BIOGRAPHY

BORN ON FEBRUARY 4, 1945, IN CARCAR CEBU

ART STUDIES
  • 1961 to 1965 ⎯ Private Art Lessons with a Cebuano Realist master Martino Abellana of landscapes and figure paintings
  • 1965 ⎯ Arrived in Manila to pursue artistic training under SYM (Sofronio Y. Mendoza), another Cebuano Artist
  • 1968 ⎯ Full time studies in Painting
MEMBER
  • Dimasalang Art Group ⎯ Taza de Oro
  • Group of Artist ⎯ Art Association of the Philippines
  • 1975 Sigliwa Group
  • 2001 American Society of Portrait Artists
  • 2004 Portrait Society of America
  • 2010 Honorary member of PAC (Pasig Art Club)
ART EXHIBITS
  • 1972 ⎯ 1st One Man Show – Hidalgo Gallery, Makati
  • 1973 ⎯ 2nd One Man Show – Gallery One, San Juan
  • 1974 ⎯ 3rd One Man Show – Gallery One, San Juan
  • 1975 ⎯ 4th One Man Show – Gallery One, San Juan
  • 1976 ⎯ 5th One Man Show – ABC Galleries, Manila
  • 1979 ⎯ 6th One Man Show – ABC Galleries, Manila
  • 1980 ⎯ 7th One Man Show – Ali Mall, Quezon City
  • 1981 ⎯ 8th One Man Show – Gallery Bleue, Makati
  • 1982 ⎯ 9th One Man Show – Ali Mall, Quezon City
  • 1982 ⎯ 10th One Man Show – Hidalgo Gallery, Makati
  • 1990 ⎯ 11th One Man Show – Osmeña Museum, Cebu
  • 1991 ⎯ 12th One Man Show – Finale Gallery, Makati
  • 1994 ⎯ 13th One Man Show – SM Art Center, Cebu
  • 1994 ⎯ 14th One Man Show – Ayala Museum, Makati
  • 2000 ⎯ 15th One Man Show – SM Mega Mall Art Center, Quezon City
  • 2000 ⎯ 16th One Man Show – SM Art Center, Cebu
  • 2008 ⎯ 17th One Man Show – Metropolitan Museum, Manila
  • 2008 ⎯ 18th One Man Show – SM Art Center, Cebu
  • 2011 ⎯ 19th One Man Show – Siete de Agosto: Allegory of a Farce – Tall Gallery, Finale Art File
GROUP SHOWS
  • Several major group shows including Ako, self portrait from the 1800 to the Present at the Metropolitan Museum of Manila, 1995
  • World Trade Center Singapore Asean Art Competition, 1994
  • Tapestry of the Filipino Soul, Group painting exhibition by Ten outstanding Filipino artists, Galerie E, Hong Kong, 2001
  • Homage to the Master with Kitkat, Glorietta Art Center, Makati, 2001
  • Homage to the Master 2, Metropolitan Museum, Makati, 2002
  • Ode to the Pasig River, Ayala Museum, Makati, 2006
  • Contemporary Filipino Impressionists, The Edge Gallery, UP Vargas Museum, 2007
  • “Postura”, Painting by Romulo Galicano, and Dolls by Patis Tesoro, Metropolitan Museum, 2008
  • “Postura”, Painting by Romulo Galicano, and Dolls by Patis Tesoro, SM Cebu, 2008
  • Artlink Cebu – Manila Artists Group Exhibit Casino Español, Cebu City, 2008
  • Dimasalang Artists Celebrating 40 Years, SM Megamall Art Center, 2009
  • Cebu Art Festival, SM Cebu City, 2010
  • Bag-ong Hinan-aw (The New Perspective) Group Art Exhibit, SM Cebu City, 2010
  • Re-collect: Revisiting The Metropolitan Museum Collection Tall Galleries, Oct. 9, 2009 – April 24, 2010
  • Altromondo Group Show, Arte Contemporaneo, 2010
  • NCCA – “Sinang Pasig” Bagong Pananaw, 2010
  • “Pasinaya” Alay sa Mutya Artistree Gallery, 2011
AWARDS
  • 2010 – Awarded First Artist of the Year
    GSIS Museo ng Sining
  • 2008 – Parangal Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan
    437 Araw ng Maynila
  • 2005 – Grand Prize Award
    International Portrait Competition,
    Portrait Society of America, Washington D.C.
