## Breadcrumb 1. [Home](/index%2Ephp/) 2. [News and Stories](/index%2Ephp/news) 3. [OCAD University announces 2026 Ateneo Art Award Resident Jel Suarez](/index%2Ephp/markdownify/node/3828) October 15, 2025 # OCAD University announces 2026 Ateneo Art Award Resident Jel Suarez ![Photo of woman with dark hair, dressed in black, smiling in front of her artwork](/sites/default/files/styles/1_5_1_large/public/2025-10/%5BAAG%5D%20AAA%202025%20Jel%20Suarez.jpg.webp?itok=s0GBfiGM) Photo of Jel Suarez OCAD University is pleased to announce that Filipino artist [Jel Suarez](https://www.instagram.com/jelsuarez/?hl=en) has been selected as the 2026 Ateneo Art Award Resident. This residency is part of OCAD U’s ongoing partnership with the Ateneo Art Gallery at [Ateneo de Manila University](https://www.ateneo.edu/) in the Philippines. The program supports emerging artists whose practices demonstrate creativity, critical engagement and innovation. OCAD U welcomed its first Ateneo Art Award Resident, [Doktor Karayom](https://www.instagram.com/doktorkarayom/?hl=en), in 2024. Known for his large-scale installations that merge folklore, everyday life and social critique, Karayom presented *No One’s At Home (Walang Tao Sa Bahay)* during his Toronto residency. Building on that experience, Karayom has created a limited-edition shirt inspired by his time at OCAD U. Proceeds from shirt sales will directly support Jel Suarez’s upcoming residency in Toronto. When you purchase a shirt, you help offset costs for the visiting artist’s stay and contribute to strengthening the ongoing cultural exchange between OCAD University and the Ateneo Art Gallery. [Visit Shop OCAD U to purchase a shirt and support Jel’s residency.](https://shopocadu.ca/products/doktor-karayom) ![Students wearing matching red tshirt in front of Butterfield](/sites/default/files/2025-10/Screenshot%202025-10-15%20at%201.35.51%E2%80%AFPM_0.png) OCAD U x Doktor Karayom limited-edition T-shirts, modeled by OCAD U students Natalia Lim and Simerneet Singh. Photographs by Brian Medina ## Other Recent News [### 2027 Critical Distance Centre for Curators Projections Program Call for Artists OCAD University’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers (CEAD) and Critical Distance Centre for Curators (CDCC) have partnered to co-create CDCC Projections Program Career Launcher. Four (4) to five (5) selected emerging artists will receive $690 to exhibit work in a single channel, projection-based screening program that will be displayed at the CDCC in March 2027. October 30, 2026 ](/news/2027-critical-distance-centre-curators-projections-program-call-artists) [### OCAD U’s Global Centre for Climate Action and EU bring large-scale art to Toronto’s Canada Malting Silos The Light and Melting Temporalities transformed the waterfront into a canvas for climate reflection. October 6, 2026 ](/index%2Ephp/news/ocad-us-global-centre-climate-action-and-eu-bring-large-scale-art-torontos-canada-malting) [### Call for Project Participants: From Our Points of View Encounters with Artists A student-led year-long visiting artist project, under the mentorship of Governor General's Award winning artist Max Dean September 30, 2026 ](/news/call-project-participants-our-points-view-encounters-artists) Related Stories ## Related Stories [### Creative Ecologies: Art, Sustainability & Community Resilience in Nassau, Bahamas In May 2026, the International Programs & Collaboration Office is offering a co-curricular opportunity in Nassau, Bahamas. This program is tailored to students working in all mediums and creative disciplines and is designed to strengthen their professional practice through hands-on learning. February 17, 2026 ](/news/creative-ecologies-art-sustainability-community-resilience-nassau-bahamas) [### OCAD U at FUZE Caribbean Art Fair 2025 OCAD University students, alumni and faculty will present In Common Ink at FUZE Caribbean Art Fair 2025, held October 22–26 at Baha Mar in Nassau, The Bahamas. The project features collaborative risograph prints exploring shared histories and identity, created with visiting Bahamian artist John Cox. Limited-edition prints will be for sale. October 7, 2025 ](/news/ocad-u-fuze-caribbean-art-fair-2025) [### Creativity as the catalyst for climate action Five artists tested our relationships to nature at the inaugural Creative Climate Residency, hosted by OCAD U’s Global Centre for Climate Action. October 1, 2025 ](/index%2Ephp/news/creativity-catalyst-climate-action)