CV
E D U C A T I O N
BA, New Media & Queer Studies, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA (2014)
MFA, Performance & Performance Studies, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (2019)
S E L E C T E D W O R K S
2022
good luck (Performance, Collaborator, Kitchen Top)
2020-2021
already felt: poems in revolt & bounty (Annual Publication / Co-Curator, Editor)
Maracuyá Peach (Reading Series / Co-Organizer, Co-Curator)
2019
BRINE: A Communion in Preservation (Forthcoming, Performance & Meal / Collaborator)
MARROW: A Communion in Excavation (Performance & Meal / Collaborator)
F(E)AST (Performance Installation / Performer)
2018
How to Hold a Knife (Performance Lecture / Writer, Performer)
salinity (Silk Organza, Salt, Water / Installation / Performer)
tarnish (Performance / Performer)
process (HD Video / Performance Video / Performer)
2017
lessons in memory preservation (Video, Sound, Sculpture / Durational Performance / Performer)
Have Your Own: a moving image potluck (Curator, Presenter)
2016
For You, For Me (Found Materials / Time Based Performance / Collaborator)
2015
Tastebuds (Single Channel Video, Performance / Cinematographer, Editor, Collaborator)
#JCTakeItBack Video Series on Gentrification in Jersey City (HD Video / Documentary / Director, Editor)
refraction (HD Video Short / Experimental Narrative / Cinematographer, Editor, Collaborator)
2013/2014/2015
for the islands i've lost, the islands i've never known: imag(in)ing home in a queer diaspora (Four Channel Video Loop, Sound, Performance, Sculpture / Director, Editor, Performer)
2014
meryenda (HD Video Short / Performer, Editor, Collaborator)
2013
rot + remembrance (Sound, Sculpture / Collaborator)
now/here: mo(ve)ments of almost there (Dual Channel Video Loop, Sculpture / Director, Editor, Performer)
WELCUM TO SALVE////ATION (Dual Channel Video Loop, Sound, Sculpture / Collaborator)
manlalakbay ng kalawakan (HD Video / Experimental Narrative / Cinematographer, Editor, Collaborator)
My Dear Apocalypse (HD Video / Experimental Narrative / Production Assistant, Actor)
a rise from the ashes: monthly queer performance salons 4 u and me (Curator, Performer)
2012
Do You Feel Threatened? (Single Channel Video, Site Specific Performance / Cinematographer, Editor, Performer, Collaborator)
still (Video / Experimental Non-Fiction / Director, Cinematographer, Editor, Collaborator)
Differences (Video Short / Experimental Narrative / Director, Editor)
THIS IS ABOUT YR NEEDS (HD Video Short / Experimental Narrative / Director, Cinematographer, Editor)
2011
Read Me (Video / Experimental Narrative / Director, Editor, Performer)
Nawala Salita (Video / Non-Fiction / Director, Editor, Collaborator)
P U B L I C A T I O N S
Forthcoming
F(E)AST (Full-Length Poetry Collection / Author, Bookmaker)
2021
Chicago Reader Poetry Corner Feature, edited by Xandria Phillips (Digital and Print Publication)
2019
Sixty Inches from Center (Interview / Interviewee)
Tayo Literary Magazine (Digital Publication / Contributor)
Filipino American Artist Directory 2019 Edition (Print and Digital Publication / Featured Artist)
Ginger Quarterly Issue 15 (Print and Digital Magazine / Contributor)
2018
o, mother / o, body / o, grasiya (Chapbook, Handmade edition of 3 / Author, Designer, Bookmaker)
with you & with you (Artist Books, Handmade edition of 3 / Author, Designer, Bookmaker)
The Greatest Country in the World (Chapbook, Handmade edition of 10 / Author, Designer, Bookmaker)
|][ (Artist Book, Handmade edition of 50 / Collaborator)
2014
salt/water/bones (Zine, Edition of 100 / Author, Designer, Bookmaker)
MOONROOT Issue 3: Surviving & Thriving (Print and Digital Zine / Contributor)
F E S T I V A L S + S H O W I N G S
2021
Philadelphia Fringe Festival
2021
Brooklyn Rail Political Poetry Reading, curated by Pamela Sneed
2020
Abuela’s Backyard Featured Reader, presented by Bowery Poetry, curated by Alexis Aceves Garcia
2019
Volumes Bookcafe Featured Reader
School of the Art Institute of Chicago MFA Show, Exhibiting Artist, SAIC Sullivan Galleries
Textured Translations, Featured Performer, Ground Level Platform
Flat Iron First Fridays, Featured Performer, Robey Hotel
Meanwhile, Featured Performer, Delilah’s
2018
Flat Iron First Fridays, Featured Artist, Robey Hotel
Fleur De Sel Poetry & Performance Tour, Featured Performer, PhilaMOCA
