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Brooklyn, NY

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SELECT SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2015:    Ebrius Spiritus  Project Parlor. Brooklyn, NY

2006:    Recent Works  The Philippine Consulate Gallery. 5th Avenue, New York, NY

2003:    In His Own Image  Subrosa Salon Des Arts. San Francisco, CA

 

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024:    Arts, Minorities and Human Rights. Ecolint Centre des arts.  Geneva, Switzerland

2024:    From Background to Foreground. Art League of New Britain. New Britain, CT

2023:    Familial(ar). Anton Arts Center.  Mount Clemens, MI

2023:    Numb Images. Twelve Gates Arts.  Philadelphia, PA

2022:    Subterranean. Delaware Valley Arts Alliance.  Narrowsburg, NY

2022:    Conversations of Home. NARS Foundation Satellite, Governors Island, NYC

2021:    300 Years in a Convent, 50 in Hollywood  NExSE Collective Exhibition.  Princeton University

2021:    NExSE (Northeast x Southeast)  Bliss on Bliss Art Projects, New York City

2018:    Saints, Sins, & Blessings  with Ron Jean-Gilles.  Project Parlor, Brooklyn

2018:    What Always Begins: Filipino Artists from NY.  Pinto Art Museum, Antipolo, Philippines

2018:    HEKLER HOST.  De-Construkt [projekts], 41 Seabring St. Red Hook, NY

2018:    Halo Halo.  Bliss on Bliss Studio. 41-49 45th St. Queens, NY            

2015:    Governing Body.  Temporary Agency (Chashama). 855 Wyckoff Ave. Ridgewood, NY

              The Salon.  DUMBO, NYC

2013:    A Necessary Shift   Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts. 323 W 39th St. New York, NY

             Curate NYC   Rush Arts Gallery. 526 W 26th St. New York, NY

2011:    Live/Work Space   Camel Art Space. 722 Metropolitan Ave Brooklyn

             Round Robin in Residence   A.I.R. Gallery. 111 Front St. Brooklyn, NY

             Voyeur: See and Be Seen   Brooklyn Artists Gym. Brooklyn, NY

2010:    Chupacabra   University Place. New York, NY

2009:    Freedom’s Feast Dinner Festival   Children’s Museum of Manhattan, New York, NY

             Last Supper Festival   3rd Ward. Brooklyn, NY

2008:    MoMA Staff Art Exhibition   Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

             Beyond the Barrelman    Mercury Gallery. Chicago, IL

2007:    The Square Foot Show   Art Gotham Gallery. West 27th Street. New York, NY

2006:    Binge and Purge   White Studios. New York, NY

2005:    Beyond the Barrelman   Acme Art Works. Chicago, IL

2004:    Fresh Produce   Gallery AD. San Jose, CA

2003:    Do You Know the Way?   Phantom Galleries. San Jose, CA

2002:    Silent Night   San Jose Works Gallery. Jose, CA

             No Exit, The Gallery   San Jose, CA

2001:    Namenlosen   Gallery AD. San Jose, CA

             Heaven and Hell   Art Made to Match. Willow Glen, CA

2000:    Recent Works   Howard St. Gallery San Francisco, CA

1999:    God-fearing Children are Exemplary in Behaviour   San Jose State University, CA

             Babylon   South First Street. San Jose, CA

1998:    Recent Works   Transen Gallery. San Jose, CA

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PROJECTS AND COLLABORATIONS

2024:  56th Annual Open Juried Exhibition. Juror. Gallery on the Green. Canton, CT

2024:  Artists of Color. Juror. Art League of New Britain. New Britain, CT

2024:  Art Access. Juror. Gallery 66. New Britain, CT

2021:  Escaping Dreamland. with Jevijoe Vitug and Julio Jose Austria. for City Artist Corps. Bliss on Bliss, NYC

2021:  Black Henry (virtual full-length play by Luis Francia).  KJCC, NYU.  Design, illustration, animation, fight                   choreography, and performance

2019:  Without A Solitary Object of Vision (Closing Installation/Performance). 601 Art Space. NYC

2019:  Meet Me in St Louis (in conjunction with Jevijoe Vitug's "Hot Dog Days"). Flux Factory. Long Island City

2018:  HEKLER HOST (with Ramyar Vala).  De-Construkt [projekts], Red Hook, NY

2018:  Bodies: Art and Action on The Waterfront (panelist).  Brooklyn Historical Society.  Brooklyn, NY

2017:  Pistahan (with Samuelle Green).   Basin and Main.  Honesdale, PA

2016:  MoMA Dance Company (performer). Museum of Modern Art.  NYC

2016:  I am The Dream My Ancestors Dreamed Would Free Them.  Queens Museum of Art.  Queens, NY

2014:  The Revival of the Beauty of Ghosts (set design). Topaz Arts. Queens, NY  

 

 

PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS

2024:  Presenter: Overcoming Obstacles to Minority Cultural Expression. United Nations. Geneva,

           Switzerland

2024:  Panelist: Archival Research and Artistic Projects: Library and Creative Practitioners in               

           Conversation: Repairing Harm through Relationship Building: Lessons from the

           ReConnect/ReConnectArtists-in-Residence Program at the University of Michigan. Kansas City  

2024:  Presenter: Activating the Archive. Museum and Exhibition Practices. University of Hartford, CT

2024:  Presenter: On Figure Drawing. Parsons School of Design. New York City

2024:  Speaker: Fiction, Fabulation, Futurity. University of Hartford, Hartford, CT

2024:  Presenter: Subject Matters: A Galaxy Not so Far Away. University of Michigan Museum of Art

2023:  Presenter: ReConnect/ReCollect: Filipino Martial Arts Workshop and Demo. University of

           Michigan

2022:  Merienda – a special culinary accompaniment to Subterranean. Delaware Valley Arts Alliance.  

