Lk Rigor’s practice moves along the matrices of researching, writing, curating, and archiving.

Her plane of interest spans (but is not limited to) the following:

archival photographs as a tool to interrogate history,

formation and activation of archives in contemporary art,

curatorial play in alternative spaces,

&

thoughtful and experimental transmission of texts as carriers of thought.

As an independent researcher, her current focus is finding women photographers in the Philippines who were active in the post-World War II era (1946-1960s). This project is supported by the Peter E. Palmquist Memorial Fund of the Humboldt Area Foundation + Wild Rivers Community Foundation.

As a cultural worker in Manila (who realistically cannot survive with just one job), she wears many hats: coordinator at the Kalaw-Ledesma Foundation, curator and event organizer at 98B COLLABoratory, editor at WritingFoto, among others. She has also contributed to Cartellino, ArtAsiaPacific, and TheCollector.

With time and resources (and luck), she tries to participate in international workshops. In 2024, she was part of an exchange program organized by Taiwan Art Space Alliance and Taiwan-Asia Exchange Foundation. This year, she will be co-learning with other arts professionals in Para Site.

Finally, she is at the last stretch of finishing her master’s degree in Art Studies (Curatorial Studies) in University of the Philippines Diliman. She hopes to finish by 2025 so if ever you meet her, ask her about her thesis.

^{Bio updated July 2, 2025 · Photo by Earvin Perias}