EDUCATION
MVS Masters of Visual Studies, University of Toronto, Canada, 2011-2013.
SDS Collborative Program in Sexual Diversity Studies, University of Toronto, Canada, 2011-2013.
PASC Professional Art Studio Certificate, Toronto School of Art, Canada, 2010-2011
BFA Bachelors of Fine Arts, Ontario College of Arts and Design University, Canada, 2005-2009.
Apparel Fit Tech, Fashion Exchange Program, George Brown College, Toronto, Canada, 2018-2019.
Classic Course Diploma, Vidal Sassoon, Toronto Canada, 2003.
Trucco Makeup, Certificate, Toronto, Canada, 2003.
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Art, OCAD University, September 2018-Present
Graduate Studies Advisor, Inclusive Design (MDes) & Interdisciplinary Master's in Art, Media and Design (MFA), OCAD University, 2021-2022
Associate Chair of Contemporary Drawing & Painting, Faculty of Art, OCAD University, July 2019 - July 2021
Sessional Teaching, Contemporary Drawing and Painting, Faculty of Arts, OCAD University, 2019
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Mentor Advisor for the Residency at Visual Arts Mississauga, Toronto, Ontario, 2021-2023
Outside the Box Collective. Creators: Julius P. Manapul &Neda Omidvar. Toronto, Canada.
Member of the Board of Directors, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, 2020-2022
Artist Mentor for Clutch, Kapisanan Centre for Philippine Art and Culture, Toronto, Ontario, 2014-2015
AWARDS
GOG Awards (Galeries Ontario Galleries) 2023.
(EXHIBITION OF THE YEAR BUDGET UNDER $20,000 THEMATIC)
"THE COUNTER/SELF" Group Show, Curated by Mona Filip.
Artists: 2Fik, Helio Eudoro, Julius Poncelet Manapul, Meryl McMaster, Sasha Schevchenko, Adrian Stimson, Stacey Tyrell, Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory and Jamie Griffiths. Art Museum at the University of Toronto, 2023.
OCAD University Faculty of Art Teaching Award. Commitment to providing inclusive learning and success, 2020-2021
OCAD University Merit Progress Award for activities and achievements as Assistant Professor, 2020-2021
OAC Ontario Arts Council Grant for A Space Gallery Project in Toronto, 2018
Blink: Akimbo TV Short Video Winner of the theme "Collage" @akimboart from Instagram, Canada, April 2016.
1st Showcase Winner, Category: New-Media, Artslant, Cabinet of Queeriosities, Butterfly Series, Canada, 2014.
The Benjamin Hart Lobko Memorial Travel Award, Canada, 2012.
David Buller Memorial Scholarship, Canada, 2011.
Eric Freifeld Award, Figure and Draughtsmanship, Canada, 2007.
Christopher & Mary Pratt Scholarship, Drawing and Painting, Canada, 2006.
EXHIBITIONS
2024
"_other tongues" Group Show, Part 1 Communication, Organized by Ryan Rice. Artists: Iyanu Ajagunna, Schem Rogerson Bader, Susan Blight, Simon Glass, Ursula Handleigh, Julius Poncelet Manapul, Diane Mikhael, Kathy Moscou, Par Nair, Julia Rose Sutherland, Tommy Truong, Natalie Majamba Waldburger, Amy Wong. Onsite Gallery, 199 Richmond St W. Toronto, ON, Canada,June 19 - Nov 30, 2024.
"THE COUNTER/SELF" Group Show, Curated by Mona Filip.
Artists: 2Fik, Helio Eudoro, Julius Poncelet Manapul, Meryl McMaster, Sasha Schevchenko, Adrian Stimson, Stacey Tyrell, Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory and Jamie Griffiths. The Lilley Museum of Art, University of Nevada, Reno,USA, Feb 29th - June 1st, 2024.
"Sila/Siya/Ako" (They/Them/Me) Solo Show.
Curated by Marissa Largo. New Installation, Multimedia, Digital works of Julius Poncelet Manapul. A Space Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Jan 5th - Apr 27th, 2024.
2023
"THE COUNTER/SELF", Group Show, Curated by Mona Filip.
Arists: 2Fik, Helio Eudoro, Julius Poncelet Manapul, Meryl McMaster, Sasha Shevchenko, Adrian Stimson, Stacey Tyrell, Laakkukuluk Williamson Bathory, and Jamie Griffiths. Art Museum at the University of Toronto, Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, 7 Hart House Circle, Canada, Jan 11th - April 15th, 2023.
