Yana Ofrasio

Yana Ofrasio Abstract Artist and Creative Collaborator exploring the intersection of mark-making and creative placemaking 🌞

Ano ang makikita mo sa isang kalyeng malaya? Kitakits tayo mamaya para maglaro at matuto mula sa isa’t isa!! Marunong ka...
22/11/2025

Ano ang makikita mo sa isang kalyeng malaya? Kitakits tayo mamaya para maglaro at matuto mula sa isa’t isa!! Marunong ka ba magkwento ng dugtong-dugtong? E, tanda mo pa ba paano mag-patintero, piko, o chinese garter? Kailan nga ba tayo huling nakapaglaro ulit? Halina’t Makisalo kasama ang ating mga kaibigan mula sa , sina para matuto gumawa ng sarili ninyong DIY CHALK! Tara!! Malaking pasasalamat sa mga kaibigan natin mula sa sa paglaan ng materyales at espasyo sa kanilang Mess Studio upang mabuo natin ang ating PAHINGAHAN CORNER, isang munting kanto sa kalye ng Escolta kung saan tayo ay maaaring mag-art, magkwentuhan, at mangarap muli para sa mas malayang at mapagpalayang mga daan. Lahat ng ito ay bilang pakikisama sa pagdiriwang ng sa sa kahabaan ng Escolta!

Mula 10am hanggang 6pm mamayang gabi, makisalo tayo sa mga ganap na buong-pusong pinaghandaan ng ating mga kaibigan mula sa iba’t ibang grupo. Excited na kaming makalaro kayo!! Tara na!

Poster illustration by .tokiwa.__
With special thanks to Makisalo Friends , , , , , , and all of YOU!! 🤲🏼 Umpisa palang ito ng isang linggong puno ng kulay at kwento!! Kitakits!!

Flowers for our Mother, flowers for our Motherland ✊🏼💐💥 proud and privileged to be out with all of you today, we carry e...
21/09/2025

Flowers for our Mother, flowers for our Motherland ✊🏼💐💥 proud and privileged to be out with all of you today, we carry each other in every step. Please be safe and protect each other while we fight for our right and freedom out this very corrupted system.

Thank you .cat and all the artists and friends we got to create and protest with today.

Mary Queen of Peace, please pray for us.

We finally opened the studio today. I'm in disbelief, and feeling almost too tired to rest. So grateful for everyone, al...
04/06/2025

We finally opened the studio today. I'm in disbelief, and feeling almost too tired to rest. So grateful for everyone, all your support, presence, and your trust. We waded through so much grief moving, cleaning, and sorting objects. We accomplished something deeply meaningful, which felt impossible until it wasn't.

Still overwhelmed and unable to fully process it all…
But in this quiet moment, I just want to say Thank you.

And especially to this one I love, .dane.kasi — with you, I feel God’s grace.

Dearest friends, inviting you all to my workshop this June 1st! where we finally get to collab with our friends at 🤲🏼🪷 ...
28/05/2025

Dearest friends, inviting you all to my workshop this June 1st! where we finally get to collab with our friends at 🤲🏼

🪷 Marks that move: an exploration on the intersections of play, process, and place, using abstract art and mark-making

🪷 When: June 1, Sunday
🪷 Where: our favorite
🪷 Fees: ₱2,000 — inclusive of materials use and light snacks. Participants will be bringing home every artwork they make.

🪷 In this 4-hour session, we will continue with exploring space by using our bodies as tools for expression. What can we learn about ourselves by how our body moves through materials?

🪷 Kindly wear clothes that allow you to move freely, and help you to comfortably and safely express yourself 🤲🏼

Hope you can join me in this special journey! 🫶🏼

Photo credit: of ☀️

Today, grief feels like a clog in the heart.Grief looks like a small box of photos and bus tickets, tucked away in what ...
28/05/2025

Today, grief feels like a clog in the heart.

Grief looks like a small box of photos and bus tickets, tucked away in what used to be an art studio. The space that once held life and art, now houses memories covered in dirt, dust, and objects undefined.

If you're able, this week, we’re reclaiming that space.
We’ll be cleaning, repainting, and slowly reviving my old studio in preparation for a beautiful collaboration this June.

I can’t promise this will be light work, but I hope it helps us carry one another through the heavy objects and silences. We deserve to flow, to breathe even in grief.

🤲🏼 Makisalo Open House: Collective Cleaning
📅 May 29, Thursday | 🕐 1–5PM
📍 Makisalo Open House, Bangkal, Makati
📩 Message me for more details

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What to bring / prep:
🧤 Clothes you don’t mind getting messy
🪣 Extra rags or cleaning cloths
🧽 Cleaning tools if you have (basahan, dustpan, etc.)
🎶 Cleaning playlist (optional but welcome!)
💧 Water bottle
💛 Stories, quiet company, or just your presence

Thank you for being here with me.

