c u r r i c u l u m v i t a e
Education
2017 BFA in Printmaking, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
Selected Professional Arts Experience
2022-present Junior Resident Tattoo Artist, Thorns Tattoo, Berkeley, CA
2021-present Letterpress and Screen Printer, People I’ve Loved, Oakland, CA
2020-present Artist Assistant to Kate Deciccio and Hiroyo Kaneko at Planting Justice, Oakland, CA
2018-present Intern/Studio Monitor, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2018-present Jeweler, For Ina Jewelry, Oakland, CA
2021-2022 Illustrator, Soulovely, Oakland, CA
2020 Illustrator for Equity Plan, Foothill College, Los Altos, CA
2015-2017 Exhibitions Preparator, College Avenue Galleries, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
2015-2017 Gallery Assistant, College Avenue Galleries, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
2015-2016 Printmaking Teaching Assistant (Relief and Intaglio processes), Young Artist Studio Summer Program, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
2016 Screenprint Teaching Assistant, Summer Atelier Program, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
Community Workshops / Presentations
2023 Presentation with Youth program at Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
2023 Screenprint workshop with Youth Program at Ceri, Oakland, CA
2023 Presentation and zine workshop with Youth at Generation Chinatown, San Francisco, CA
Mural Work
2022
Muralist, 5M Event, San Francisco, CA
Solo Mural, Bar Mural, Night Heron, Oakland, CA
2021
“Free Our Freedom Fighters”, Solo Mural, Mini Mural Festival, SFMoMA x SOMAPilipinas, San Francisco, CA
Solo Mural, Window Mural, First Edition, Oakland, CA
Assistant Muralist to Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo
Assistant Muralist to Jessica Sabogal, ‘Sobreviviremos’, Folsom Mural Installation, San Francisco, CA
2019
Assistant Muralist to Sami See, “EPA Roots”, Emerson Collective, East Palo Alto, CA
Selected Collaborations
2023 ‘In The Future There Are No Hospitals, writings by care workers’, Illustrator for publication/zine, in collaboration with care workers/writers
2021 ‘Hermit Card’, Illustration for Liberation Tarot Deck organized by Elicia Epstein
2021 ‘ReBirth’, Screenprint edition, collaboration with Hodari
2021 ‘Break Cycles, Build Power’, Screeprinted Shirts for Youth Together conference, collaboration with Lead Student Organizers from Youth Together
2021 ‘Convergence’, Screenprint edition, collaboration with Mike Nicholls of Umber Publishing
2020 ‘High Voltage’, zine, collaboration with Trinidad Escobar
2019-2020 ‘’Paper Trail of F.R.E.E.D.O.M.”, illustrator for book, collaboration with Jxtheo
Performances / Production Experience
2022
Performer, ‘Recuerdos de la Tierra’ by Soph Rocha, Ecotones event at Sibley Park, Oakland, CA
Illustrator/set design, ‘Ritual for Thrivation no. 2, Production by Sammay Peñaflor Dizon, ODC Theatre, San Francisco, CA
Guest singer for Zack Endoso, Nosei Sun Room event by Andrew Kodama, Cone Shape Top, Emeryville, CA
Selected Exhibitions
2024
Artists Rising: Oakland to Palestine, benefit art show curated by Ashley Salaz and Nicole Gervacio, 510 Firehouse, Oakland, CA
In Reverence of the Feminine, group show curated by Lucile Henderson, Abrams Claghorn Gallery, Albany, CA
2023
For The Love of..., group show curated by Xhiyo Rodriguez, Casa Hechizos, Oakland, CA
2022
Hella Feminist, group show curated by Erendina Delgadillo and Carin Adams, OMCA, Oakland, CA
2021
Closer Together, group show curated by Woody de Othello, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Mini Mural Festival, Live painting event and public mural exhibition, SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA
Learning How to Break Cycles, Solo Show, Southern Exposure Window, San Francisco, CA
2020
10xten, group show curated by Felicia Ann and Mario Navasero, Faultline Artspace, East Oakland, CA
Living Legacies: Día de Los Muertos 2020, group show curated by Carolina Quintanilla, SomArts, San Francisco, CA
Kapwa Show, group show curated by Franceska Gamez, 1810 Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Practicing Memory, solo show, Ramp Gallery, SomArts, San Francisco, CA
Rest is Power, group show curated by Heidi Herrera, Rita Huang, Abby Robertson, Micaella Sanchez, and Alexandra Thoits, Manetti Shrem Museum, Davis, CA
2019
Reclamisión, group show curated by Alyssa Mariah Aviles, San Francisco, CA
Black and Brown Bodies will Forever Dream and Exist, group show curated by Samantha Maria Espinoza, Oakland, CA
