_artists

 

University / College Experience

• Staff Artist, SINAG ("Beacon"); The College of Arts and Sciences newsletter; Editors: Roberto Galvez/Marichu Lambino
• Contributing Artist, The Diliman Review, University of the Philippines; Art Director: Leonilo Doloricon
• Contributing Artist, The Carillon, University of the Philippines; Official Newsletter(under Art Critic Ruben F Defeo)
• Artist, The Phillipine Collegian, University of the Philippines' student publication; Editor: Marichu Lambino
• Artist: The University of the Philippines Student Council

Work Experience

• Areas of Expertise: Editorial Design and Illustration, Editorial / Political Cartoons, Basic Cartooning-Animation / Comic Strips/Drawing from Life / Painting (Oil and Watercolours) / Sculpture(Clay)/Advertising Illustration. Drawing Tools/Applications: Adobe Illustrator 8.0/Adobe Photoshop 5.0, Flash 4 Animation 3.0, Studio Max 4.0, QuarkExpress 4.0
• November 1992 - Present
  Assistant Art Editor then Senior Executive Artist / Cartoonist The Straits Times ( Editorial / Art ), Singapore
  Contributing cartoonist, "McBayan" comics strip, The Philippine Star
• 2001-2002
  Adjunct Lecturer, Temasek Polytechnic School of Design Studies (Emphasis: Expressive drawing / Anatomy)
• July 1986 - November 1992
  Chief Editorial Cartoonist The Philippine Star
• February - July 1986
  Editorial Cartoonist The Philippines Daily Express
• 1980- 1986
  Contributing cartoonist: Jingle Music Magazine, Bulletin Today, Veritas News Magazine,Malaya Newspaper,Philippines Daily Express, WeekEnd Magazine, The Observer Magazine, etc. Animator, Philippine Sesame Street Project(PSSP)
• 1985
  Cartoons syndicated internationally by the New York Times Syndicate(NYTS) / Cartoonists and Writers Syndicate (CWS): Cartoons carried by The Japan Times, The South China Morning Post, The San Jose Mercury News, The World & I , The Hartford Courant, Orange County Register, Atlantic City Press, San Francisco Examiner, Philadelphia Inquirer, Asahi Shimbun, Yomiuri Shimbun, Asiaweek, The Toronto Star, Newsweek, International Herald Tribune, World Press Review, Foreign Affairs Magazine, Washington Post Magazine, among others.

Awards and Exhibitions

• 2003, 2004, 2005
  Winner, "Illustration of the Year" Award, The Straits Times English/Malay Newspaper Awards ceremony SPH Auditorium, Toa Payoh North, Singapore
• May 2002
  Winner, The Prestigious REUBEN Award in the Editorial Illustration Division, National Cartoonists Society (NCS), USA Award presented in Cancun, Mexico
• February 2000
  Cartoon won the "Illustration of the Year Award" at the The Straits Times English/Malay Newspaper Awards Ceremony, Raffles Hotel, Singapore
• 1999
  "An Exhibition of Press Cartoons", The Alliance Francaise, Singapore (Together with French Political cartoonist Plantu and Chenez)
• February 1999
  Cartoon won the "Illustration of the Year Award" at the The English / Malay Newspaper Awards Ceremony, Raffles Hotel, Singapore
• December 1998
  Cartoon won the "Excellence Prize" at the 20th Yomiuri Shimbun Organised by The Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan
• November 1998
  "The Great Challenge"cartoon exhibition/London-Sponsored by The Cartoonists Club of Great Britain and Amnesty International.
• January 1998
  Cartoon won the "Excellence Prize" at the 19th Yomiuri Shimbun International Cartoon Contest Organised by The Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan
• February 18,1997
  Won the "Illustration of the Year" Award for his front page cartoon series "MielBOX" for The Straits Times on 'Taiwanese sovereignty' at the Singapore Press Holdings Group / English and Malay Newspaper annual awards ceremony held at the Raffles Hotel, Singapore
• November-December 1996
  Vargas Museum, University of the Philippines "Pasyon at Ilustrasyon" (Passion and Illustration) Curated by Jose Tence Ruiz (Group exhibit together with Nonoy Marcelo, Neil Doloricon, et al.)
• October 1996
  Cartoon Exhibition,1 October 1996-30 January 1997 'CARTOON '96' brings together many of the world's leading editorial cartoonists targeting our current presidential race and its candidates!-Exhibition blurb Museum of American Political Life, Harry Jack Center, University of HartFord 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West hartford CT
• March 8, 1996
  Inauguration of the museum and Cartoon Exhibition, The World's Finest Cartoonists The International Museum Of Cartoon Art(IMCA) Boca Raton, Florida
• November 1995
  Cartoon awarded a citation prize at the 10th Omiya Citizen's Cartoon Festival. Omiya City Council, Japan
• January 1995
  Winner,The Straits Times Annual Newspaper Awards Illustration of the Year Award Winner, The Straits Times Annual Newspaper Awards Special Award for the front page cartoon series in The Straits Times, "MIELBOX"
• December 20 ,1994
  Cartoon Exhibition: "Reunifified Germany in the Eyes of Foreign Political Cartoons"(Deutschlandbilder, Das vereingite Deutschland in der Karikatur des Auslands 1994) Bonn, Germany
• September 5 - 13, 1994
  Cartoon Exhibition: "World Conference on Population" Cairo, Egypt ( Cartoonists & Writers Syndicate and The United Nations )
• August 8, 1988
  Did a mural for (Kuh Ledesma's) The Music Museum on the History of Philippine music
• 1985
  Samahang Kartunista ng Pilipinas Cartoon Group Exhibition, Museum of Philippine Art (MOPA)
  Society of Philippine Cartoonists(Samahang Kartunista ng Pilipinas,SKP) Group Exhibit in Czechoslovakia
• 1980-1982
  University of the Philippines Artist's Circle Fraternity Painting Exhibitions U.P. Main Library; U.P. College of the Arts; U.P. College of Fine Arts.

Affiliations

• Fraternity Member (since 1980), University of the Philippines
• College of Fine Arts Artists' Circle Fraternity (UPCFAAC)
• Member, Singapore Press Club
• Member, National Press Club, Philippines
• Member, Cartoonists & Writers Syndicate, New York, U.S.A.
• Member, National Cartoonists Society (NCS), U.S.A.
• University of New South Wales Alumni Association
• Singapore Ki-Aikido Kenyukai, member
• Philippine Bayanihan Society (Singapore) Board Member