About this Artist

Jobel Medina (b. 1990 Pasig, Philippines) is a Los Angeles-based interdisciplinary artist with a natural inclination for contradictions, often merging spectacle with experimental. He is known for his solo series, Kill The Monsters, recently exhibited at The Museum of Contemporary Art (2022) and his queer romance theatrical-dance, David, My Goliath, premiered at Redcat (2021). He has toured nationally and internationally as a dancer for Ate9 Dance Company (2017-2022) and YC Studio (2017-2018), and has worked with artists such as Tino Sehgal at The Hammer Museum; Simon McBurney with The LA Philharmonic at The Walt Disney Concert Hall; Christopher Bordenave at The San Francisco Symphony Hall, Shahar Binyamini, Tom Weinberger. Additionally, he has appeared in commercials including Calvin Klein, Lexus, OnStar, Adidas, as well as in multiple music videos including Anderson Pak, Noah Cyrus, Perfume Genius. Jobel received his Masters in Fine Arts at the California Institute of The Arts and has taught movement workshops at CSULB, CSULA, CSUF, CalArts.