Sugar Vendil/ Isogram

Sugar Vendil is a composer, pianist and interdisciplinary artist based in Lenapehoking, known as Brooklyn, NY. A late bloomer, she began making work after over a decade of primarily performing as a pianist and started dancing in 2020. Her compositions span acoustic and electronic music, and her interdisciplinary practice integrates sound and movement. Vendil’s work germinates from a kinesthetic and improvisatory approach. In 2024, “Antonym: the opposite of nostalgia,” a memoir of a Filipinx American childhood, will be presented by High Concept Labs and Living Arts. At Judson, she will perform the work with her collaborators: flutist Laura Cocks, violinist Cindy Lan, and Marie Lloyd Paspe.

Vendil enjoys collaboration. In 2021, she scored Jih-E Peng’s short film “May We Know Our Own Strength” based on Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya’s installation of the same name, and Vendil dances in choreographer Emily Johnson/Catalyst’s “Being Future Being.” Her solo violin piece “Simple Tasks 2” is part of Jennifer Koh’s GRAMMY-award winning album “Alone Together.”

Her album, “May We Know Our Own Strength” is out on Gold Bolus Recordings.

  • Fall 2023 MR@Judson Artist
A black and white photo of a Filipinx woman. She looks to the left of the frame. Her right hand is on her hip. She is wearing a sheer turtleneck, through which can be seen a black bandeau top. Her high-waisted pants have 4 tiny buttons across the waist. Her hair is in a bun and her outline-style eyeliner is drawn across her eyelids. Photo credit by Julia Comite.
ID: A black and white photo of a Filipinx woman. She looks to the left of the frame. Her right hand is on her hip. She is wearing a sheer turtleneck, through which can be seen a black bandeau top. Her high-waisted pants have 4 tiny buttons across the waist. Her hair is in a bun and her outline-style eyeliner is drawn across her eyelids. Photo credit by Julia Comite.