2022
"Faith and Fortune: Art Across the Global Spanish Empire", Curated by Adam Harris Levine, and interpretive Planner Gillian McIntyre. Guest curator Tahnee Pantig. Julius P. Manapul was part of the exhibition's community advisory group, and had provided two audio guides, "Manton de Manila" & "Bucaros" along with Adam Levine. AGO Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada, Jun 8th - Oct 10th.
"X Marks the Spot: Filipinx Futurities", Curated Collaborative Group Show by Dr. Marissa Largo. Artists: Patrick Cruz, Excel Garay, Julius Poncelet Manapul, John Ephraim Velasco, Ella Gonzales, and Revill Villanueva. Gales Gallery, York University, Toronto, Canada, July.
"UNDER THE RAINBOW: Decoding Queer Film", Group Show, Curated by Sarah Hunter, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Canada, Summer 2022.
"Marking Schemes", Julius P. Manapul's contribution collaboration "HOT SEAT" & "Soap Is Not Enough", Thursday, January 13th, 2022. A Collaboration with The Drawing Board (Natalie Waldburger, Amy Swartz, and Jj Lee), and 9 guest artists. Red Head Gallery, Toronto, Canada, Jan 10th - 22nd.
"STILL LIFE", Group Show, Juried by Juno Youn & Marli Davis. John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Canada, Dec 2021 - Feb 2022.
2021
“TULOY, TAWID” (Translation “Continue, Cross”) 6 Artist Group Show, curated by Kuh Del Rosario & Manar Abo Touk.
Art Gallery of Grand Prairie, June 24th – Sep 20th, 2021. (Accompanied by an artist talk on Sept 10th, 2021)
“Pandemia: A community Collage” Group Show at 12 Degrees. 110 Works by 28 Artists Responding to our Pandemic Experience
since mid-March 2020. 15 Beverly Street, Toronto, Ontario, January 2021
2020 -2021
"Decolonizing Antiquities" Solo Exhibition, Artscape 906 Queen St. W Unit B05, Toronto, Ontario, November 5, 2020 - March 26, 2021.
2020
"Pandemia: A Community Collage", Group Show at 12 Degrees. 110 Works by 28 Artists Response to our Pandemic Experience since mid-March 2020.
15 Beverley Street, Toronto, Ontario. Runs until January 2021
"You Are Here" Group Show Curated by Lisa Jefferies, Jordan Fee, Mary Wallace, Joanna Wreakes. John B. Aird Gallery, 906 Queen St. W Unit B05, Toronto, Ontario, March 5-April 3, 2020
2019
“Erasing A Country: From Decolonizing Diasporic Queer Bodies to Decolonizing Academic Pedagogies” Artist Talk, OCAD University,
Toronto, Ontario, September 25th.
“Cabinet of Queeriosities” Diasporic Butterfly Installations, OUTsider Festival,
The VORTEX Theater, Austin, Texas, USA, Feb 20th -24th.
2018
“Queerious text series: Bakla from the Cabinet of Qeeriosities show" (2014). 29th Annual Mistletoe Magic Gala Art Fundraiser. John B. Aird Gallery. 900 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. December 6 - 13 2018.
“Forward Motion”, Installation “Whitewashed Cockfight”, Curated by Noa Bronstein. Small Arms Society,
1352 Lakeshore Rd E, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, September 9, 2018 - October 20, 2018
“Whitewashed Bakla in the Presence of the Rice Queen”, Life size Photo Collage, Les Productions LNDMRK inc. Project: + SPACE, Art Series for ViiV Healthcare, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Nov 2018 – June 2018.
“Whitewashed Cock Fight”, Paper Collage Installation, Ontario Society of Artists, OSA 145th Annual Open Juried Exhibition, John B. Aird Gallery, 900 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, April 10th – May 4th.
“Crafting The Intangible Belongings: Our Own Shields Disarmed”, Window Installation, With Drawings by Rachel Richey, The Window Gallery, 558 Church Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Feb 23rd – March 24th.
2017
"Unsettling Imaginaries", Installation "Whitewash cockfight" , curated by Marissa Largo. A Space Gallery, 401 Richmond Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, November
"Leave Yourself Behind", Collaborative Short Experimental Art Film, In Your Pocket: Dear Diary, RT Collective, in partnership with the Inside Out LGBT Film Festival, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June.
