ARTIST’S BIO

EDUCATION:University of Calgary Continuing Education (March 2010)
Certificate in Spanish Language and Culture
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
St. Theresa’s College - Bachelor of Secondary Education (March 2004)
Certificate of Proficiency in Education Program
Cebu, Philippines
YMCA International College -CELTA- (Feb 2003)
Cambridge Certificate in English Language Teaching Adults
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Centro Cultural de Bellas Artes "El Nigromante" (Spring 1999)
Hojalateria/Tin Art Program
San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico
Instituto Allende - Ceramics Program (Spring 1999)
San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico
Clay Ole Ceramic Studio - ceramic studio residency (Feb-May 1999)
San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico
Academy of Art College - Sculpture Program (1998)
San Francisco,CA, USA
St. Theresa’s College - BA in Mass Communication (1988-91)
Cebu, Philippines
El Camino College - Fashion Design & Merchandising Program (1987-88)
Los Angeles, California, USA
GRANTS:Visiting Artist Grant
Telus World of Science - Creative Kids Museum
Calgary Alberta, Canada
April 2008

VHC (Vereniging Haarlemmermeer-Cebu) exhibition grant
The Netherlands
Sept-Oct 2000

Centennial Exhibition Assistance
Philippine Centennial Coordinating Council of Northeast USA
Philippine Center, Fifth Avenue, New York
June 1997

VSC Studio Residency Grant
Johnson, Vermont, USA
Feb-May 1997
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
   2013
   MarchA Full Life!
   Seniwati Art Space, Bali, Indonesia
   2009
   JanuaryNinos ’alang sa mga bata’
   856 G (Gabriella) Gallery, Mandaue City, Cebu, Philippines
   2008
   JulySimple Joys
   STC Folklife Museum, Cebu, Philippines
   JuneQuiltopia
   Ayala Museum, Manila, Philippines
   AprilPainted Quilts
   Telus World of Science - Creative Kids Museum, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
   Feb-Mar3 Quilts & A Garden
   Devonian Gardens, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
   FebruaryOn A Warmer Note
   Ajax Arts Gallery, Art Central, Calgary
   2002
   StoryTiling: Tales on Ceramic Tiles
   DecemberGallery West, West Gorordo Hotel, Cebu, Philippines
   NovemberArtspace Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
   Aug-SeptKutz International Center, Spalding University, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
 
   FebruaryKiss & Bliss: 
   Waterfront Hotel, Cebu, Philippines
   2001
   OctoberPULSO
   Gallery 7, Scollard St, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
   2000
   DecemberSecret Gardens Geheime Tuinen
   SM Art Center, Cebu, Philippines
   Hue & I: In A Secret GardenOntmoeting in kleur; geheime tuinen
   OctoberCentrum voor Kunst en Cultuur, Hoofddorp, Haarlemmermeer, The Netherlands
   SeptemberKUNST 2001 Gallery, Badhoevedorp, Haarlemmermeer, The Netherlands
   1999
   OctoberCalidoscopio 
   CAP Art Center, Cebu, Philippines
   MayTWOgetherness Estando Juntos
   La Galeria, Teatro Angela Peralta, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico
   1997
   DecemberAnd Heaven and Nature Sing
   CAP Art Center, Cebu, Philippines
   JuneHere’s to Sunny!
   The Philippine Center, Fifth Avenue, New York, USA
   MayTropical Flavors
   Red Mill Gallery, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont, USA
   1996
   NovemberFish-to-Face
   Ayala Museum, Manila, Philippines
   MayFloral Chorus
   G Designs Gallery, Shangri-La Edsa Plaza Hotel, Manila, Philippines
   1995
   JanuarySolo! 
   The Gallery, Montebello Villa Hotel, Cebu, Philippines
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS:
   2004Uncovering Life (an invitational show)
An exhibit-auction marking the 3rd year of Avon’s Kiss Goodbye to Breast Cancer campaign
Rigodon Ballroom, Peninsula Manila, Philippines
   2001Our Future, Our Strength 
CIWA- Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association conference/art show
Participating artists: Magda Brull (Hungary), Song-Hee Han (Korea)
Paulina Constancia (Philippines), Anna Pai (Taiwan), Annetta Sidorowicz (Poland)
Quality Hotel & Conference Center, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
   1997Sundance 
A collaboration with African-American textile artist Kymberli Johnson
Jkym’s Textile Art Studio, Johnson, Vermont, USA
   1995Folk Duet 
A collaboration with internationally acclaimed Filipino artist Nunelucio Alvarado
   1992-PresentCAI
An annual show of the CAI - Cebu Artists Inc.

Photo by Raul Arambulo
Fotofolio Cebu