Jojo Legaspi creates intriguing portraits that draw on his interests in psychology and memory. His pastel drawings express with a sense of great mystery and drama the internal conflict within the Philippine psyche, as he seems to experience it. Jojo Legaspi graduated from University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts in 1986. His solo exhibitions are: “Philippines Contemporary Art - Jose Legaspi”, Soka Art Center, Beijing, China (2013), “The Drawing Room”, Makati City, Manila, Philippines (2012). Selected group exhibitions and fairs include: “The Islands of the Day Before”, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan (2013), “Earth and Elsewhere: Contemporary Works from the Collection - Queensland Art Gallery”, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia (2013), “Beyond The Self: Contemporary Portraiture from Asia”, The Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art, Adelaide, Australia (2012), “Stories of Dreams and Realities”, Rossi & Rossi Ltd, London, UK (2011), “Beyond The Self”, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, Australia (2011), “Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia”, Arario Cheonan, Cheonan-si, Korea, Seoul (2010), “Dorodoro, Doron. The Uncanny World in Folk and Contemporary Art in Asia”, and Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art,Japan (2009).