Jo SiMalaya Alcampo (they/them/siya) is an interdisciplinary artist born in Maynila, Philippines, raised in Malvern, Scarborough, and based in Tkaranto / Toronto. Their work has been exhibited locally and internationally and published in anthologies exploring working-class histories and solidarity. With Kwentong Bayan Collective, they create comics, radical history posters, and stories about migrant care work. Their play, Hilot Means Healer, was published by Musagetes in 2026.
Jo SiMalaya Alcampo shared highlights from their art practice that integrates storytelling, installation-based art, and electroacoustic soundscapes. This included the Singing Plants who are keepers of indigenous knowledge, stories and memory that respond to human touch with chants and music from the Philippines; their past work with Kapwa Collective that explores our interconnectedness with the land and honours ancestral spirits; Kwentong Bayan Collective where they create community-engaged art projects with migrant care workers and other groups; and their most recent work as a playwright and Thread Residency artist with Musagetes’ Indigenous Otherwise Program curated by Elwood Jimmy..
