is a visual artist and researcher from

Sacramento, California exploring the edges of vulnerability and media. Graduating with a BA in Photography just pre-Instagram, and an MFA in Visual Studies during the pandemic -Trina uses satire to expose life under capital extremes. Using the many layers of current understanding, Trina comments on digital/real, personal/private, and Filipino/American dichotomies through essay and photograph. ‘Souvenir’ style ephemera takes the form of zines and merchandise, reminiscent of being a perpetual tourist looking for signs of home. 

Visual work and research on photography and social media has been presented at PCA/ACA, SECAC, and the Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago and published by Birchwood Palace Industries and MNartists. Trina produces socially engaged and practically aware photography workshops under the Center of Photography for Non-Photographers, bringing accessibility to the medium at the intersection of social/practice.
 

Books are available to purchase, @backofbeyondpress @birchwoodpalace,  and @printedmatter.

Photo books and zines are available at these places where 100% of the profits go to keeping spaces like them alive:

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Philippines

Everything's Fine

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United Kingdom

Photobook Cafe/ Photobook Shop

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USA

World's Best Comics and Toys

Extreme Noise Records