About

Born
10/23/1987
City of Malolos, Bulacan, Philippines

Education

2009 Bulacan State University – Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) Major in Advertising Arts

AUCTION

Borobudur Auction
Singapore, 22 May 2011
Asian Contemporary & Modern Art and Fine Jewellery

ACHIEVEMENT AND AWARD

Gintong Kabataan (Golden Youth) Awardee for Visual Arts awarded on Sept. 22, 2017 at Hiyas ng Malolos Bulacan

2015 – 2016 PHILIPPINE ART AWARDS TOP-5 NATIONAL AWARDEE
Awarded on August 25, 2016 at Yuchengco Museum, Makati, Philippines

Finalist, Art Renewal Center’s 2014/2015 International Arc Salon Competition, 2015 The Art Renewal Center 100 Markley Street Port Reading, NJ 07064

Top 12 Semi Finalist 2012 Metrobank Foundation Art Competition—Le Pavilion, Metrobank Ave., Metropolitan Park, Roxas Blvd. Pasay City Philippines

Top 12 Semi Finalists, 2011 Metrobank Foundation Art Competition

Le Pavilion, Metrobank Ave., Metropolitan Park, Roxas Blvd. Pasay City Philippines

Semi-Finalist 2010 Metrobank Foundation Art Competition September 17, 2010—Le Pavilion, Metrobank Ave., Metropolitan Park, Roxas Blvd. Pasay City Philippines

Citation, Gintong Kabataan Awardee
February 2010 KB GYM Capitol of Malolos, Bulacan Philippines

First Prize (Painting Category)
Art Association of the Philippines Annual Art Competition 2009, kDecember 18, 2009, Teatro ng GSIS, GSIS Bldg. Financial Center, Pasay City Philippines

12 Semi-Finalist, 2008 Maningning Miclat Art Awards, September 24, 2008, Shangrila-La Plaza, Edsa corner Shaw Blvd., Mandaluyong City Philippines

SOLO EXHIBITION

2018    5th Solo Exhibition: FINALE ART FILE:  JUNE 1 – June 28,  2018

2015    GATHER HUNT COOK: 4th Solo Exhibition, ALTROMONDO, Greenbelt 5 Makati City Philippines

2014    BACKBONE AND STITCHES: 3rd Solo Exhibition GALLERY INDIGO BENCAB MUSEUM, Metro Baguio Philippines

2013    WHISPERS IN FLOWS: 2nd Solo Exhibition, ARTISTSPACE AYALA MUSEUM, Makati City Philippines

2012    TO HAVE AND TO HOLD: 1st Solo Exhibition, ART CENTER, SM Megamall Mandaluyong City Philippines

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2018

– Christmas Show, 11 Dec 2018, Tall Gallery, Finale Art File, Makati City

– Re: View 2018, 8 Dec 2018, Gallery Indigo, Bencab Museum Km. 6 Asin Road,     Tuba, Metro Baguio, Philippines

-Everything the Same Way III, Ysobel Art Gallery, Serendra BGC, Taguig City–

-Here and Now, 8 Dec 2018, Village Art Gallery, Alabang Tow Center, Muntinlupa

-I Give You My Art III, 29 Nov 2018, Provenance Art Gallery, Shangrila Hotel the Fort BGC, Taguig City

-In Search of Identity, Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Art, 9 November 2018, Larasati Auctioneers, the Westbury Hotel, Mayfair, London

-TRAVEL LIGHT (back to back with Welbart) September 25, 2018, One East Asia Gallery, 15 Scotts Road, Singapore

-Perceptions of Humanity, START, September 13, 2018, Saatchi Gallery, LondonF

-Fast Forward, Artzoo, 4 Aug 2018, Passion Arts Gallery, Art Center, Sm Megamall Mandaluyong City

-Consonant Forms Resonant Practice, Women Winners of the Philippine Art Awards and the Asean Art Awards (Ivi Avellana-Cosio, Nona Garcia, Joy Mallari, Ambie Abano, Marina Cruz, Abi Dionisio) 17 March 2018, Yuchengco Museum, Makati City

-Asia Contemporary Art Show: March 2018, Galleria Camaya, Conrad Hotel, Pacific Place, Hong Kong

-Promdi North, Artzoo, 17 March 2018, Village Art Gallery, Muntinlupa City      

2017

I Give You My Art II, Dec. 9, 2017, Provenance Art Gallery, Shangri-La at the Fort, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig

Everything the Same Way, Dec. 9, 2017, Ysobel Art Gallery, Serendra BGC, Taguig

ArtZoo Recent Works, Dec. 3, 2017, Secret Fresh Gallery, Ronac Art Center, Ortigas Avenue Greenhills, North San Juan

Re:View 2017, Dec. 2, 2018, GALLERY INDIGO, BENCAB MUSEUM Km. 6 Asin Road, Tuba, Metro Baguio Philippines

Elevate, Village Art Gallery, Alabang Town Center, Muntinlupa City

Unquestionable Presence, Ysobel Art Gallery, Serendra BGC Taguig

Art In The Park March 2017, Finale Art File booth,  Salcedo Park, Makati City, Philippines

