Dulz Cuna - Philippines
About the artist
Member since 2007-08-08
Name: DULZ CUNA
Mailing Address: Gemini St., Jan-Rey Subdvision, Fatima,Tacloban City, Leyte, Philippines , 6500
Mobile Number: (63) 921 795 1351
Home Phone (63) 53 523 4630
Work Experience:
Assistant Professor in the Arts and Humanities
University of the Philippines in the Visayas Tacloban City, Leyte Philippines
6/78 to present
I teach courses in Fine Arts, the Humanities,
Art History and Creative Advertising (Graphic Design) in UP. Aside from
teaching I am also a very accomplished Visual and Performance Artist and known
in the Visual Art circles in our country. I am listed in the registry of
artists in our Art Commission and delivered papers in Conferences here and
abroad.
Education
Master of Arts (Master of Arts in
Art History (Art Studies)
University of the Philippines-Diliman, Quezon
City, Philippines, 10/91
Vargas/CASAA Fellow for the Arts in 1990
FastDev Fellow UP Graduate Studies Program
Board Member, Leyte Arts Foundation 2000-2002
Visayan Islands Visual Arts Association (VIVA) Regional Coordinator
Maharlika Artist and Writers Association Regional Coordinator
Owner/Proprietor- Synaesthesia Art Gallery (2001-2005)
Solo Exhibits:
1) One-Child Exhibit (8yrsold)-Centro Escolar University;
2)"Titser
Dulce" - Festival Exhibit 1991
3)"pranapintura" - National Arts
month 2001 exhibit;
4)"animafantasia" - solo exhibit in Cebu City 2002
5) UPVT National Arts Month Celebration Exhibit, 2005
6)"Kromatiks" (in 2 weeks) UPV-LSHCenter Foundation Day exhibit Sept
1, 2006
Bachelor of Arts
(Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Advertising)
College of the Holy Spirit, Mendiola, MetroManila, 3/75
Apprenticed in various Advertising and TV
networks in Metro Manila: Horizons Inc., GMA, ABS-CBN, Channel 9, etc.
Account Executive for Programme Agency, Inc., an Advertising firm for Resorts.
Worked as Graphic and Advertising Artist in a defunct newspaper outfit (The
Times Journal)
Additional Information (Other Skills)
Theatrical and/or Musical Performances
Event name/Year/Role/performance
1)CCP National Drama Competition of "Paglilitis ni Mang Serapio" 1993
Director
2)Actors Company of Tacloban (ACT) "Kanser" Centennial Celebration of
the Noli Me Tangere 1987 as "Dona Victorina"
3)Blues/Jazz/Standards Diva
As Performance Artist:
"Wayang Orang"- Human Shadow Theatre
"APOllo 13" - for the Alpha Phi Omega Fraternity/Sorority
"Pagtabug" - For Prana-Pintura 3rd Solo Exhibit/Warding
off the Bad Elements
"Oblation Cube" - Fly in a Ruvik Cube
"Ritwal" - Oracion Tattooing in the Hinterlands
"Fluxus et Fluxus" - Color Studies in a Plane Hangar
"Naranghita" - Throwing Oranges instead of Tomatoes for
Protest
"Pagmara ngan Paghumas" - Ravelling and Unravelling the
silent Tapestry of Womanhood
1987-Present
Performance Art Designer and Actor
Cinematic Performances
Movie title/Year/Role
Short Film "APOllo 13" (for the Alpha Phi Omega Frat/Sor)
1999 Performer
Scholarly Papers Read and Delivered:
"The Oracion Tattoo: Art or Magic?" -Paper in the 1st National
Conference of Art and Society, Museo ng Kalinangan (Humanities Museum),
Cultural Center of the Philippines, Metro Manila, Philippines, September 1988
"State of Performance Art in the Philippines 2000-2004" - Maharlika
Artists and Writers Federation, Odyssey Air Park, Mactan Island, Cebu City,
Cebu, Philippines, October 2004
"The Oracion Tattoo of Leyte: Folk Art and Ritual" - Maharlika
Artists and Writers Federation, Boracay Island, Antique, Panay, Philippines,
November 2005
"YUNAL: Mnemonics and Motifs found in Prayer Tattoos of the
Philippines" - 4th International Conference of the Arts and Humanities,
Rennaissance Ilikai Hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA Jan 12-14, 2006
Skills
- Drawing
- Illustration
- Painting
- Digital Photography
- Traditional Photography
- Fine Art
- 3D Design and Crafts
- Graphic Design
- Computer Graphics
- Desktop Publishing
- Web Design
- Art Direction
- Art Agent
