SunSet Studio Podcast

Coleen Wong, coming from a minute group of Art Management Community, a local of Manila, She leads the group behind Art + Magazine and MOCAF a premiere annual art event held in Manila. On this episode, we talked about Art Management as a course and learning Curatorship as a career. From mounting a multi-day event to interviewing volunteers and everything in between. Join us as we navigate through t...

Ram de Verdera, a Cavite based contemporary artist via Occidental Mindoro,Philippines. With his 2nd solo show coming, Ram sat down with us to navigate his stories of his humble beginnings, from hitching his way to his first art missions to getting a slot on his first group online show. On this episode we dissected how he managed to gather knowledge to find his way to having a voice of his own in t...

Dondi Fernandez, a freelance VFX artist and art toy maker based in Manila, Philippines. With a career spanning 16 plus years, Dondi has accumulated stories of the good, the bad and the ugly sides of VFX in the country. From full lenght movies to short commercial outputs, he archived lessons and learning from them all, even same day airing of materials and relay transfers of materials and files on...

Geloy Concepcion, a San Francisco based multidisciplinary artist via Pandacan, Manila, who commonly introduces himself as a photographer. His stories of sharing his talent in his hometown to traversing mountains to shoot id photos. From graffiti to publishing a book about the carnal thoughts of strangers. Watch on this sit down how he started to find his footing in the art space and photography an...

Ann Savage, a Cebu based premiere tattoo artist, international convention organizer, a wife, a mother, a woman. In this episode of the sunset podcast we tackled her raw beginnings from mentoring-it-yourself at the back of a beauty parlor to her first gamble to create her name as an artist. Watch as she tells stories of struggles, passion, grit and victory on local tattoo competitions and facing hi...

Bong Lozano, was a media practitioner, a writer and a director at the top Networks in the Philippines, until Covid struck. As everyone tried to find ways to pass the time and create their own way of busy, the pandemic gave him the time to tap his innate talents as an Intuitive Psychic. Representing Lux Ex Tenebris, he honed his crafts and abilities, together with the community of like-paranormally...

Blic, an Information Technology student who accidentally landed a path to being a full-time contemporary artist. Coming from the streets and graffiti, Blic now presents his stories on canvasses and monolith walls. Diving deep into his creative voice, Blic sits down at the Sunset Podcast with his interests in art, psychology and philosophy. Representing Yerong Studio, Cavite and the Philippines, wa...

Ron , A Bataan born tattoo, street & contemporary artist. Dropping out of architecture he struggled to find his voice in his community, both personally and socially. Stories of being outcasted as a free-thinker and finding himself in trouble with the authorities. The search for commune and belonging-ness to being lost in Manila to attend his first art show. Watch how his whisper to the dead fo...

Meet Happy, a Malabon based Mural, Tattoo, Plain-Air Artist, Musician and everything in between while being a father of 2. Resigned & tired as a Creative Director in the Advertising field, Happy used his grit, talent, passion and a little bit of luck to find his footing as a freelance artist. Watch as he discusses stories of brainstorming alone to find his peace of mind in tackling his project...

On this episode, we are joined by Mia Claravall-Reyes (@mialocatattoo), tattoo artist and co-founder of Chronic Tattoo and Culture, based in Pasig City. Join us as she talks about her stories, from her thesis research about traditional tattoo in the mountains of Buscalan to tattooing priests and prisoners. Find out what she learned and thought of being thrown into competition by her mentor, the Le...

Meet Ravia Leigh, @siningniravia, Sunset Studio’s new addition to the roster of tattoo artists. Fresh from graduating, Ravia Leigh introduces herself to the art space through her practice of hand poke style of tattooing. Watch as we have a seat down about how she started in tattooing by a mistake, to forming her dreams & goals about the art form she picked. This is Sunset Podcast. Welcome home...

On this 2 part episode we are joined by 2 creatives from Nueva Ecija, Philippines. On our Sunset Lounge sits Alvin Gantioque, @alvinscene, a tattoo & contemporary artist whom with his fanboy beginnings came a career and grind of a commercial tattoo practice and a t-shirt business representing his brand @vintadostattoo.clothing. Tagging along the ride is Arnel Nueda, a childhood best friend to...

On this 2 part episode we are joined by 2 creatives from Nueva Ecija, Philippines. On our Sunset Lounge sits Alvin Gantioque, @alvinscene, a tattoo & contemporary artist whom with his fanboy beginnings came a career and grind of a commercial tattoo practice and a t-shirt business representing his brand @vintadostattoo.clothing. Tagging along the ride is Arnel Nueda, a childhood best friend to...

On part 1, we got to know these two young contemporary individuals and their stories of their beginnings in their crafts. In this episode, we dive into their grind, their workflow, their first few sold out shows, and the next few things in their schedule. Get to know Isad Diwa & Baltek as we sit down with them, hear their stories, their grind and their goals. This is Sunset Podcast. ISAD DIWA:...

2 individuals of contrasting beginnings, they met through art and now works parallel with each other, building their craft, individuality and name one step at a time. Baltek was introduced to art and graffiti, through a sticker exchange party, at 8 years old, that day was core memory for him being able to get into a community of creators and makers, idealists and punk artists. Isad Diwa on the oth...

From hiding his first tattoo during college to leading his own team—Jhay Colis takes us through his long road in tattooing. In this episode, he shares how a single offer from a mentor set everything in motion, and how shifting mentors helped shape his style. From commercial art to mastering all tattoo forms, Jhay tested every ink and needle to serve his clients better. Now, after years as a mentor...

Featuring the women artist of 55tinta. For our episode this women’s month, get to know Maan & Erin, resident artists represented by one of the biggest tattoo studios in Metro Manila & in the Philippines, 55tinta. Listen as they tell us their own personal stories of their journies —Of one walked by being mentored whilst the other one found out her craft through self discovery. Their humble...

Ever wondered what it’s like to tattoo someone for the first time? In this episode, SA YA shares how she went from creating art on paper to inking it on skin. We also talk about our artists’ first tattoo machines—SA YA rocking a Hybrid Rotary, Mads switching between Coil and Pen, and Kim sticking to her trusty Pen machine. But that’s not all—expect stories about weird tattoo placements, questionab...

In our very first episode, we’re diving deep into the story of SunSet Studio—how it started, the passion that built it, and the artists who brought it to life. 🎙️✨ Get to know Mads, Saya, and Kim, the talented trio behind the needle. We’ll explore how art became a core part of their lives—from childhood doodles on notebooks to their first tattoo designs—and how those early sparks eventually led t...