Born in 1985, self-taught Tecson acquired his painting skills while incarcerated between 2008 and 2012. When he was acquitted of the charges, the artist had already been part of numerous exhibitions including his first solo at Mag:Net Gallery in Quezon City titled Inmates, a series that featured 50 portraits of convicts and detainees from where he was imprisoned. Since then, the artist has mounted several solo exhibitions in and out of the country. His continuous strides earned him a spot in 2014 at the WhiteSpaceBlackBox in Switzerland, consequently mounting his solo exhibition, Inmates + Outmates.