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REGINALD BALANGA
born La Union, Philippines; resides in Toronto, Canada
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Design (Illustration), Min. Art History, Min. Drawing & Painting, Ontario College of Art & Design University, Toronto, ON
RESIDENCIES
2024 School of Visual Arts New York City, The Artist Residency Project
2024 OCAD U x ISDSI, Preservation & Perseverance, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2023 OCAD U x Universidad de Monterrey, Cultural Immersion in Art & Design, Oaxaca, Mexico
2010 Magnum Photos (NY), CONTACT Photography Festival, Toronto, ON
WORKSHOPS & SHORT-TERM PROGRAMS
2025 Berlin Art Institute, Lenscapes: Exploring Urban Identities Through Photography, Berlin, Germany
2016 OCAD U Continuing Studies, Certificate in Art & Design Studio, Toronto, ON
2016 Toronto Green Community, Rivers Rising Project, Toronto, ON
SITE-SPECIFIC, PERFORMANCE & ALTERNATIVE SPACES
2025 Barangay Santa Rita, Instagram (online, @in_santa_rita)
2024 The Ephemeral Fort, East Don Trail, Toronto, ON
2024 Portable Sculpture No. 2, Flemingdon Park, Toronto, ON
2024 Locker 3199, 113 McCaul, The Annex Building, Toronto, ON
2023 Empty Wrappers, Sharp Center for Design, Toronto, ON
SOLO EXHIBITION
2015 Don River Winter, Northern District Gallery, Toronto Public Library,Toronto, ON
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Interwoven Identities: Unravelling Diaspora Narratives, Hart House, curated by Asian Arts & Culture Trust, Toronto
2025 Art Is, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art Museum, Gimpo, South Korea
2025 Transcendental Landscapes, School of Visual Arts New York (online)
2024 Painting, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON
2024 Fragments of Identity, Boomer Gallery, London, UK
2024 Collage, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON
2024 Chat GP Tea, Ignite Gallery, Toronto, ON
2023 Pentimento, Ada Slaight Gallery, Toronto, ON
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 (online)
2020 The Thoughts are Alive, OCAD U Drawing & Painting (online)
2010 Magnum Photos Exhibition, CONTACT Photography Festival, Drake Hotel, Toronto, ON
AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS & GRANTS
2025 Parsons School of Design Merit Scholarship
2025 The New School Institutional Grant
2024 Joubin Selig Bursary, OCAD U International
2024 Runner-Up (Fine Art), Locker 3199, Creative Quarterly 77
2023 Global Skills Opportunity Travel Grant, Government of Canada
2021 Shortlist, Portrait of Mirei Shigemori, Communication Arts
2021 Mabel Woods & June Kostoff Bursary, OCAD University
2021 TSA Bursary, OCAD University
2020 Winner (Illustration), A Slice of Happiness, Creative Quarterly 60
2020 Shortlist, A Slice of Happiness, Communication Arts
2020 Binet Woodbridge Bursary, OCAD University
2019 Dalglish Family Foundation Bursary, OCAD University
2018 Honorable Mention, H.H. Holmes & His Murder Castle, 3x3 Magazine No. 16
2018 Honorable Mention, Summer of 1976, 3x3 Magazine No. 16
2018 Runner-Up, H.H. Holmes & His Murder Castle, Creative Quarterly 53
2009 Top Ten Posts of the Year, Twenty Pesos, Philippines Blog Awards
2008 Best Single Post, Urban Cave, Philippine Blog Awards
2008 Best Photoblog, lostphotogaph.com, Philippine Blog Awards
2006 Student Achievement Award, University of the Cordilleras, Baguio City, PH
2006 Winner (UofC team), Gearo, Animated 3d Character Design Competition, TESDA
2005 Best Song (songwriting), SLU Arts Festival, Saint Louis University, Baguio City, PH
ARTIST TALK
2009 Blogging: Communication and Hyperrealism, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, PH
PRESS & PUBLICATIONS
2025 Transcendental Landscapes, School of Visual Art, New York
2025 Painting, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON
2024 Creative Quarterly Magazine 77, Brooklyn, NY
2024 Collage, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON
2020 Creative Quarterly Magazine 60, Brooklyn, NY
2018 3x3 Magazine 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 Toronto Photobook