Interviewee
Jeffrey Augustine Songco
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Spring 6-5-2018
Abstract
Artist Bio:
Jeffrey Augustine Songco (b. 1983) is a multi-media artist. Born and raised in New Jersey to devout Catholic Filipino immigrants, his artistic identity developed at a young age with training in classical ballet, voice, and musical theater. He holds a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University and an MFA from San Francisco Art Institute. His artwork has been exhibited throughout the USA including the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco and the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts in Grand Rapids. In 2017, he was featured in the publication Queering Contemporary Asian American Art, and he was the Installation Category Juried Award winner at ArtPrize Nine. His writings have appeared in Art21 Blog, Bad at Sports, The Huffington Post, and Hyperallergic. After living in Pittsburgh, Bushwick, and San Francisco, he currently lives and works in Grand Rapids, Michigan and would like to be the US representative to the 2023 Venice Biennale. http://www.songco.org/
Recommended Citation
Cruz, Yara. (2018) Jeffrey Augustine Songco Interview.
https://via.library.depaul.edu/oral_his_series/109
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Comments
Jeffrey Augustine Songco interview by Yara Cruz.