EA & H Reading Visual Arts

Student Name: Jade C. Abadiez Date: September 13, 2022

Course and Year Level: BSBA-Financial Management 3 rd Year
Activity: Artist Profile

1) Select one local painter in Mindanao and input their details, their artworks, and
awards that the artist received. Also, among all his paintings, select one of his/her
works and explain the reason why you selected that specific painting. Attach the
artist’s photo and paintings to the box provided below.

Salima Silagon is proudly Talaandig, an indigenous tribe of Bukidnon, and is among the
most known soil painters there, second only to her elder brother Rodelio “Waway”
Linsahay Saway, the recognized father of Talaandig soil painting.

Entering her home along the highway that leads to barangay Songco in Lantapan,
Bukidnon, is like being Alice falling into the rabbit hole. (That’s in Alice in Wonderland
for those who are not familiar with children’s classic literature).

She’s one of the artists featured in TheBauhaus’ maiden exhibit at Dona Vicenta Village
in Bajada, Davao City (near Chowking Bajada), and her single artwork there gives you a
hint to her attention to details, the delicateness of her strokes, and her narrative. That
painting is entitled, “Inu Sa Tagu Hu Bukag Nu (What’s Inside Your Basket)?” where the
basket is the mind of the person and thus asks if what is inside is relevant to humanity.
This painting is small, just 2 feet x 2 feet.

She takes her art seriously, and sees this as the manifestation of her name. The
youngest of the brood of 18 of Datu Kinulintang, who in his lifetime served as the overall
chieftain of the Talaandig tribe but who died at the age of 72 when she was just five.
The first set of siblings is where Waway and two other known tribal leaders, Datu
Adolino (Makapukaw) and Datu Victorino (MIgketay) belong. They have seven siblings
from the second mother, and three from Salima’s mother. It was when she was 15 years
old when Waway encouraged her to use soil as medium because it’s free and she can
make as many as she wants. She has since grown as an artist who is grounded.

“First, it’s a reminder of our connection to the earth. Second, it reminds me of how
important the soil is to our lives. Third, it’s free. Fourth, it has a soothing hue. Five, it
reminds me that I have the responsibility as a human to take care of the earth,” she said
of soil painting. She also recalled what her mother Bai Tinangkil has said about soil
painting, that it is a reminder of their indigenous spirituality, and that of being humble.
Salima has exhibited her artworks through Kalinawa Art Awards Foundation, Bae
Mindanao, Agyu sa Lupa and Huning Lumad. During the Singapore Biennale 2013: If
the World Changed event, Salima and the Talaandig Artist Group stages an art exhibit
entitles Memories of the Peoples of the Earth: The Revolution of the Talaandig People
at the gallery of the Singapore Art Museum, the National Museum of Singapore and the
Peranakan Museum. In the month of May 2019 she exhibited her works through
KULARTs Incorporated during the 2019 International Arts Festival San Francisco,
California, USA.

Reference: https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1848517/davao/weekend/salima