ARTISTS・VENUES

Born in New York in 1993 and lives and works in Manila.

Isabel Sicat is a Filipino artist, designer, and filmmaker based in Manila. She is the designer of TOQA, a fashion studio creating “uniforms for everyday adventure”—a practice that moves fluidly across fashion design, textile experimentation, film, and installation.
TOQA collaborates with artists, makers, and communities to tell stories about places you could belong to: building environments that hold collective knowledge through dressed bodies, shared rituals, and rescued materials.
A graduate of the Brown–RISD Dual Degree Program and Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 honoree, her sport-resort methodology champions immersive storytelling and the use of both original and rescued materials. She has staged participatory runway performances in historic colonial gardens, developed national team uniforms for international tournaments, and collaborated with institutions including WWF Philippines and El Nido Resorts. Her work has been shown at the Hawai’i Triennial, Manila Biennale, and Bellas Artes Outpost, and featured in Vogue, The Face, Glamcult, ArtReview Asia, and Monocle.
Recent projects include like the sun i love the sky — a film, fashion collection, and uniform project commissioned by the 2025 Thailand Biennale, made in collaboration with Ying Batik and P’Elle’s artisan studios — and a performance in FILIPIÑANA (dir. Rafael Manuel), Sundance Special Jury Award winner 2026.