Portia Placino is an independent arts writer and gallery administrator based in Manila, Philippines. Her writings appeared in ArtAsiaPacific, ArtReview, ArtSG, Art+ Magazine, Spot.ph, and a number of local and international academic publications. She won the Ateneo Art Awards-Purita Kalaw Ledesma Prize in 2021. Her writing projects examine the position of contemporary art in an embattled society.