Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Education
2017-2019
School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art
Certificate in Museum Studies
2006-2010
OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario, CA
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture and Installation
Exhibitions
2023 Project 31, Daniels Waterfront, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
Land Be Mine, Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, MN
Other Tigers, The Lost and Found, Toronto, ON
2022 Savage Cookbook, Sculptors Society of Canada, Canadian Sculpture Centre, Toronto, ON
2021 After, Other, and Before, curated by Kehayr Brown-Ransaw, Mardag Gallery, Shafer, MN
I’ve Seen The Elephant, Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, MN
2020 Family Matters, curated by Bonny Nahmias, Root Division, San Francisco, CA (online exhibition)
2019 SMFA at Tufts: Juried Student Exhibition, Edward H. Linde Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
No Time for Laundry, Tufts University Art Galleries, Aidekman Arts Center, Medford, MA (MFA Thesis Exhibition)
2018 Just Shed, Mission Hill Gallery, Boston, MA
Exchange, Mission Hill Gallery, Boston, MA
2017 In House, curated by Sonya Filman with Paperhouse Studio, Critical Distance, Artscape Youngplace, Toronto, ON
2016 SZEEN, Y+ Contemporary, Scarborough, ON
2015 RaceCraft, curated by Marie Lo and Sarita Echavez See, Center for Art and Thought, Los Angeles, CA (online exhibition)
Come OUT!, Scarborough Arts, Bluffs Gallery, Scarborough, ON
Recent Work, Weaving Hand, Weaving Hand Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Diasporic Intimacies: Visualizing the Intimate, curated by Marissa Largo, Open Gallery, Toronto, ON
Kudos, Sculptors Society of Canada, Canadian Sculpture Centre, Toronto, ON
2014 Food Worlds, curated by Clare Counihan and Sarita Echavez See, Center for Art and Thought, Los Angeles, CA (online exhibition)
New Members Exhibition, Sculptors Society of Canada, Canadian Sculpture Centre, Toronto, ON
Hard Twist 8 - This is Personal, The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON
2013 4th Annual Juried Emerging Sculptors Exhibition, Sculptors Society of Canada, Canadian Sculpture Centre, Toronto, ON
ChildSight: 28th Annual Juried Show, Scarborough Arts, Papermill Gallery, Toronto, ON
2012 Pamahiin/Ritual, 7th Annual KULTURA Festival, Kapisanan Philippine Centre for Arts and Culture, Toronto, ON
2011 They’re All Hybrids, curated by Michelle Jacques, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto, ON
2010 15th Annual Juried Graduating Sculpture Student Exhibition, Sculptors Society of Canada, Canadian Sculpture Centre, Toronto,
ON
Enter OCAD, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
Hinge, InterAccess Electronic and Media Arts Centre, Toronto, ON (BFA Thesis Exhibition)
2009 Lost and Fantastic Universe of Infinite Odysseys, Switch Contemporary, Toronto, ON
Residencies
2024 ISCP (International Studio and Curatorial Program), Brooklyn, NY, July-September (upcoming)
2023/24 The After School, Center for Arts, Design, and Social Research (CAD+SR), Tire, Turkey, (April) and Nairobi, Kenya, (October)
2023/24 Leisa Rich Fibre Arts Residency, Contemporary Textile Studio Co-op, Toronto, ON, December-March
2022 arteventura, Corteconcepción, Huelva, Spain, November
2022 Franconia Sculpture Park, Alumni Artist Residency, Shafer, MN, September-October
2021 Franconia Sculpture Park, Emerging Artist Residency, Shafer, MN, April-June
Grants, Awards, and Scholarships
2024 Creation (Visual Artists), Toronto Arts Council, Toronto, ON
2023 Professional Development for Artists (Explore and Create), Canada Council for the Arts, Ottawa, ON
2022 Residencies (Arts Abroad), Canada Council for the Arts, Ottawa, ON
2022 Exhibition Assistance, Ontario Arts Council (Gendai), Toronto, ON
2021 Visual Artists Creation Project, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto, ON
2021 Exhibition Assistance, Ontario Arts Council (Recommended by YYZ Artists’ Outlet), Toronto, ON
2019 Post-Graduate Teaching Fellowship, School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, Boston, MA
Presidential Award for Civic Life, Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life, Tufts University, Medford, MA
Tufts Institute of the Environment (TIE) Research Fellowship, Tufts University, Medford, MA
2018 Museum Council Sculpture Prize, School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, Boston, MA
2017 School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA) Presidential Scholarship, School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, Boston,
