Masters in Fine Arts, Painting Candidate
Rhode Island School of Design
Certificate in Collegiate Teaching
Rhode Island School of Design
Bachelors in Fine Arts, Painting
University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth 2019
Summa Cum Laude
Certificate in Business Accelerator
Entrepreneurship For All, South Coast, 2019
Fulbright Scholarship Fellow
Fulbright US Student Scholar to the Philippines
Affiliation:
Palawan State University, Puerto Princesa, Palawan
Weaving Affiliation:
Binuatan Creation, Puerto Princesa Palawan
Molbog Tribe, Balabac Island, Palawan
Cuyonon Tribe, Sibaltan, El Nido, Palawan
Affiliation
Silliman University, Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental, Philippines
Fieldwork in Central Visayas Region:
Dumaguete, Negros Oriental
Bacolod, Negros Occidental
Siquijor Island
Cebu Province
Iloilo, Panay Island
Guimaras Island
Exhibitions
2022 Art Exhibitions
Tago ng Tago (Hidden and hiding) Gallery 808, Boston University, Boston, MA
English is Broken Here, Hunter Gallery, St. George Middle School, Middletown,RI
Diasporic Threads: Redefining Filipino Identity Through Arts and Celebration, PVD
FEST. Public Art Display and Programming, Caping of The Hiker Statue, Kennedy
Plaza, Providence, RI
https://bhenalanart.wixsite.com/diasporic-threads
Shape_Shifting_Support_Systems_, Praise Shadow Gallery, Brookline, MA
(Curated by Leah Triplett-Harrington and Mallory Ruymann)
No White Walls, EIK Gallery, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Free To Be, Culture LAB LIC, Long Island City, New York
Would That? Expression of Possibility in the Asian American Diasporas, Providence
Public Library, Providence ( Curated by Diana Khoi Nguyen)
RISD Graduate Exhibition 2022, Convention Center, Providence, RI
2021 Art Exhibitions
Not My First Rodeo, Painting Graduate Biennial, Sol Koffler Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
BrownXRISD Grad Art Salon, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
Memories and How We Hold Them, Gelman Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design,
Providence, Rhode Island
Artist to Follow in 2021: An International Virtual Show, curated by Michael Rose,
2020 Art Exhibitions
March 5-April 3, You Are Here, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Feb 13-March 3, The Body Language 2020, The Room of Contemporary Art Space,
Venice Italy
Feb 13-March 3, The Body Language 2020, Palazzo Ca' Zanardi,
Venice Italy
Feb 15-Feb 29, Love Hurts, Shockboxx Gallery
Hermosa Beach, California
Feb 29 - Apr 5, Osceola Art Juried Exhibition, Osceola Arts
Kissimmee, Florida
2019 Art Exhibitions
Gender Bending Fashion, Museum of Fine Arts,
Boston, Massachusetts (Curated by Michelle Tolini Finamore)
BFA Senior Exhibition, CVPA Campus Gallery, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth,
Dartmouth, Massachusetts
Providence Art Club National Open Juried Exhibition, June 22 – July 19 Providence Art Club,
Providence, Rhode Island. (Curated by Helena Gomez)
Best in Show
Modern Male,July 5 – July 23 Bowersock Fine Art Gallery
Provincetown, Massachusetts. (Curated by Steve Bowersock)
2018 Art Exhibitions
Conversations, Exhibition of CVPA Students and Faculty Pairs, CVPA Campus
Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA
Solo Exhibition: Aggao Nac Cagayan, SM Mall Tuguegarao City, Philippines
5th All Media Juried Exhibition, Grimshaw Gudewicz Gallery, Bristol Community
College, Fall River, MA. (Curated by Kathrine Lovell)
Portrait of Frederick Douglass, UMass Dartmouth Frederick Douglass
Community House, UMass Dartmouth, Dartmouth. MA
Portrait of Frederick Douglass, New Bedford National Historic Park, MA
2017 -2016-2015 Art Exhibition
Public Hanging, Gallery X, New Bedford, MA
BCC Art and Design Juried Exhibition, Grimshaw Gudewicz Gallery, Bristol Community College, Fall River, MA
Invitation: Featured Artist at Onset Street Painting Festival, Onset Massachusetts.
2016 Public Hanging, Gallery X, New Bedford, MA
Black and White, Gallery X, New Bedford, MA
Clothing Optional/Figure X-posed, Gallery X, New Bedford, MA
BCC Art and Design Juried Exhibition, Grimshaw Gudewicz Gallery, Bristol Community College, Fall River, MA
2015 BCC Art and Design Juried Exhibition, Grimshaw Gudewicz Gallery, Bristol Community College, Fall River, MA
Grants/Fellowship
2022 Fulbright U.S. Student Scholar, Philippines
Rhode Island School of Design Graduate Commons Grant, Providence, RI
2021 St. Botolph Club Foundation, Boston, MA Emerging Artist Award and Mary Shannon Award for Public Art
Rhode Island School of Design Graduate Commons Grant, Providence, RI
2019 Best in Show, Providence Art Club National Juried Competition, Providence, RI
2018 Summer Research Grant, UMass Dartmouth Office of Undergraduate Research,
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, MA
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