Intel Lastierre is a multidisciplinary artist working in painting, sculpture, installation, and photography. Her work explores justice, decolonization, and power, creating counter-narratives that challenge the traditional art canon. Drawing from folklore, mythology, and predator-prey dynamics, she examines human rights from the perspective of a Filipino woman who has lived under censorship and imperial exploitation.

Lastierre’s paintings question who is remembered and how, while her sculptures act as counter-monuments, embracing fragility, erosion, and impermanence as strategies to confront authority. By juxtaposing beauty and the grotesque, she reclaims space in art history for marginalized voices and perspectives. Her practice reflects a dystopian present while imagining more just and equitable futures, emphasizing resilience, transformation, and the power of art to illuminate and transcend oppression.

Born in the Philippines and currently based in Texas, Lastierre’s multidisciplinary background—spanning architecture, engineering, photography, and art history—enriches her approach and informs her experimental storytelling. In 2014, she co-founded the House of Frida Gallery in Bacolod City, fostering artistic exchange and community engagement.

Her work has been featured in exhibitions across the Philippines and the United States, including Manila, Bacolod, Cebu, San Marcos, Austin, Houston, and Los Angeles. In 2023, she volunteered for the San Marcos Studio Tour. In 2024, she served as a panelist for Austin’s Art in Public Places program. In 2025, she joined the ICOSA Collective Gallery in Austin, was selected as a Fellow in Professional Practice through DORF Gallery’s inaugural FIPP Pilot Program, and received the Spring 2025 Artist Leadership Fellowship from Mid-America Arts Alliance. In 2026, she joined DORF’s advisory council.