RIALIN JOSÉ
BINIBINI (2024)
Ink and paper on canvas
24” x 12”
$300
ARTIST STATEMENT:
“BINIBINI” is a Tagalog honorific term used to address women, similar to how the term “miss” or “young lady” is used in English. This piece features the Philippine mythical creature known as the manananggal, partially wearing a traditional Filipiniana dress, crudely affixed to a vibrant and crude background. By combining the gruesome imagery of a manananggal with the remnant of graceful garb, this piece challenges the generalization that women should be modest, dainty, and unassuming. In reality, Filipinas are bold, fierce, and powerfully enduring. Additionally, this piece is a
raw reminder of how femininity cannot and should not be defined in a single way.
ARTIST BIO:
Rialin José (pronounced RY-lin ho-ZAY) (she/they) is a queer Filipina horror artist based in Chicago. Her work explores the unsettling and the surreal through a dark, imaginative lens. Since late 2021, she has been immersed in creating horror art that bridges traditional and digital media, using grotesque and exaggerated imagery to investigate darker themes of the human condition. A graduate of Columbia College Chicago, Rialin also uses her background in film to showcase her artistic process. Known on social media as “aniniwan,” an Ilokano term meaning “shadow,” her work
reflects a fascination with the odd and the absurd, giving form to the enigmatic and taboo aspects of existence.
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