Augustine Paredes (b. 1994, Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines) is a multi-disciplinary artist questioning what it means to desire in the light of migration, identity, and longing. His expanded photographic practice revolves and evolves in questioning the postcolonial identity of a Filipino in diaspora through different appropriation of artistic mediums, traditional materials, queer gaze, and historical narratives. Augustine works with image-making via photography, painting, poetry, performance, and installation. He lives and works between Frankfurt and Dubai.
His solo exhibitions include Artists’ Room at Jameel Arts Centre (Dubai, UAE),  Light, Leaks at Foundry (UAE), Yearning The Sun To Fall at Fffriedrich (DE),Paradise4Ever at Gulf Photo Plus (UAE), and How Strangers Meet at Today x Future (PH). Upcoming solo exhibitions in 2025 will be held at Lawrie Shabibi (Dubai, UAE) and Paulina Caspari. Additionally, Paulina Caspari will be presenting a solo booth by the artist at LISTE ART FAIR (June 16 -22, 2025) in Basel, Switzerland.
He participated in group exhibitions internationally, most notably in Art Dubai (UAE), Middle East Institute (USA), Sotheby’s (UAE), 421 (UAE), Museum Angewandte Kunst (DE), Delfina Foundation (UK), Tarzeer Pictures (PH), Gravity Art Space (PH), and Castlemaine State Festival (AUS).
Augustine authored art and poetry books entitled Conversations at the end of the universe (2020), Long Night Stands With Lonely, Lonely Boys (2021), Happy to be here to be happy (2022), The Bitter Taste of Sweetness (2022), and Slow Disco (2024).
He is a co-founder of Sa Tahanan Collective along with curator Anna Bernice, aiming to create a platform for Filipino art and creatives through exhibitions and collaborations.
Augustine Paredes – Lamentations, 2024
Artist‘s Rooms: Augustine Paredes, Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai, UAE, 2024 – Installation view
Augustine Paredes – Desires, 2024
Piña, wood, burn marks
Artist‘s Rooms: Augustine Paredes, Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai, UAE, 2024 – Installation view
Augustine Paredes – Lament for Longings 1, 2024
Piña, chiffon, ink, graphite, acrylic, wood, wool,  waxed thread
artist frame
41 x 45 cm
Augustine Paredes – Lament for Longings  2, 2024
Piña, callado embroidery, chiffon, pearls, photographic print, ink, graphite, acrylic, wood, waxed thread
artist frame
92 x 46 cm
Augustine Paredes – Litany 4, 2024
Piña, waxed thread, acrylic pearls, carbon paper, ribbon
41.5 cm x 31.5 cm
Augustine Paredes – Litany 3, 2024
Piña, waxed thread, acrylic pearls, carbon paper, ribbon
41.5 x 31.5 cm
Augustine Paredes – If I Must Sin, 2024
Piña, chiffon, silver gelatin on paper, charcoal, wax thread, acrylic. 90 cm x 90 cm each
Augustine Paredes – If I Must Sin, 2024
Piña, chiffon, silver gelatin on paper, charcoal, wax thread, acrylic. 90 cm x 90 cm each
Augustine Paredes – If I Must Sin, 2024
Detail
Augustine Paredes – If I Must Sin, 2024
Detail
Augustine Paredes – Premise for temporary solitude, 2024
Piña, Photographic print on paper, Chiffon, Wood, Rock salt
Augustine Paredes – Premise for temporary solitude, 2024
Piña, Photographic print on paper, Chiffon, Wood, Rock salt
Detail
Augustine Paredes – Flightless, 2023
Oil on canvas, lace, chiffon
 
Augustine Paredes – Yearning The Sun To Fall
Fffriedrich, Frankfurt, DE, 2023
Installation view
Augustine Paredes – Yearning The Sun To Fall
Fffriedrich, Frankfurt, DE, 2023
Installation view
Augustine Paredes – Thannk You, Sorry, 2023
Mixed media, oil and acrylic on canvas, gesso, plastic, sugar packet, chiffon
Augustine Paredes – If I must fly, let my wings be embers, 2023
Oil and acrylic on canvas, chiffon
Augustine Paredes – Obliterations, 2023
Detail
Augustine Paredes – Obliterations, 2023
Augustine Paredes – Obliterations, 2023
Detail