- Curriculum Vitae -
Danny Castillones Sillada
Danny Sillada with Higalong
EDUCATION
1993 MBA (units), Ateneo Graduate School of Business, Ateneo De Manila University, Makati City, Philippines.
1991 Post Graduate Study in Pastoral Theology, UST Ecclesiastical, University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines.
1990 Bachelor in Sacred Theology (cand.), UST Ecclesiastical, University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines.
1986 BA Philosophy & Literature, Queen of Apostles College Seminary, Davao, Philippines.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009 Uncharted Borders, 13th One-Man Show, 27 July – 14 August, Philippine Center, 556 5th Av., New York City, New York, USA.
2008 A Tribute to Offy: Danny Sillada Art, Poetry & Music, 12th One-Man Show with Danny Sillada’s Poetry & Music, Ricco-Renzo Art Galleries, February 19 – 28, Makati City, Philippines.
2007 Art for Peace in Mindanao, 11th One-Man Show with a 7-day art event participated by musicians, poets, performance artists, fashion designers, The Podium, September 17 - 23, Mandaluyong City, Philippines.
2007 D.C. Sillada’s “TEXTS + IMAGES” (Autobiographical Poerms & Drawings), 10th One-Man Show, an exhibit of Ball Point Dawings & Poems with poetry reading and live art performance, March 30 – April 16, Art Center, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City, Philippines
2006 D.C. Sillada’s Convergence, 9th One-Man Show with a 7-day art event participated by musicians, poets, performance artists, fashion designers; The Podium, September 18 - 24, Mandaluyong City, Philippines.
2006 D.C. Sillada, 8th One-Man Show with poetry reading and live art performance, April 18-May 2, Art Center, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City, Philippines
2005 The Collection, 7th One-Man Show with poetry reading and live art performances, The Podium, July 10 – 17, Mandaluyong City, Philippines.
2005 Everything & Nothingness, 6th One-Man Show with poetry reading, Ricco-Renzo Art Galleries, May 28 – June 28, Makati City, Philippines.
2004 Dreamweaver, 5th One-Man Show with poetry reading, Ricco-Renzo Art Galleries, April 27 – May 7, Makati City, Philippines.
2003 Surreality, 4th One-Man Show with poetry reading, Philippine Art Gallery, December 12- January 1, 2006, White Plains, Quezon City, Philippines.
2003 Centennial Art Exhibit, 3rd One-Man Show with poetry reading, Parish Youth Center, October 13 – November 1, Cateel, Davao Oriental, Philippines
2003 The Metaphors of Dreams & Existence II, 2nd One-Man Show with poetry reading, Ayala Museum, September 13 – 29, Makati City, Philippines.
1999 The Metaphors of Dreams & Existence, 1st One-Man Show, A Millennium Sunrise Exhibit at the historic town of Caraga, Gov. Leopoldo Lopez, Sr. Tourism Center, December 23- January 2, Caraga, Davao Oriental, Philippines.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 More than Friends, a tribute to Offy Garcia, Ricco-Renzo Art Galleries, June 16 – July 5, Makati City, Philippines; Face to Face, Yellow Door Gallery, Power Plant Mall, May 20 - 30, Makati City, Philippines; Art for Youth's Sake (Eksibit Para Sa Kabataan Ng Payatas, September 28, Southwing Lobby, House of Representatives, Quezon City.
2007 Pilipinas Artists Fair, Annual Showcase of Filipino Artist’s, Eastwood Plaza, Libis, Quezon City, Philippines, October 28-30, 2007; Artists for Y’Shua, The Jewellery, March 16 –April 9, 2007, 2F Greenhills Shopping Center, City of San Juan, Philippines; Chromatext Reloaded, Philippine Literary Arts Council & Friends on Exhibit, A Fusion of the Literary and Visual Arts, January 27 –February 27, 2007, CCP Bulwagang Juan Luna (Main Gallery)
1987 Gropu Di Belle Arte, UST Central Seminary, University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines.
CITATIONS & AWARDS
2006 One of the 13 featured international artists of SAG along with musicians, literary writers and visual artists), an on-line multimedia arts based in the USA.