"Queer Landscape Queer Intersections", "Whitewashed Bakla in the Presence of the Rice Queen" (Triptych), Jury: Robert Hole, Pamila Matharu and Syrus Marcus Ware, Presented by the Ontario Public Service (OPS) Pride Network, Featuring work by 30 queer artists from across Ontario, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June.
"Gender Trouble: FIrst Thursday Event", "Ticking Hearts Tocking Heads Tapping Tipsy Toes", Collaboration Performance with Catharine MacTavish, AGO Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, May 4th.
"The Queerious Murse Series", Installation Gay Murse and Cutouts, A Space Gallery, Window Vitrine, 401 Richmond Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Jan-March.
"Yonder", Installation "Balikbayan Bakla Maya", (UWAG) University of Waterloo Art Gallery, Curated by Matthew Brower and Mona Filip, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, Jan.
2016
"Yonder", Installation "Balikbayan Bakla Maya", Koffler Gallery & Artscape Youngplace, Curated by Matthew Brower and Mona Filip, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Sep-Nov.
"Whitewashed Queer Diaspora", Short Art Film, TQFF Toronto Queer Film Festival, Cinecycle, Curated by Kami Chisholm, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June.
"Whitewashed Queer Diaspora", Short Art Film, In Your Pocket: Dear Diary, RT Collective, in partnership with the Inside Out LGBT Film Festival, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, May.
2015
"Queer Landscape, Queer Journeys", Jury: Syrus Marcus Ware, Steph Rogerson, Sarah Munro, Binh Lu and Kevin Cherry, Presented by the Ontario Public Service (OPS) Pride Network, John B. Aird Gallery, Director Carla Garnet, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June.
"Visualizing the Intimate in Filipino/a Lives", Curated by Marissa Largo and Robert Diaz, OCAD University, Open Gallery, 49 McCaul Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Jan-Feb.
2014
"A City of Dreams", Collaboration with Rae Johnson, Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, Mackenzie House, 82 Bond Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Oct.
"Cabinet of Queeriosities", Big on Bloor Festival, BAAF Big Alternative Art Festival, Participation Projects curated by Carla Garnet, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, July.
"Cabinet of Queeriosities", Curated by Marissa Largo, World Pride Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June.
"The Sex Offensive: Emancipating Gender", World Pride 2014, Propeller Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June.
"Hit Parade", An exhibition in celebrating of World Pride 2014, P/M Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June-July.
"Open cueB", Curated by Franco La Russa, cueB Gallery at the Brockley Mess, London, United Kingdom, Feb-Mar.
2013
"A Single Grain of Rice | Un Seul Grain de Riz" Galerie Metanoia, Paris, France, Nov.
"Bayanihan", The Eighth Annual Filipino Arts Festival, Kapisanan Philippine Centre for Arts & Culture, Daniels Spectrum, MDC Partners Courtyard, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Aug.
"Through the Looking Glass: Inside My Domestic Portrait, MVS Graduating Exhibition, UTAC Gallery, University of Toronto Art Centre Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, April.
2012
"Echoes", Collaboration with Rae Johnson, Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, Spadina House Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Sept.
"Toronto/Berlin 1982-2012", An Exhibition of Drawings, Zweigstelle Gallery, Berlin, Germany, June-Aug.
"The Happening", 1 Spadina Crescent, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, March.
2011
"Gift by Artist", Holiday Season, Art Metropole, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Dec.
"Shared Living Room", a collective art event by Daniel Kotter, University of Toronto, 29th Oct, 6-7pm,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Oct.
"The Courvoisier Collective", Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Aug.
"Fashion Art Fusion Show", Paradise Now, Rivoli, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, July.
"Vergnugen/Pleasure", Butterbrot, International Cultural Project, Berlin, Germany, June.
"They're All Hybrids", Propeller Gallery, Curated by Michelle Jacques, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, April.
"BROKE WITH MATCHES", Toronto School of Art, Graduating Mix Media Group Show, from the Professional Art Studio. Pop-Up Gallery Space, Toronto, Canada, April.
2010
Winter Open House, Toronto School of Art, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Dec.
"Paper Gods & Queens", Launch Projects Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Nov.
"Hair Matters", Paper Wigs, Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Oct.
TSA Booth, Queen West Art Crawl, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Sept.
TSA Booth, Cabbagetown Arts and Crafts Sale, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Sept.
2009
BFA Graduating Exhibition, OCAD U, Ontario College of Art and Design Univ. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, April.
