Ashley Cagauan

An Ode to Our Calamansi Tree

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Pigment, hydrosol and essential oil of calamansi leaves on silk chiffon, dimensions variable, 2023

Ashley Cagauan is a Filipino-Australian Western-Sydney based artist living and working on unceded Dharawal Land. She works across installation, photomedia, textiles, and plant matter to navigate themes of cultural longing and belonging drawn from personal histories and intergenerational exchanges. Her practice seeks to reconnect with ancestral heritage by restoring familial traditions and narratives fragmented by migration, exploring cross-cultural experiences and interactions in the Filipino diaspora.