2003 Citation and Excellence Award, Pasidungog Centennial Award for Literary & Visual Arts, Davao Oriental, Philippines.
1987 – 1999 Grand Prize for three consecutive years, UST Theological Society Logo Competition, University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines.
1994 - 1997 Finalist, Philip Morris Asean Art Award, Makati City, Philippines
1996 Finalist, Diwa Ng Sining Art Award for 10 Outstanding Filipino Artists, Mandaluyong City, Philippines
1982 Award of Excellence, Artist of the Year Award, Maryknoll High School of Cateel, Davao Oriental, Philippines.
1977 Gifted Child Art Award (Meritorious Award), Cateel Public Elementary School, Davao Oriental, Philippines.
LIVE ART PERFORMANCES (POETRY, MUSIC & PERFORMANCE ART)
2009 A Night of Art, Poetry & Music with Danny Sillada (Live Performances on
Poetry and Ethnic Muic), 28 July 2009, Philippine Center, 556 5th Av., New York City, New York, USA; Ethnic Music Performance (More than Friends, a tribute to Offy Garcia), Ricco-Renzo Art Galleries, June 16, Makati City, Philippines.
2008 OPEN SPOKEN: Featuring Danny Sillada’s Poetry & Music, F*ART (Fashion & Art) store, K-D cor. K-1st, Kamuning, QC., Philippines, January 19, 2007.
2007 Hip Hop Performance: Danny Sillada’s “Invent Your Own Meaning & Reason To Live”, Pinoy World Bazaar, Glorietta, Makati City Philippines, November 16-18, 2007; Hip Hop & Ethnic Music Performances: Danny Sillada’s “Estrangement in My Land” & “Bodie has Returned”, ”Pilipinas Artists Fair, Annual Showcase of Filipino Artist’s, Eastwood Plaza, Libis, Quezon City, Philippines, October 28-30, 2007; INUSARA (Spontaneous performance of Ritual Dance, Martial Arts Kata, RAP/HIP HOP, & Ethnic Songs @ Danny Sillada: Art for Peace in Mindanao, The Podium, Mandaluyong City, Philippines, October 22; Poetry Reading, Cesare& The electric Underground Collective: Experimental Poetry & Music. Live @ Mag:net Binifacio High Street, Makati City Philippines, October 29; Poetry Reading, Cesare Syjuco’s performed poetry and music. Metropolitan Museum,Central Bank Building, Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City, Philippines, October 20, 2007; Dawot, Ethnic Music Performance at Cesare Syjuco’s “Mighty Big Flashback”: His New Literary Hybrids with live performances of performed poetry and music. F*ART (Fashion & Art) store, K-D cor. K-1st, Kamuning, QC., Philippines, August 2007; Ethnic Music Performance (one of the performer-musicians), Center of the Center: A Concert to Save the Calatagan Reef, August 10, 2007, Mag:net Katipunan, Quezon City, Philippines; Estrangement, a rap performance at Cesare Syjuco’s “Mighty Big Flashback”: His New Literary Hybrids with live performances of performed poetry and music. Mag:net Katipunan, Quezon City, Philippines, Jun 13, 2007; Rap Performance (The Philosopha), “Free to be Filipino”, F*ART (Fashion & Art) store, K-D cor. K-1st, Kamuning, QC., Philippines, June 9, 2007; My Old Pair of Shoes, poetry reading at “Music & Performed Poetry, Cesare Syjuco’s art exhibition”, Ricco-Renzo Galleries, LRI Business Plaza, N. Garcia St. Makati City, Philippines. May 26, 2007; The Call of Limocon, poetry reading at FM Jam 88.3, Kooky Tuason’s regular radio program every Saturday, 9-10 pm, 2nd Flr. Strata Building, Emerald Avenue, Ortigas, Pasig City, Philippines, April 28, 2007; The Philosopha, The Rapper (Doing Ringin Bells by Mustah Killah), D.C. Sillada’s “TEXTS + IMAGES” (Autobiographical Poerms & Drawings), April 14, Art Center, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City, Philippines; Sewing the Hole on the Water, Poetry performance, D.C. Sillada’s “TEXTS + IMAGES” (Autobiographical Poerms & Drawings), April 14, Art Center, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City, Philippines; Remnant of her Eternity, Poetry performance in honor of Filipina Art Patron Offy Garcia, Ricco-Renzo Art Galleries, March 7, 2007, LRI Building, Makati City, Philippines; My Muslim Woman, Poetry Performance, WORD OF MOUTH: Chromatext Reloaded, Exhibit & Poetry Performances of Philippine Literary Arts Council & Friends, February 27, 2007, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila; What Have I Ever Lost by Loving (Love Poems), Poetry Performance, SPOKEN WORD., I Love You Store, February 14, 2007, Makati City, Philippines; Memoir of Mosquito Net,Live Art Solo Performance, Penguin Cafe, February 18, Malate, Manila, Philippines.
