Biography
Dennis (Sio) Montera
29 Amihan St. Gentle Breeze
Subdivision, Cebu City, 6000
b.1972/ 08/19
PHILIPPINES
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Education
University of the Philippines
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Diliman, Quezon City, NCR
Major: Studio Arts/ Painting
University of the Philippines
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)
Cebu City
Major: Fine Arts/Painting
University of the Philippines
High School, Cebu City
Current Affiliation
University of the Philippines in the Visayas Cebu College
Gorordo Avenue, Lahug, Cebu City, PHL
June 1999 – Present
Current Rank and Positions in the University
• Assistant Professor 6
• Program Coordinator, Fine Arts Painting and Studio Arts Program
• Coordinator, U.P. Cebu Alumni Relations Office
• Member of the Board of Trustees, University of the Philippines Alumni Association Cebu Chapter Foundation, Inc. (UPAACCFI)
• President, University of the Philippines High School in Cebu - Alumni Association
• Member, Arts and Culture Committee, 1999-2002, 2004-Present
• Senior Adviser, Fine Arts Students Organization, 2005-Present
Professional Artists Group Affiliations
• Ex-Officio, Pusod, Inc. (The Open Organization of Cebu Visual Artists Inc.)
• Founding Member, Tuslob-Buwa Ltd., Artists Group
• Member, Visayas Islands Visual Artists Association (VIVAA)
Community Extension Services and Awards
• Juror, Float Category, 7th Garbo Sa Lapu-Lapu Festival, Lapu-Lapu City, Mactan, Cebu, November 18, 2007
• Ramon Durano Professorial Chair Award, University of the Philippines in the Visayas, December
2006-2007
• Semi-Finalist, Philippine Art Awards 2000, Sponsored by the Philip Morris Group of Companies,
Metropolitan Museum, Pasay City, November 2000
• Juror, PLDT and the Directories Philippines Corporation Visual Arts Competition, UPVCC, Lahug,
Cebu City, January 16, 2007
• Judge, Bughaw Arts Club Painting Competition, PAREF Springdale Arts Club, Lahug Cebu City,
February 24, 2007
• Juror, Sinulog Foundation Photo Competition, 2002
• Juror, PLDT and the Directories Philippines Corporation Visual Arts Competition, UPVCC, Lahug,
Cebu City, January 13, 2006
• Judge, Science and Technology Poster Making Contest, UPVCC Professional Education Division,
February 23, 2007
• Workshop Coordinator and Senior Facilitator (1998-Present) Annual Summer Art School, SM
City Cebu
• Design Consultant (2005-2006), Maitland-Smith Furniture Industries Inc., MEPZ, Lapu-lapu
City, Cebu
• Proponent, The Jose T. Joya Awards 1977-2006: Cataloguing the UPVCC Art Collection
• Founding Member, Tuslob-Buwa Artists Group, December 2005
• Chairperson (1999-2002), Pusod, Inc. (The Open Organization of Cebu Visual Artists)
• Grand Prize, Jose T. Joya Awards, Non-Objective Category, U.P. Cebu College 1993
• Grand Prize, Jose T. Joya Awards, Non-Obj...
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