Pio Abad (B. Manila, 1983) is a Filipino artist currently based in London. His work, in a range of media including drawing, installation and photography, uses strategies of appropriation to mine alternative or repressed historical events, unravel official accounts and draw out threads of complicity between incidents, ideologies and people. Abad has received a BA Fine Art (2004) from the University of Philippines, Manila; and a Masters in Fine Art (2012) from the Royal Academy Schools, London. He has a number of solo exhibitions including A Short History of Decay (2015), Silverlens Gallery, Gillman Barracks, Singapore; Some Art Smarter Than Others (2014), Gasworks, London; Every Tool is a Weapon if you Hold it Right (2013), Silverlens Gallery, Manila. He has also participated in group exhibitions such as CORRUPTION: Everybody Knows… (2015), curated by Natasha Ginwala, e-flux, New York; South by Southeast, curated by Patrick Flores and Anca Mihulet, Osage Gallery, Hong Kong; Conflict: Art and War (2014), Contemporary Art Society, London; Reading Vogue (2013), 68 Square Metres Art Space, Copenhagen; and London Open, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London.