
Christian Villacillo (b. 1986, Cebu, Philippines) is an artist working with printmaking and photography.
Currently based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
EDUCATION
2009-2011
Visual Art & Design Diploma, Keyano College, Fort McMurray, Alberta
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND ACTIVITIES
2012-2013
Printmaking Studio Technician, Keyano College, Fort McMurray, Alberta
Art Demonstrator, Keyano College, Fort McMurray, Alberta
2012
Assistant to visiting print artist Danielle Spradley
Fort McMurray Municipal Public Art Mural Project Jury Member
EXHIBITIONS
SOLO
2013
Maps Without Boundaries, Keyano College Gallery, Fort McMurray, Alberta
GROUP
2014
Lasting Impression, Block 1912, Edmonton, Alberta
2013
Socius, Wood Buffalo AiR, MacDonald Island Art Gallery, Fort McMurray, Alberta
Cartes de visite Part Deux, Gigantic Gallery, Portland, Oregon
Panacea, MUA Oakland, Oakland, California
2012
Terroirism: landscapes & other fertile fields, Gigantic Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2011
Graduation Exhibition, Keyano College Gallery, Fort McMurray, Alberta
2010
Student Exhibition, Keyano College Gallery, Fort McMurray, Alberta
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2014
Jason Lang Scholarship for Academic Excellence
2013
Wood Buffalo Artist-in-Residency Program
2010
Harvard Broadcasting Visual & Performing Arts: Visual Arts Award
Jason Lang Scholarship for Academic Excellence
COLLECTIONS
2014
Teaching Collection, Printmaking Area, Department of Art & Design, University of Alberta
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESS
2016
Carli Erin Boisjolie and Cristian Villacillo, herbarium, zine.
2013
Tim Gatto and Elias Carlson, Panacea, January 2013, pg. 17
2012
Jeffrey Aldrich, Art Takes Miami, 2012, pg. 220.
Chris Luckhardt and Marc Lafreniere, Picture This: Don't Cross the Streams, July 2012, podcast
Anubis Mendoza, Apócrifa Art Magazine, blanco&negro, June - August 2012, pg. 92-101.
Katie Michels, Off Switch Magazine, Volume No. 2, March 2012, pg. 6.
Philip Kennedy, The Fox Is Black, March 2012, feature article.
Julian Bialowas and Sian Richardson, 16HOURS, Issue No. 4, March 2012, pg. 42-43.
2011
Jeffrey Aldrich, Exposure, 2011, pg. 214.
Elias Carlson and Theresa Carlson, Orange Juice, ETC, October 2011, interview.
Morgan Tepsic, Tepsic Magazine, August 2011, pg. 12-17.
Morgan Tepsic, Tepsic Magazine, April 2011, pg. 40-41.
2010
Morgan Tepsic, Tepsic Magazine: NOMAD, June 2010, pg. 26-27.
Morgan Tepsic, Tepsic Magazine: NO CLUE, May 2010, pg. 8-9.
Currently based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
EDUCATION
2009-2011
Visual Art & Design Diploma, Keyano College, Fort McMurray, Alberta
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND ACTIVITIES
2012-2013
Printmaking Studio Technician, Keyano College, Fort McMurray, Alberta
Art Demonstrator, Keyano College, Fort McMurray, Alberta
2012
Assistant to visiting print artist Danielle Spradley
Fort McMurray Municipal Public Art Mural Project Jury Member
EXHIBITIONS
SOLO
2013
Maps Without Boundaries, Keyano College Gallery, Fort McMurray, Alberta
GROUP
2014
Lasting Impression, Block 1912, Edmonton, Alberta
2013
Socius, Wood Buffalo AiR, MacDonald Island Art Gallery, Fort McMurray, Alberta
Cartes de visite Part Deux, Gigantic Gallery, Portland, Oregon
Panacea, MUA Oakland, Oakland, California
2012
Terroirism: landscapes & other fertile fields, Gigantic Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2011
Graduation Exhibition, Keyano College Gallery, Fort McMurray, Alberta
2010
Student Exhibition, Keyano College Gallery, Fort McMurray, Alberta
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2014
Jason Lang Scholarship for Academic Excellence
2013
Wood Buffalo Artist-in-Residency Program
2010
Harvard Broadcasting Visual & Performing Arts: Visual Arts Award
Jason Lang Scholarship for Academic Excellence
COLLECTIONS
2014
Teaching Collection, Printmaking Area, Department of Art & Design, University of Alberta
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESS
2016
Carli Erin Boisjolie and Cristian Villacillo, herbarium, zine.
2013
Tim Gatto and Elias Carlson, Panacea, January 2013, pg. 17
2012
Jeffrey Aldrich, Art Takes Miami, 2012, pg. 220.
Chris Luckhardt and Marc Lafreniere, Picture This: Don't Cross the Streams, July 2012, podcast
Anubis Mendoza, Apócrifa Art Magazine, blanco&negro, June - August 2012, pg. 92-101.
Katie Michels, Off Switch Magazine, Volume No. 2, March 2012, pg. 6.
Philip Kennedy, The Fox Is Black, March 2012, feature article.
Julian Bialowas and Sian Richardson, 16HOURS, Issue No. 4, March 2012, pg. 42-43.
2011
Jeffrey Aldrich, Exposure, 2011, pg. 214.
Elias Carlson and Theresa Carlson, Orange Juice, ETC, October 2011, interview.
Morgan Tepsic, Tepsic Magazine, August 2011, pg. 12-17.
Morgan Tepsic, Tepsic Magazine, April 2011, pg. 40-41.
2010
Morgan Tepsic, Tepsic Magazine: NOMAD, June 2010, pg. 26-27.
Morgan Tepsic, Tepsic Magazine: NO CLUE, May 2010, pg. 8-9.