Their practice explores fantasmatic reconstruction and socio-ecological relations through a mode of world-building that treats self-histories as a wayfinding device. Drawing from these provisional coordinates, they (re)imagine and (re)produce narratives that bring environments and systems into relation through speculative forms and situational shifts. Their work moves within lived and material conditions, gradually forming a larger constructed ecology. Fantasy operates within this process as a method of reconfiguration.
Alongside their visual practice, they co-founded Relic Suspension, a multidisciplinary platform for research, curation, and collaborative practice. They also work with sound through DJing under the moniker sonchauni and are closely involved in alternative cultural spheres as a cultural worker and organizer across music, nightlife, and artist-led initiatives. These interconnected practices extend their interest in embodiment, collective experience, and the cultural ecosystems formed around them.
Assi Abogado is currently based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, via Angono, Rizal, Philippines.
Artistic Work and Research
Concept Development
Project and Event Management
Branding and Identity
Spatial Installations
Printed Matters
DJ and Music Curation
2019-2021
Bachelor of Arts in Multimedia Arts
De La Salle - College of Saint Benilde
2015-2017
Art and Design Major
Philippine Women’s University
2012-2014
Visual Arts Major
Philippine High School for the Arts
2026-2027
Salama bint Hamdan Emerging Artists Fellowship, Cohort 13
2026
Pseudo-Totems
Secta ArtHub, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2025
Tindahan Sa Tahanan Co.
WH46 Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Cycles of Change: A Journey in Seven Passages
Bayt AlMamzar, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Neon Neon
Manarat Al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
2024
The Open Secret
Skene, Drottninggatan Malmö, Sweden
KultFilmKlubb, Budakeszi Hungary
Millennium Film Workshop, New York, USA
Creative Cluster, Vienna, Austria
Wild at Heart/Weird on Top
Instituto Municipal de Arte y Cultura, Tecate, Mexico
2023
Composite
Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2022
Wasted Sex, Wasted Bodies
The Den Escolta, Manila, Philippines
2021
A Man
Block17 Art Space Bacolod, Philippines
2019
Broken Ladders and Hissing
Para://Site Projects, Las Piñas, Philippines
2018
Temporal Distinctions, Sensorium
Mandaluyong, Philippines
2017
F* Art Let’s Dance
XX:XX, Makati, Philippines
2024
(self) serving
Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2019
Pagkislap: Isang Dugtungan
Karilyo Shadowplay DLS-CSB, Manila, Philippines
2023
Grids of Yesterday and the Shape of Things to Come
Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Scene Noise
Sonduke Magazine
Sandy Times UAE
CNN Life Philippines