CV
Education
2015 - Present MA in Art Studies
University of the Philippines, Diliman
1997 - 2002 Bachelor of Fine Arts
University of Santo Tomas, Manila
Experience
Instructor at the
Department of Art Studies
College of Arts and Letters
University of the Philippines Diliman
January to December 2023
Guest Curator
Visual Arts and Museum Division
Cultural Center of the Philippines
November 2023 to May 2024
Editor and Project Curator for
Upskilling on Performance and Visual Arts Curation
Project by the Office of Christopher De Venecia
and the Cultural Center of the Philippines
April 2023
Participating Artist for
Textile Culture Net (TCN) online exhibition
organized by Centre for Heritage, Arts,
and Textile (CHAT)
July - August 2022
Participating Artist for
OCCURRENT Exhibition
Vargas Museum
September 3 to December 4, 2022
Co-Curator for Imelda Caijpe Endaya:
Pagtutol at Pag-Asa | Isang Retrospective
Main Gallery and Third Floor Hallways
Cultural Center of the Philippines
February 9 to March 28, 2019
Co-Curator for Kesen Art and Life Potluck Sharing,
Rikuzentaka Artist in Residence Program
Iwate, Japan
September 2017 to March 2018
Co-curator for Manila Biennale 2018,
Open City Exhibition Program
July to November 2017
Project Coordinator (Philippines) for The Artist and
The Social Dreamer, Forecast Festival in Berlin
2014 to present
Independent Curator and Freelance Art Writer
June 2010 to present
Lecturer at Kalayaan College Fine Arts Program
in Quezon City
June 2012 to 2014
Freelance Art Director and Illustrator
2004 – 2012
Art Director for publishing and advertising companies
Residencies and Grants
Uncommon Pursuits
A Temporary School for Emergent Curators
in Southeast Asia
San Art
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 2018
Short-term Residency
Paradise AIR
Matsudo, Tokyo, Japan 2017
Rikuzentakata Artist-in-Residence Program
Rikuzentaka City, Japan, 2017
Invitation Program for Next Generation Curators of Southeast Asia
Tokyo, Japan, 2014
HAO Summit Singapore
Singapore, 2012
Flyover 158-98B Japan-Philippine Exchange Program
Manila, 2012
Workshop Grant:
Curatorial Workshop Manila by the Independent Curators International
National Commission on Culture and the Arts, 2016
Exhibition Grant:
Run and Learn: New Curatorial Constellations
The Japan Foundation, 2014
Independent
Curatorial Projects
Norma Liongoren | Reading Between
the Lines (Co-Curated with Hannah Liongoren) for Art Fair Philippines 2023
Forms Without Vanishing Points: Diagrams for sensing and becoming (as Curatorial Consultant) at the Vargas Museum, 2023-2024
the surface of land and water
The Drawing Room Gallery for
Visayas Art Fair
Mandaue City, Cebu, 2022
The Hem of a Long Conversation
The Drawing Room Gallery
Makati City, 2022
To give a moment a name
The Drawing Room Gallery
Makati City, 2019
Resetting the Clock
Bulwagang Fernando Amorsolo,
Pasilyo Victorio Edades and
4th floor Atriums
Cultural Center of the Philippines
Pasay City, 2018
Resilient Paradise
Joshibi Art University Suginami Campus
Tokyo, Japan, 2017
White Noise
Vargas Museum
Quezon City, 2014
Never Again Martial Law
Palma Hall, UPD
Quezon City, 2012
Curved House
Blanc Gallery Compound
Mandaluyong, 2012
Solo Exhibitions
The Days are Long, The Years are Short
Yokota Elementary School
Rikuzentakata City, Japan, 2017
Feelings
The Drawing Room Gallery
Makati City, 2017
Retreat, Repeat
27F
Quezon City, 2016
Kasama
Bahay Tsinoy
Manila, 2011
Select Published Essays
"Archie Oclos: Conquering Urban
Walls for the Landless"
Purveyr Issue 5, 2018
“A Range of Mavericks: Creators
of Ideas and Actions”
Purveyr Issue 4, 2017
“Formation Through Envisioning and Artworld Public:
Identifying Members as Citizens and the Artworld as Nation”
TrafficVolume 1, 2017
“Creators of Perception Re-Configuration”
Purveyr Issue 3, 2017
“Go with the flow”
SukiVol. XVIII Issue 2, 2015
“Concrete Reveries”
Flyover: Yokohamanila | Guide + Report, 2012