NEILL FRIANEZA CATANGAY
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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
 




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