Margery Cercado

Margery Cercado is a queer, second-generation Filipinx artist and educator based in Seattle, the Indigenous land of the Duwamish. Her parents immigrated to the United States from the areas of Capiz and Iloilo in The Philippines. Though born and raised within and just outside of Seattle, her identity was formed by her family’s voyages back to the motherland.

Her practice seeks to understand oneself as a diasporic individual & explores themes such as colonization, labor & community through disciplines like sculpture and installation. Emphasizing natural materials, found objects and imagery associated with The Philippines, Margery’s often craft-based, process-heavy work acknowledges the often-forgotten labor of one’s hands in creation and storytelling, specifically through the concept of Diasporic Longing.

She initially trained in production pottery at Bruning Pottery in Snohomish before becoming a ceramics instructor and studio assistant at Yu Tang Ceramics in Fremont. Her work has been shown in Seattle and Philadelphia, and can be found in the permanent collection of Soho House Portland. Recently, she received her MFA from the Low-Residency program at The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. 

She lives, teaches and makes in Seattle.