Rembrandt Quiballo: I was born in the city of Manila in the Philippines. My father was an airplane mechanic who worked all over the world, and my mother took care of the family. The assassination of Benigno S. Aquino Jr. by the ruling regime resulted in immense social and political unrest in the Philippines, compelling my family to leave the country. We lived in Saudi Arabia and the Netherlands for my father’s job briefly and eventually immigrated to the U.S. These experiences exposed me to the political and social disparities around the world at an early age and would continue to influence my life and art practice.