Gel is a Filipino artist and illustrator living in Baltimore. She studied at the University of the Philippines college of fine arts. Gel worked for 12 years in the industry of home design and construction, painting murals and furniture. She simultaneously painted large scale oil and acrylic paintings. Shortly after exhibiting in New York at the Philippine Consulate, Gel moved to Baltimore and focused on drawing and painting. She paints portraits and human subjects experimenting with different mediums. 

She joined RAW, an independent indie art organization and showcased in July 2012. On November 2012, she won RAW Baltimore's Visual Artist of the Year award and represented the city in the national competition. December 2012, Gel won the national title of RAW Visual Artist of the Year 2012. 

Gel's work has been featured in Artslant, Juxtapoz, Orion Magazine(Spain), QI Post(China). She also participated as an illustrator for Rock en Seine 2013 in Paris. 

Gel recently won a Denik notebook cover design competition with her piece titled, "Brainstorm". It's currently available at Denik's online website(http://shopdenik.com).

Gel's works can be found at Artspace Warehouse Gallery in Los Angeles, Artists Gallery in Manila, Philippines, Docent Online Gallery(www.docent.co) 

For illustration projects or interest in any of her works, feel free to message her at geljam@me.com.

In her paintings, Baltimore-based artist Gel Jamlang doesn’t present the human anatomy as a solid unit, but rather a composite of parts that can be deconstructed and put back together again. Her work could be described as mutant portraiture — skulls are screwed open, throats are slit and eyeballs are displaced. But the result is hardly morbid. Instead, Jamlang opts for a bubblegum-colored palette and ’60s-inspired, illustrative feel, making these rearranged faces more psychedelic than visceral. Take a look at some of the works below, images courtesy of Gel Jamlang.