About
I am an educator, curator, and writer based in Manila, the Philippines. I am currently Chair of the BA Creative Industries Management Program (formerly Arts Management) at De La Salle- College of Saint Benilde, where I serve as Assistant Professor of Arts Management.
My curatorial portfolio spans local and international projects, including co-curation of the official Philippine entry to the 2023 Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space (PQ) in Czech Republic, which won the Intercultural Exchange Award. In the same year, I received the International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art (CIMAM) travel grant for their annual conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina. My written work has been published by diverse platforms, including the Cultural Center of the Philippines, Art Basel, British Council, among others.
As an educator, I engage myself in arts management curriculum development, international linkages, strategic collaborations, and research. I served as conference submissions panel member at the Association of Arts Administration Educators (AAAE) from 2022-2025 and board development member in 2025; and as adjunct researcher and faculty at the University of the Philippines (Baguio) in 2020-21.
My academic training is in art education (cum laude) and curatorial studies from the University of the Philippines Diliman, where my MA research focused on arts management in the Philippines (1987-2023) (as supervised by Dr. Patrick D. Flores), tracing histories and developments of the discipline through knowledge production, circulation, and practices in both the academe and the field.
I also underwent continuing education [online] programs in global art and finance at the Sotheby’s Institute of Art and marketing communications and Lean Six Sigma - Yellow Belt at the Ateneo Graduate School of Business.
Main interests: arts management learning and practice in the Philippines and Southeast Asia, formation and engagement of publics, contemporary art, curatorial practices, cultural policy