Dr. Jose Rizal with Self Portrait (2.5' x 3')
Tempera, Pastel, Gesso, and Acrylic Medium on Paper.
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Born
1972 Manila, Philippines.
Education
2003 MFA Hoffberger School of Painting, Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Baltimore, MD
2002 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
1997 BFA Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
1989 Philippine High School for the Arts, The National Arts Center, Laguna, Philippines
Awards and Distinctions
2003
The Joan Mitchell Foundation, Inc. 2003 MFA Grant Award, The Joan Mitchell Foundation, Inc. New York
Semi-Finalist, Artlink 2003 International Young Art, Tel-Aviv, Israel
First Prize, 2003 Emerging Artists Competition and Exhibition, InLiquid.com, Philadelphia, PA
First Prize, William Penn Charter School Juried Art Show, Philadelphia, PA
2001
Hoffberger Graduate Fellowship, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD (2001-2003)
1999
Works included in the Philippine Centennial Time Capsule, Rizal Park, Manila, Philippines
1998
Scriptwriter and Producer, The Road to Freedom, Commemoration of the Philippine Centennial in a 45-minute tableau, performed at Echo Park, LA; Veterans Park, City of Carson; Music Center Plaza, LA; John Theyberg Stadium, West Covina, Cabrillo Beach, San Pedro, CA.
Centennial Mural, Commissioned by the National Centennial Commission, Philippines, for the Boracay Regatta International Arts Festival.
1997
Award for Design Excellence, the Los Angeles Board of Cultural Affairs Commissioner, Los Angeles, CA
Artwork was City of Los Angeles' Mayor Richard Riordan's official gift to Philippine President, Fidel V. Ramos.
1996
Best of Show (Art Expressing Social Context), US-Philippine Exposition, Los Angeles, CA
1994
Purchase Award, Liquitex Company, Binney and Smith, Inc., Easton, PA
Ahmanson Foundation Scholarship, Ahmanson Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
1993
Excellence in Art Student Grant, Liquitex Company, Binney and Smith, Easton PA
National Arts Association Scholarship, National Arts Association
1992
Merit Scholarship, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA (1992-1995)
Honor Student in Art, Riverside Community College, Riverside, CA
Roaring Tiger Award for Inspirational Leadership, Riverside Community College, Riverside, CA
1989
Visual Arts Award, Philippine High School for the Arts, National Arts Center, Laguna, Philippines
1988
Third Place, 2nd CCP Independent Cinema and Video Competition, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Pasay City, Philippines
Selected Exhibitions
2003
The Future is Now: An MFA Biennial, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE
Academy 2003 (Annual Washington-Baltimore | MFA/BFA Invitational), Guest Curator: Michael O'Sullivan, Conner Contemporary Art, Washington, D.C.
DiscrimiNation, Painted Bride Art Center Café Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2000
Made in California: Art, Image, and Identity, 1900-2000, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (catalogue)
Tabo(o), Claremont Graduate School Gallery, Claremont, CA (catalogue)
1999
Memories of Overdevelopment: Philippine Diaspora in Contemporary Art, Traveling Exhibition:
A Space Gallery,Toronto, Canada (1999) (catalogue)
North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND (1998)
Plug-In Gallery, Winnepeg, Canada (1997)
Sweeney Art Gallery, University of California, Riverside, CA (1996)
1998
Howling at the Moon, Washington Square Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1997
Imagining Images: 4 Asian American Artists Explore the Homeland, Korean American Museum, Los Angeles, CA
1996
Rejuvenation, East West Center Gallery, Honolulu, Hawaii (catalogue)
1995
Liquitex Emerging Artists of the Year, American Council for the Arts Exhibition Space, New York, N.Y.
Tastes Like Chicken, University Art Gallery, California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA (catalogue)
Flip, Main Gallery, University of California, Irvine, CA
1994
Beyond Borders, Art Gallery, Skyline College, San Bruno, CA
Wallworks, LA Artcore, Los Angeles, CA
1993
Emergence and Diversity: Kayumanggi Presence, Honolulu Academy of Arts Academy Art Center, Honolulu, Hawaii
Downtown Lives!, LA Artcore, Los Angeles, CA
La Fete Sauvage: The Festival of Savagery, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), LA, CA
Ugat Pilipino: Filipino Roots, LA City Hall, Los Angeles, California
1991
Protect Our Living Environment (4th Annual National Open Competition), Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Carmichael, CA
1988
The Art of Ecology, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Pasay City, Republic of the Philippines
1987
Shankar's International Children's Painting Exhibition, Nehru Gallery, New Delhi, India
Nippon Television Network Cultural Society's International Children's Painting Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
1986
International Young Art Exhibition, The Emilly Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver, Canada
Selected Public Art / Murals
2003
Guardian of an Eden Regained, 20'. x 120', acrylic on stucco, Sponsored by Glaxo SmithKline and the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, Philadelphia, PA.
