ARTIST’S BIO

EDUCATION: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

VSC Studio Residency Grant
Johnson, Vermont, USA
Feb-May 1997
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
   2008
   FebruaryOn A Warmer Note
   Ajax Arts Gallery, Art Central, Calgary
 
   Feb-Mar3 Quilts & A Garden
   The ARTDEVO Exhibition
Devonian Gardens, Calgary
 
   JuneQuiltopia
   Ayala Museum, Manila, Philippines
 
   2002
   FebruaryKiss & Bliss: A Tribute to Kisses & other Love-filled Moments
   Waterfront Hotel, Cebu, Philippines
 
   StoryTiling: Tales on Ceramic Tiles
   Aug-SeptKutz International Center, Spalding University, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
   NovemberArtspace Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
   DecemberGallery West, West Gorordo Hotel, Cebu, Philippines
   2001
   OctoberPULSO
   Gallery 7, Scollard St, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
   2000Hue & I: In A Secret Garden Ontmoeting in kleur; geheime tuinen
   SeptemberKUNST 2001 Gallery, Badhoevedorp, Haarlemmermeer, TheNetherlands
   OctoberCentrum voor Kunst en Cultuur, Hoofddorp, Haarlemmermeer, The Netherlands
   DecemberSecret Gardens Geheime Tuinen
   SM Art Center, Cebu, Philippines
   1999
   MayTWOgetherness Estando Juntos
   La Galeria, Teatro Angela Peralta, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico
   OctoberCalidoscopio (painted quilts & poetry)
   CAP Art Center, Cebu, Philippines
   1997
   MayTropical Flavors
   Red Mill Gallery, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont, USA
   JuneHere’s to Sunny!
   The Philippine Center, Fifth Avenue, New York, USA
   DecemberAnd Heaven and Nature Sing
   CAP Art Center, Cebu, Philippines
   1996
   MayFloral Chorus
   G Designs Gallery, Shangri-La Edsa Plaza Hotel, Manila, Philippines
   NovemberFish-to-Face
   Ayala Museum, Manila, Philippines
   1995Solo! (paintings & sculpture)
   JanuaryThe 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.