Boncato CV

b. 1993 (La Palma, CA)

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2026 — AAPI Emerging Artist Fellowship, San Diego CA (forthcoming)
Baryo HIFI, Historic Filipinotown LA (forthcoming)
The Distance We Carry, Tambayan Collective, Give Hope Studios LA
2022 — Apparitions, Human Resources Gallery, Los Angeles
2021 — Hoppie’s, Private Location, Chicago, IL
2019 — Alternate Realities: Subconscious Sensibilities, Site Gallery, Sheffield, UK
Expanded Realities, China Exchange Chinatown, Open City Doc, London
FNC Explore Exhibition, UQAM, Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, Montréal
DIS:SOLUTION, Oberhafenquartier, VRHAM! Festival, Hamburg, Germany
2017 — visionXsound, GrafZyx Foundation, TANK Gallery, Vienna, Austria
Visions & Voices, Expanded + Live 3, USC SCA
2016 — Festival of Philippine Arts and Culture (FPAC), Echo Park, Los Angeles
Beyond the Pale, Think Tank Gallery, Los Angeles
2015 — Annual Student Exhibition, Fisher Museum of Art, Los Angeles
2012 — Annual Student Exhibition, Cypress College Art Gallery, Cypress, CA
2011 — Annual Art Show, Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, CA

SOLO EXHIBITION

2016 — Fragments of a Vessel, Helen Lindhurst Fine Arts Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (senior exhibition)

PERFORMANCE (as Kelady)

2026 — Forms & Frequencies, Cantor Arts Center, Stanford, CA (forthcoming)
2024 — Festival of Philippine Arts & Culture, San Pedro, CA (with Bolo Music Group)
Lotus Festival, Echo Park, LA Department of Recreation & Parks
San Diego County Fair, Del Mar, CA
2023 — Fresh Out the Box, General Lee’s, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA
2021 — Hoppie’s, Chicago IL
2018–23 — BABAE (WOMAN), 21-track record with danyo (cowriter/vocals/anim.)

SELECTED SCREENINGS & MOVING IMAGE FESTIVALS

“PAPAYA” (dir./anim./vocals)
2024 — DIREKSYONS, San Francisco, CA
7th Annual Asian Pacific Film Fest, Los Angeles, CA
2023 — Pambujan Int’l Film Festival, Philippines
2022 — Bakunawa Int’l Festival, Manila, PH
Annual Copenhagen Film Festival, Denmark
International Music Video Underground, Paris, France (nominee)

“FOREST (for—rest)” (dir./anim.)
2024 — UCLA XR Summit, Royce Hall, Los Angeles, CA
2019 — SXSW Film Festival (Virtual Cinema), Austin, TX
Ottawa Int’l Animation Festival, Canada
Cinequest Film + Creativity Festival, San Jose, CA
Geneva Int’l Film Festival, Switzerland
Linoleum Media Arts Festival, Kyiv, Ukraine
Bucheon Int’l Animation Festival, South Korea
VRE Fest, Rome, Italy
Anny Animation Nights, New York, NY

Other Works:
2018–2017 — “Ain’t Over – idesia”
Chilemonos Int’l Animation Festival, Santiago, Chile
Animac, Spain · AnimaSyros, Greece · New Chitose Airport Festival, Japan
Napoli Film Fest, Italy · Locomocion, Mexico · Amarcord, Chicago · LA Lift-Off, LA
2018 & 2016 — “Dear Dad” DIWA Filipino Film Showcase & FPAC, Los Angeles
2015 — “Pointless” Interfilm Berlin, Holland Animation Festival, DGA First Frame Showcase, LA

AWARDS & HONORS

2026 — AAPI Emerging Artist Fellowship, Viet Voices
2023 — Nominee, Audience Award (Short), Bakunawa Int’l Festival
2022 — Finalist, Best Music Video, Annual Copenhagen Film Festival
Nominee, Best Animated Music Video, IMVU, Paris, France
2019 — Winner, Best VR Experience, VRHAM! Festival, Hamburg
Nominee, Best Digital Experience, Sheffield Doc Fest, UK
2018 — Experimental Immersive Media Lab Prize, USC School of Cinematic Arts
2017 — Finalist, Amarcord Arthouse Awards, Chicago, IL
2016 — Discovery Scholar Prize, Roski School of Art & Design, USC
2011 — Sculpture Award, Huntington Beach Art Center, CA

NEW GENRES/MEDIA ART INSTALLATION CREDITS

2026 — Candice Lin “Kissinger x Cats” (animator), Jennifer West “Stitched Cosmos Venice” (painter)
2016–2024 — Jennifer West (studio artist, painter, animator) ; Evan Whale (assist)
2023 — Miljohn Ruperto: “New Society” (storyboarder), “Western Temporality” (book animation)
Oscar Tuazon: “Cedar Spring Water School” (editor)
Eric Kim & Ruperto: “Time Machine Scalar” (storyboard, editor),
2025–ongoing
2022 — Josh Kline: “Adaptation,” LAXART Siteglass, (cleanup compositor)
2018 — Heather Rasmussen, LACMA Bar 3-channel installation, (editor)
Michele O'Marah, COLA Installation (editor assistant)
2017 — Environmental Communications, LAXART (editor)
Rini Keagy & Ruperto “Ordinal (SW/NE)” (concept, storyboard, voice over)

ARTIST TALKS

2026 — Artist Salon & Dream Circle (virtual), AAPI Emerging Artist Fellowship
2020-22 — Sssalon, artist salon (virtual)
2019 — Festival du Nouveau Cinema “Artist Talk”, Montreal, Canada
Ottawa Int’l Animation Festival, Ottawa, Canada
Sheffield Doc Fest, “Meet the Makers”, UK
2018–2017 — USC School of Architecture, Guest Panels with Marcos Sanchez
USC Animation Lecture: After Effects Techniques

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2025 — ”Weathervane - Sara Noelle” featured review, Joyzine UK
2023 — Feature Review: “BABAE” Essential Releases, Bandcamp Daily
2022 — Artist Feature Interview: Hella Pinay Magazine (Print)
2021 — “FOREST” feature, academic article by Federica Gomiero, Ca’Foscari, Italy
“Kulog” feature, Hella Pinay, “Kelady Plays Off Philippine Folklore in “Kulog”
2019 — Press for “FOREST”: Animation Mag, Austin Chronicle, Aesthetica, AWN
SCOUT MAG interview: “Kelady navigates the Filipino diaspora through music“ Philippines
KALTBULT feature: “Video Premiere: Kelady – ‘Hayop’”, Berlin
2018 — X-TRA Magazine, Featured Storyboard: “Ordinal (SW/NE)”
2017–18 — Featured Artist, City of Los Angeles APA Heritage Calendar (Print)
2017 — DINET Director’s Notes, “Ain’t Over” feature

EDUCATION

2016 — B.A. in Art (Studio Art, Intermedia/Printmaking), Roski School of Art & Design, University of Southern California
– Cum Laude, Dean’s List, Discovery Scholar

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