Bio

Billy Gumabon, known as Billy G, is an incarcerated Filipino artist and organizer whose work was born behind prison walls. Drawing from the realities of confinement and struggle, Billy transforms limited materials in to Artistry of expression, survival, and hope. His art explores a variety of art mediums (paint, charcoal, graphite, colored pencils). Every piece is an act of resistance and tells a story of reclaiming autonomy, agency, purpose and liberation.

Contact Billy

Please consider writing to Billy if you like his work! Billy also takes commissions by request. Billy has an Instagram run by his loved ones outside, @billyg_artistry, where you can DM him.

You can also contact him online through Securus, the e-messaging platform used by Washington prisons, or by snail mail. For more instructions and Billy’s contact information, see our guide here.