The New Mestizx, group show curated by Sami See, Accion Latina, San Francisco, CA
En Este Momento // In This Moment, group show curated by Mariela Lua, Alchemy Collective, Berkeley, CA
Postcolonial Revenge, group show curated by Dara Katrina and Gilda Posada, Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, San Francisco, CA
2018
APAture Re:Place Exhibition, Featured Artist, group show hosted by Kearny Street Workshop, Arc Galleries, San Francisco, CA
Rooted, solo show Nook Gallery, Oakland, CA
Artists’ Annual Exhibition, group show, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2017
Roots, solo show, Wolf's Head, Santa Barbara, CA
2017 Commencement Exhibition, group show, Nave, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
To Be Free, BFA solo show, College Avenue Galleries, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
2016
Activate Archive: Capp Street Project Exhibition, group show, Oliver Art Center, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
23rd Annual Yozo Hamaguchi Printmaking Scholarship Awards Exhibition, juried by Timothy Berry, Mikae Hara and Carole Jeung, Isabelle Percy West Gallery, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
Deconstruct the Gaze, group show curated by Malaya Tuyay, Blattner Print Studios, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
Make/Work/Study Staff Show, group show, College Avenue Galleries, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
Osaka Exchange Exhibition, seventh biennial print exhibition, Isabelle Percy West Gallery, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
2015
70th Anniversary of Osaka University of the Arts, international exchange exhibition, Osaka University of the Arts, Osaka, Japan
22, Rotting the Aura, hybrid print group show, College Avenue Galleries, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
Made of Two, group show, Campus Center Galleries, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Honeycomb, group show, College Avenue Galleries, California College of the Arts, CA
22nd Annual Yozo Hamaguchi Printmaking Scholarship Awards Exhibition, juried by Kathan Brown, Mikae Hara, and Alisa Golden, Isabelle Percy West Gallery, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
Artist Talks/Presentations
2020 Panelist, Kapwa Show Artist Talk on Zoom, Sacramento, CA
2018 Panelist, Filipinx Futurity: Interdisciplinary Practices through the Bodiless and the Rooted moderated by Dorothy Santos with Kimberley Arteche and Malaya Tuyay, Pilipinx American Library Artists Retreat, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA
2016 Presentation, 2016 Bay Area Book Arts Student Showcase, Book Club of California, San Francisco, CA
Awards/Honors
2017 Yozo Hamaguchi Artist-in-Residence Fellowship, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2016 Yozo Hamaguchi Printmaking Scholarship (juried by Timothy Berry, Mikae Hara and Carol Jeung), California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
2015 Osaka/CCA International Exchange Award/Exhibition, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
2015 CCA Library Book Arts Award, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
2015 Yozo Hamaguchi Printmaking Scholarship (juried by Kathan Brown, Mikae Hara and Alisa Golden), California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
Collections
Ella Strong Denison Library Collection, Scripps College, Claremont, CA
Artists Archives, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
SGC International Archives, Zuckerman Museum of Art at Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA
Artists' Books Collection, Meyer library, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
Affiliations
Filipino American Artist Directory
Liyang Network
Publications & Appearances
Illustration published in “Sumber” Magazine, 2023
Illustration published in “Liwanag 3”, 2022
Illustration published in “Issue 2: The Sound Issue”, Umber Magazine, 2019
Illustration published in “Special Issue: Soft”, TAYO Literary Magazine, 2019
Article Features and Appearances
“In OMCA’s ‘Hella Feminist,’ 150 years of Collective Action Points the Way Forward”, Exhibit highlight, KQED, 2023
“Inside Night Heron, Uptown Oakland’s Soulful New Bar Pulling 8 Different Cocktails on Draft”, Mural highlight, SF Eatery, 2022
“Rest is Power”, Article highlighting exhibit, Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, UC Davis, 2020
“In conversation with Ramp Gallery Artist Malaya Tuyay”, Online Interview by Rebeca Flores, 2020
