Born:
March 13, 1956, Dumangas, Iloilo
Education
Fine Arts Studies, UP College of Fine Arts, Diliman
Individual Exhibitions
2017
Homecoming: Works from Dumangas
September 9 – 30, 2017
Galleria Duemila
210 Loring St. 1300 Pasay City
2016
– Recent Paintings, West Gallery, Quezon City
– Untitled, Casa Real Gallery, Iloilo City
2015
– Recent Paintings: The Iloilo Period, UPV Art Gallery, Iloilo City
2013
– Recent Works, Now Gallery, Pasong Tamo, Makati City
2008
– Drawings, Mag:net Gallery Ayala Ave., Makati City
– Recent Works, Galleria Duemila Pasay City
2007
– Recent Drawings, Mag:net Gallery Paseo, Makati City
– Moving On, Mag:net Gallery Paseo, Makati City
2006
– Paintings: The Last 20 Years, Mag:net Gallery ABS/Paseo/Katipunan, Quezon City/ Makati City
2004
– Wrestling with the Right Brain, Crucible Gallery, Mandaluyong City,
2003
– “When you lose, don’t lose the lesson” Galleria Duemila, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City
2002
“Resonuance”, Galleria Duemila at the Art Center, SM Megamall, Makati City
2000
– “Instructions for Life II”, Glorietta Artspace, Ayala Center, Makati City,
2000
– “Instructions for Life I”, Galleria Duemila, SM Megamall, Manila,
1999
– “Paean to the Moment”, Ayala Museum, Makati City
1998
– “Prayer Paintings”, Brix Gallery and Museo Iloilo
1997
– “For Nana”, Brix Gallery, Makati City
1994
– “Artifacts from the Womb”, Galleria Duemila, SM Megamall, Manila
1992
– “Jeepney with a Driver (Jeepney Series VII)”, Philippine Center Gallery, New York, USA
1991
– “X and Beyond”, Brix Gallery, Makati City
– “I Need a Haircut”, Alliance Francaise Gallery, Manila
1990
– “Healing Wounds”, Lopez Museum, Makati City
– “Jeepney Series VI”, Philippine Center Gallery, New York, USA
– “Drilon in Paris”, La Salle University Gallery, Manila
1989
– “New Works”, Alliance Francaise Gallery, Makati City
– “New Works”, Ayala Museum, Makati City
1988
– “The Babysitter”, Penguin Café, Manila
– “New Works”, Finale Art File, Makati City
– “Jeepney Series V”, Los Angeles, USA
1987
– “Jeepney Series and Other Works”, UPBL Gallery, Los Baños, Laguna
1985
– “Jeepney Series IV”, Philippine Consulate, Houston, Texas, USA
1984
– “Manila: People and Symbols (100 Portraits)”, Philamlife Lobby, Manila
1983
-Drawings done in Europe, Rear Room Gallery,Manila
– Drilon, ICOMOS Exhibition Hall, Paris,France
1982
– Jeepney Series III”, Gallery Feldmann, Bern, Switzerland
– Dumangas Works, Museo Iloilo, Iloilo City
1981
– Baguio Works, Hiraya Gallery, Manila
1980
-Drilon, ABC Galleries, Manila,
1978
– “Paintings and Drawings”, Gallery Bleue, Makati City
1977
– “Jeepney Series II”, Metro Gallery, Makati City
1976
– Dumangas Series, Citibank Lobby, Makati City
Group Exhibitions
2011
– “Carating / Vinluan / Drilon / New Works”, NOW Gallery, Makati City
2002
– Two-Man Show RockDrilon/Briccio Santos, Philippine Center, New York, USA
1986
– AAP Annual Exhibition, Museum of Philippine Art, Manila 1985
1985
– Philippine Contemporary Art , Pembroke Gallery, Houston, USA
1985
– Philippine Jeepney, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila
1984
– A Filipino in Paris , Alliance Francaise Gallery, Makati City
1984
– Vice Versa: An exhibition of Poems by the painter Rock Drilon and of Paintings by the Poet Cirilo Bautista , Sining Kamalig Gallery, Pasay City
1983
– ASEAN Paintings, National Art Gallery, Thailand
1982
– ASEAN Landscape in Contemporary Form, Malaysia
1981
– Philippine Contemporary Art , Beijing, China
1980
– Young Art in Asia Now , Hong Kong Art Center, Hongkong
1980
– AAP Annual Exhibition, Museum of Philippine Art, Manila
1980
– 100 Years of Philippine Painting (1980-1990) , The Hague, Netherlands
1980
– Philippine Paintings Old and New, Germany
1980
– Philippine Paintings and Ceramics , Washington D.C., USA
1979
– AAP Experimental Exhibition, Ayala Museum, Makati City, Philippines
1979
– Impressions of China , Manila Peninsula, Makati City, Philippines
1978
– Black and White , Ayala Museum, Makati City, Philippines
1978
– Group Exhbition AAP Winners, Hidalgo Gallery, Makati City, Philippines
1976
– Young Filipino Artist Group Show, Koln, Germany
1975
– Daroy/Drilon , KS Gallery, Makati City
Performance Art
1982
The Guitar Man, Hiraya Gallery Manila
1985
Words and Bullets, Pinaglabanan Gallleries, San Juan
1986
The General’s Wife, Pinaglabanan Gallleries, San Juan
1992
X Redefined, Crucible Gallery, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City
1996
Mentor, Tomentor, Brix Gallery, Makati City
1997
Transition, Brix Gallery, Makati City
2010
Giving Chabet a Ride: A Tribute to the Fallen Riders
Awards / Distinction
1969 & 1973…
“Artist of the Year” , Elementary and High School ( Dumangas )
1971…
First Prize, Quintin Salas Centennial Painting Contest, Dumangas
1977…
Second Prize, AAP Black and White Competition
1978…
Second Prize, AAP Annual Painting Competition
1978…
Second Prize, Manuel Quezon Centennial National Painting Competition, Manila, Philippines
1976-77…
-!President, University of the Philippines Artists’ Circle
– Jose Joya Scholarship in Painting
– Jose Moreno Scholarship, UP College of Fine Arts
1980…
Artist-in-Residence, University of the Philippines Visayas (Summer)
1990-91…
Board of Directors, AAP
1991-92…
Board of Directors, UP College of Fine Arts Alumni Foundation
1991
Project Director, Kanlungan ng Sining
1991-93…
“Dumangas Projects”
1997-1999
Director, Brix Gallery
2000-2010
Director, Mag:net Galleries
2006-2010
President/Chairman, Mag:net Café Group
2016
Chairman, VIVA ExCon Iloilo
Director, Casa Real Gallery (Iloilo)
Adviser, VIVA ExCon Iloilo Organization, Inc; Hubon Ilonggo
