Dominic Mangila holds an MFA degree in visual arts from Columbia University where he has taught in the visual arts department. He earned a BFA in studio art degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Studio Arts at the University of the Philippines - Diliman College of Fine Arts. He had solo exhibitions at Marvelli Gallery and Chashama in New York, Reserve Ames in Los Angeles, Alberta Society of Printmakers in Canada and Vargas Museum and Drawing Room in the Philippines. He has also participated in artist residencies such as Skowhegan, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Yaddo, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, Woodstock Byrdcliffe and Seven Below Arts Initiative. He is a recipient of New York Community Trust Art Grant, Lotos Club Foundation Art Award, D' Arcy Trust Fund, Agnes Martin Fellowship and Chicago Community Art Grant.
Dominic’s exhibited at the 2018 Gwangju Biennale in South Korea at the Philippine Contemporary Art Network pavilion which was curated by Patrick Flores, Asia Art Now Paris (thru The Drawing Room), The Drawing Room in the Philippines, 1969 Gallery in New York, Metropolitan Museum of Manila etc. His upcoming exhibitions are Melbourne Art Fair and SEA Focus in 2022.