2017 BFA in Printmaking, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
Selected Professional Arts Experience
2022-present Junior Resident Tattoo Artist, Thorns Tattoo, Berkeley, CA
2021-present Letterpress and Screen Printer, People I’ve Loved, Oakland, CA
2020-present Artist Assistant to Kate Deciccio and Hiroyo Kaneko at Planting Justice, Oakland, CA
2018-present Intern/Studio Monitor, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2018-present Jeweler, For Ina Jewelry, Oakland, CA
2021-2022 Illustrator, Soulovely, Oakland, CA
2020 Illustrator for Equity Plan, Foothill College, Los Altos, CA
2015-2017 Exhibitions Preparator, College Avenue Galleries, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
2015-2017 Gallery Assistant, College Avenue Galleries, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
2015-2016 Printmaking Teaching Assistant (Relief and Intaglio processes), Young Artist Studio Summer Program, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
2016 Screenprint Teaching Assistant, Summer Atelier Program, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
Community Workshops / Presentations
2023 Presentation with Youth program at Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
2023 Screenprint workshop with Youth Program at Ceri, Oakland, CA
2023 Presentation and zine workshop with Youth at Generation Chinatown, San Francisco, CA
Mural Work
2022
Muralist, 5M Event, San Francisco, CA
Solo Mural, Bar Mural, Night Heron, Oakland, CA
2021
“Free Our Freedom Fighters”, Solo Mural, Mini Mural Festival, SFMoMA x SOMAPilipinas, San Francisco, CA
Solo Mural, Window Mural, First Edition, Oakland, CA
Assistant Muralist to Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo
Assistant Muralist to Jessica Sabogal, ‘Sobreviviremos’, Folsom Mural Installation, San Francisco, CA
2019
Assistant Muralist to Sami See, “EPA Roots”, Emerson Collective, East Palo Alto, CA
Selected Collaborations
2023 ‘In The Future There Are No Hospitals, writings by care workers’, Illustrator for publication/zine, in collaboration with care workers/writers
2021 ‘Hermit Card’, Illustration for Liberation Tarot Deck organized by Elicia Epstein
2021 ‘ReBirth’, Screenprint edition, collaboration with Hodari
2021 ‘Break Cycles, Build Power’, Screeprinted Shirts for Youth Together conference, collaboration with Lead Student Organizers from Youth Together
2021 ‘Convergence’, Screenprint edition, collaboration with Mike Nicholls of Umber Publishing
2020 ‘High Voltage’, zine, collaboration with Trinidad Escobar
2019-2020 ‘’Paper Trail of F.R.E.E.D.O.M.”, illustrator for book, collaboration with Jxtheo
Performances / Production Experience
2022
Performer, ‘Recuerdos de la Tierra’ by Soph Rocha, Ecotones event at Sibley Park, Oakland, CA
Illustrator/set design, ‘Ritual for Thrivation no. 2, Production by Sammay Peñaflor Dizon, ODC Theatre, San Francisco, CA
Guest singer for Zack Endoso, Nosei Sun Room event by Andrew Kodama, Cone Shape Top, Emeryville, CA
Selected Exhibitions
2024
Artists Rising: Oakland to Palestine, benefit art show curated by Ashley Salaz and Nicole Gervacio, 510 Firehouse, Oakland, CA
In Reverence of the Feminine, group show curated by Lucile Henderson, Abrams Claghorn Gallery, Albany, CA
2023
For The Love of..., group show curated by Xhiyo Rodriguez, Casa Hechizos, Oakland, CA
2022
Hella Feminist, group show curated by Erendina Delgadillo and Carin Adams, OMCA, Oakland, CA
2021
Closer Together, group show curated by Woody de Othello, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Mini Mural Festival, Live painting event and public mural exhibition, SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA
Learning How to Break Cycles, Solo Show, Southern Exposure Window, San Francisco, CA
2020
10xten, group show curated by Felicia Ann and Mario Navasero, Faultline Artspace, East Oakland, CA
Living Legacies: Día de Los Muertos 2020, group show curated by Carolina Quintanilla, SomArts, San Francisco, CA
Kapwa Show, group show curated by Franceska Gamez, 1810 Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Practicing Memory, solo show, Ramp Gallery, SomArts, San Francisco, CA
Rest is Power, group show curated by Heidi Herrera, Rita Huang, Abby Robertson, Micaella Sanchez, and Alexandra Thoits, Manetti Shrem Museum, Davis, CA
2019
Reclamisión, group show curated by Alyssa Mariah Aviles, San Francisco, CA
Black and Brown Bodies will Forever Dream and Exist, group show curated by Samantha Maria Espinoza, Oakland, CA
