BIOGRAPHY

BORN ON FEBRUARY 4, 1945, IN CARCAR CEBU

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

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

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

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

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

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