Joshua Serafin

Joshua Serafin (1995) was born in the Philippines and is currently based in Brussels. As a multi-disciplinary artist, they combine dance, performance, visual arts, film and choreography. Serafin will be an artist-in-residence at VIERNULVIER in Gent the coming years.

Serafin’s work deals with questions about identity, transmigration, queer politics and representation, different states of being and ways of inhabiting the body. They aim to explore Philippine identity in relation to global ideologies and create new forms of ritual and embodiment. They have collaborated with various performers and visual artists in Asia and Europe, including Arco Renz, Eisa Jocson, Adrian Wong, Choy Ka Fai and Korakrit Arunanondchai.

Serafin’s work has been met with international acclaim. It was featured at festivals and venues such as Deltebre Dansa (Spain), Queer Zagreb (Croatia), Centre National de la Danse Paris, Wing Platform Hong Kong, Bouge B Festival (deSingel), Meteor Festival (Bergen, Norway), Taipei Performing Art Center, Theater Rotterdam, Dampfzentrale Tanz (Bern), Esplanade (Singapore). Their work was also exhibited in museums in Hong Kong – Tai Kwun Contemporary – and Berlin – Haus der Kulturen der Welt.

In 2023 Joshua took part in Immerse, the annual Holland Festival programme for artists from the Netherlands and abroad who are at the start of an international career.