Margery Cercado
Better Together Resident
Margery Cercado is a Queer, second-generation Filipinx American artist based in Seattle, the ancestral land of the Duwamish people. Her parents immigrated to the United States from the areas of Pilar, Capiz and Balasan, Iloilo in The Philippines. Though raised in and just outside of Seattle, her identity was formed by her family’s voyages back to the Motherland of Panay. Her practice seeks to understand oneself as a diasporic individual and explores interconnected themes such as labor, colonization, history and class through disciplines like sculpture, installation and printmaking. Emphasizing natural materials, found objects and imagery associated with nature and The Philippines, Margery’s craft-based, process-heavy work acknowledges the often-forgotten labor of one’s hands in creation and storytelling. She recently received her MFA through the Low-Residency program at The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA). She currently lives, makes and teaches in Seattle.
