Jo Balbarona

Joan Antonio Balbarona, a self-taught artist, was born on March 8, 1977 in Hindang, Leyte. She studied Food Science and Technology at UP Los Baños. In 2013, she studied at the Art Students League of New York under the tutelage of the well-known abstractionist Ronnie Landfield. Balbarona was one of the finalists in the non-representational category in the 2017 GSIS national art competition, and a finalist in the 2017 Metrobank Art and Design Excellence (MADE) competition for her sculpture entitled “The Colony.”