Biography
Sio Montera is an abstract artist and multi-awarded art professor from the Philippines. He is a faculty of the Fine Arts Program of the College of Communication, Art, and Design in the University of the Philippines Cebu. His artistic body of work has been featured in the country’s leading galleries and institutions with over thirty solo exhibitions as a testament to his proficiency. His works have also been selected to represent the Philippines in international art fairs and biennales including the prestigious Gwangju Biennale, the Beijing Art Biennale. He was awarded the top prize for non-objective art in the 2010 Philippine GSIS painting competition and a juror’s choice award in the 2011 Philippine Art Awards. He obtained his Master in Fine Arts degree from University of the Philippines Diliman and accomplished a PhD in Creative Industries Design from National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan. As an academic, his research work has been presented in international conferences and published in peer-reviewed journals. The University of the Philippines has acknowledged his accomplishments as a twice-recipient of the Artist Productivity Award and Gawad Chancellor Awards. Sio Montera is also active in cultural community work as a executive council member of the National Committee on Visual Arts in the Philippine National Commission for Culture and the Arts from 2007-2025.
Education
2001-2004 Master in Fine Arts UP Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
1990-1996 Bachelor in Fine Arts UP Cebu City, Philippines
The artist at work
Prizes and Awards
Solo Expositions
2019 Buried Feelings Come to Rise Tokyo International Art Fair, Japan
2018 Un/Painting Qube Gallery Cebu City, Philippines
2017 A State of Introspection Qube Gallery Cebu City, Philippines
2016 Solo Exhibition Tokyo International Art Fair, Japan
2015 In Situ Qube Gallery Cebu City, Philippines
2014 One Man Sio Qube Gallery Cebu City, Philippines
2013 Freedom of Expression Renaissance Gallery Mandaluyong City, Philippines
2013 DefiniSion Contemporary Gallery Mandaue City, Philippines
2012 AbstracSionista Renaissance Gallery Manadaluyong City, Philippines
2012 Foto+Abstraction 3 Bluewater Gallery Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines
2011 SakripiSio SM Art Center Mandaluyong City, Philippines
2010 Sio on Canvas Canvas Bistro Gallery Cebu City, Philippines
2010 ExecuSion Renaissance Gallery Mandaluyong City, Philippines
2009 AbstracSion 2 Bluewater Gallery Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines
2009 Aftermath Renaissance Gallery Mandaluyong City, Philippines
2008 Free Form Art Center Cebu City, Philippines
2007 Eight for Eight Art Center Cebu City, Philippines
2006 Evolution Art Center Cebu City, Philippines
2006 AbstracSion Bluewater Gallery Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines
2005 Consciousness Art Center Cebu City, Philippines
2004 Penitensya Cultural Center of the Philippines Pasay City, Philippines
2004 Recent Works Renaissance Gallery Mandaluyong City, Philippines
2000 One Man Sio Waterfront Hotel Cebu City, Philippines
Collective Expositions
2019 Little Treasures Galleri de Marchi, Bologna, Italy
2017 Unique Realities Ateneo de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
2017 Little Treasures Galleri de Marchi, Bologna, Italy
2016 Little Treasures Galleri de Marchi, Bologna, Italy
2015 Cross-Cultural Impressions An-Ping District Cultural Exhibition Center, Tainan, Taiwan
2014 Giving Back Art The Space Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2013 Art Trek Forest Rain Gallery, Waterloo St., Singapore
2013 Grand Soiree Philippine Association Le Cent, Établissement Culturel Solidaire, Paris, France
2013 Festival 12x12, 12 Regards D’ Artistes Paris, France
2012 Beijing International Art Biennale Beijing, China
2011 East Java Fine Art Biennale Surabaya, Indonesia
2011 Asian International Art Exhibition Hangaram Gallery Seoul, South Korea
Residencies
2013 Artist in Residence, Association Le Cent, Établissement Culturel Solidaire 100 Rue de Charenton, 75012 Paris, France