Mimi Doyo
Summer 2026 Artist in Residence
I’m most looking forward to having a dedicated studio where I can truly take up space and focus on my practice without limitation. The residency offers the rare chance to explore and refine my work on a larger scale, while also connecting with a community of artists who share resources and dialogue. I’m especially excited to immerse myself in the process—experimenting with paint, taking risks, and discovering new things about both myself and my art along the way.”
-Mimi Doyo, Blue Roof Residency 2026 AiR
Artist Statement:
Mimi Doyo (b. 1999) is a Filipino-American artist based in Los Angeles, California. Her
interdisciplinary practice combines painting, poetry, and journaling to explore memory, family,
and the layered spaces of home. Working primarily in acrylic, Doyo creates paintings that
preserve fleeting moments of everyday life, transforming ordinary scenes into quiet reflections
on love, belonging, and the passage of time.
Drawing from her personal archive of photographs, family albums, and journals, Doyo paints
domestic interiors, backyard gardens, shared meals, and familiar objects—including
houseplants, cans of SPAM, mahjong games, and well-worn shoes by the door. These intimate
details become symbols of care, migration, and the quiet rituals that shape family life across
generations.
Mimi Doyo
Stay Awhile
August 29-October 3, 2026
Stay Awhile is a reflection on the fleeting nature of time and the quiet beauty found in everyday life. This body of work began from a desire to document a season of transition—holding onto the moments that make a home feel like home before stepping into a new chapter. As life changes and the people I love continue to grow alongside me, I find myself wanting to preserve the ordinary moments that often become our most cherished memories.
My interdisciplinary practice combines painting, poetry, and journaling to explore memory, family, and the quiet rituals of daily life. Drawing from personal experiences, I create paintings that preserve fleeting moments of light, care, and belonging. Through familiar interiors, backyard gardens, shared meals, and evening light, I reflect on how love continues to endure through change. These ordinary scenes become a way of honoring the people and places that have shaped me.
I often think about the generations that came before me—their sacrifices, acts of care, and the ordinary lives they lived that made my own possible. Through painting, I consider family memory, grief, and the quiet inheritance of love that continues to shape who we become.
While time moves forward and homes inevitably change, these moments remain alive through remembrance.
As I prepare to leave California and begin a new chapter, these paintings become both a farewell and a gesture of gratitude. They are an invitation to slow down, to linger, and to recognize that the most meaningful moments are often the ones that pass by quietly. In a world of constant movement, Stay Awhile asks us to pause, to notice, and to carry these moments with us wherever we go.