"Installation Site & Intervention Show", Transit Space Gallery, OCAD U, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, March.
2007
"9 Lives", Series of Portrait Paintings, painted from the subject matters hair. Guelph-Humber Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Sept.
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2023
"UNSETTLED: Transcultural Expreiences", Curated by Julius Poncelet manapul & Neda Omidvar. Toronto, Canada, Summer 2023.
2021
“Narratives Through Global Space” Curated and Led an Online Residency Collaboration between 10 OCAD U students and 10 Mapúa
University students on experimental short films from Sept 2020 – June 2021. Supported by Ana Serrano, Reel Asian
International Toronto Reel Asian Film Festival, and Philippines Heritage Month. Co-led with Natalie Waldburger and Dr. Marissa Largo. Screening Event and Award Ceremony June 2021.
"Under Construction: Online DRPT Thesis Works in Progress" 2020-2021, Curated, OCAD University, January 2021.
2020
"Narratives Through Digital Space" Online Art Show Spring/Summer 2020, From Pixel Pusher Remote/Online Class During Covid-19 Pandemic Curated by Julius Poncelet Manapul
"First Self" Investigating Cultural Appropriation - On-line show, First Year Student Portrait Exhibition, OCAD University - Curated by Natia Lemay, Julius Poncelet Manapul, Ilene Sova, August 15th, 2020.
"Festival of The Body" Group Show Event, Organizer & Curator, Great Hall, OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario, Feb 12th - 27th, 2020.
"Awenda Inspired" 10th Anniversary, Group Show, Curator, Ada Slaight Gallery, OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario, Jan 9th - 24th, 2020.
2019
"Archiving Deconstructed Identities"
Twenty artworks produced from my Pixel Pusher class reflect digital materiality in personal archives that play on diverse narratives. Deconstructing their own identities that confront notions of belonging and displacement.
Ada Slaight Gallery, OCAD University,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, July 8th - July 11th.
MEDIA
2023
111th CAA Annual Conference 2023 NYC, Speaker's Corner. Presentation Title: "Erasing a Country: Diasporic Asian Art Network", Session in "X Marks the Spot: FIlipinx Visual Futurities in Canadian Universities. Sat, Feb 18th, 2023, 9:00 am - 10:30 am (Eastern Time)
2020 - 2021
“Narratives Through Global Space” COIL Project, Collaborative Online International Learning Project, Online Residency.
10 Experimental Film Projects that speaks about Current Global Issues. A collaboration between 10 OCAD University Students and Alumniwith 10 Mapúa University Students in the Philippines, Manila. This one-year residency project is followed by a week event of Screening, Panel Talks and Award Ceremony Moderated and Led by Julius Poncelet Manapul.
“Narratives Through Global Space” Collaborative Online International Learning Residency Project led by Julius Poncelet Manapul.
Award Ceremony 2021 OCAD U President's Award: Hosted by Julius P Manapul
New Relationalities in Film Narratives: Day 1 Monday, June 21st, 2021. (Host: Julius P Manapul) Faculty Guest: (Dr. Marissa Largo)
Be/Longings & Hauntings in Film Narratives: Day 2 Tuesday, June 22nd, 2021. (Host: Julius P Manapul) Faculty Guests: (Professor JJ Lee)
Kinship, Symbols & Objects in Film Narratives: Day 3 Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021. (Host: Julius P Manapul) Faculty Guest: (Professor Natalie Waldburger)
Belief, Folklore & Intergenerational Connections in Film Narratives: Day 4 Thursday, June 24th, 2021. (Host: Julius P Manapul) Faculty Guest: (Dr. Fritz Pino)
Constructing Self Through Experimental: Femininities & Queerness in Film: Day 5 Friday, June 25th, 2021. (Host: Julius P Manapul) Faculty Guest: (Professor Emeritus Richard Fung)
2020
Visual Representation: The Problematic Nature of the Gaze for IBPOC Visual Artist Session, Panel Talk, Panelists: Karen Carter, Diane Montreuil, Julius Poncelet Manapul, Akshata Naik, Michael Chambers, Vero Diaz. September 24, 2020
Deconstructing Images and Personal Archives/Criticality of Digital Images as Tools for Artmaking, Workshop, May 9, 2020, G44 Centre for Contemporary Photography
2019
“Body Parts” Conference on the Couch, Panel Discussion with the artists and academics organized by LGBT studies of Faculty of University of Texas in Austin, and OUTsider Fest 2019,
3702 Robinson Ave, Austin, Texas, February 21, 2019
“CABINET OF QUEERIOSITIES” Julius Poncelet Manapul Artist talk with Julius Poncelet Manapul, "A continuation of a series of work consisting of installation, sculpture, animation, digital collage, and mix media crafted from gay porn and butterfly templates indigenous to the Philippines, interrogating the artist’s experiences of racialized displacement and diasporic queerness in an age of globalization". OUTsider Fest 2019, Austin, Texas, February 23, 219
2018
CBC TV Series “Art is My Country”, Noble Television, Artist Interview, Montreal, Canada.
