CURRICULUM VITAE
Visual ArtistGrumbacher Art Instructor CertifiedBorn: 1967, Naga City, PhilippinesPresently based in San Leandro, California, USAVisual Artist/Art TutorEducationBachelor of Science in Architecture, Bicol University, Philippines 1985-1990ONE MAN SHOW
"Y, 21st Century Most Common Question," One Day Public Art Installation, Robert Crown Memorial State Beach, Alameda, CA, February 20, 2020"ABSOLUTE TRUTH," One Day Public Art Installation, Ocean Beach, San Francisco, CA, December 20, 2019"DIASPORA," One Day Public Art Installation, Mile Rock Beach, San Francisco, CA, November 26, 2019"RED + YELLOW," One Day Art Installation, Mile Rock Beach, San Francisco, CA, November 2019“PRISON SUNSET AND LANDSCAPES” North Fork Art Projects, St. Helena, California, February 2019Ulysses Duterte, Recent Works, California Savings,Fremont, California, September 1999Ulysses Duterte, Recent Works, Washington Mutual, Fremont, California, August 1999"LIVING WITH ROCKS" Fremont Art Association Gallery, California, U.S.A., June, 1999
GROUP EXHIBITION
42nd Area Artists' Annual Juried Exhibition, HARD PhotoCentral Gallery, Hayward, CA, January 2020Maliliit Na Aklat (Small Books) Group Exhibition, North Fork Art Projects, St. Helena, California, June 2019Celebrating H.A.R.D. at 75, Spring Open Exhibition, Adobe Art Gallery, Castro Valley, California, March 30-May 11, 2019
Reflections After the Fire, Sonoma State University Gallery, August 20-December 14, 2018
41st Area Artists’ Annual Juried Exhibition, Rene de Guzman, Juror, Adobe Art Gallery, Castro Valley, California, October 20-December 8, 2018, Awarded Honorable Mention
Art In an Age of Anxiety, A National Juried Exhibition, Arts Guild of Sonoma, August 29-September 30, 2018
The Great American West- Land, City, Seascapes, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, California, July 6-26, 2018
40th Area Artists' Annual Juried Exhibit: Meaning Through Making, Adobe Art Gallery, Castro Valley, California, Sept 23-Nov 11, 2017 Awarded Honorable Mention
Current, Foundry Commons, San Jose, California, Mel Vera Cruz, Paolo Mejia, Jose Johann Bitancor, Willy Baet, Ulysses Duterte, June 2017
Miniature Art Show, Beyond The Lines Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, California, May 2017
"Wake, Sleep, Repeat, Repetition in the Everyday." Adobe Art Gallery, Castro Valley, California, May 20-July 8, 2017
"(De)Centered," An Exhibition of Filipino American Artists, WAS Gallery, Washington DC, May 13-June 16, 2017
"The Perkins Annual: Open Media Exhibition," Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ, Oct. 16-Nov. 27, 2016 Awarded Best in Show.
"Sweep Her Off Her Feet" Valley Studios, Reno, Nevada, February 2013
Group Show with American ArtistsEric Brooks, Arthur Bryce Chisholm, Ulysses Duterte, Jr. and other Nevada Artists
"Embracing Our Diversity" Group Exhibit, Museum of the Americas, Doral, Florida, April 7-29, 2006U.S. Based Filipino Artists.
Annual Brown Strokes Travelling Exhibit, University of Phoenix, Reston, Virginia, October 2005U.S. Based Filipino artistsMarvin Santos, Marielle Mariano, Charles Oteyza, Nikki Oteyza, Kevin Owens, Holly Adams, Linda Pirrone, Isabel Rocha, Virgilio Rollamas, Ulysses Duterte, Arron Odell, Victor Oteyza, Lauren Shealey, Mel Vera Cruz, Jon Melegrito, Melissa Nolledo-Christoffels, Presy Guevara, Nabil Makar, Satomi Cina Pirrone, Russell Anderson, Tanya Owens, Reme "Mima" Cabacungan, ErBu, Jerico Tugado Marzan, Joy Quintana, Sally Tsou, Frank Redondo, Julian Oteyza, Nilo Santiago
The Fourth Annual Brown Strokes Travelling Exhibit, Martin Luther King Library, Washington D.C., May 2005U.S. based Filipino artistsAlice Buenaventura Santos; Angie Takos; Arron Odelle; Carlo Vialu; Cesar Delos Santos; Charles Oteyza; Diane Velasco; Dulcie Dee; Eve Red Buhay a.k.a. Er Bu; Gloria Cabrera; Isabel Echevarria Rocha; Lauren Shealey; Holly Adams; Julian Oteyza; Kate Paneres; Kevin Owens; Linda Pirrone; Mae Palaci; Marielle Mariano; Marvin Santos; Melissa Nolledo-Christoffelis; Mel Vera Cruz; Mya Talavera; Nikki Oteyza; Nikolai Traykov; Nilo Santiago; Paul Cabezas; Presy Guevara; Ulysses Duterte; Victor Oteyza; Virgilio Rollamas
