Curriculum Vitae
b. 1996 in Cebu City, Philippines
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
Education
2018 - 2021 Bachelors of Fine Arts, Studio Art - Painting
Missouri Western State University, St Joseph, MO
2014 - 2018 Bachelors of Science, Health Science
Truman State University, Kirksville, MO
Exhibitions
2024 Beyond Likeness (Online), Not Real
Curated by Kirsten Bengston
2024 Ritual / Reverence, Immaterial Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2024 A Plexiglass Proscenium
Curated by Lauren Hirshfield, Paradice Palase, Brooklyn, NY
2023 Entre Nos: Aesthetics of Undocumentedness
Curated by Erika Hirugami, Visible Records, Charlottesville, VA
2023 Grasping Tenderness: Explorations of Queer Joy & Freedom, In Spite of Everything
Curated by Monica Miller, Hawthorn Contemporary, Milwaukee, WI
Chrysalis
2023 Curated by Mischelle Moy, Persona, Brooklyn, NY
2021 “Your Best American Boy”
Aircrafts Engraving Gallery, St. Joseph, MO
2020 “UnInvited Guest”
Lodger Art, Kansas City, MO
2020 “Tangled Roots”
InterUrban/ArtHouse (Online), Overland Park, KS
2020 “Time Out”
Potter Hall Gallery, St. Joseph, MO
2020 “The Queer Experience”
InterUrban/ArtHouse, Overland Park, KS
Publications
2023 Love - A Community Zine benefitting the Trevor Project. pg 38
2022 New Directions. Volume III: Anthology of Literary & Visual Arts. pg 6-9
2021 Moody. Issue 7.
2020 deadpeasant.pdf. Issue 1. pg 11
2020 the monitor. Spring 2020 issue. pgs 12, 13 & 14
2020 Chronotope. Issue 3. pgs 30 & 31
2020 Reach. Spring 2020 issue
2019 Reach. Spring 2019 issue. pg 18
2019 the monitor. Spring 2019 issue. Cover & pg. 1
Residencies
2024 Bischoff Inn Artist Residency, Tamaqua, PA
2022 Misfeed Press Artist Residency
2021 New York Academy of Art (NYAA) Summer Undergraduate Residency
2020 - 2021 East Coast Asian American Student Union (ECAASU) Artist Residency
Awards & Grants
2021 Academy Merit Scholarship Recipient at the New York Academy of Art
2021 Missouri Western Arts Society Grant Recipient
2020 Anne Reed Gray Art Scholarship Recipient
2019 Missouri Western Applied Learning Grant Recipient
2019 Amy Singleton Memorial Art Scholarship Recipient
2019 Edwin & Maybelle McDonald Art Scholarship Recipient
2014 Samuel A. Jeffries and Alice White Scholarship Recipient
Selected Bibliography
Bengtson-Lykoudis, Kirsten, “Artist Christian Bañez Describes His Efforts to Fit Into Rural America”, Not Real Art | Creative Arts, October 12, 2021
Brown, Robert, “With Liberty and Justice,'“ Charlotte Street Foundation, KC Studio, October 11, 2021
Kirsten, Markley, “From One Intern to Another,” Studios Inc, June 17, 2021