"These jewel-like paintings intuitively fuse different aesthetic traditions, folk art and old master, with natural grace and an uncanny quality that may be a species of magic." —American Arts Quarterly
My painting "Clasped Hands with Silk Moths and Lover's Eye" is gracing the frontispiece and end-pages with the detail of the lover's eye on the cover of Niccolò Machiavelli's Clizia published by Mondadori. "Clasped Hands with Silk Moths and Lover's Eye"12x9 inches, oil on panel. private collection.©2022 Fatima Ronquillo I am also very excited to…
I am very honored to have been invited to participate in the "Brown Palms, Yellow Balms: Reinventing Caregivers of Color" exhibition co-presented by AAWAA (Asian American Women Artists Association) and APICC (Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center) for the 28th Annual United States of Asian America Festival (USAAF). The show opens on Thursday, April 24, 2025…
LYF Les Yeux Fertiles Spring/Summer 2025Out of the Ordinarypages 80-85 "Seek Around" Interview I am most interested in the ambivalent gaze. A gaze without a fixed emotion is one that can transfix viewers and lead them to imbue their own feelings to the persona represented. Such a gaze can also be one caught in the…
Three new paintings are now available at the Meyer Gallery in Santa Fe. These new works have been inspired by gardens, Tudor and Elizabethan embroidery, and the poetry of William Blake. It is a fragile idea, that of Paradise, the idyll of childhood. We leave this garden of love and grow into the constraints of…
Tatler Watches and Jewellery Guide 2024 "The Eyes Have It" by Melanie Grant Published December 2024 pp. 54-56 View PDF Article Here
Beautiful Bizarre MagazineISSUE 46 September 2024"Through Eyes Bound by Love" by Addison Devereaux pages 74-79. print.
American Art Collector September 2024, pp. 96-97. Print. Fatima Ronquillo: Multicultural Inspiration Thank you to American Art Collector for the lovely article previewing my upcoming show "Gardens of Good and Evil" at the Meyer Gallery in Santa Fe. The show runs from August 30 thru September 12, 2024.
I am pleased to announce my upcoming show at the Meyer Gallery in Santa Fe: "Gardens of Good and Evil" August 30 thru September 12, 2024. Please join us for an opening reception on Friday, August 30, 5-7 pm. My obsession for all things floral and beastly continues in "Gardens of Good and Evil". I…
Tatler Philippines February 2024 "Of Art and Love"by Angela Nicole Guiral Feature Articlepp. 138-143. Print. "The spellbinding and visually-striking art of celebrated painter Fatima Ronquillo takes inspiration from her Filipino roots" ~ Angela Nicole Guiral
Two new paintings are available at the Meyer Gallery in Park City. Bellini and Holbein have been direct visual inspirations for these coupled with books I am currently reading on birds of Santa Fe (Priyanka Kumar's excellent "Conversations with Birds") and a 17th Century book on the care and feeding of songbirds ("Pasta for Nightingales").…
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