About

Tyra Maria Trono is a Filipina artist, cultural worker,  educator, and independent curator based between Tiohtià:ke/Montreal, Canada and Manila, Philippines. She is currently pursuing a Masters of Fine Arts in Studio Arts, Photography at Concordia University. She is the recipient of the Lande Award in Photography (2023), Global Mitacs Research Award (2025), and the 2023 winner of Roloff Beny Fellowship in Photography. In 2025, she was shortlisted for the Purita Kalaw-Ledesma Prizes in Art Criticism (English Category) Award at the Ateneo Art Gallery in the Philippines.

Her artistic work focuses on exploring embodied experiences and narratives, often linking them to culturally significant artifacts in specific geographic contexts. She delves into questions surrounding one's perception formation during the cultural identification process and how belonging to a diasporic community alters this trajectory. Trono utilizes archival research and oral histories to highlight the enduring impact of storytelling. 

Trono is currently the Programming Coordinator at Ada X (formerly Studio XX), which is a bilingual feminist artist-run centre engaged in exploration, creation, and critical reflection in media arts and digital culture. She has also worked as a cultural worker in local art institutions such as the Phi Foundation for Contemporary Art, Pop Montreal, La Centrale Powerhouse, La Maison de la Culture, VAV Gallery, Photo St-Denis, and others. In 2024, she was selected to participate in the Curatorial Conversations program of the Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (MCAD) and the Creative Industries Management program at De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde in Manila, Philippines. 


CV available upon request.


︎  tyramariatrono@gmail.com