Installation artist
2023
“Mabuhay, Friend!” solo art installation, Gallery of the San Francisco Arts Education Project, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA
“A.I. Annabelle, Isadorah” art installation in group show, Kreatives Pop-Up Gallery, Balay Kreative Studio, Metreon, San Francisco, CA
Puppetry Director
2022
“Pickles! The Bindlestiff Kid Show” live theater, Bindlestiff Studio/Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
2021
“The Party” video, San Francisco Arts Commission/Bindlestiff Studio, San Francisco, CA
“Tito Ramon’s Incredibly Silly Puppet Show” online live show, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
2020
“Who Killed the “O” in Filipino?” video, Okay Ba Tayo? Bindlestiff Studio, San Francisco, CA
“Rosalyn Learns How to Misbehave” online live show, Bindlestiff Studio/Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
2016
“Si Maria Isabella at Ang Guryon ng Mga Tala” live theater, Tagalog 2016, Bindlestiff Studio, San Francisco, CA
2009
“Shadows of War” live theater, Presidio Trust/Bindlestiff Studio, San Francisco, CA
2002
“Pinoykio” live theater, Bindlestiff Studio, San Francisco, CA
1999
“Tico Tico Puppet Show” live theater, Theatre Yugen/SOMArts Cultural Center/Bindlestiff Studio, San Francisco, CA
Solo Puppetry
2023
“Tito Ramon’s Pop-Up Puppet Show”, South San Francisco Main Library, South San Francisco, CA
2022
“Tito Ramon’s Pop-Up Puppet Show”, 6th Filipino American International Book Festival, San Francisco, CA
“Tito Ramon’s Pop-Up Puppet Show”, Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, San Francisco, CA
“Tito Ramon’s Pop-Up Puppet Show” Book launch for “Musalaya’s Gift” book launch, KULARTS, Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, CA
“Spin the Wheel!”, Laban! Philippine Independence Crawl, Balay Kreative Studio, San Francisco, CA
2021
“Bastos Puppet Show” Ho Ho Holidays, Balay Kreative Studio, San Francisco, CA
“Tito Ramon’s Pop-Up Puppet Show” Yum Yams, Kapwa Gardens, San Francisco, CA
2019
“Tito Ramon’s Pop-Up Puppet Show” 4th Filipino American International Book Festival, San Francisco, CA
“Filipino Trust Fund Kid” and “Selfie” UNDSCVRD, Stevenson Street, San Francisco, CA
2018
“Tito Boy”, “Journey for Justice” book launch, Bridge & Delta Publishing, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
“Filipino Trust Fund Kid” and “Selfie”, UNDSCVRD Holiday Edition, Colorbloq, San Francisco, CA
2017
“Pop-Up Book Puppet Story” UNDSCVRD Night Market, The Old Mint, San Francisco, CA
2012
“Filipino Trust Fund Kid” and “Selfie”, “Beautiful Eyes” book launch, Bridge & Delta Publishing, San Francisco Public Main Library, San Francisco, CA
1996
“Tico Tico Puppet Show”, Kearny Street Workshop, San Francisco, CA
“Tico Tico Puppet Show”, Fiesta Filipina, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
1995
“Tico Tico Puppet Show”, Filipino American Arts Exposition, Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, CA
“Tico Tico Puppet Show”, Fiesta of the Islands, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
“Tico Tico Puppet Show”, Barrio Fiesta, Cow Palace, San Francisco, CA
Puppeteer in Theater Productions
2006
“Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands”, Dende Collective, Lyric Studio, London, UK
2005
“The Snow Baby”, Polka Theatre, London, UK
“Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp”, Bristol Old Vic, Theatre Royal, Bristol, UK
2003
“Finders Keepers”, theatre-rites, Livesey Museum for Children, London, UK
“Town Mouse and Country Mouse”, Moving Stage Theatre’s Puppet Barge, London, UK
2002
“Coyote's Journey”, ShadowLight Productions
Eureka, CA
San Francisco, CA
Yreka, CA
2001
“Tsinelas Ballet”, tongue in A mood, Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
2000
“Damo”, tongue in A mood, Bindlestiff Studio, San Francisco, CA
1999
“Hot Balut”, tongue in A mood, Bindlestiff Studio, San Francisco, CA
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Noh Space: Theatre Yugen, San Francisco, CA
1998
"Wayang Listrik", ShadowLight Productions, Jim Henson's International Puppet Festival
Cowell Theater, San Francisco, CA
Public Theater, New York, NY
Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, Burlington, VT
Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hanover, NH
Sorenson Center for the Arts, Babson, MA
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC
Providence Performing Arts Center, Providence, RI
“Merry Tsismis”, tongue in A mood, Bindlestiff Studio, San Francisco, CA
1997
"In Xanadu", ShadowLight Productions, Spoleto Festival USA: Charleston, SC
"Four Coyote Stories", ShadowLight Productions
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Huddersfield, UK
Zeum, San Francisco, CA
Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
“Blood Wine, Blood Wedding”, Theatre of Yugen, Cowell Theater, San Francisco, CA
“Tsismis”, tongue in A mood, Bindlestiff Studio, San Francisco, CA
1996
“Wild Party” ShadowLight Productions, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
Awards
2023-2024 Established Artist Fellowship: California Arts Commission, Youth Speaks
2022-2023 Artist Grant: Visual, San Francisco Arts Commission
2021-2022 Individual Artist Grant: Performing Arts, San Francisco Arts Commission
2020-2021 Artist Grant, Balay Kreative, Kultivate Labs
2019-2020 Youth Arts Grant, California Arts Council
2004 Puppetry Artist Grant, Puppet Centre Trust Bursary, London, UK
1999 Artist Grant, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center
Puppetry Teacher
1997-present San Francisco Arts Education Project, San Francisco, CA
2023-present Handful Players/African American Shakespeare Co., San Francisco, CA
2023-present San Francisco Youth Theatre, San Francisco, CA
2005 London Symphony Orchestra (LSO), London, UK
2004 Haggerston School, Bigfoot Theatre Co., London, UK
2003 Guernsey Arts Center (GAC), Guernsey, UK
1998-2000 Oakland Cultural Center, Oakland, CA
1999 Life Academy, Oakland, CA
1999 SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
1999 Noh Space: Theatre Yugen, San Francisco, CA
1997 Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
Education
1997 Bachelor of Arts, Cinema, San Francisco State University
1994-1995, Internship, properties department, American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.), San Francisco, CA