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About
Neill Catangay (b. 1993) is a Filipino interdisciplinary artist born and raised on Guam. Catangay received his BA at the University of Guam and his MFA at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pa. His multimedia process employs illustration, paintings, sculpture, photography and video. Catangay explores the ironic relationships between found objects and personal memory, using contrasting materiality to create objects of particular context. He uses the physical connections of this process along with influences from pop/sub culture films to explore themes of absurdity, the abject, colonialism, consumerism and post-humanism. Catangay’s work has been exhibited internationally: selected exhibitions include Guam Filipno Artists, Dededo, Guam; Guam Art Exhibition (GAX), Tumon, Guam; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA; Isla Center for the Fine Arts, Mangilao, Guam; Cambridge Innovation Center, Philadelphia, PA; Anne Bryan Gallery, Philadelphia, PA; InLiquid Gallery, Philadelphia, PA; Orion Pop-Up Gallery, Philadelphia, PA; The Guam Council on the Arts and Humanities Agency Gallery, Hagatna, Guam; Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA; and Guam Museum, Hagatna, Guam. Catangay is a recipient of CAHA FY 2017-2018 Grant from The Guam Council on the Arts and Humanities Agency and, most recently, is the recipient of the 2020 Mary Butler Fellowship Award at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Statement I create objects that engage with specific memories and inspirations from popular culture film genres such as science fiction and horror. My work is intended to create a dialogue around the peripheral; topics such as the relationship between technology and the body, material excess and colonial industrialization. With arrangements that allow aspects of the familiar/ unfamiliar and irony, I hope to suggest that this combination of histories can present a variety of futures. CV Education 2020 MFA - Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA 2017 BA - Magna Cum Laude, University of Guam, Mangilao, GU Solo Exhibitions 2018 University of Guam, Isla center for the Arts, Taotaomona Mangilao,GU 2017 The Guam Council on the Arts and Humanities Agency (CAHA) Gallery Above Hagatna, GU Selected Exhibitions 2020 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts - Historic Landmark Building, 119th Annual Student Exhibition, Philadelphia, Pa Atelier FAS Gallery, Jump Into The Fire, Philadelphia, Pa 2019 Orion Gallery Permutations: Threads of Momentum, Philadelphia, PA Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Gallery 8 Roots, Philadelphia, PA Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Lobby Secret Haunts, Philadelphia, PA Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Gallery 8, Divergent Directions, Philadelphia, PA Woodmere Art MuseumThe Woodmere Annual 78thExhibition Second Nature: The Poetics of Re-presentation (curated by Eileen Neff), Philadelphia, PA Cambridge Innovation Center, 6thfloor, Catalyze, Philadelphia, PA Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Small-scale Big-color, Philadelphia, PA Exhibition hosted by InLiquid Gallery and Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Lifeblood, Philadelphia, PA 2018 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Gallery 8, Senses and Sensuality, Philadelphia, PA Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Gallery 8, Texture, Philadelphia, PA 2016 University of Guam, Isla center for the Arts, Reflections, BA Senior exhibition, Mangilao, GU 2014-2017 Guam Plaza Center, Guam Art exhibit (GAX), Tumon, GU 2013-2017 Hagatna Shopping Center, OBRA, Guam Filipino Artists (GFA), Hagatna,GU 2012-2015 University of Guam, Isla center for the Arts, undergraduate exhibition, Mangilao, GU Awards/Scholarships/Grants 2018 MFA Merit Award, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA Alumni Association Scholarship, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Philadelphia, PA 2017-2018 The Guam Council on the Arts and Humanities Agency (GCAHA) Grant, Hagatna, Guam Curatorial Experience 2019 Anne Bryan Gallery, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Shape, Philadelphia, PA Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Daydream, Philadelphia, PA Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Divergent Directions, Philadelphia, PA Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Secret Haunts, Philadelphia, PA Professional Experience 2020 Pennsylvania of the Fine Arts, Teaching Assistant Trips and Critswith Neysa Grassi, Philadelphia, PA Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Student Exhibitions Committee, Philadelphia, PA 2019 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Student Exhibitions Committee, Philadelphia, PA Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Student Orientation Leader (Fall), Philadelphia, PA Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Facilities Assistant, Philadelphia, PA Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Low-Residency MFA Program, Teaching Assistant/Critic, Philadelphia, PA Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Teaching Assistant Painting in the Dark with Neysa Grassi, Philadelphia, PA 2017 Isla Center for the Arts, Gallery Assistant, Mangilao, GU 2016 Guam Filipino Artists (GFA), Painting Instructor, Hagatna, GU 2014 Isla center for the Arts Gallery, Gallery Technician, University of Guam 2013-2017 Guam Filipino Artists, Hagatna, GU Publications/Illustration Projects Lourdes Perez, Teresita & Chamoru translation by Tenorio Rivera, Maria, select illustrations by Catangay, Neill, Chamoru Legends: A Gathering of Stories, University of Guam Press, 2019 Payne, Catherine, illustrations by Catangay, Neill, Chop Chep Unai, University of Guam Press, Taiguini Books, 2018 Beath, Mary & Jacobs, Francine, additional illustrations by Catangay, Neill, Haggan Tasi Siha Sea turtles (A Coloring Book in English and Chamorro), University of Guam Press, 2016 Community Service/Projects 2017 University of Guam, Uog/Coast 360 Federal credit union Bus Stop Project, Mangilao, GU 2015 Archbishop Flores Mural, Tamuning, GU |
