of Jof’re’s visuals, his images go deeply into the psyche as a form of introspection and self-discovery, on confronting the pain and the glory of finding one’s true purpose for being.