Pamela Gotangco’s Art In Waiting

Gotangco calls it the “many lives that she was fortunate to experience.”  She did not start out as a professional artist, assuming many career roles initially.  “I was flight attendant, in-flight service trainer and a flight purser. Through that, I traveled the world, and my exposure to a variety of cultures made me who I am today,” she explains. She even dabbled in technology, working as a product manager for Asia Pacific at an information-technology company during the digital boom in the Philippines. 

Eventually, her calling as an artist could no longer be denied.  She largely credits her husband, Matthias Hupp, with encouraging her to hone her creative skills. “He had put my life in order, and my heart found where it should be,” she recalls emotionally. Gotangco went on to receive numerous global accolades as an artist. But in the midst of all these, she remains conscious of her beginnings.