Art Exchange Philippine and U.S. Based Artists, City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, California, August 2004Group Show Alfredo Esquillo, Emmanuel Garibay,Ulysses Duterte, Mark Justiniani, Joy Mallari, Gary Amante, Marvin de Leon, Alfred Galura, Cris Villanueva, Jr., Louie Reyes, Marvin de Leon, Romy Alagay, Del Bermudez, John Fortes, Mel Vera Cruz, England Hidalgo, Julian Oteyza
11th Annual Filipino American Arts Exposition, Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, California, August 2004Alfredo Esquillo, Emmanuel Garibay,Ulysses Duterte, Cris Villanueva, Jr., John Yoyogi Fortes, Julian Oteyza, Gary Amante, Marvin de Leon, Alfred Galura, Louie Reyes, Marvin de Leon, Romy Alagay, Del Bermudez ,Mel Vera Cruz, England Hidalgo, Cota Yabut
10th Annual Filipino American Arts Exposition, Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, California, August 2003Mark Justiniani, Joy Mallari, Ulysses Duterte, Araceli Limcaco Dans, Papo de Asis, Orlando Distor, Max Relox, Bill Bon and Vics Magsaysay
Sharing the Arts, Union City Arts Council Group Show, Union City, California, June 2003
Sining Binhi Gallery, Los Angeles, California, September 2002, Group ShowMark Justiniani, Papo de Asis, Ulysses Duterte, Bill Bon, Orlando Distor and other Los Angeles Artists.
9th Annual Filipino American Arts Exposition, Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, California, August 2002Group ShowDulcie Dee, Ulysses Duterte, Orlando Distor, Mat Relox, Bill Bon and Jaime Jacinto
2nd Union City Arts Council Annual Show, Union City, California,June 2002
1st Union City Arts Council Annual Show, Union City, California, June 2000
Olive Hyde Art Guild Juried Exhibition, Olive Hyde Gallery,Fremont, California, November, 1999
2nd Fremont Art Association Quarter Spring Colors Show, FAA Gallery, Fremont, California, April, 1999
1st Quarter Fremont Art Association Winter Show, FAA Gallery, Fremont, California January, 1999
4th Quarter Fremont Art Association Show, FAA Gallery, Fremont, California, October, 1999
2nd Quarter Fremont Art Association Show, FAA Gallery, Fremont, California, April, 1998
Bicol Artists Guild (BAG), Philippines, 1994Annual Group ShowGus Albor, Justin Nuyda, Ulysses Duterte, Raul Alcomendas Elmer Oliva, Larry Alcala, Beth Estevez and Wilson Belarmino,and other Bicol based and Manila based Bicolano artists.1993Bicol Artists Guild (BAG) Annual Group Show, Philippines, 1993Southern Luzon Artists Group Show, Philippines, 1993
Kaparte Artists Group Invitational, Philippines, 1993GroupShowGus Albor, Ulysses Duterte, Nilo Asuncion, Lina Ciani, Lupo Grageda, Renato Habulan, Elmer Oliva
Bicol Artists Guild, Philippines, October 1991Group ShowGus Albor, Rock Drillon, Ulysses Duterte, Mars Galang, Antonio Ramboyong,Pancho Piano, Elmer Oliva and other Southern Luzon artists
Hamog Artists Group Show, Philippines, 1990Group ShowUlysses Duterte, Abelardo Lovendino, Rey Baluyut
Hamog Artists Group Invitational, Philippines, 1989Group ShowAbelardo Lovendino, Rey Baluyut, Ulysses Duterte
Kaogmahan Group Show, Philippines, 1989 Group Show with Bicol Artists Guild members
Awards, Recognition and Participation
HONORABLE MENTION, 40th Area Artists' Annual Juried Exhibit, Juror: Rene De Guzman, Chief Curator, Oakland Museum,Adobe Art Gallery, Castro Valley, California, Sept 23-Nov 11, 2017
BEST IN SHOW, The Perkins Annual Open Media Exhibition, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, New Jersey, October 2016
Participation, Metrobank 11th National Painting Competition, Philippines, 1994
Participation, Metrobank 8th National Painting Competition, Philippines, 1991
Participation, Metrobank Art Competition, Philippines, 1987
2nd Prize, Architecture Week Regional Painting Competition Bicol Region, Philippines, 1987
Artist of the Year-High School Graduating Class Philippines, 1985
Artist of the Year-Elementary School Graduating Class Philippines, 1981
2nd Prize, International Year of the Child Painting Competition, Bicol Region, Philippines,1979
Participation, Shankar International Children's Art Competition, India, 1978