2006 The Power of Suggestion, Live Art Solo Performance at CESARE’s “Street Art, Spoken Word”, November 24, 2006 at Blue Room Gallery, Makati City, Philippines; Enemy Within (Allusion to Juramentado),Live Art Solo Performance at DC Sillada Convergence, September 18, 2006, The Podium, Mandaluyong City, Philippines; Sewing the Hole on Water & other poems, Poetry Performance at CESARE SYJUCO: The Tree Underground, July 18 Orville Atelier, Angono, Rizal, Philippines; Eyes of Heaven & other poems, Poetry Performance at CESARE SYJUCO: Underground Collective, June 16, 2006, Mag:net Gallery, Katipunan, Quezon City, Philippines; The Angry Dead, ,Live Art Solo Performance, CESARE SYJUCO Live “Attacked from Underground”, June 2, 2006,Lumiere Gallery, Makati City, Philippines
2005 Sewing the Hole on Water,Live Art Solo Performance, Penguin Cafe, October 14, Malate, Manila, Philippines; Out of the Water, Poetry Performance, Philippine International Performance Art Festival (PIPAF), September 18 - 22, 2005, Ateneo de Manila University Gallery, Quezon City, Philippines; To Let the Blood, Live Art Solo Performance, Philippine International Performance Art Festival (PIPAF), September 18 - 22, 2005, Kanlungan Ng Singing, Manila, Philippines; Fr. Morta L. Sin, SCG, Durational Live Art Performance, Philippine International Performance Art Festival (PIPAF), September 18 - 22, 2005, Kanlungan Ng Singing, Manila, Philippines; The Vagina Gathering (Story Telling), Live Art Solo Performance, , AAP Gallery, Kanlungan Ng Singing, August 19, Manila, Philippines; Claiming My Vertical Space between the Earth and the Universe, Live Art Solo Performance, AAP Gallery, Kanlungan Ng Singing, August 16, Manila, Philippines;
Defragmenting the Myth of Spectacle in Performance Art, Live Art Solo Performance, AAP Gallery, Kanlungan Ng Singing, August 4, Manila, Philippines; How to Untangle from Your Own Web, Live Art Solo Performance, Café Breton, July 28, The Podium, Manila, Philippines
COLLABORATIVE LIVE ART PERFORMANCES
2008 The Black Bride of Trix Syjuco, Mag:net, Bonifacio High Street, TaguigCity, Philippines
2006 In a Box, in collaboration with Maxine Syjuco’s Poetry Performance “In a Box”, CESARE SYJUCO Live atDC Sillada Convergence, September 23, 2006, The Podium, Mandaluyong, City Philippines
SELECTED REVIEWS
2009 Robert P. De Tagle, Mindanaoan Artist Sillada Explores ‘Uncharted Borders’, Asian Journal, New York, July 31, 2009.
2008 Shar Matingka, The Surrealistic Reality of Danny Sillada, Illustrado, Lifestyle Magazine based in Dubai, November-December issue 2008, May 2008.
