Education:
BA in Film: University of the Philippines, Diliman
MFA in Fine Art: Goldsmiths College, University of London
Student Exchange: Rijksakademie, Amsterdam
Artist in Residence & Visiting Tutor: London Metropolitan University

Solo Projects:
2008 Waiting for the Skies to Fail, Ayala Museum/ Vargas Museum/ University of the Philippines
College of Fine Arts Gallery, Quezon City PI
2007Gloryhole/Blackhole, Lopez Museum-University of the Philippines-St. Scholastica, Manila PI
Spectral Serenade, Gallery Primo Alonso & Standpoint Gallery, London UK
Imperial Satellite, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts & Music (Geidai), Tokyo Japan
2006 Bastos Con Diablitos, Mag:net Gallery, Makati PI
Disaster But Disco, A.I.T., Tokyo Japan
No Miracles Tonight, A.I.T., Tokyo Japan
2005 18 Stations to Death and Dementia, Silver Lens Gallery, Makati PI
Legend of AA Battered Boys,Kuenstlerhaus Buchsenhausen, Innsbruck Austria
Sleepwalking, The Philippine Star newspaper (2005-ongoing), PI and online
2004Legend of St. Andy Q.,London Metropolitan University, London UK
2003 Legend of the Sleepwalking Tricks, Oslo Kunsthall-Kunstlerhus Hus, Oslo Norway
2002Legend of the Space Cadet, Science Museum, London UK
2001 The Joyful, Sorrowful and Glorious Mysteries, Goldsmiths College, London UK
2000-1998 Third Space, Quezon City PI

Group Exhibitions:
2008 On Time: East Wing Collection 08, Courtauld Institute & Somerset House, London UK
John I'm Only Dancing, John Jones, London UK
Utopia: Sleepwalking, The Philippine Star and online
2007 Photographing Britain/Late at Tate: Blackhole Camera, Tate Britain, London UK
Mixed Pickles, K3 Project Space, Zurich Swizterland
How To Make Voids Visible/So Tonight The Stars May See, Braziers International, Oxford UK
To Hedonopolis From Melancolony, Thacher Gallery-University of San Francisco USA
Dark Glasses, Standpoint Gallery, London UK
Le Fleurs du Mal, Primo Alonso Gallery, London UK
Shoot Me, Mo Gallery, Makati PI
Pocket Monsters, Prose Gallery, Makati PI
Off the Record, Lockers in Shinjuku & Shimbashi Station, Tokyo Japan
Magazine Project, Dokumenta 12, Kassel Germany
Bright Dead(A)Head, Mag:net Cinekatipunan, Quezon City PI
Urban Nomad, Scope Art Fair, Basel Switzerland
Sleaze, Manila Envelope, Manila PI
Mistereo Mc Beef, Homebase, Tokyo Japan
Overmapped Error, SOMA Arts Center, San Francisco USA
2006 Singapore Biennale, City Hall and the Padang, Singapore
Fuzzy Logic, Lopez Museum, Mandaluyong PI
Manila Envelope, Worth Ryder Gallery-UC Berkeley, California USA
Missing Vocabularies, Green Papaya Projects, Quezon City PI
Resurrection, Pin-Up #5, London UK
Conflict Resolutions, Future Prospects, Quezon City PI
Monstrous Tales, APT Gallery, London UK
Ateneo Art Awards, Rockwell Centre-Ateneo Art Gallery, Makati PI
2005 Fascist Night, Future Prospects, Quezon City PI
LA Artland, Black Dog Publishing, New York USA and London UK
Art & Life, Big Sky Mind Artist's Foundation, Quezon City PI
In-Eye I, University of Bogota, Bogota Colombia
U.S.-U.K.: You Suck, Roger Smith Gallery, New York USA
Cinema Purgatorio, National Commission for Culture & the Arts Gallery, Manila PI
2004 Slow Dance (photos for assume vivid astro focus & los super elegantes), Frieze Art Fair, London UK
Flaca Annual, Flaca & Zoo Art Fair, London UK
Revenge of Romance, Temporary Contemporary, London UK
Pro-Existence, Akademie Schloss, Broellin Germany
2003 Live Culture, Arts Admin and Tate Modern, London UK
2002 Deptford X, Deptford High Street, London UK
East End Platform, Queen Mary College University of London, London UK
Bowie Wonderland, Westbourne Studios, London UK
London Biennale, 291 Gallery, London UK
The Tea Party, Horniman Museum, London UK
2001 Secret, Royal College of Art, London UK
Exchange, Rijksakademie, Amsterdam Netherlands
Ante-Asian, Gapa Project, Los Angeles USA
Eksperimento, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Seattle USA
2000 French Spring, Alliance Francaise, Makati PI
Kaka-, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila PI
5th International Baguio Arts Festival, Botanical Gardens, Baguio City PI

Awards, Residencies and Grants:
University of the Philippines Film Institute, best thesis award 1995
Philippine National Commission for Culture and the Arts, 1 film grant & 1 exhibition grant 1998
Mowelfund Film Institute, film grant 1998
Cultural Center of the Philippines, exhibition grant 1999
Café By the Ruins Foundation, art grant 1999
Baguio Arts Guild, art grant 2000
Rijksakademie, student exchange 2001
Trade Apartment, artist residency 2002
London Metropolitan University, artist residency and lectureship 2003/2004
Kunstlerhaus Buchsenhausen, artist residency 2005
Big Sky Mind Artist Foundation, artist residency 2005
AA2A Bursary for Artist 2003/2004
UNESCO Aschberg Bursaries for Artists 2003/2004 & 2006/2007
Ishibashi Foundation Award 2006
Japan Foundation Travel Grant 2007
Braziers International 2007
ANA/Ford Foundation Art Grant 2007

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