The Kaleidoscope is a functioning art piece that serves as a sitting area for transit goers while adding beauty and representation to the communities of Northeast Calgary.
“Typically, art is to be looked at and not touched, but mine is interactive, it is for public use,” says Pajarillo. “People can sit on it and wait for the bus. I hope bus riders feel like they are a part of the art I created.”
Pajarillo is a visual artist, fashion designer and educator who resides in the Whitehorn area of Northeast Calgary. She immigrated to Canada from the Philippines in 2008 and worked as a food service worker. Before her arrival, she took a year completing an architectural course at the Far Eastern University Manila in 1985, along with a fashion design course at Slim’s Fashion and Arts School in Makati, Philippines in 1986. Pajarillo graduated from the University of Santo Tomas (UST) in Manila with a Bachelor’s in Fine Arts and a Painting major in 1992. She also attended an advanced fashion design class in 2001 held by the late Danilo Franco, a well-known celebrity fashion designer in the Philippines.
Pajarillo’s art style includes elements of cubism and realism but explores numerous art styles. Her interests are human figures and movements, facial expressions, everyday life, history of arts, cultural arts and dances of the world.
“I’m very much inclined to follow the art of Picasso. He's a cubist artist, and that's what I’m an expert on; that’s my forte.”