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REGINALD GALERA BALANGA
born La Union, Philippines; lives and works in Toronto, Canada
EDUCATION
OCAD University, Bachelor of Design (Illustration), Minors in Drawing & Painting and Art History
Certificate in Art and Design Studio Practice, OCAD University
RESIDENCIES
2024 School of Visual Art NYC, The Artist Residency Project
2024 OCADU x ISDSI, Preservation & Perseverance, Chiang Mai, Thailand (led by Jennie Suddick)
2023 OCADU x Universidad de Monterrey, Oaxaca, Mexico (led by Anda Kubis & Daniela Lee-Kim)
2015 Toronto Green Community, Rivers Rising Project (led by Helen Mills)
2010 Magnum Photos (NY), CONTACT Photography Festival, Toronto (advised by Stuart Franklin)
SITE-SPECIFIC & PERFORMANCE
2024 Portable Sculpture No. 2, performed along Don Mills Rd, North York, ON
2024 Locker 3199, 3rd Floor Hallway lockers, The Annex Building, Toronto, ON
2024 Hyperventilation, altered room object, Room 264, 100 McCaul, Toronto, ON
2023 Empty Wrappers, emergency shaft of Sharp Center for Design, Toronto, ON
SOLO EXHIBITION
2015 Don River Winter, Northern District Gallery, Toronto Public Library – North York, ON
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Art Is, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art Museum, South Korea (forthcoming)
2025 Intersectionality in Asian Mental Health, Asian Arts and Culture Trust, Toronto (forthcoming)
2024 Painting, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON (curated by Rosalie Lam) forthcoming
2024 Fragments of Identity, Boomer Gallery, London, UK
2024 Collage, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON (curated by Ilene Sova)
2024 Chat GP Tea, Ignite Gallery, Toronto, ON (curated by Morgan Mavis & Tibi Nuespiel)
2023 Pentimento, Ada Slaight Gallery, Toronto, ON (juror:Laura Millard, curator: Jordan King)
2023 Global Designs and ARTchives Volume 1, Ada Slaight Gallery, Toronto, ON
2023 GradEx 108: OCAD University Annual Graduate Exhibition, Toronto, ON
2023 Thesis Screening and Audio Exhibition, The Great Hall, OCAD University
2023 for there is nothing lost than may be found if sought, DRPT Hallways, Toronto, ON
2021 Major Works: Illustrative Painting, OCAD U Illustration, Toronto, ON
2020 The Thoughts are Alive, OCAD U Drawing & Painting, Toronto, ON
2010 CONTACT Photography Festival, Drake Hotel – Toronto, ON
PRESS & PUBLICATIONS
2025 Painting, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON (forthcoming)
2024 Collage, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON
2020 Creative Quarterly Magazine 60, Brooklyn, NY
2018 3x3 Magazine Annual No. 16, New York, NY
2018 Creative Quarterly Magazine 53, Brooklyn, NY
2015 The Don, Frozen in Time; The Torontoist, Toronto, ON
2013 TO Live With Culture Online Magazine, Toronto, ON
2010 Magnum Photos Photobook, New York, NY
AWARDS
2024 Runner-Up (Fine Art), Locker 3199, Creative Quarterly 77, Brooklyn, NY
2021 Shortlist, Portrait of Mirei Shigemori, Communication Arts, San Francisco, CA
2020 Winner, A Slice of Happiness, Creative Quarterly 60, Brooklyn, NY
2020 Shortlist, A Slice of Happiness, Communication Arts, San Francisco, CA
2018 Honorable Mention, H.H. Holmes & His Murder Castle, 3x3 Magazine No. 16, New York, NY
2018 Honorable Mention, Summer of 1976, 3x3 Magazine No. 16, New York, NY
2018 Runner-Up, H.H. Holmes & His Murder Castle, Creative Quarterly 53, Brooklyn, NY
2009 Top Ten Posts of the Year, Twenty Pesos, Philippine Blog Awards, Manila, PH
2008 Best Single Post, Urban Cave, Philippines Blog Awards, Manila, PH
2008 Best Photoblog, lostphotogaph.com, Philippine Blog Awards, Manila, PH
2006 Student Achievement Award, University of the Cordilleras, Baguio, PH
2006 Winner (team), Animated 3d Character Design Competition, TESDA, Baguio, PH
2005 Best Song (songwriting), SLU Arts Festival, Saint Louis University, Baguio, PH
ARTIST TALK
2009 Blogging: Communication and Hyperrealism, University of the Philippines Diliman, Manila, PH
SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS
2024 Joubin Selig Bursary
2023 Global Skills Opportunity Travel Grant
2021 Mabel Woods & June Kostoff Bursary
2021 OCAD U TSA Summer Bursary
2020 Binet Woodbridge Bursary
2019 Dalglish Family Foundation Bursary