Doreen’s ‘Permission To Play, No Expiry Date’

Bacolod artist Doreen Dofitas opened her first solo exhibition titled “Permission To Play, No Expiry Date” at Ugsad Creative Space along Molo-Makiling streets, Brgy. Villamonte, Bacolod City on August 12.

The very core of this exhibit is just that … play becomes art. A bold approach to not treat play as a luxury that we are bound to eventually outgrow. Creativity does not carry a sell-by date – and neither do the things we cast aside.

This exhibit is a visual rebellion that breathes vibrant life into play. An open invitation to unlearn the rules, claim your space, and reinvent. The heart of this show is a live testament to the creative process, an ongoing, lifelong permission to slip to explore, disrupt, and delight – to play. No deadlines on.wonder. No shelf life on joy.

About the Artist

Self-taught and boldly experimental, Doreen Dofitas is an emerging artist whose work fuses vibrant collage with acrylics, pen and ink to create dramatic, symbolic narratives. Working primarily with handmade or recycled paper, ink, acrylics, and fabric, layered onto textured surfaces, juxtaposed against colorful background, Dofitas brings a tangible, intuitive approach to her practice. The use of negative space and intentional dissimilarity into her work emphasizes both form and absence – where figures seem to be suspended in dream-like spaces that echoes folk and botanical motifs, grounding the composition with a sense of rooted tradition. Her art celebrates a rich mosaic that explores the intersection of cultural heritage, movement, and identity.

Based in Bacolod, Dofitas is steadily emerging into the contemporary art scene. Driven by an instinctive love of organic, natural and reusable materials her works become vessels that show her passion for visual storytelling. It is designed to encourage viewers to explore the interplay between our external environment and our inner world.*