  • 2005 – Plaque of Recognition
    For Outstanding Achievements in the Field of Arts and Culture,
    For Carcar Academy, Carcar Cebu
  • 2005 – Plaque of Recognition
    Garbo sa Sugbu, Governor’s Night
    436 years Anniversary for the province of Cebu
  • 2005 – Plaque of Recognition
    in the Field of Arts
    Municipality of Carcar Cebu
  • 2005 – First Congressional Awards
    in the Field of Arts, 1st District of Cebu
  • 2004 – Awards of Merit
    International Portrait Competition,
    Portrait Society of America, Boston Massachusetts
  • 2004 – Appointed Honorary National Vice President for the Philippines
    By: Ordine Accadimico Internazionale Vinzaglio, Italy
  • 2003 – Plaque of Recognition for exemplary achievements in the Field of
    Paintings S.C.C. Night Carcar Cebu
  • 1999 – 12th Perlas Award on the Valuable Filipino, Cebu City
  • 998 – Awarded the Highest Title of Ordinary Accademician (Department: Arts)
    By: Accademia Internazionale – Greci Marino
    Accademia Del Verbano, Italy
  • 1998 – Awarded the Highest Title of Accademical knight for the Grand Cross
    (Department: Arts) By: Ordine Accadimico
    Internazionale Vinzaglio, Italy
  • 1994 – 3rd Prize
    1st Philip Morris Art Competition
    Travelled in Europe, US, and Canada
    ⎯ 1979, 1981, 1989, 2001, 2005, 2007
COMPETITIONS
  • Judged in Metrobank Foundation, Inc. young painters’ annual 1996
  • Judged in Metrobank Foundation, Inc. young painters’ annual 1997
  • Judged in PLDT-DPC Telephone cover 8th visual art national
  • Judged in Petron Art Competition – Limang Ani, Bagong Sali – 2004
  • Judged in GSIS Art Competition – 2005
  • Judged in GSIS Art Competition – Representational Category
  • Judged in Mother and Child – 2010
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
  • 2005 – “HOW DID YOU PAINT THAT? 100 WAYS TO PAINT PEOPLE AND FIGURES VOL. II”
    By: International Artist, USA
  • 2004 – “A CELEBRATION OF THE FILIPINO: PORTRAITS OF AN ERA”
    By: Rupert Jacinto
  • TAIPAN MAGAZINE, 1994 AUG. “GALICANO’S NEW LODESTONE”
    By: Dr. Rod Paras-Perez
  • METRO MAGAZINE, 1994 SEPT. “GALICANO’S DS”
    By: Dr. Rod Paras-Perez
  • 1994 – ART AND ASIA PACIFIC VOL. NO. 4, – “SOUTH EAST ASIAN SENSE AND SENSIBILITY”
    By: Dr. Rod Paras-Perez
  • 1994 – ARCHIPELAGO THE INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE OF THE PHILIPPINES
  • TAIPAN MAGAZINE, 1991 NOV. “GALICANO’S PAINTINGS FROM SOUL”
    By: Dr. Rod Paras-Perez
  • 1973 – ORIENTATION MAGAZINE
    • ABOUT MANY THINGS By: Dr. Rod Paras-Perez
    •  ART PHILIPPINES By: Juan Gatbonton
    •  FILIPINO NUDE By: Alfred Roces
    •  CEBU HERITAGE OF ART By: Alice Guillermo
    •  CENTURY OF THE PHILIPPINE REALISM By: Manuel Duldulao
MORE PUBLICATIONS (NEWSPAPERS)
  • 2001 – HOMAGE TO THE MASTERS WITH KITKAT 1
    By: Dr. Rod Paras-Perez
  • 2002 – HOMAGE TO THE MASTERS II
    By: Dr. Rod Paras-Perez
  • 2004 – AUGUST – SEPT. INTERNATIONAL ARTIST MAGAZINE
    “PORTRAIT SOCIETY OF AMERICA’S AWARD WINNERS SHOWCASE”
  • 2005 – OCT. – NOV. INTERNATIONAL ARTIST MAGAZINE
    “ROMULO GALICANO, A LEGACY FOR HIS COUNTRY”
  • 2006 – ODE TO THE PASIG RIVER
  • 2008 – AUGUST – SEPT. – 100 LUXURY LIST
    Metro Society’s Annual Luxury Picks
  • 2008 – Philippine Art Now
    By: Manny Duldulao
  • 2008 – Romulo Galicano Talk Art Zee Lifestyle Magazine
    By: Lonedda Eslao-Alix
  • 2008 – Sept. Parties Postura Exhibit Town & Country
  • 2008 – Postura
    By: Ramon N. Villegas
  • 2008 – Mabuhay Magazine – The Old and New Masters –
    Fernando Amorsolo and Romulo Galicano
    By: Dr. Reuben R. Cañete Ph.D.
  • 2008 – Blu Print Magazine – The Diligent Painter –
    Romulo Galicano and the Mastery of Meso Portraiture
    By: Dr. Reuben R. Cañete Ph.D.
  • 2008 – Zee Lifestyle Magazine – Romulo Galicano Talks Art
    By: Lonedda Eslao-Alix
  • 2008 – Metro Society Magazine – Portrait of a Master
    By: Francine Medina
  • 2008 – Metro Society Luxury 2008 – Portrait of Romulo Galicano
  • 2009 – Blue Print Magazine – The Diligent Painter –
    Romulo Galicano and the Mastery of New Portraiture
    By: Dr. Reuben R. Cañete, Ph.D.
  • 2011 – Lifestyle Asia – From the Province to the World
    By: Cid Reyes