“Clizia”, “Clin d’œil” books and recent press

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…

Brown Palms, Yellow Balms – AAWAA April 24 – May 25, 2025 SOMArts San Francisco, CA

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…

The Garden of Love

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…

GARDENS OF GOOD AND EVIL August 30 – September 12, 2024, Meyer Gallery Santa Fe

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…

Conversations with Birds and a Squirrel

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").…

Recent press: Tatler Asia, Miroir and Positively Filipino Magazine

Thank you to everyone who has made 2023 a successful and fruitful year. Wishing you all the very best in 2024. I am super excited and grateful to kick off the new year with some recent features and mentions in Miroir Magazine, Tatler Asia/Philippines and Positively Filipino Magazine. What makes artists’ practice meaningful is their…

On process and desire: Trebuchet Magazine

Installation photo courtesy of Dorothy Circus Gallery I would like to thank Trebuchet Magazine for the recent article "Love, Longing and Desire: Fatima Ronquillo Interview" written by Lidia Milliterno. Please follow the link to read about my process and influences and about my most recent show "Amore: An Ode to Love" at the Dorothy Circus…

Art Taipei: PINK ME UP October 20-23, 2023

My painting, "Pink Flag" is on exhibit October 20-23, at the Dorothy Circus Gallery Booth H17 in this year's Art Taipei International Art Fair. “Pink Flag” is a celebration of hope and resilience. The child in the painting, wearing a crown of golden myrtle—symbolic of a bloodless victory—is in the act of staking a pink…

“AMORE: An Ode to Love” at Dorothy Circus Gallery London Oct 12 – Nov 4, 2023

I am thrilled to announce "Amore: An Ode to Love" my new show at the Dorothy Circus Gallery in London, UK. The intimate focus show runs from October 12 thru November 4, 2023. Four paintings explore the pleasures and pains of love. The paintings in “Amore: An Ode to Love” are an amalgamation of personages…

Alexa Hampton x FREDERIC: 52 Weeks of Design

This week I am no. 34 on Alexa Hampton's 52 Weeks of Design, a campaign celebrating artists, designers and tastemakers, now continuing into its 5th year! FREDERIC Magazine has come on board this year. FREDERIC recently did a profile on me and I have the honor of chatting with design editor Hudson Moore on Thursday…