The New Mestizx, group show curated by Sami See, Accion Latina, San Francisco, CA
En Este Momento // In This Moment, group show curated by Mariela Lua, Alchemy Collective, Berkeley, CA
Postcolonial Revenge, group show curated by Dara Katrina and Gilda Posada, Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, San Francisco, CA
2018
APAture Re:Place Exhibition, Featured Artist, group show hosted by Kearny Street Workshop, Arc Galleries, San Francisco, CA
Rooted, solo show Nook Gallery, Oakland, CA
Artists’ Annual Exhibition, group show, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2017
Roots, solo show, Wolf's Head, Santa Barbara, CA
2017 Commencement Exhibition, group show, Nave, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
To Be Free, BFA solo show, College Avenue Galleries, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
2016
Activate Archive: Capp Street Project Exhibition, group show, Oliver Art Center, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
23rd Annual Yozo Hamaguchi Printmaking Scholarship Awards Exhibition, juried by Timothy Berry, Mikae Hara and Carole Jeung, Isabelle Percy West Gallery, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
Deconstruct the Gaze, group show curated by Malaya Tuyay, Blattner Print Studios, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
Make/Work/Study Staff Show, group show, College Avenue Galleries, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
Osaka Exchange Exhibition, seventh biennial print exhibition, Isabelle Percy West Gallery, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
2015
70th Anniversary of Osaka University of the Arts, international exchange exhibition, Osaka University of the Arts, Osaka, Japan
22, Rotting the Aura, hybrid print group show, College Avenue Galleries, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
Made of Two, group show, Campus Center Galleries, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Honeycomb, group show, College Avenue Galleries, California College of the Arts, CA
22nd Annual Yozo Hamaguchi Printmaking Scholarship Awards Exhibition, juried by Kathan Brown, Mikae Hara, and Alisa Golden, Isabelle Percy West Gallery, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
Artist Talks/Presentations
2020 Panelist, Kapwa Show Artist Talk on Zoom, Sacramento, CA
2018 Panelist, Filipinx Futurity: Interdisciplinary Practices through the Bodiless and the Rooted moderated by Dorothy Santos with Kimberley Arteche and Malaya Tuyay, Pilipinx American Library Artists Retreat, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA
2016 Presentation, 2016 Bay Area Book Arts Student Showcase, Book Club of California, San Francisco, CA
Awards/Honors
2017 Yozo Hamaguchi Artist-in-Residence Fellowship, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2016 Yozo Hamaguchi Printmaking Scholarship (juried by Timothy Berry, Mikae Hara and Carol Jeung), California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
2015 Osaka/CCA International Exchange Award/Exhibition, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
2015 CCA Library Book Arts Award, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
2015 Yozo Hamaguchi Printmaking Scholarship (juried by Kathan Brown, Mikae Hara and Alisa Golden), California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
Collections
Ella Strong Denison Library Collection, Scripps College, Claremont, CA
Artists Archives, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
SGC International Archives, Zuckerman Museum of Art at Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA
Artists' Books Collection, Meyer library, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
Affiliations
Filipino American Artist Directory
Liyang Network
Publications & Appearances
Illustration published in “Sumber” Magazine, 2023
Illustration published in “Liwanag 3”, 2022
Illustration published in “Issue 2: The Sound Issue”, Umber Magazine, 2019
Illustration published in “Special Issue: Soft”, TAYO Literary Magazine, 2019
Article Features and Appearances
“In OMCA’s ‘Hella Feminist,’ 150 years of Collective Action Points the Way Forward”, Exhibit highlight, KQED, 2023
“Inside Night Heron, Uptown Oakland’s Soulful New Bar Pulling 8 Different Cocktails on Draft”, Mural highlight, SF Eatery, 2022
“Rest is Power”, Article highlighting exhibit, Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, UC Davis, 2020
“In conversation with Ramp Gallery Artist Malaya Tuyay”, Online Interview by Rebeca Flores, 2020