Derek Tumala (b. 1986) is an artist working with emerging technologies, moving image and various media in the pursuit of ecological world-making. His art practice revolves around the mediation of science in art and the idea of interconnectedness and conviviality. He graduated from the University of Santo Tomas in 2006 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts Major in Advertising Arts.

Tumala’s artistic projects are part of the 36th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts in 2025 and were presented at the Biennale Jogja 17 in Yogyakarta, World Weather Network, Basel Academy of Art and Design, Sainsbury Centre in Norwich, and Museum of Contemporary Art & Design in Manila, among others. He attended residencies at Delfina Foundation in London, Manila Observatory Artist-in-Residency, Apexart Fellowship in New York City, and was a 10x10 Korea Research Fellow.

Tumala was named as one of the Cultural Center of the Philippines’s Thirteen Artists Award 2025 and ArtReview Magazine’s Future Greats 2024.