Education
1999
BFA Painting | University of Philippines
Selected Solo Shows
2018
Hig sa Hangin (Laying Down in Air) | Finale Art File, Makati City, Philippines
The Allegory of the Crave | Arario Gallery, Shanghai, China
2017
SaLang #1: Craft-Mine-Crap | Project Space Pilipinas, Lucban, Quezon, Philippines
2016
Stirring the Ashes | Steno Art Gallery, Manila, Philippines
The Sleep of Reason | Arario Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2015
Under the Influence | Project Space Pilipinas, Lucian, Quezon, Philippines
Unfolding Encounters | Cornerstone Gallery, Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool, UK
2013
Nameless Presence | Silverlens Gallery, Gillmans Singapore, Singapore
2011
God is busy | Arario Gallery, Cheonan, Korea
2010
Buntong Hininga | Silverlens Galleries, Manila, Philippines
2008
Banana Republic | Avanthay Contemporary, Zurich, Switzerland
2007
Red-eyed Brother | Arario Seoul, Seoul, Korea
Leslie de Chavez | Arario Beijing, Beijing, China
2006
Tropical Delight | Window Gallery, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
Ichimaseyo (Do Not Forget Me) | Goyang Art Studio Gallery, Korea
2004
San Isidro Dismayado | Pahiyas Festival, Lucban, Quezon, Philippines
2003
Bahia (Stain) | Kulay Diwa Galleries, Manila, Philippines
Selected Group Shows
2022
TAKE MY HAND AND I’LL SHOW YOU WHAT WAS AND WILL BE | ALBA Gallery, Vienna, Austria
2019
Yellow Ambiguities | Ateneo Art Gallery, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines
Far Away But Strangely Familiar | Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum, Slovakia
+63/+62 | Silverlens Galleries, Makati City, Philippines
2018
Once I had a Vision, The Left Hand of Darkness | MO Space, BGC Taguig City, Philippines
SaLang | West Gallery, West Avenue, Quezon City, Philippines
2017
Voice of Asia | Arario Gallery, Shanghai, China
2016
Between the Street and the Mountain: Four Artists from the Philippines | Arario Gallery Shanghai, China
2015
PaperViews 15: Rapid Cycling | Project Space Filipinas, Lucban, Quezon, Philippines
The Vexed Contemporary | Museum of Contemporary Art and Design, St. Benilde, Manila, Philippines
Asia Talk to Asia | Jeju Museum of Contemporary Art, Jeju, Korea
You Must Change Your Life | Equator Art Projects, Singapore
2014
Pulse | Project Space Pilipinas, Lucban, Quezon, Philippines
Really? | Arario Museum in Space, Seoul, Korea
PaperViews 14: On Immanence | Project Space Pilipinas, Lucban, Quezon, Philippines
Multiple Languages | Silverlens Gallery, Manila, Philippines
Complicated | Lopez Memorial Museum, Manila, Philippines
Unbearable Lightness of Being | Finale Art File, Manila, Philippines
Concurrence | West Gallery, Manila, Philippines
2013
No Random Nonsense | Boston Gallery, Manila, Philippines
Singapore Biennale 2013: If the World Changed | Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
2012
Panorama: Recent Art from Contemporary Asia | Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
Artists With Arario 3 | Arario Gallery, Cheongdam, Korea
2011
3rd Asian Art Biennal: Meditation | National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan
Rundgang 2011 | Leipzig International Art Programme, Leipzig, Germany
Self Camera: Repositioning Modern Self | Changwon Asian Art Festival, Korea
We Was There | Yuchengco Museum, Laila, Philippines
2010
Beacons of Archipelago | Arario Gallery, Cheonan, Korea
Nanjing Biennale | Nanjing Museum, nanjing, China
Rainbow Asia | Seoul Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Collection Show 2010 | Arario Gallery, Shanghai, China
Reflections | Bupyeong Art Center, Korea
Artists With Arario | Arario Gallery, Cheonan, Korea
2009
We Said Our Piece | Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila
2008
3rd Nanjing Triennal | Nanjing, China
2007
First Pocheon Asian Biennale | Pocheon, Korea
2006
Bikini in Winter | Alternative Space Loop, Seoul, Korea
2005
Beppu Asia Biennale of Contemporary Art | Beppu Museum, Japan
2003
Urbanisasyon | Kolay Diwa Galleries, Manila, Philippines
Buklod | Kulay Diwa Galleries, Manila, Philippines
2002
Recent Works | Kulay Diwan Galleries, Manila, Philippines
Surface | Ayala Museum, Manila, Philippines
Awards / Residencies
2015
The Creative Campus, Liverpool Hope University (Residency Grant), Liverpool, UK
2014
Fernando Zobel Prizes for Visual Art, Ateneo Art Gallery (Prize Winner), Philippines
2011
Leipzig International Art Programme (Residency Grant), Leipzig, Germany
2010
Goethe Institute, (Travel Grant, Art Forum 10), Berlin, Germany
Ateneo Art Awards, “Shattering States” (Prize Winner), Philippines
2007
Neo-Emerging Artists Residency, Dangsan Studio (Residency Grant), Seoul, Korea
2005
IASK Goyang Art Studio. Asian Artists Fellowship Program (Residency Gran), Korea
Beppu Asian Biennale of Contemporary Art 2005, Beppu Art Museum, Japan
2003
Metrobank Foundation Young Painters’ Annual (2nd Prize)
