Bundanon

Kristone Capistrano is a Filipino-Australian artist working across traditional and experimental drawing, durational performance, and community-based installation.

His practice explores mortality, transience, and contemporary figuration—visualising paper as a metaphor for human skin, and mark-making as a symbol of human touch, generosity, and care.

He has exhibited solo and collectively in Australia and Asia, and has received awards including the Black Swan Prize for Portraiture, the Royal South Australian Portrait Biennale, and the Blacktown Local Artist Prize.

Recent public art commissions include ‘101 Graham Street’ for PHIVE, Parramatta—a moving-image work capturing stories of family migration through collaborative drawing and unscripted conversation. He is currently developing a permanent public artwork for the new Bradfield Metro Station, set to open in 2026: a multi-screen installation combining dance, drawing, and video in dialogue with the landscape surrounding the station.

In Residence at Bundanon

During my residency at Bundanon, I will focus on experimental drawing processes in response to the surrounding landscape—working en plein air with ink, paper, and atmospheric elements. I will use this time to test new ideas and refine a slower, more responsive approach to mark-making. The residency will provide space for quiet observation and material exploration, allowing me to deepen my interest in drawing as a temporal, sensory act—one that listens to the rhythms of light, weather, and land.