Fleur De Sel Poetry & Performance Tour, Featured Performer, Bunker Projects
Fleur De Sel Poetry & Performance Tour, Featured Performer, Sector 2337
Shameless Light, Featured Performer, Gallery 400
|][, Publication Release & Exhibition, AMFM Gallery
2017
The Poetics of Haunting: An Evening of Activations, School of the Art Institute of Chicago Sullivan Galleries, Featured Performer
12th Annual Berlin Porn Film Festival, Official Selection
Videoarte para Fijadx en la Libertad, Queens Museum, Featured Artist and Panelist
2015
Providence Queer Arts Festival, Queer Histories: Queer Futures, AS220, Official Selection
Heels On Wheels Opentoe Peepshow #22, The Branded Saloon, Featured Artist
2014
27th Annual MIX NYC Queer Experimental Film Festival, Official Installation Selection
National Queer Arts Festival, Artists’ Television Access, SPIRIT: Queer Asian, Arab, and Pacific Islander Artivism, Featured Artist
The Bakla Show 3, Bindlestiff Studio, Featured Artist
Five College Film Festival, Amherst College, Official Selection
2013
26th Annual MIX NYC Queer Experimental Film Festival, Official Selection
2012
120 dB: A Group Show of Concert Photography, Fort Useless, Participant
R E S I D E N C I E S + F E L L O W S H I P S
2020
Tin House Summer Workshop with Aimee Nezhukumatathil / Online
2019
The Home School Hudson / Hudson, NY
2018
[Multitude] Artist in Residence, The Overlook Place / Chicago, IL
2017
betOnest Open Residency / Stolpe, Germany
2016
Innovative Cultural Advocacy Fellow, Caribbean Cultural Center & African Diaspora Institute / New York, NY
SET ON FREEDOM: queer and trans artists of color retreat participant, Queens Museum / Queens, NY
A W A R D S + R E C O G N I T I O N
2020
Tin House Summer Workshop Scholarship Recipient
Princess Grace Foundation Professional Development Grant Recipient
2019
Brooklyn Poets Whitman Bicentennial Poetry Contest Finalist
School of the Art Institute of Chicago Graduate Dean Professional Development Award Recipient
2018
Princess Grace Foundation Professional Development Grant Recipient
School of the Art Institute of Chicago World Less Traveled Grant Recipient
2017
School of the Art Institute of Chicago Graduate Dean Professional Development Award Recipient
2014
Hampshire College Commencement student elected moderator
Hampshire College Ingenuity Award Recipient
2013
Princess Grace Foundation Undergraduate Film Award Recipient
Community Partnerships for Social Change Social Justice Scholar Grant Recipient
W O R K + I N T E R N S H I P S
2021-Present
Asian American Writers’ Workshop, Digital Communications Manager / New York, NY
2020-2021
Center for Book Arts, Marketing Manager / New York, NY
2017-2019
SAVED, Production & Operations Assistant / New York, NY
Candor Arts Publishing Review Committee Member / Chicago, IL
Candor Arts Reading Residency Jury Member / Chicago, IL
Freelance Web Designer / Chicago, IL
The Care Plan, Video Editor / Chicago, IL
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Teaching Assistant: Border Crossing with Roberto Sifuentes / Chicago, IL
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Teaching Assistant: Introduction to Performance with Werner Herterich / Chicago, IL
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Graduate Technology Assistant / Chicago, IL
2015-2017
Theatre of the Oppressed NYC, Community Engagement Coordinator / Brooklyn, NY
2015
Notorious Choe Productions, Film Production Intern / Brooklyn, NY
2014
Hampshire College, Teaching Assistant: Hybrid Identities Authentic Selves with Kim Chang / Amherst, MA
2013
Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project, Communications Intern / San Francisco, CA
2012
Bitch Media, New Media Intern / Portland, OR
2010-2017
Impose Magazine, Freelance Photographer / New York, NY
P A N E L S + P R E S E N T A T I O N S
2020
Split This Rock Poetry Festival: Poems of Provocation and Witness, Presenter (postponed)
2015
17th Annual Allied Media Conference, Presenter
6th Annual Five College Queer Gender & Sexuality Conference, Presenter and Featured Performer
2014
5th Annual Five College Queer Gender & Sexuality Conference, Presenter
2012
3rd Annual Five College Queer Gender & Sexuality Conference, Presenter
9th Annual ASK (Attitude, Skills, and Knowledge) Conference, Presenter