MA
2013 MST Bronze Sculpture Award, Sculptors’ Society of Canada, Toronto, ON
2010 Sculpture and Installation Medal, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
Nora E. Vaughan Award, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
InterAccess Media Arts Prize, OCAD University and InterAccess Media Arts, Toronto, ON
Talks and Panels
2024 Textile Talks, Corditex (Cordillera Textiles Project), University of the Philippines, Baguio, Benguet, Philippines (online)
2020 Curated Conversations, SMFA at Tufts: Juried Student Exhibition Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2019 Spotlight Talks, SMFA at Tufts: Juried Student Exhibition Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2017 Artist’s Panel Discussion, In House: Benefit Art Show, Paperhouse Studio, Artscape Youngplace, Toronto, ON
Teaching Experience
2023 Instructor/Mentor to Flora Shum, Making Monumental, Skills and Career Development: Indigenous Arts Professionals and Arts
Professionals of Colour (Ontario Arts Council), Toronto, ON
2020 Instructor, Mould-Making: Still Life, Langley Arts Council, Aldergrove, BC (online)
2019-20 Post-Graduate Teaching Fellow with Christy Georg, 3D Foundations, SMFA at Tufts University, Boston, MA
2019 Teaching Assistant for Floor Van De Velde, Digital Fabrication: Technology, Craft, and Theory, SMFA at Tufts University,
Boston, MA
2018 Teaching Assistant for Barbara Gallucci, Beginning Sculpture Studio, SMFA at Tufts University, Boston, MA
Teaching Assistant for Ken Hruby, Kinetic Sculpture, SMFA at Tufts University, Boston, MA
2017 Teaching Assistant for Tanya Crane and Graham Yeager, 3D Foundations, SMFA at Tufts University, Boston, MA
Related Experience
2021-23 Fine Art Technician, Gallery Express: Fine Art Services, Toronto, ON
2021 Studio Assistant, Dennis Lin Studio Inc., Kimberley, ON
Fine Art Technician, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, ON
Studio Assistant, Ani Kasten Ceramics, Shafer, MN
2020 Co-Juror, Sculpture, Media Arts and Performance Exhibition, 230 Fenway, School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University,
Boston, MA
Co-Juror, Second Annual Combined Degree Exhibition, Tisch Tower Gallery, Tisch Library, Tufts University, Medford, MA
2018 Participant/Presenter, Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities Summit, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
2017 Arts Workshop Facilitator, Beautiful Waste, Blank Canvases and Thinking Forward, Monarch Park Arts and Music
Festival, Monarch Park, Toronto, ON
2016 Art Workshop Facilitator, Beautiful Waste, Blank Canvases and Thinking Forward, In/Future, Ontario Place, Toronto, ON
2015 Program Coordinator, Navigation (volume 2), Kapisanan Philippine Centre for Arts and Culture, Toronto, ON
2014 Props and Stage Manager, If These Walls Could Talk (with Carlos Celdran), 9th Annual KULTURA Filipino Arts Festival, Toronto, ON
2013 Art Workshop Facilitator, Bayanihan, 8th Annual KULTURA Filipino Arts Festival, Daniel Spectrum, Toronto, CA
2012 Arts Workshop Facilitator, K-Mobile, Kapisanan Philippine Centre for Arts and Culture, Toronto, CA (2012 – 2014)
2015-17 Production Assistant and Junior Screen-Printer, Guerilla Printing, Toronto, ON
2012-14 Studio Assistant for 3D Area, Moss and Lam, Toronto, ON
2010-11 Sculptor and Fabricator, Maydwell Mascots Inc., Toronto, ON
2010 In-House Sculptor, Merlin Works, Etobicoke, ON
Affiliations and Memberships
2023- Member, Paperhouse Studio, Toronto, ON
2022-23 Studio Artist, Flick the Switch Artist Collective (Grange Park), Toronto, ON
2021-22 Member, Al Green Sculpture Studio and School, Toronto, ON
2020-22 Board Member/Councillor-at-Large, Sculptor’s Society of Canada, Toronto, ON
2013-22 Member, Sculptor’s Society of Canada, Toronto, ON
2010-17 Studio Artist, Walnut Studios, Toronto, ON
2016 Member, Scarborough Arts, Scarborough, ON
2010 Member, InterAccess Media Arts Centre, Toronto, ON
Press
Tufts Now, "SMFA at Tufts: Juried Student Exhibition" showcases work from promising young artists, Robin Smyton, November 4, 2019
Tufts Now, A Tale of Two Protests, Laura Ferguson, October 19, 2018
Scarborough Arts, June 2015 Member of the Month, scararts, June 8, 2015
ARTORONTO.ca, Solid Ideas/Opening Reception, Aurore Mathys, September 2014
Center for Art and Thought, CA+T Interview, Rachel Ishikawa, July 19, 2014
Philippine Reporter, Young artists rediscover ideology behind bahay kubo, Rachelle Cruz, August 23,2014
Philippine Reporter, Inspiring outreach to young Fil-Cans, Dyan Ruiz, May 24, 2013
OCAD University, OCAD presents medals to its top students, May 5, 2010