Anton Cu Unjieng

EDUCATION

2018-Ongoing: University of British Colombia, Vancouver, British Columbia PhD in Art History, 2018 – ongoing

2018 - Alberta College of Art and Design (now AUArts), Calgary, Alberta Masters in Fine Arts (Craft Media)

2015 - University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada Diploma in Art History

2012 - Australian National University, Canberra, Australia Bachelor of Arts (English) and Bachelor of Visual Arts (Ceramics)

2007 - Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines Bachelor of Arts (English and Psychology)

VOLUNTEER WORK

2014 - Selection committee for Art History undergraduate symposium, University of British Columbia, Vancouver

2014 - Curatorial committee assistant, Grunt Gallery, Vancouver

EMPLOYMENT

2020 - Teaching Assistant, ARTH 380, ‘Art as Technology,’ University of British Colombia, Fall, 2020

2019 - Academic Programs Assistant, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery

2018 - Teaching Assistant, ACAD 310, ‘Topics in studio practice,’ Alberta College of Art + Design

2017 - Teaching Assistant, CRMC 216, ‘Introduction to ceramics processes (hand-building, mold making, and casting),’ Alberta College of Art + Design

2017 - Teaching Assistant, CCST 325 (LS), ‘Craft Discourses,’ Alberta College of Art + Design

2013 - Guest ceramics instructor and technician, University of the Philippines, Quezon City, Philippines

CONFERENCES AND PUBLICATIONS

2018 - Researcher and reporter, "Other Rooms, Other Worlds Previously Unimaginable": Queer Artists' Cinema and Paracinema in Canada, Alberta College of Art + Design, Calgary

2018 - Cu Unjieng, Anton, “Interview with Nurgul Rodriguez (25-25 January 2018),” Illingworth Kerr Gallery, http://ikg.acad.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/CPedits_Nurgul-Inteview-with-Anton-JAN28-2018.pdf.

2017 - Cu Unjieng, Anton, “A Study in Restraint, Nanlaban.” Alberta College of Art + Design and University of Calgary Joint Graduate Conference, University of Calgary, Calgary

WORKSHOPS AND ARTIST RESIDENCIES

2019 - FLEX-residency, Medalta

2018 - Workshop participant, Medalta, with Christopher Reid Flock

2013 - Participant and guest demonstrator, Awaken the Dragon, Singapore

EXHIBITIONS

2019 - A study in restraint, Nanlaban, Grunt Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

2018 - A study in restraint, Nanlaban, 536, ACAD, Calgary, Canada

2017 - On the Surface, Galerie Gaulin, ACAD, Calgary, Canada

2017 - Works in Progress, MFA group show, 371, ACAD, Calgary, Canada

2014 - Awaken the Dragon 2014, Auction of works from the kiln, Singapore

2012 - Graduating Exhibition 2012, ANU School of Art, Canberra, Australia

2012- Change of State, with Shaun Hayes and Jocelyn Reid, The Front Gallery, Lyneham, Canberra City