Paulina Constancia, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Filipino artist
Date of Birth: 01-Dec-1970
Place of Birth: Cebu City, Philippines
Profession: painter
Nationality: Philippines
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Paulina Constancia
- Paulina Constancia is a Filipino-Canadian artist born Maria Paulina Constancia Cornejo Lee on December 1, 1970 in Cebu City, Philippines.
- She is considered one of the most prolific and inspiring female artists in Cebu, Philippines. Sunstar Daily's Leticia Suarez says, "Her paintings are like a breath of green air in the local art scene.
- It's like going from the dusty street into a woody hide-away that's full of magical secrets." Paulina Constancia is a multifaceted artist best known for her bright colored, whimsical narratives painted on quilts and tiles that are also reflected in her writing.
- Her art has been featured on the back cover of the Reader's Digest (Asia-Pacific Edition, December 1997).
- She has published a bilingual collection of poetry called Brazos Abiertos/Open Arms (World Poetry Publishing, Vancouver 2003) and short stories Cuentos Hispanofilipinos/Hispano-Philippine Stories(Central Books, Manila, 2009).Paulina has exhibited her art in the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, the Netherlands, Mexico & in various cities in the U.S.
- & Canada.
- In 1997, she was presented by the Philippine Centennial Coordinating Council of Northeast USA in a show called "Here's to Sunny!" at the Philippine Center in New York City.
- In 2000, her collection of painted quilts called "Kleur en ik in de geheime tuin /Hue & I in a Secret Garden" was presented by the VHC-Vereniging Haarlemmermeer-Cebu (sister cities organization of Haarlemmermeer and Cebu) at the Centrum voor Kunst en Cultuur in Hoofddrop and Kunst 2001 Gallery in Badhoevedorp. A permanent collection of her art may be viewed at the PAULINA CONSTANCIA Museum of Naïve Art [MoNA] which officially opened on May 18, 2013.
- The museum is part of the Cultural Stewardship Program of West Gorordo Hotel, in Cebu, Philippines. Paulina currently resides in Singapore with her husband Michael Wortman and son Lucas Gabriel.
- She actively creates art in her home studio, blogs, teaches arts and crafts as well as conducts art therapy for women and children in the Asia-Pacific Region.
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