Sid Gomez Hildawa

(1962-2008)

Thirteen Artists Awardee 1990 

Artist, Architect, Poet, Visual Art Director Of CCP, and Founding Member/Curator of Kulay-Diwa Art Galleries.

Sid Gomez Hildawa (b. 1962-2008) was a poet, visual artist, and architect who works as manager for the Visual, Literary, and Media Arts Department of the

Cultural Center of the Philippines.

He obtained his B.S. Architecture degree from the University of the Philippines then ranked fourth in the national licensure examinations in 1986. On a freelance basis, he continues to design residences, commercial stores, and offices. Hildawa’s projects as visual artist and poet likewise involve the use and exploration of space as concept, medium, and setting. He has had a number of group and solo exhibitions in the Philippines and abroad, and has been in residence as artist and/or writer in

Japan, the United States, Australia, and the

United Kingdom.

Hildawa’s poems have been appeared in national publication and anthologies, and have been positively reviewed at the online journal, the Quarterly Literary Review Singapore, www.qlrs.com.

Education    :        PhD Literature

                           De la Salle University,Manila

MFA Creative Writing (With High Distinction)

                             De La Salle University, 2003

                             B.S. Architecture

                             University of the Philipines, 1984

Affiliations   :        United Architects of the Philippines

(Member)                        

Art Association of the

Philippines

(Member)

National Commission for Culture and the Arts, Committee on

Art Galleries

(Head, 2004-2007)                          

CCP Employees Organization (Vice-president, 1999-2002)

OTHER OCCUPATIONS:

Ongoing, since 1999       Part-time Lecturer,DLSU College

of Saint Benilde, School of Design and Arts

Ongoing, since 1994       Part-time Senior Lecturer for the B.A. Philippine Arts Program, University of the

Philippines, Manila.

1988-1992                     Artistic Director, Kulay-Diwa Art Galleries, Inc.

AWARDS / RECOGNITIONS / RESIDENCIES:

2006            Writer's Residency Grant

Vermont Studio Center, U.S.A.

                   May 15 to June 15, 2006

                   Asian Cultural Council Grant

                   Observation visits to cultural centers 

                   across America

                   June 15 to September 15, 2006

                   Second Prize for Poetry, “Building a House”

                   Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature

2005          

Second Place

Winner for the Poem, "Malchus"

The

Philippines

Free Press Literary Awards

2004  Outstanding Artist Award

University of the

Philippines

Manila

Foundation Day

2003            Ubod grantee, First Poetry Book Publication

                   National Commission for Culture and the Arts

                   (Book launched November 2005)

2002           Artist-in-Residence, Fieldwork Fujino International Kanagawa, Japan

(August 18 to September 9)

2002           

Fifth Place

winner for the Poem, "In Absentia"

Meritage Press 2nd Annual Contest, Broadway, CA94115

2002          

Second Place

Winner for the Poem, "Collapsing Space"

The

Philippines

Free Press Literary Awards

2000           Philippine Artist to the International

Art Biennale de la Habana, Cuba

1998           Writing Fellow

Bienvenido N. Santos Creative Writing Center

                   De La Salle University

1997          

Third Place

for Full-Length Play (Filipino)

                   Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature

1997           ARCUS Artist-in-Residence(Sept 9 to December 9)                  

Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan

1995           Writing Fellow for Poetry,

Mindanao State University,

                   ILIGAN National Writers Workshop

1994           Writing Fellow for Poetry

                   University of the Philippines National Writer’s Workshop

1990           British Council Fellowfor Architecture and the Visual Arts                  

Sheffield, England

(December 1990 to March 1991)

1990           CCP Thirteen Artists Awardee

1990           Philippine artist to the Ninth Biennale,

Valparaiso, Chile

1989           ARX Artist’s Regional Exchange,

Perth, Australia

1987           Winner, ASEAN Youth Painting Competition

1986           Fourth-Placer

                   National Licensure Examinations for Architecture

1979           Awardee, Ten Outstanding Students of

Makati

Participation in CONFERENCES / WORKSHOPS:

1. Museum Practices in the 21^st Century: A Cultural Exchange with The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA, New York)

                   2002 Certificate Course on Managing the Arts, Asian Institute of Management

2001 National Congress of Visual Artists, organized by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts

1999  Seminar/Workshop on Arts Management organized by the SEAMEO-SPAFA in

Bangkok, Thailand.

