Curriculum Vitae
born in Manila, Philippines
currently lives in Philadelphia, PA, USA
EDUCATION
2003 MFA in Studio Art, Hunter College, New York, NY
2002 Universität der Künste, Berlin, Germany (exchange)
1994 BA in Studio Art & Art History, Rutgers College, New Brunswick, NJ 1992
Rutgers Art History Program in Paris, France (summer session)
ARTIST RESIDENCY, FELLOWSHIP and AWARDS
2022 Interlude Artist Residency
2021 Velocity Fund
Philadelphia Photo Arts Center Artist Resident
2020 Leeway Transformation Award
Leeway Foundation Art and Change Grant
2019 Independence Foundation Visual Arts Fellowship
CFEVA Visual Artist Fellowship
2018 Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL
2017 Leeway Foundation Art and Change Grant
Vermont Studio Center Residency, Johnson, VT
2016 The Wassaic Artist Residency, Wassaic, NY
The Common Field Convening Scholarship, Miami, FL
Swim Pony's Cross Polllination Residency, Philadelphia, PA
2015 Robert Flaherty Film Seminar Fellowship, NYC (funded by Wyncote Foundation)
2009 free103point9’s AIRtime Residency, Acra, NY
2008 Public Art Fund’s In the Public Realm Finalist
2007 Puffin Foundation Grant (in collaboration with Brainstormers)
2006 Experimental Television Center Artist Residency, Owego, NY
2003 Experimental Television Center Artist Residency, Owego, NY
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS/SCREENINGS
2024
Untitled, Philadelphia International Airport Terminal E, Philadelphia, PA (solo) (forthcoming)
Untitled, Gallery Land Collective, Philadelphia, PA (solo) (forthcoming)
Seed Stories: A Celebration of Land-based Creators, The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, Philadelphia, PA
2023
Layers of Authenticity, Rowan University Art Gallery, Glassboro, NJ
Kapwa, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
Siling Labuyo, in collaboration with Bahay 215 and Star Apple Farm, co-presented by Truelove Seeds and Philadelphia Museum of Art Community Outreach, Philadelphia, PA (commissioned)
2022
History in RGB, Palmer Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY (solo)
Natural History, 2-person exhibition with Talia Greene, Past Present Projects, Philadelphia, PA
Companions: Mas Masarap Magkasama, (in collaboration with Bahay215), The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, Philadelphia, PA
2021
Thread, The College of New Jersey Art Gallery, Ewing Township, NJ (catalogue)
Through The Lens, Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA
Breathing Room, Leonard Pearlstein Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Archives Reimagined, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center
2020
one never remembers alone, USC Roski School of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
2019
Te Whāinga: a culturelab on civility, presented by Auckland Museum and Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, Auckland, New Zealand
2018
The Project Mosaic 2018, Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, Lancaster, PA. (2-person exhibition)
Making Space: Leeway @25, The Galleries at Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA
Womankind’s Art Exhibit, One Art Gallery, New York, NY
Electric Dreams and Other Strange Occurrences. Pingyao International Photography Festival in China. Pingyao, China. Curator: James Ramer
Then And Now, Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia, PA. Curator: Alexandra Chang History in RGB, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (solo)
2017
Hurry Up and Wait, Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia, PA. Curator: Adriel Luis
History in RGB, Black Oak House, West Philadelphia, PA (solo)
Parallel Fields: Julianna Foster and Maria Dumlao, Recitation Gallery at University of Delaware, Newark, DE (2-person exhibition)
Boundaries, Brentwood Arts Exchange at Gateway Arts Center, Riverdale, MD. Curator: Erin Devine and Phil Davis
2016
Mimesis, Stage II, Icebox Project Space, Crane Arts, Philadelphia, PA (solo in collaboration with Eugene Lew)
2015
Next To Nothing, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (solo)
2014
Isolated Fictions, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL. Curator: Caroline Picard/Lantern Projects
The Woodmere Annual, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA. Curator: Sarah McEneany
Expanded Earthly World, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA (solo)
2013
Vox Populi at The Front, New Orleans, LA
Spark Gap, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA
2012
Alanta, Billboard Art Project, Atlanta, GA
Sound Places, Commotion Festival, Philadelphia, PA
2011
HOMELAND a screening of short films about place, Maas Building, Philadelphia, PA. Curator: Jesse Pires
Biennial Arts Faculty Exhibition, Hicks Art Center Gallery, Newtown, PA
Bucks Faculty Exhibition, University of the Arts-Hamilton Hall Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
2010
Landscape Techné, Little Berlin, Philadelphia, PA. Curator: Kristen Neville-Taylor (catalogue)
Yet Another Roadside Attraction, The Richmond Billboard Project, Richmond, VA
Forecast, Little Berlin Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2009
tart@A.I.R., A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. Curator: Kat Griefen
The Society of Korean Photography International Festival for Photography and Video, GoEun Museum of Photography, Busan, Korea (catalogue)
2008
Creative Cartographies Film & Video Screening, Brooklyn Arts Council, Brooklyn, NY. Curator: Jeanne Gerrity.
