Kevin is a
Filipino-American graphic designer and visual artist. Coming from a multicultural background within a midwestern context, he explores identity, human behavior, and storytelling through kinetic, interactive digital experiences. In his practice, he emphasizes converging the digital with design and art to create novel concepts and a better understanding of the self in relation to technology.
He is currently working at Span in Chicago and previously interned at Design Ranch & Hallmark Cards.
Education
Kansas City Art Institute,
BFA: Graphic Design, 2024
Minor: Entrepreneurial Studies
Recognition
Communication Arts Design Shortlist 2024
KCAI Presidential List, Highest Academic Award, 2024
Armin Hofman Award, KCAI GD, 2024
Muriel Cooper Award, KCAI GD, 2024
David T. Beals III Studio Art & Technology Award of Excellence & Innovation — Interactive, 2023
AIGA Student Winner — Print, 2023
Wolgang Weingart Award, KCAI GD, 2023
Katherine McCoy Award, KCAI GD, 2023
LEAD Bank Emerging Artist Nomination, 2023
AIGA Student Group Winner — Print, 2022
Kansas Scholastic Press Association: 5A/6A 1st in Advertising, 2020
eMagine Media Festival: Best in show for Graphic Design, 1st in Branding, 2020
KCAI Presidential Scholarship, 2019
Exhibited & Select Press
Endnotes @ KCAI GD Senior Show, (KCMO), 2024
.getElementbyID() @ KCAI GD End of Semester Show, (KCMO), 2023
“Evolution of the Written Word” — Seeking Plural Narratives in collaboration with members of KCAI GD, 2021
Recent Talks
“Ryoji Ikeda’s Temporal Experiences in the Digital Era” — KCAI Art History Symposium, Speaker 2023
Olathe Northwest High School — Graphic Design Program, Guest Lecturer 2021 + 2022