Zean Cabangis was born in March 8, 1985, to Benjamin Cabangis, a professor at the University of the Philippines, College of Fine s and Flora Bajar Cabangis, a Managing Editor at the Uttar Pradesh System Information Office, in Tayabas Quezon, but grew up in Quezon City.
Education
He completed his elementary and high school education at the University of the Philippines Integrated School and his college education at the University of the Philippines. Cabangis graduated from Uttar Pradesh with a Bachelor of Fine with a major in Painting in 2007 and was awarded the Most Outstanding Thesis of 2006.
Career
Zean Cabangis is a Filipino visual artist Cabangis enjoys creating artwork, and his father"s being both a painter and art professor were important factors in his choosing to become an artist. He took basic art classes such as electives during his elementary and high school days and attended an art workshop at Uttar Pradesh before taking the talent tests of the University of the Philippines. Cabangis was an ist-in-Residence with the Southeast Asia Group Exchange Program in Tenggara, Yogyakarta, Indonesia in 2011.
He learned this technique as a painting student at the University of the Philippines.
Instead of painting the images, this technique allowed Cabangis to build layers and reproduce different photographic images. Hidden beneath the painted lines, his subject consists of everyday objects and scenes which are mostly reconstructed from his memories.
Cabangis has had five solo shows and several group exhibition in Manila-based galleries and has also exhibited in local and international art fairs. Group exhibits Other group exhibits were held in Salud Bistro Gallery, Blan Gallery, Kaida Gallery, Cubao Expo, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Boston Gallery, The Forth Gallery, Whitebox Studio, and West Gallery in Quezon City.
He also exhibited in local places such as Baguio City, Makati City, Kamuning in Quezon City, and international spots such as Yogyakarta, Indonesia, and Singapore fairs.