Un/Veiled Visions, Amelie A. Wallace Gallery, Old Westbury, NY. Curators: Dahn Hiuni & Hyewon Yi.
The Main Event, Schroeder Romero Gallery, New York, NY. Curators: Trey Edwards & Thomas Seely.
2007
1800FRAMES|Take3, The Jersey City Museum: Jersey City, NJ.
Video Dictionary, La Noche En Blanco: Matadero Madrid, Spain (catalogue)
1800FRAMES|Take3, Woods Hole Film Festival: Woods Hole, MA.
1800FRAMES|Take3, MomentFactory: Montreal, Canada.
1800FRAMES|Take3, The Pioneer Theater: East Village, NY.
1800FRAMES|Take3, SCOPENY Art Fair: Lincoln Center, NY-Cinema-Scope, New York, NY.
2006
1800FRAMES|Take3, City Without Walls Main Gallery, Newark, NJ
Empire’s Feast, Firehall Arts Centre, Powell Street Festival, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Curators: Jenny Ham and Cindy Mochizuki.
Alimatuan: The Emerging Artist as American Filipino, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI. Curator: Kóan Jeff Baysa.
Video Dictionary, Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
Video Dictionary, Image Forum Festival, Park Toewr Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Video Dictionary, Image Forum Festival, Goethe-Institute, Kyoto, Japan
2005
Video Dictionary, Impakt Festival, Casco Gallery, Utrecht, Holland
Video Dictionary, Loop: The Video Art Fair ‘05, Centre d’Art Santa Mònica, Barcelona, Spain
Faculty Exhibition, Pratt Institute at Munson-Williams-Proctor, Utica, NY
Empire’s Feast, Rush Arts Gallery, New York, NY.
Empire’s Feast, Video in Studios, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Empire’s Feast, PH Gallery, New York, NY
Video Dictionary, The Video Art Foundation, Island Art Film and Video Festival, London, England
2004
Video Dictionary, The Video Art Foundation, La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain
Re: Source, Art in General, New York, NY
Silhouette, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY (catalogue)
2003
Naturbeobachtungen, Pfefferberg, Berlin, Germany. Curators: Edmund Piper and Andreas Engler
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Hunter College (catalogue) (solo exhibition)
Inverse: Oslo, Galleri 21/25, Oslo, Norway
2002
Video Trade, Interflugs, Universität der Künste, Berlin, Germany
2002
Improvised and Otherwise: A Festival of Sound & Form, Williamsburg Arts Nexus, Brooklyn, NY
SELECTED COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
2013
Solar Motel, The Rotunda, Philadelphia, PA (live video and performance with Chris Forsyth and the Solar Motel Band
Fort Thunder Attaks...Again!, Space 1026, Philadelphia, PA (in collaboration with Vox Populi artists)
2012
It’s The End Of The World (Again!), PhilaMOCA, Philadelphia, PA (in collaboration with Michele Guieu)
Time Capsule, Sight and Sound, Billboard Art Project, Richmond, VA (in collaboration with Michele Guieu)
2011
Real Time, Mabel Smith Douglass Library Galleries, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. (in collaboration with Brainstormers)
2009
then and now: site specific works in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, LGBT Center, New York, NY. (in collaboration with Brainstormers) Curator: Christopher Hanway (catalogue)
2008
Get Mad, Chelsea District, NY, NY (street performance in collaboration with Brainstormers and Guerrilla Girls)Making It Together: Women's Collaborative Art and Community,
Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY. (in collaboration with Brainstormers and Guerrilla Girls) Curator: Carey Lovelace
Air Kissing, Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside, PA. (in collaboration with Brainstormers) Curator: Sasha Archibald.
2007
Air Kissing, Momenta Art Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
Weather Report, 41st BAC International Film & Video Festival, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY. (in collaboration with Brainstormers)
Have You Seen or Herd?, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY. (in collaboration with Brainstormers)
2006
Redhead, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York. Curator: Seth Cameron (in collaboration with Brainstormers)
The “F” Word ‘Zine Project, Brainstormers, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA (in collaboration with Brainstormers)
How Good Are You? performance across from Armory Show, Pier 90, New York, NY (in collaboration with Brainstormers)
2005
Point, performance in front of PS1, Long Island City, NY (in collaboration with Brainstormers)
The Go Show, Manhattan Neighborhood Network, New York, NY (in collaboration with Elaine Kaufman and Jane Johnston)
The Go Show, Brooklyn Community Access Television, Brooklyn, NY (in collaboration with Elaine Kaufman and Jane Johnston)
2003
Relentless Red, One Arm Red, Brooklyn, NY (video installation in collaboration with dancer Estelle Woodward and musician Jeff Arnal)
2002
Loophole, Dumbo Arts Festival , White Wave, Brooklyn, NY (video installation in collaboration with dancer Estelle Woodward and musician Jeff Arnal)
Cluster, Galapagos Art & Performance Space, Brooklyn, NY (video installation in collaboration with dancer Estelle Woodward and musician Jeff Arnal)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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PUBLICATIONS
An Ally, Isang Alay, at Manananggal. 2018, Letters to a Young Brown Girl, Barbara Jane Reyes (author), Rochester, NY: B0A Editions, 2020, front cover.
