Cocoy Lumbao
Cocoy Lumbao (he/him) is a visual artist, writer, and curator based in Manila, Philippines. He has regularly curated shows and written for several galleries’ catalogs and exhibition notes. His artworks, which are primarily in the form of video, have also been shown both locally and internationally in art exhibitions like Futura Manila (2008) and Complete & Unabridged (2012) in Osage Gallery, Hong Kong; the traveling exhibition Move On Asia in Korea and Europe (2008-2014); ArtStage Singapore (2015) and The Surface of the World in MCAD (2015), in Manila. His writings have also appeared in the form of essays in several publications like art magazines, artist’s monographs, journals, and a book on selected contemporary Filipino artists.
He was the 2017 Filipino artist-in-residence to Gasworks, London, UK; was a writing fellow for the 18th Ateneo National Writer’s Workshop; co-curator of the Manila Biennale: Open City, and co-founder of Lost Frames, a screening platform for discussing artists’ moving image.
He is the lead curator for this year’s edition of Manilabang Show: The Metro Art Fair in One Ayala, Makati; and the curator for the upcoming Fotomoto: A Photography Exhibition for ArtFair PH in 2025.
He currently teaches at UP College of Fine Arts in Quezon City
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