MEL C. VERA CRUZ
2114 Thrasher Court
Union City, CA 94587
510.304.7477
melveracruz@sbcglobal.net
http://www.melveracruz.com
Born: August 4, 1964
EDUCATION
"Manong"
workshop with Santiago Bose and Carlos Villa, 1999 - Pacific Bridge Gallery
Oakland, CA U.S.A.
Computer Graphics
1996-1997 - Silicon Valley College - Fremont, CA U.S.A.
Bachelor's Degree
in Fine Arts (Advertising) University of Santo Tomas 1980-1985 -
Manila, Philippines
EXHIBITIONS
Filipinos: One
Hundred Years in America - Juried Group Show / Best in show award - Fetterly
Gallery Vallejo, CA - October -
November, 2006
International
Artists Support Group (IASG) Exhibit: Martin Luther King Library-
NW,
Washington DC - July, 2006
Bulaklak Ng Dila:
Group Exhibit - Bindlestiff - San Francisco, CA - May, 2006
Sulyap at Suri sa
"Mga Tula, Kanta at Pintura" ni Heber Bartolome: April, 2006; Poem Interaction
read by Jose Tence Ruiz - Crucible
Gallery SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City Philippines
LAST MANGO MIC: One
man exhibit with poetry slam and concert - Pusod Center -
Berkeley, CA - December, 2005
PROTEKTADO: Photos,
Paintings, Video Installation, Performance - Bindlestiff -
San Francisco, CA - May, 2005
PIRATED: A post
Asian perspective. A multi-media visual exploration of piracy. Group exhibit.
Kearny Street Workshop - San
Francisco, CA - May, 2005
Philippine Art by
14 artists: Group exhibit. Stanford Art
Spaces - Stanford University,
Palo Alto, CA - April, 2005
Art Palabok: Brown
strokes on a white canvas. Group exhibit.
Philippine Center, New York City, NY -
February, 2005
PROFITS ENSLAVE THE
WORLD: Philip Vera Cruz Centennial Commemoration Exhibit at
Asian Resource Gallery, Oakland, CA -
Group exhibit - January, 2005
October Launch show
- Group exhibit at the Bindlestif - San Francisco, CA - 2004
Filipino American
Heritage Month - Art Talk; Multi-Book Launching and Art Exhibition -
Group show Philippine Center, San
Francisco, CA - October, 2004
Global Media
Conference - Art Exhibit - Group show - September, 2004 - Los Angeles, CA
Banggaan - Global
Art Collisions in Cyberspace - Group show - Arts and Books Gallery
Sta. Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA
September, 2004
Wild Files Session
3 - Grafittied Surface - Art SF Group Show - San Francisco, CA August, 2004
The Art Echange -
11th Pistahan Festival - Curator / Organizer / Exhibitor -
City College of San Francisco / Yerba
Buena Gardens - August, 2004 - San Francisco, CA
Grafeto - Scribbles
and Scratches of Urban Art November, 2003
- Group show
Dorothy Herger Gallery Solano College,
Suisun Valley , CA USA
Man Bites Dog 1
& 2 - (2003) - 2 part one-man show - Movida Lounge - San Francisco, CA USA
Manifest. Destiny.
Contemporary Asian Pacific Islander Art - (2003) - Group show
Association of Asian American Studies
Conference - Cathedral Hill Hotel -
San Francisco, CA USA
Exhaust - (2003) -
3-man show - Kafecionado Gallery/Cafe - Makati City, Philippines
To Conjure a
Language - (2003) - Art Talk; Group show - Proarts - Oakland, CA
USA
BU$H - (2002) - ArtSF benefit exhibit - Group show - Balazo
Gallery - San Francisco, CA USA
Fil-Am month Art
Exhibit - (2002) Two-man show - Boalt Hall, UC Berkeley - Berkeley, CA USA
Untitled - One Man
Exhibit - (2002) Mapua Institute of Technology lobby
Makati City, Philippines
Freedom! Now! -
(2002) - Group show - Berkeley Arts Festival
Gallery with Manuel Ocampo,
Rupert Garcia - Berkeley, CA
USA
Ardency Gallery's
1st Anniversary Group Show - (2002) - Oakland, CA USA
Inhibition -
(2002) - ArtSF benefit exhibit - Group
show - Fort Mason - San Francisco, CA USA
New Visions:
Introductions '02 - ProArts Juried Exhibition - (2002) - Oakland, CA USA
Digital Visions -
Juried Exhibition - Center for Contemporary Art - (2002)
Sacramento, CA USA
ArtSF Group Exhibit
- (2002) - Tapioka Cafe - San Francisco, CA USA
Art Not Violence -
A Love Sparkle Infusion - Group Show
(2002) - Oakland, CA USA
100 Artists -
"White on White" - Group Show (2001) - Odd Manila,
University of the Philippines
Agunyas - Group
Show (2001) - Pacific Bell Building San Ramon, CA USA
Far From Home -
Group Show (2001) - Gallery Route One Point Reyes, CA USA
Bodega Ni Mel 2 -
One Man Exhibit (2001) - Windows Cafe - Manila, Philippines
Bodega Ni Mel - One
Man Exhibit (1999) - Windows Cafe - Manila, Philippines
Madrugada 4 - Group
Show (1998) - Philippine Antiques Gallery - Manila, Philippines
Madrugada 3 - Group
Show (1997) - Windows Cafe - Manila, Philippines
Madrugada 2 - Group
Show (1994) - City Gallery - Manila, Philippines
Madrugada 1 - Group
Show (1993) - City Gallery - Manila, Philippines
Piglas: Art at the
crossroads - Group Show (1986) Cultural Center of the Philippines -
Manila, Philippines
AWARDS
Best Illustration
for Print - 1993 Advertising Congress Baguio, Philippines
Best Art Direction
for an Ad Campaign - 1993 Advertising Congress Baguio, Philippines
Print Ad of the
Month - 1991 Advertising Magazine Manila, Philippines
2nd Place, Knights
of Columbus Charcoal Rendering Contest - 1979 Manila, Philippines
1st Place, Inter
High School On the Spot Painting Contest - 1978 Manila, Philippines
