After receiving a degree in Architecture from The University of Santo Tomas in Manila in 1991, Chati Coronel deviated from that path and built in its stead a painting practice that has since spanned 3 decades. Focusing on the more supernal potential of both art and artistic practice, Coronel uses the process of painting to play with the subtle transfer of information from the immaterial to the material and back again. Coronel’s pursuit of deeper universal truth through painting has evolved into a process she calls, Figurative Spatialism. By painting human figures devoid of the vestiges of age, race or personality, she leaves the human silhouette open to reveal the layers of meaning underneath it. Coronel’s work has been exhibited in galleries and art fairs in Los Angeles, Manila, Florence, Singapore, Korea and Art Basel Hong Kong. Chati Coronel lives and works in Toronto and is represented by Silverlens Galleries.