2017
CBC TV Series “Art Works”, Season 1, Episode 9, “How-To Make Art for Bees and Turn Porn into Butterflies”, Cast: Marjan Verstappen, Brandon Hackett, Julius Poncelet Manapul, Tronto, Ontario, Canada.
Academic Journal Publication. “Diasporic Intimacies: Queer Filipinos and Canadian Imaginaries”, “Queertopia Is a Country That Does Not Exist. An Interview with Julius Poncelet Manapul”, Edited by Robert Diaz, Marissa Largo, and Fritz Pinto. Published by Northwestern
University Press, Nov 15, 2017.
2016
“The It List” Season 2, Interview with Rachelle Cruz, Filipino TV (FTV), Showcases stories to the Filipino-Canadian Community, from fashion, arts, culture, politics, sports, health, lifestyle and
business, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
2015
Academic Journal Publication. “Asian Diasporic Visual Cultures and the Americas” Vol.1 | Nos. 1-2 | Spring 2015, “A Country That Dose Not Exist: The Queer Decolonial Aesthetic of Julius Poncelet Manapul” by Marissa Largo. Published by Brill, Leiden | Boston.
The Philippine Reporter, “Academics, Artists, Activists and A Drag Queen: Resounding success for first Queer Filipinos in Canada Conference” Article written by Jennilee Austria, Feb 13th-26th, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Publications OCAD U, Sketch Magazine, Winter 2015, Image by artist on Campus News, “Queerious Hybrid”, “Diasporic Intimacies: Queer Filipinos/as and the Canadian Imaginaries” OCAD University, Open Gallery, 49 McCaul St. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Jan-Feb.
Diasporic Intimacies: Queer Filipinos/as and Canadian Imaginaries, Artist Talk, 519 Church St. Community Centre, January 24th, 2015, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
2014
Balitang Canada, A Fil-Canadian artist celebrates being queer during World Pride 2014, Interviewed by Rachelle Cruz, ABS-CBN News TV Spot, July 17th, 2014, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Montréalistement Blog, “L’art gay: oui ou non?”, Online Article by Normand Babin, July 3rd, Montreal, Ontrario, Canada.
The Philippine Reporter, “Julius Manapul’s Cabinet of Queeriosities” Article written by Marissa Largo, June 27th, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
2013
The Philippine Reporter, “Young artist rediscover ideology behind Bahay Kubo”, Article written by Rachelle Cruz, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Artist Talk & Workshop, 2013 Cluth Vol.5, Kapisanan Philippine Centre for Arts & Culture, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Toronto/Berlin 1982-2012, Published Catalogue Launch, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Feb 23, 2013.
VIS 130, Artist Talk & Mix Materials in Art for Enhanced Tutorials, University of Toronto, Jan 30th-31st & Feb 6th-7th, 2013.
2012
Toronto/Berlin 1982-2012, Catalogue & Promotional Commercial Video. June 5th 2012.
2011
Pride Booth, "Kiss and Tell; Blot and be Heard", Toronto School of Art, July 2nd & 3rd 2011.
VIS 130, Artist Talk for Enhanced Tutorials, University of Toronto, April 4th & 5th, 2011.
2010
ISP: Independent Studio Practie, Artist Talk for Professional Studio Class, Toronto School of Art, Nov.
JURY
2019
Juror for University of Toronto Museum Studies
Capstone Project. Jury: Matt Brower, Sara
Knelman, Esmond Lee, Julius Poncelet Manapul, Hannah Johnston, Eleanor Howell
and Aline Zara. John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Feb 26th – March 22nd.
2018
Juror for John B. Aird Gallery group show “Intersection: My World – My Community.”
Jury: Marilyn Fernandes and Julius Poncelet Manapul. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Jul 10th – Aug 3rd.
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