Sumisigaw: Kaluluwa (Soul), 6' x 9', acrylic on canvas, Philippine Forum, New York
College Life and Advocacy, 8 x 24, acrylic on canvas, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA
Heavenly Thoughts, 25 x 25, acrylic, Girls and Boys Town, Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, PA
2002
Improvisations, 22' x 16', acrylic, Murals in Motion: Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, PA
Filipina Girl with Camera, 7 x 5, Fresco, The Fresco Barn, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine
2001
Planting Our Future, 46' x 6', acrylic, The Accelerated School, Los Angeles, CA
Life is a Jungle...Prepare!, 85' x 8', acrylic, Jurupa Valley High School, Riverside, CA
2000
The Price of Freedom, 100' x 30', acrylic, Lompoc Mural Society, Lompoc, CA
Knowledge Carries Us to a Higher Plateau, 30' x 10', acrylic, Rubidoux High School, Riverside, CA
1999
Can You Read the Secrets of History in My Face? , 8' x 9', acrylic on canvas, Eastern Hotel: The Carlos Bulosan Memorial Exhibit, Seattle, WA
Beyond the Water of Dreams, main 27' x 7', medallion murals: 4'x4' and 6' x 6',acrylic, Normandie Village Apartments, Little Armenia, Los Angeles, CA
1998
a shenere un besere velt: Towards a More Beautiful and Better World, 70’ x 20’,acrylic, Workmen’s Circle/ Arbeter Ring, Los Angeles, CA
UZUME: The Sun Goddess Who Restored Light Into the World, 68’ x 18’ acrylic, Pomona College, Claremont, CA
“Odyssey Towards the Eternal Kingdom: The 1898 Philippine Republic” (28’ x 8’) acrylic, Boracay International Arts Festival and Regatta, Aklan, Republic of the Philippines
Children are Flowers of the World, 10’ x 20’, acrylic, Butterfield Elementary School, Riverside, CA
The Gem of the Land and the Sea, 10’ x 35’, acrylic, Butterfield Elementary School, Riverside, CA
1997
Journey Into the Heart of America: The Asian Pacific American Experience, 20’ x 8’, acrylic, Asian Pacific Islander Student Center, California State University, Pomona, Pomona, CA
25 Years of the SIPA Spirit, 3’ x 5’, acrylic, Search to Involve Pilipino Americans, Los Angeles, CA
1996
Hearts of America, 70’ x 7’, acrylic, Immanuel Presbyterian Church, Koreatown, Los Angeles, CA
Roots and Wings, 40’ x 20’, acrylic, Manila Business Center, Carson, CA
1995
Gintong Kasaysayan, Gintong Pamana: Filipino Americans: A Glorious History, A Golden Legacy, 145’ x 25’, acrylic, U.S. Postal Service Annex, Historic Filipinotown, Los Angeles, CA
Presentations at Colloquia (Conferences/Invited Talks)
1999
Public Displays of Filipinoness, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
1998
Community Murals Thirty Years Later, What’s in the Future?, Workmen’s Circle: Shenere Velt Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Arts Then and Now, Festival of Philippine Arts and Culture, San Pedro, CA
1997
Cultural Products, Producing Culture, Third Annual Pilipino Studies Conference: Sharing Our Visions for the 21st Century, Session on Visual Arts, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Culture, Boundaries, and Identity in Filipino Contemporary Art, University of California, Riverside, CA
1996
Art and Revolution, Waldo Perfecto Auditorium, St. Louis University, Baguio, Republic of the Philippines
1994
Emergence and Diversity: Philippine Art Through the Centuries, Carson Civic Center, Carson, CA
Curatorial Experience
1995
Tastes Like Chicken, California State University, Dominguez Hills, University Art Gallery, Carson, CA
Alter(ed)natives, Abe and Helen Bolsky Student Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
Philippine Arts Festival, Adobe Crow Gallery, Bakersfield, CA
Tastes Like Chicken Too, Immanuel Presbyterian Church, Los Angeles, CA
1994
A Collective Voice, Carson Civic Center, Carson, CA
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