Flores, W. Don

Based in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental, W. Don Flores is a central visual artist, institutional curator, and academic leader. He has spent decades cultivating a robust cross-disciplinary studio practice while simultaneously serving as a key pillar for arts development in the Southern Visayas.

Flores's administrative and pedagogy roles make him highly influential in organizing regional archives and shaping the next generation of visual practitioners and art theorists outside of the metropolitan capital of Manila.

Education & Academic Leadership:

Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Art – California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), Valencia, California, USA.

Department Chair: Serves as the Chairperson of the Fine Arts Department at Silliman University, Dumaguete City, leading both studio and critical art theory modules.

Curatorial Director: Operates as the Manager of the Romeo Ariniego Art Gallery at Silliman University, overseeing regional exhibitions and historical collections.

Key Thematic Focuses & Series:

Socio-Political Landscape Ecology: Renowned for analyzing sugarcane agriculture and landscape semantic systems, particularly tracing how corporate and state entities dictate land use.

Views of a Burning Field: A definitive, long-term conceptual series that uses paint and film to map out urgent structural warnings, agricultural distress, and collective memory within the hacienda ecosystems of Negros.