Boncato CV

b. 1993 (La Palma, CA)

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022 — Apparitions, Human Resources Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2021 — Hoppie’s, Private Location, Chicago, IL
2019 — Subconscious Sensibilities, Sheffield Doc Fest Exhibition, Sheffield, UK
Expanded Realities, Open City Doc Fest, London, UK
FNC Explore Exhibition, Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, Montréal, CA
DIS:SOLUTION, 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, CA
Beyond the Pale, Think Tank Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2015 — Annual Student Exhibition, Fisher Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
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 & SOUND WORKS (as Kelady)

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
2018–23 — BABAE (WOMAN), 21-track album 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:
2022 — Malevolent Surveillance and Intrusive Nest, Human Resources Gallery, Los Angeles
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

2023 — Nominee, Audience Award (Short), “PAPAYA – Kelady,” 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 — 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

MEDIA ART CREDITS

2016–ongoing — Studio Artist/Animator, Jennifer West
2023 — Miljohn Ruperto: “New Society” (storyboard/animation), “Western Temporality” (book animation)
Oscar Tuazon: “Cedar Spring Water School” (editor, land art film)
Eric Kim & Ruperto: “Time Machine” (storyboard, editor), 2025–ongoing
2022 — Josh Kline: “Adaptation,” Rotoscope Cleanup (LAXART Siteglass)
2018 — Heather Rasmussen: Editor, LACMA Bar 3-channel installation
Michele O'Marah: Video Editor Assistant, COLA Installation
2017 — Environmental Communications: Sequence Editor, LAXART
Rini Keagy & Ruperto: Animator & Concept Artist, “Ordinal (SW/NE)”

ARTIST TALKS & PANELS

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

PUBLICATIONS & PRESS

2023 — Feature Review: Essential Releases, Bandcamp Daily
2022 — Feature Interview: Hella Pinay Magazine (Print)
2021 — “FOREST” featured in academic article by Federica Gomiero, Ca’Foscari, Italy
2019 — Press for “FOREST”: Animation Magazine, Austin Chronicle, Aesthetica, AWN
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 (Intermedia/Printmaking), Roski School of Art & Design, University of Southern California
– Cum Laude, Dean’s List, Discovery Scholar Prize

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Kelsey Boncato

Process

Drawing Dream Sketchbooks

Writing

Drawing
Dream Sketchbooks