Joliz Dela Peña is a self-taught interdisciplinary artist from the Philippines, currently based in Tiohtià: ke.  Intimate connection to memories, identity, and immigration are recurring themes in Dela Peña’s practice. Her approach allows the work to be shaped by the existing elements of the space—its context, materials, and histories—treating the site itself as a vital collaborator in the work.
 
 Through her performances, Dela Peña translates fragmented memories and intersecting lived experiences into visual and tactile forms. Her work constructs an empathetic perspective while also serving as a form of resistance—an embodied activism that confronts systemic injustices through intimate gestures, vulnerability, and presence.