History in RGB. 2018, Storyscape Literary Journal, cover art, Issue 20., 2018. Online Publication.
Sound of Art, vinyl LP, published by Art Fag City, 2010 (compilation)
Private Eye, NY Arts Magazine, Vol. 13, No. 5/6, May/June 2008: 84.
Brainstormers Report Photo Essay. Activisms, Women’s Studies Quarterly, Vol. 35, Fall/Winter 2007: 144-149. 6-page photo essay; Women’s Studies Quarterly/Feminist Press and the Center for Graduate Study at the City University of New York
Interrogation Mark. 2007, AnOther Publication, Front Cover, Summer 2007. Published by Piet Zwart Institute/Revolver. Edited by Katarina Zdjelar and Renée Ridgway.
Brainstormers Report: Scene & Herd, Volume 2, May 2007. (self-published), 8 pages.
The Cutting Edge and The Corporate Agenda. Women & Environments International Magazine, No. 72/73, Spring 2007. Published by the Women and Gender Studies Institute at the University of Toronto: 57-58
Brainstormers Report: Gallery Guide, Vol. 1, March 2006. (self-published) 12 pages
TEACHING and RELATED EXPERIENCE
2009-present: Associate Professor, Bucks County Community College, Newtown, PA
2008: Adjunct Professor, SUNY College at Old Westbury, Old Westbury, NY
2005-2008: Head Technician, Parsons New School of Design Photo and Digital Lab, New York, NY
2006 2008: Adjunct Professor, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
2007: Substitute Assistant Professor (FT), Hostos Community College of CUNY, Bronx, NY
2005-2006: Adjunct Professor, Pratt Institute at Munson-Williams-Proctor, Utica, NY
2006: Photoshop Instructor, The Field/Dance Theater Workshop, New York, NY
2005: Certified Television Producer, Brooklyn Community Access Television, Brooklyn, NY 2003-2005: Photo Edit Traffic Assistant, Time Magazine, New York, NY.
2002: Intern, Harvestworks Digital Arts Media, New York, NY.
2001-2002: Art Teacher, Avance After-School Program, High School of World Cultures, Bronx, NY 2000-2001: Studio Assistant, Michelle Stuart, New York, NY.
2000- 2001: Teacher's Assistant, Roy DeCarava, Hunter College, New York, NY
CURATORIAL PROJECTS, PANEL, and SERVICE
2023
Panelist, New Jersey Council for the Arts Fellowship
2019
Juror, Fleisher Art Memorial Wind Challenge, Philadelphia, PA
Guest Artist, Oh, Snap!, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA
Curator, And this is how you are a citizen..., Hicks Arts Center Gallery, Newtown, PA
2018
Workshop Leader, First Friday Interactive Workshop at Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia, PA
Panelist, Leeway Foundation Art and Technology Residency at NextFab
Speaker, Dialogic: MATERIALITY, 2018 SPE Annual Conference (Society of Photographic Education), Philadelphia
2017
Artist Talk and Studio Visits, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
2013-2016
Co-coordinator, Fourth Wall, new media project space at Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA
2011
Curator, The Big Idea, Little Berlin, Philadelphia, PA
2010
Advisor, New Hope Film Festival, New Hope, PA
2008
Jury Panelist, Manhattan Community Arts Fund for Visual Art, Media & New Media, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, NYC
Panelist, 42nd Brooklyn Arts Council/BAC International Film & Video Festival, Brooklyn, NY
2007
Panelist, Bronx Council on the Arts 2007 BRIO (Bronx Recognizes Its Own) Award, Bronx, NY
Panelist, The New Feminisms: Promoting Diversity, Outreach & Inclusion, Women’s Media Center, NYC.
2004 and 2003
Curator, Materiality of Sound in Image, Improvised and Otherwise: A Festival of Sound & Form, Williamsburg Arts Nexus, Brooklyn, NY
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
2017-present Jerry's On Front, co-founder of project space and music rehearsal rooms, Philadelphia, PA
2012-2018 Vox Populi, member of an artist-run collective and gallery space in Philadelphia, PA
2005-2011 Brainstormers, a multi-disciplinary art collective Co-founder & Co-organizer, New York, NY
2010-2011 Little Berlin, member of an artist-run collective and gallery space in Philadelphia, PA
2005-2010 tART, a Women’s Art Collective member, New York, NY