| “Diko Alam” is a pun and loosely translated in English as “Don’t Know” as one of the exhibits to close out 2024 for Vinyl on Vinyl Gallery featuring Diko aka Gabriel Tiongson, a visual artist born and bred in the Philippines who now resides in New Zealand carving his artistry at Kiwi Land is something always to look forward to the shows he gets the spotlight with his works.
This is Diko’s second show following a two-artist exhibit with Mimaaaaaaaaw at the Grey Space Gallery in September of the same year. For this exhibit, Diko let his visitors express themselves through art using chalk on the floor, which you don’t see in most exhibits as the artist wants to show his visitors their hidden artistry. |
If last year’s “Critical Hit” is about handing off his sketch art to those passing through his solo exhibit, this year he lets everyone express themselves by scribbling on the floor to unlock his visitor’s hidden creativity with the use of colourful chalks. There’s something about Diko’s personality of connecting with random people and those who have been following his work since he started more than a decade ago.
Of course, there are his works on exhibit at the VOV Gallery with inspirations to 90’s cartoons and things in-between he sees in his travels from his home in New Zealand and what he will find in his next trip to Japan.
Truly a gentleman, Diko also inspires the younger generation with some of his followers being young parents Bringing their kids to the gallery would spark some inspiration letting them interact with his work through art.
In case you won’t be able to see some of his featured works at the gallery, here are some of them housed in one room to give you that inspiration too!
“Diko Alam" is the latest Solo Show featuring DIKO Art that opened on 6 December 2024 and will be taking space at one of Vinyl on Vinyl’s galleries for the next two to three weeks for the month.
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