education:
Goldsmiths, Unversity of London (UK)
PhD in Arts & Computational Technology, 2013
Thesis Project- Digital Art and the Global South
Camberwell College, Unversity of the Arts London (UK)
MA in Digital Arts, 2010
Thesis Project- Tahanan (Home): Moving Images of the Philippine Diaspora in London
Ontario College of Art & Design (Canada)
Bachelor of Design, 2000
Communication and Design- Advertising
conferences and publications:
2010, Computers and the History of Art Conference – “Technology and
‘the death of Art History”, London, UK. Paper: Digital Art in the
‘Third World’ context of the Philippines
2007, New Temple Weighs Heavy in Transnational Digital Age, Le
Panoptique: More Perspective. Society Section, 1 October, accessed 22
July 2010,
<http://www.lepanoptique.com/sections/societe/new-temple-weighs-heavy-in-transnational-digital-age/>.
2006, Spotlight Artist: Rod Dioso, (interview by Claudia McKoy).
MIX: A Declaration of Creative Independence. Issue 31.2, Toronto, pp.
38-41.
"CIUT 89.5 Radio Interview with
an Artist". Toronto, August
26, 2006.
awards and collections:
Untapped!
Emerging Artists Competition (winner)
Toronto, 2009
City of
Toronto Art Collection, Cultural Services
Works purchased: St. Jamestown I, II & III
Curator: Pamela Wachna
Toronto, 2008
Ontario
Arts Council, Visual Artists:
Emerging Grant Recipient
Project: The Visual Landscape of Toronto's Filipino Community
Toronto, 2007-8.
Aoyama Design Award
(shortlisted)
Submission: My Japan:
½ Full, ½ Empty.
Tokyo,
2003.
Cresta International Advertising
Award (Print Finalist)
Submission: GM Luxury Assortment
New York, 1999.
selected exhibitions:
2011
Salon V Group Show, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto
2010
MA Degree Show, Camberwell College, London (UK)
2009
Toronto Artist Project,
Toronto
2008
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition,
Toronto
Riverdale Art Walk, Toronto
Whodunit,
OCAD, Toronto
The
Little Art Show, BMW Building, Toronto
2007
Whodunit,
OCAD, Toronto
Nuit-Blanche,
Hangman Gallery, Toronto
The
Little Art Show, BMW Building, Toronto
Kultura, Kapisanan Philippine Centre,
Toronto
2006
The
Little Art Show, BMW Building, Toronto
Open Studio, 96 Spadina, Toronto
The
Little Art Show, BMW Building, Toronto
Do Hands Make us Human, Hangman Gallery, Toronto
Riverdale Art Walk, Toronto
Parkdale Arts Festival, Toronto
Queen West Art Crawl, Toronto
2005
Queen
West Art Crawl, Toronto
ArtsWeek, Toronto
Annex Patio Art Show, Toronto
2004
Spring Design Festa,
Odaiba Big Sight, Tokyo
Fall
Design Festa,
Odaiba Big Sight, Tokyo
2003
Spring Design Festa,
Odaiba Big Sight, Tokyo
Fall
Design Festa,
Odaiba Big Sight, Tokyo
2002
Fall
Design Festa,
Odaiba Big Sight, Tokyo
2001
Spring
Design Festa,
Odaiba Big Sight, Tokyo
2000
SAWA Philppine Group Show, City Hall Gallery, Toronto
SAWA Philppine Group Show, Atrium Gallery (Ontario College
of Art & Design), Toronto
community involvement:
2008
Muse 08 Carnivale, Toronto
contributing
artist supporting the Schulich Heart Centre at
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
2007
fu-GEN fiRE GALA, Toronto
contributing artist to raise funds for fu-GEN Asian-Canadian Theatre
Company
2006
Leyte Filipino Mudslide
Benefit, Toronto
contributing artist for 2006 Leyte mudslide fundraising event
2004-6 The Chi-ki
Children's Foundation, Toronto
contributing artist to raise funds for educational initiatives in Laos
2005 Tsunami Volunteer Centre, Khao Lak, Thailand
art director for income-generation crafts shop reconstruction project