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.