2007 Kristine Joy L. Dabbay, “Danny Sillada: Metaphors of Many Talents”, The Varsitarian, Official Student Publication of the University of Santo Tomas, May 2007.
2006 Jacqueline L. Ong, “Danny Sillada: a Passion to Create”,What’s On & Expat, May 14-20, 2006.
2005 Tejero, Constantino, ‘Visual Trope Strips Bare the Soul’, Lifestyle: Art & Culture, Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 4.
2005 Acosta, Carmencita H., ‘Images Upon the Rocks’, What’s On & Expat, May 22-23.
2005 ‘Political Turmoil and a Former Priest’s Art and Poetry’, Art & Culture, Village Voice, July 3-9.
2005 ‘Danny Sillada: Painting the Political Crisis’, Life& Times, The Manila Times, June 27.
2004 Reyes, Cid, ‘I Know Why the Caged Bird Cries’, Today Magazine, May 3, 2005.
2003 Mendoza, Ivy Liza F., ‘From Priesthood to the Artworld’, Lifestyle: Youth & Campos Bulletin, Manila Bulletin, September 8.
1999 Cañete, Reuben Ramas, ‘The Last Judgment of the First Day: Danny Sillada’s Metaphors of Dreams and Existence’, Monograph for exhibition catalogue, Millennium Sunrise Exhibit, December.
1996 Montilla, Revilla, ‘Danny Sillada Returns from the Landscapes of Nightmares’, Lifestyle: Art & Culture, Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 15.
PUBLICATIONS
2008 Flora & Fauna in the Philippines, Edited by Alfred A Yuson & Nola Almario Cadayona, published by Carlos Arellano (Onion & Chives, Inc.), Philippines, 2008.
2008 Philippine Art Now, Manny Duldulao, published by the Art Association of the Philippines, Philippines, 2008.
2007 The Lives & Loves of Artists & Models, Manny Duldulao, published by the Art Association of the Philippines, Philippines, 2007.
2006 Collector’s Guide on Filipino Painters, Manny Duldulao, published by University
of Pangasinan, Dagupan City, Philippines, 2006.
1998 Kayumanggi: Artist’s Directory, Jane Stangl, published by Peso Book Foundation Publications, Philippines, 1997.
SELECTED PUBLIC & CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Malacañang Palace, Office of the President, Manila, Philippines
China Bank, Makati City, Philippines
Passio nArt, MetroWalk, Pasig City, Philippines
Country Treasures, New Manila, Quezon City, Philippines
Dusit Hotel Nikko, Makati City, Philippines
RCAM Arzobispado de Manila, Intramuros, Manila, Philippines
Ritex Concrete Philippines, Pasig City, Philippines
San Carlos Seminary, Guadalupe, Makati City, Philippine
*Foreign Collectors (London, Germany, New York, California, Japan, Singapore & Hong Kong)
PROFESSIONAL
Consultant, DACASI International, Vietnam & Philippines (2008 - present)
President, DACASI International, Vietnam & Philippines (2005 - 2007)
Consultant & Corporate Counselor on Marketing, Administrative, Product Design and Quality Assurance (2004 - 2006)
Administrator / Manger, GD Plantations (2000), Davao Oriental, Philippines
Quality Assurance Officer(1998), Décor Gifts, Cainta, Rizal, Philippines
Art Teacher / Workshop, Contempo Art Gallery (1996 -1997), Greenhills, Philippines,
Editor, TeamWork Newsletter,Fortune Medicare (1994 – 1995), Makati,, Philippines
Head, Membership Assistance & Corporate Relations, Fortune Medicare (1993 – 1995), Makati, Philippines
Assistant Prefect of Discipline/Faculty Member (1991 – 1992), San Carlos Seminary, Makati, Philippines