Venazir

Venazir is a Filipina muralist, visual anthropreneur, and founder of Hilabana — a public art initiative built around the motif of the red thread, a symbol of unbroken cultural lineage, diasporic memory, and collective belonging across time and place.

Her projects have reached audiences across the Philippines and the United States — spanning California, Virginia, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and New York — and have been presented through exhibitions and residencies at Duke University, the University of Pittsburgh, and the Andy Warhol Museum through the Hemispheric Conversations Urban Art Project.

Venazir is the recipient of the 2024 Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) Award, the 2025 UP Alumni Award in Art, Culture, and Social Change, the 2025 Dream Big Award from the National Mural Awards, and the Gold and Bronze Award at the 2026 National Mural Awards (US) — among the highest honors in American public art.