JAZMIN ERICE
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Jazmin Erice is a Filipino Visual Artist based in the unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. Her practice is anchored on finding an identity within the contemporary Filipino diaspora. She reflects on the echoing effects of colonization within her work through various mediums including sculptures, installations, paintings, and graphic design. Erice is in continual examination of her belief systems, often repurposing materials to explore possibilities of abstraction and re-imagination.
She also cofounded the Simon Fraser University – Filipino Students Association in 2021 to build a long-lasting Filipino youth community at SFU.
Graphic design projects
LOOK BOTH WAYS – BROCHURE AND POSTER
I was tasked to design the Exhibition Poster and Gallery Brochure for the BFA Graduating Exhibition 2024: Look Both Ways, circulated for the exhibition’s promotion.
Client:
Audain Gallery and SFU School Of Contemporary Arts
Year
April 2024
SFU – FSA LOGO & BRAND IDENTITY
I had the pleasure of creating the Simon Fraser University – Filipino Students Association’s logo and brand identity in 2021 as the club’s Graphics Director. The SFU-FSA was cofounded in 2021 with the goal of creating a strong Filipino youth community at SFU and sharing Filipino culture within Vancouver.
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Client: Simon Fraser University – Filipino Students Association
Year: June 2021
CLUB MERCHADISE
The SFU – FSA organization hired me in early 2026 to conceptualize their 2026 – 2027 semester club merchandise. The concept of the merchandise navigates the Filipino diaspora (a frequent motif of the club) by referencing iconic places in the Philippines. At the same time, it references OPM music lyrics from songs “Manila” by Filipino band Hotdog, and “15” by OPM musician Zild that tackle longing for homeland and a resistance to change. The merchandise will be worn and sold to club members and executives
Client
Simon Fraser University – Filipino Students Association
Year
2026
Meet the executives: social media promotion
The SFU – FSA hired me to photograph their “Meet the Team” photoshoot for their club executives for 2025 – 2026. I was also tasked to create Y2K-esque scrapbook graphics for their social media campaign aesthetics.
Client: Simon Fraser University – Filipino Students Association
Deliverables: Social media posts, photographs, posters
Year: 2025
POSTERS
UBC KABABAYAN, SFU – FSA, SULONG – UBC
Year: 2024
SFU – FSA, SFU MSSC, SFU -VSA
Year: 2024
611 Alexander Studios
Year: 2024
club merchandise campaigns
Client: SFU-FSA
Deliverables: Photographs
Year: 2024
In 2024, I was hired by the SFU – FSA as the sole-photographer of their merchandise shoot, and I was responsible for the club’s social media campaign photographs. The merch was sold in the summer of 2024, as the second-iteration of the club merchandise (sweaters & tote bags).
Artistic and cultural work presented to the public
Onsensenay epeatedray epeatedlyray SERIES, 2024 – 2025
Onsensenay epeatedray epeatedlyray conveys a complete departure from the perceived notion of a script and embraces letters as form. The work gravitates towards my relationship with language and how it bleeds into how I present myself in spaces where I can never fully articulate my thoughts. Experiencing language through the lens of the colonized, as my language retains remnants of the colonizers from whom we claim to be fully liberated. Onsensenay epeatedray epeatedlyray represents the difficulty of how different I view my native tongue and if that is because of not fully owning it, and the fact that Tagalog will always carry the speech of the colonizers but their languages will never carry mine. My work reimagines text and language completely devoid of its original purpose; to communicate, understand, and describe. It invites viewers to contemplate language as a visual entity divorced from its utilitarian function, prompting deeper reflections on cultural identity, linguistic colonization, and the complexities of self-expression.
First Exhibited:
May 2024 BFA Graduating Exhibition 2024: Look Both Ways, Audain Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Made into a Billboard for the City of Vancouver’s Launch Pad Art Program:
Inside Out Disco Ball I & II, installation, 8 inch resin casted disco balls
In Inside Out Disco Ball 1 & 2 consisting of two disco balls casted in resin to challenge the concept of the readymade. The installation is an attempt to rid the original purpose of the ready made, and completely rendering the objects useless.
April 2023
BFA Project 2023: I’ll be your Mirror
Audain Gallery, Vancouver, BC
NAutilus, 2023
Nautilus was a sculptural installation exhibited for the 611 Studios at Simon Fraser University. It was a combination of material experimentation (iridescent vinyl) and lighting as an attempt to create motion through a static sculpture. Nautilus (2023) mimicked water-like motion through the use of sound and lighting.
611 Studios, Simon Fraser University
September 2023
Hallucinations, 2022
Hallucinations was a series of abstract paintings that were installed under blue-light bulbs. The four paintings were made with use of luminous paint to depict as if the strokes were illuminating from the canvas.
Other works (not exhibited)
scatter
07.11.2023
scatter ii
08.15.2023
tick tock
2022
tick tock
2022
stained frame
2023
COnstricted
08.2022
WIKA
06.2023
Fleur de lumen
2024
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