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