Christian Ray Villanueva

Christian Ray Villanueva was born in Cadiz City, Negros Occidental in 1998 and is a student at the University of the Philippines Fine Arts Cebu, taking Studio Arts. He first came to prominence as an artist in his first solo show “Chasing Chaos” at The Art District and was featured in the StarLife section of the Visayan Daily Star newspaper in 2018. Since then he has been catapulted to become part of multiple group shows in Bacolod, Cebu and Manila.

His practices often fluctuate between many mediums of expression and mainly involves various forms of media. Using music, printmaking, painting, drawing, illustration, performance, writing, photography and film, to transform his life experiences into art. His content primarily features his personal and often tragic experiences with cancer, trauma, family, abandonment, relationships, sex, death, his candid experiences on coming of age as a gay person, living with a disability and climate activism.

Examples of his wide repertoire of work are his monoprint drawings which are inspired by his own circumstances. Blurring the line between irony versus truth, they are autobiographical, and scribbled with raw conviction. Another example of his introspective work is “Get The F**k Out of My M...

University of The Philippines Cebu, Studio Arts CFA II

2018

Chasing Chaos, Solo Exhibition, Art District Bacolod
Art for Art, a charity show, Art District Bacolod
Trip Lang, Art District Bacolod
Time Became a Friend, Glucose Syrup Zine Pop-Up, Viva Excon Roxas

2019

Descendants, House of Frida
Sunday Nudes: Send Nudes, Project20 Gallery
Art in The Park, Orange Project pop-up in Makati City
To Common Things, Purveyor
Casa Azul, House of Frida
Pagdadalaga Extravaganza, Art District
Life Before, Block17 Art Space

2020

Jose Joya Awards
Sunday Nudes: Revolting Bodies
Muni-Muni, curator, Block17 ArtSpace

2021

Papel, Block17 Artspace

2022

The Vessels of Time, curator and artist, Qube Gallery