           Narrowsburg, NY

2022:  Panelist: ReConnect/ReCollect: Reparative Connections to Philippine Collections. University of

           Michigan

2022:  Virtual Workshop: Confronting Stereotypes through Artmaking. Queens Public Library

2021:  Presenter: Artists Reshaping Narratives 2 (Art21 and Museum of Modern Art, NY)

2021:  Presenter: Shifting Perspectives: Reframing Traditional Narratives (Museum of Modern Art, NY)

2021:  Moderator: Artists in Conversation (HEKLER): with Jelena Prljević and Farideh Sakhaeifar

2021:  Presenter: Shifting Perspectives: Asian Diaspora (Museum of Modern Art, NY)

2021:  Guest Artist Lecturer: Parsons School of Design. Advanced Research Seminar: Visual Culture

2020:  Indigenization and the Dreamland: in conversation with artist Jevijoe Vitug

2020:  Lecturer: Colonial Practices and History of Race and Racial Equity. Indian Americans For Equity                   and Justice

2020:  Virtual Open Studio: Taking Place.  Xenia Dente, Francis Estrada, Jaclyn Reyes, and Jevijoe Vitug

2020:  Guest Artist Lecturer: The Cooper Union.  Basic Drawing and Drawing 1

2018:  Speaker: Current / Bodies: Art and Action on the Waterfront. Brooklyn Historical Society

2018:  Guest Artist Lecturer: New School University: fine art practice

2017:  Guest Artist Lecturer: Hunter College.  Asian-American Studies

2016:  Guest Lecturer: College of Mount Saint Vincent: connections between Filipino martial arts and                   dance

2015:  Docent Workshop: Teaching from Neuberger Museum’s African Art Collection

2015:  Guest Artist and Educator: ArtXchange, Brooklyn Museum: professional development for art   .                    teachers

2015:  Guest Lecturer: New York University: Filipino martial arts history

2014:  Guest Speaker: Moore College of Art and Design: Contemporary Art for the Contemporary                         Classroom: Relevance and Play

2004:   Lecturer: Cathedral of St John the Divine: Museum for African Art’s exhibition: Personal Affects

 

PUBLICATIONS/REVIEW

2024:     International Art Contest Celebrates Minority Human Rights Defenders. UN Office of the High

              Commission on Human Rights

2023:    The Woven History of Filipino American Artists. Hyperallergic by Irene Lee.

2023:    Broad Street Review: Twelve Gates Arts presents Numb Images. Emily Schilling

2022:   Table for All: Philippines by Way of China. New Jersey PBS

2022:    ArtSpeaks: Alfonso Ossorio's Empty Chair or The Last Colonial. 

2021:    What’s next for Filipino American art? by Vina Orden. The FilAm

2021:    The Search for Space. by Jessica Jacolbe

2021:     Asian Journal. October 2021 Issue.  by Vina Orden

2020:    Dorothea Lange’s Pictures of Children. (contributor) Museum of Modern Art, NY

2020:    Movement.  (NExSE Art Collective) by Patrick Flores

2020:    Cabin Fever Artist Talk.  Visual Arts Center of New Jersey

2020:    Sunday Salon: In the Upside Down.  Winter 2020 Issue

2019:    The Eternal Little Brown Brother.  Luis Francia, Inquirer.net (Philippines)

2019:    Underwater New York: Labor Issue. Escaping Dreamland

2018:    World Literature Today.  Philippine-American Literary Section (art contributor).  March 2018 Issue

2015:    Cooking with the Muse (illustrations).  Kornfeld and Massimilla. Tupelo Press

2015:    The Manila Review.  Tropical Gothic (art contributor).  Issue #6

2014:    Storm: A Haiyan Recovery Project. Center for Art and Thought.         

2013:    CURA Magazine, Curious Walk. Fordham University. Issue #8

2003:    Featurette: NewStar. January 2003

1999:    Featurette: Progressing Art. Spartan Daily. San Jose State University. Spring 1999

 

SELECT RESIDENCIES AND AWARDS

2024:   Laureate Award: International Contest for Minority Artists. United Nations 

2023:   ReConnect/ReCollect Artist and Culture Bearers Residency. University of Michigan

2022:   ReConnect/ReCollect: Reparative Connections to Philippine Collections. University of Michigan

2021:   NYFA City Artist Corps Grant. Cycle 3

2019:   The Robert V. Storr Travel and Research Fund: Filipino Colonial Display (St Louis and Chicago)

2016:   The Robert V. Storr Travel and Research Fund: Philippine Anthropological Research (Spain)

2012:   The Elizabeth Foundation Summer Residency for Arts Workers as Artists. NYC

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