Philippine Consulate Congratulates Miljohn Ruperto on his First Large-Scale Solo Museum Exhibition at Stanford
Left: The title wall; Right: Mr. Miljohn Ruperto, Manila-born, Bay Area-raised, Los Angeles-based artist, Deputy Consul General Maria Paz Cortes, and Vice Consul Glaiza Quarteros at the Animal, Vegetable, nor Mineral exhibition hall (San Francisco PCG photos)
Stanford, California – The Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco, led by Deputy Consul General Maria Paz Cortes and joined by Vice Consul Glaiza Quarteros and Cultural Officer Anne Maris Estoya, attended the opening of the exhibition “Animal, Vegetable, nor Mineral: Works by Miljohn Ruperto” on 12 March 2026 at the Cantor Arts Center of Stanford University, in support of the Manila-born, Bay Area-raised, now Los Angeles-based artist. The exhibition is presented as part of the museum’s Asian American Art Initiative (AAAI).
Mr. Ruperto is a cross-disciplinary artist whose work spans photography, cinema, performance, and digital animation. His exhibition features artworks in various media, including photography, video, animation, interactive installations, and immersive landscapes experienced through virtual reality. Through these works, Mr. Ruperto explores the ways in which humans have understood their place in the world.The exhibition is open to the public free of charge and will run from 12 March to 24 September 2026. Interested students and individuals are encouraged to visit Miljohn Ruperto’s exhibition at the Cantor Arts Center.END
Janus (2014) digital video still featured as part of the exhibit. The short animation is a classic bi-valent optical illusion of the duck-rabbit, depending on what the viewer is focusing on (San Francisco PCG photo)
Deputy Consul General Maria Paz Cortes (leftmost) and other exhibit guests experiencing immersive apocalyptic landscapes experienced in VR (San Francisco PCG photo)
Monochromatic photographs titled, Voynich Botanical Studies by Miljohn Ruperto and Ulrik Heltoft featuring plants modeled and textured through digital 3D software approximating the illustrations in the Voynich Manuscript (San Francisco PCG photo)
Set of 2-frame animations titled, Mineral Monsters, playing a trick on viewers’ eyes. The animation shows two alternating frames that produce a wiggling effect of the image (San Francisco PCG photos)
From L-R: Deputy Consul General Maria Paz Cortes, Mr. Miljohn Ruperto, and Vice Consul Glaiza Quarteros during the exhibit’s gala at the Cantor Arts Center in Stanford (San Francisco PCG photo)
Opening gala held at the lobby of Cantor Arts Center which not only puts the spotlight on the artist but also on Filipino food and beverages such as pancit, lechon kawali, and ube cream liqueur (San Francisco PCG photo)