Even in the twilight of your life,You remained the brightest light,no longer by the window,but you never went out.You gl...
11/05/2025

Even in the twilight of your life,
You remained the brightest light,

no longer by the window,
but you never went out.

You glowed and asked for nothing,
You gave everything.

Mother is a window

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Honoring all Mothers today and every day. Hugging every kind of Mama on this special day. I made this for you. I love you.

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She passed away on a quiet rainy Thursday afternoon, 4:10pm on March 21st, 2024. The last thing I remember her telling m...
21/03/2025

She passed away on a quiet rainy Thursday afternoon, 4:10pm on March 21st, 2024. The last thing I remember her telling me was 'Okay, balik ka agad', and I pray my brain remembers if she said I love you or if I did, but in the moment I honestly couldn't remember anymore. Mama carried a lot of pain in her 65 years of life, and she carried it with grace and softness. "Nearer to the Cross, nearer to Christ" and "Let go, and let God" were her most devoted reminders which came most needed during her final moments.

It's now been a year since she joined her Mom, Dad, and all our dearly departed loved ones. We pray for their eternal rest and celebrate a light that got extinguished in one way but got reignited in a million, billion more ways.

In every little moment, and in every single person, I see her light in their eyes. She gives me hope and leads the way, back to myself and then back to God.

Thankful and grateful for each of you who commemorated this day with us, I'll make time to give all those who asked for a painting, a special one just for them. You all make this journey of grief a beautiful one. God bless us all, I love you so much. 🤲🏼❤️‍🩹

18 small artworks to commemorate our Mama's 1st Death Anniversary tomorrow, March 21st, 2025. Sharing these, for free, a...
20/03/2025

18 small artworks to commemorate our Mama's 1st Death Anniversary tomorrow, March 21st, 2025.

Sharing these, for free, as a token of gratitude to you all and would love for them to find homes with you, my friends who really help me get through the journey of daily grief 🌸 Will write a special message at the back for each one, my only hope is that everytime you see these artworks, help say a prayer for our Mama, our Lola, and our Tita, who joined our Creator last year this month within days of each other.

+Maria Dolores R. Ofrasio
+Dinah Tupas Rafols
+Fe S. Tupas

Please feel free to message me or reply in the prompt if you would like to receive one. Thank you! 🤲🏼❤️‍🩹

Women hold space by holding each other. ❤️‍🩹We celebrate Women’s month by sharing some precious photos of some of the be...
11/03/2025

Women hold space by holding each other. ❤️‍🩹

We celebrate Women’s month by sharing some precious photos of some of the beautifully vulnerable women who participated during Day Two of workshop and dialogue: “As if we were already here” held last February 12th all over .ph.

Continuous exploration of using Abstract Art as a tool for Creative Placemaking. In partnership with .dvo, .ph and

Much much gratitude to everyone involved in this series, 📸 credits to for these captured moments.

collaborations with the sun at .ph 🌞
06/03/2025

collaborations with the sun at .ph 🌞

When you lose hope but beautiful souls help you find your way back, it can look like this:On the 1st of February, a spec...
02/03/2025

When you lose hope but beautiful souls help you find your way back, it can look like this:

On the 1st of February, a special group of people showed up with me to flesh out a very vague idea to conduct workshops about the advocacy of using abstract art as a tool for creative placemaking. They all made me feel seen and heard, so much so that right after our meeting, I felt so empowered and inspired to paint again. I felt like ‘me’ again. (Photo 3 & 4)

Relying on my skills, I started to paint again but the barrier between my idea and my output was just too big, I was trying to be the same ‘artist’ I used to be and I struggled so much in expressing that I broke apart and lost the little hope I had in myself, in my art. (Photo 5)

The morning of the exhibition I couldn’t bring myself to move. Participating in a group exhibit again means the world to me but I did not feel honest if I sent in an older work— but I also wasn’t confident enough to submit what I had just made. Broke down again— but this time, someone held out a hopeful hand and responded with so much love and understanding, I felt safe to participate again. (Photo 6)

Showing up that day was the most anxiety-inducing thing I had to do for myself in a long time, but because I was there, I got to meet the most beautiful souls and make new friends too. (Photo 7, 8 & 9)

It’s been a relatively quiet journey coming back into refining life through art, and even though I’m posting about this a month after it happened, I still can’t quite comprehend how amazing and scary life can be when you start to have HOPE again.

Our Mama said she’d be okay enduring all the pain while here on earth if it would mean a chance for all of us to see each other again someday in Heaven, so I’m holding out hope for that too, and that’s why the first painting i’ve done since her passing is this little acrylic piece on 30x30” wood panel, entitled “Heaven is a risk i’ll take”. (Photo 2)

Here’s to more risks to find hope within grief, and to the beautiful souls we connect with along the journey. Thank you to everyone who was part of this journey with me. I love you.

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