TAKE-5 ON AQUARELLE (5-generations of watercolour painting)
(ALFREDO ROCES, BENCAB,  ELMER BORLONGAN, KELLY RAMOS & ABI DIONISIO) Gallery Indigo, Bencab Museum Km. 6 Asin Road, Tuba, Metro Baguio Philippines     ​

2016

Review 2016: GALLERY INDIGO, BENCAB MUSEUM Km. 6 Asin Road, Tuba, Metro Baguio Philippines, DECEMBER 10, 2016 – FEBRUARY 4, 2017

I Give You My Art, Dec. 10, 2016 – Jan. 4, 2017 Provenance Art Gallery, Shangri-La at the Fort BGC, Taguig, Philippines

SIGNS OF CHANGE: Features the 20 regional and 5 National winners of the 2015 – 2016 Philippine Art Awards (PAA). Exhibition runs from JUNE 22, 2016 to SEPTEMBER 10, 2016 at Yuchengco Museum

MYSTIQUE, (ABI DIONISO, WELBART, JAYSON CORTEZ, BRIAN BERNARDO. YAO SAMPANA)  Provenance Gallery, Shangrila Hotel the Fort BGC, Taguig Philippines

2015

RE: VIEW 2015: GALLERY INDIGO, BENCAB MUSEUM Km. 6 Asin Road, Tuba, Metro Baguio, Philippines

Narrative Structure  (Abi Dionisio, Welbart, Jayson Cortez and Edwin Martinez)
FINALE ART FILE, Makati City Philippines

LONG PLAYING: ARTZOO, ART CENTER SM Megamall Mandaluyong City Philippines

2014

RE: VIEW 2014: GALLERY INDIGO, BENCAB MUSEUM Km. 6 Asin Road, Tuba, Metro Baguio, Philippines

28th ASIAN ART INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION: Philippines Homecoming Show:  Second Floor Gallery Ayala Museum, Makati City, Philippines

28th ASIAN ART INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION: Philippine delegate in Kinmen, Taiwan

2013

RE: VIEW 2013: GALLERY INDIGO, BENCAB MUSEUM Km. 6 Asin Road, Tuba, Metro Baguio Philippines

ROYAL ZOO: ARTZOO 371 ART SPACE, the Collective, Malugay St. Makati City Philippines

ART ZOO Group Exhibition “Same Time, Same Things, Different Sides” ART CENTER, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City Philippines

2012

RE: VIEW 2012: GALLERY INDIGO, BENCAB MUSEUM Km. 6 Asin Road, Tuba, Metro Baguio Philippines

2011

RE: VIEW 2011: GALLERY INDIGO, BENCAB MUSEUM Km. 6 Asin Road, Tuba, Metro Baguio Philippines

2010

RE: VIEW 2010: GALLERY INDIGO, BENCAB MUSEUM Km. 6 Asin Road, Tuba, Metro Baguio Philippines

Glass Half Full Half Empty Three-man show (Abi Dionisio, Aleah Angeles & Grace Ighut)

Big and Small Art Gallery, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City Philippines

SNOOZE Two-man show exhibition (Abi Dionisio and Welbart) August 6, 2010
Art Center, SM Megamall Mandaluyong City Philippines

2009

ISKWALADO II Gallerie Anna, December 11-31, 2009 SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City Philippines

The RED Paintings Big and Small Art Gallery, Oct. 26 – Nov.26, 2009 SM City Cubao, Philippines

MUSCOVADO Gallerie Anna, SM Megamall Mandaluyong City Philippines September 16, 2009

FORBIDDEN LOVE ArtisCorpus Gallery, August 22, 2009 Mandaluyong City Philippines

ISKWALADO I Inauguration Exhibit, Gallerie Anna, July 24, 2009
SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City Philippines

ESPASYO SININGDIKATO Inauguration Exhibit, July 18, 2009
@Blk.11 Lot 9 Congressional Rd. Dasmarinas Cavite Philippines

MASKARA Lunduyan Gallery, Kamuning Rd. Quezon City Philippines

SOON Five-man show Exhibition (Abi Dionisio, Welbart, Jayson Cortez, Rodel Omampo & Rex Tatlonghari) Big and Small Art Gallery, April 29 – May 8, 2009, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City Philippines

Guest Artist, Miriam College “Celebrating Woman as Artist”
Feb. 24, 2009 Miriam College Grade School Philippines

DOS POR DOS Big and Small Art Gallery Robinson’s Place, Manila Philippines

2008

PROM DI NORTH  Big and Small Art Gallery Robinson’s Place, Manila Philippines

2007

FRAGMENTS  Bulacan State University  City of Malolos, Bulacan Philippines

VIVA GESTALT Hugis Sining Isang Eksibisyon ng Bagong Henerasyon, Galleria Guillermo Tolentino June 1 – 30 2007, City of Malolos, Bulacan Philippines

2005

SYNCHRONICITY Exit 32 Gallery Restobar, City of Malolos, Bulacan Philippines