SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2005 “Once Upon A Time,” Galleria Duemila - SM Megamall, Philippines

2004 “Mothers & Goddesses” - The Zone Art gallery, Greve in Chianti, Italy

Pleasanton, California: Open Studio.

2003 Firenzuola(Fl): Capella ex- Seminario- Sculture dai Boschi D’Oriente

2001 Duddley Diaz Sculptures, Drawings & Jewelry, The Drawing Room,

Makati City, Philippines

“Via Crucis,” Galleria Duemila - SM Megamall, Philippines

2000 Duddley Diaz Sculptures & Paintings, Studio Jelmori, Piacenza, Italy

“Via Crucis”, Galleria Duemila - SM Megamall, Philippines

1999 “Duddley Diaz Sculptures,” Galleria Duemila - SM Megamall,

Philippines

1998 The Red Mill Gallery - Vermont Studio Center

Monument to National Hero Dr. José Rizal for the 1st Centenary of

Philippine Independence

1997 “Sculpture,” Galleria Duemila, SM Megamall, Philippines

“Il Mito e la Madre”, Dr. Earl Lu Gallery, LASALLE-SIA College of Arts

Goodman Road, Singapore

1996 Palazzo Datini, Prato, Italy

1995 Allegri Art Gallery, Florence, Italy

JTF Via Masaccio, Florence, Italy; with catalog by Tommaso Bueno

Duddley Diaz

Sculptor

1994 Palazzina Ex. Ministero Agricultura, Florence, Italy; with catalog by

1995 Pier Paolo Castellucci

“Haliya and Other Myths,” Hiraya Gallery, Manila, Philippines

1993 Engelsburg, Bressanone, Italy

1989 Pinaglabanan Galleries, Manila; with catalog by Michael Adams

1987 Monument to St. Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila, Pontificio Collegio

Filippino,

Rome, Italy

1983 “Prusisyon,” Vigan House, Nayong Pilipino, Manila, Philippines

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2007 Angels & Goddesses (with Agnes Arellano) Galeria Duemila,

Pasay

City, Philippines

2005 Sausalito Arts Festival, California, USA

2004 Sculptures, Gallery Collection, Galleria Duemila, SM Megamall,

Philippines

2003 Arezzo: Palazzo Sabatini – “Pinocchio nell’ Immaginario

Artistico”

2002 Brescia: Pieve di Urago Mella – “ La Porta di Bellezza”

Verona: La Cattedrale di Verona- “La Madonna del Popolo” 1

Premio

per la Scultura

2001 Mostra Internazionale d’arte Sacra Pompei 2001, Italy

Promenade Studi Aperti, Florence, Italy

Percorsi d’Arte, San Giustino (PG), Italy

2000 Imaging the Wunderboard, Centre for Freudian Analysis and

Research, Haverstock Hill, London

1999 Radicondoli (SI): “First International Exhibition of

Sculpture”.

Civitella della Chiana: “(S)oggettivamente XII”.

Sulmona: “26th Sulmona Award”, former Convent of S. Chiara.

1998 Florence: 20 years of Centro Internazionale Giorgio la Pira, Palazzo

1999 Vecchio Sulmona: XXV International Art Exhibit, Ex-Monastero di S.

Chiara

Pratovecchio: Le Forme del Legno, Monastero delle Domenicane

Manila: 50 years of the Art Association of the Philippines,

Metropolitan Museum of Manila

Milano: “14 Artists”Palazzo Affari ai Giureconsulti

1996 “Modern Art” Galleria Duemila,The Art Center, SM Megamall,

1997 Philippines

“12 Artists for the Centennial of Philippine Independence” Metropolitan

Museum of Manila, Permanent Collection, Philippines

Singapore: Permanent Collection, Singapore Art Museum

1996 “La Forma del Legno”, Palazzo Vigiani, Pratovecchio, Italy

1995 Montserrat Gallery, New York, U.S.A.

International Art Fair ‘95, Venturina, Italy

“L’Arte del Legno”, Sala della Podesta, Pratovecchio, Italy

1991 1° Simposio Internazionale de Sculptura, Apricena, Italy; with catalog

by Gaetano Mongelli

1990 “Artisti Filippini in Italia”, Scuola grande di S. Teodoro, Venice, Italy

1989 “The Sculpture in the Round,” Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila

1988 “Artisti Filippini in Italia”, Palazzo Braschi, Rome, Italy

1986 “Objects & Spaces”, Pinaglabanan Galleries, Manila, Philippines

“Seven Artisti Filippini in Italia”, Palazzo Barberini, Rome, Italy

1985 “Giovani Artisti dell Academia di Belle Arti di Firenze”, Palazzo

1986 Baviera, Senigallia, Italy

Awards and Honors:

2005 Grand Prize for Sculpture, Metrobank Foundation

2002 Special award for his sculpture called “La Madonna del Popolo,”

Exhibition/Competition Organized by the Cathedral of Verona in Italy

2001 Presidential Award for Outstanding Filipino Artist Abroad

1997 Freeman Full Fellowship grant, Vermont Studio Center, U.S.A.

1995 Allegri Art Gallery Exhibition award, Florence, Italy

1994 Outstanding citizen of San Mateo for Achievement in the Arts,

Association of Businessmen and Professionals of San Mateo,

Philippines

Nomination for Outstanding Filipino Abroad for the Arts, Embassy of

the Philippines, Rome, Italy

1990 Philippine representative to the 26th Marble & Sound Festival in

Arandjelovac Intern’l Symposium, Serbia

1984-1990 Art Scholarship from the Italian Government for study at the

Academia di Belle Arti of Florence

1982 Gold Medal for Sculpture, 35th Art Association of the Philippines

Annual Art Competition

1979-1983 -Art Scholarship from the Cultural Center of the Philippines and Folk

Arts Theater for study at the University of the Philippines

Commissioned Works:

1999 “ Via Crucis ,” San Tommaso a Lama Church, Perugia, Italy

1998 Monument to National Hero Dr. Jose Rizal for 1st Centenary of Philippine

Independence

Lectures:

2003, October 8-9 - Workshop, Scuola Media di Firenzuola (Fl), Italy

July 14-18 - Sculpture Workshop, Staedtische Kindertagesstaette

“ Herman Gmeiner Weg”, Munich, Germany

1998 April 14 College of Fine Arts, University of Vermont, Burlington, USA

1997 February 14 - College for the Arts, SIA, La Salle, Singapore

1997 February 4 - College of Fine Arts, University of the Philippines, QC

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Updated : by Jane Perez

15 September 2005






 

Date of Birth: March 9, 1962

EDUCATION:

1983 B.F.A, College of Fine Arts, University of the Philippines, Manila

1984-‘88 School of Sculpture, Academia di Belle Arti, Florence, Italy

1988-‘90 School of Painting, Academia di Belle Arti, Florence, Italy

1998 Freemen Full Fellowship Grant - Vermont Studio Center Johnson,

Vermont, U.S.A.