Champoy Sumampong Lim
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champoy (pronouns: they/them/siya ) is a queer interdisciplinary artist, filmmaker and educator weaving historical and personal narratives through film, installation and performance.
Born and raised in the highlands of Bukidnon, a landlocked province in the island of Mindanao, they have an undergraduate degree in Fine Arts - Major In Advertising Arts from the University Of San Carlos in the island of Cebu and an MFA in Art Practice from UC Berkeley.
They have been the recipient of the Roselyn Schneider Eisner Prize For Excellence In Creative Practice, the Murphy and Cadogan Contemporary Art Award, a Nancy Sayavong Materials Grant, the East Bay Fund for Individuals in the Arts, and fellowships from The Alternative Art School and The Headlands Center For The Arts.
They are currently guided and moved by traditional ways of relating to material specifically in carving paddles and sea vessels. Navigating from a perspective of the queer Filipinx imaginary, they are bridging these worlds to reflect the desires of the present so that collective possibilities can emerge.
They are also serving as an art educator for youth in the Bay Area uplifting pedagogy that connects ancestral skills with environmental awareness rooted in indigenous knowledge systems embodied in forms of expression and collaborations with community as a conduit of what came before.
They are also co-creator at The School For The Ecocene, an online platform for connecting to self, community and the planet.
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@champchampchampoy