1998  ASEAN-COCI Workshop on Emergency Planning and Disaster Management for Museums,

Brunei

Darussalam

                   1998

Fukuoka

Asian Art Triennale Conference of Co-curators

Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan

                   1997  Contemporary Asian Art Reconsidered

Japan Foundation Asia Center, Tokyo

                   1997  River: Contemporary Asian Art Taipei

                  Cultural Counsil, Taiwan                    

                   1997  World Congress on the Status of the  Artist

                             UNESCO, Paris, France

                   1996  Video Production Workshop

                             University of the

Philippines Film Center

                   1988  Art Writing Workshop

                             Cultural Center of the

Philippines

                   1984  CCP Artist’s Workshop (directed by Ray Albano)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

                   2007  “MoMA Highlights by Sid Gomez Hildawa”

                             Exhibition in cyberspace:

www.momahildawa.blogspot.com/

                   2003 "Expanding ChokerProject" (Installation) The Ayala Museum,

Makati City

2002  “Inscribing Space” (Installation)

                             Toki Artspace, Shibuya,

Tokyo, Japan

                   1997  “why architect is poet is painter” (Paintings)                            

De La Salle University Art Gallery

                   1996  “Archipelagoes” (Mixed-media works)

                             Iligan Day Inn Hotel,

Iligan City

                   1995  “Trial by Publicity”

(Paintings andPoetry) The Ayala Museum,

Makati City

1994  “Plain Paper Artefax” (Fax Art Project-2)

                             Mass Media Project with audience participation

                   1993  “Urban Artefax” (Fax Art Project-1)

                             Free Fax Art to the public by request

                   1992  “The Xerox of YourSmile” (Xerographic Mural)

                             Cultural Center of the Philippines

                   1992  “Shelter from the Stone” (Installaion)

De La Salle University Art Gallery

                   1992  “Over Troubled Waters, Like a Bridge” (Paintings)         

Alliance

Francaise

Art Gallery

                   1991  “Graphs and Photographs” (Manipulated Photos)

                             The Penguin Café Gallery

                   1990 “Waiting in Line for Miss Saigon” (Mixed Media)The Ayala Museum,

Makati City

                   1990  “Epifanio delos Santos” (Installation)

                             Sheffield Polytechnic, England

                   1989, “Homage to the Tienanmen Square” (Large Paintings)

Alliance

Francaise

Art Gallery

                   1989 “House, and Other Non-Places” (Installation)

                             The Beach Gallery,

Perth, Western Australia

                   1989  “A Caught Fish is a Dead Fish”

                             The Penguin Café Gallery

                   1988  “Go to Room 117” (Architectural Installation)

                             Cultural Center of the

Philippines

                   1987  “Kalburo’t Uling” (Black and White Paintings)

Kulay-Diwa Art Galleries

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

                   2006  “Filipiniana” (organized by Casa Asia)

                             Centro Cultural de Conde  Duque                    

Madrid, Spain

                   2005  Being Asia, Being Asian

                             The Ayala Museum,Philippines

                   2003  The 18th Asian International Artists Exhibition                      

HongKong Heritage Museum

                   2002  “Nature Necklace,” Outdoor Installation for Fieldwork Fujino,Kanagawa, Japan

2002 “XS-XL: Expanding Artworks,”

The

Sculpture Square, Singapore

2001  “The 16^th Asian International Artists Exhibition,”

Guangdong Museum of Art , Guangzhou, China

with homecoming exhibit at The Ayala Museum

2001  “Paper Over,” curated by Patrick Flores

The

Ayala Museum

2001  “Furniture From a Long Poem in Progress,” Two-person exhibition on art and text. At the BigSkyMind gallery together with Ringo Bunoan, curated by Alex Gregorio.

2000 “Dream Houses of People Who Live with their Parents,” Installation for The 7^th International Art Biennale of

Havana, Cuba

.

1997  “My House is a Watered Orchard,” Installation for the ARCUS Artist’s Residency,

Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan

.

                   1997  “River: Contemporary Asian Art”

                             IT Park Gallery,

Taipei, Taiwan

                   1997  “Sunday at

Central Park

, HK,” Floor Installation for “Being

Minorities: Asian Contemporary Art,”

Hong Kong Art Center

                   1996 “Art Manila: The New Heroes”

                             National Commisson for Culture and the Arts

                   1996  “Small Works”

                             The Crucible Art Gallery

                   1996  “Book Art”

                             The Luz Gallery

                   1995  “Art Manila: The New Filipina”

                             Shangri-La Edsa Mall

                   1994 “Tugmaan: Phil-Australian Art Exchange”

                             The Australia Center Gallery

                   1993  “Four Hundred of Philippine Printmaking”

                             Cultural Center of the

Philippines

1992  “Artlink,” exhibit of artists who have participated in art exchanges with

Australia, The Australia Center Art Gallery

                   1991  “Mail Art Exchange Exhibition” exhibition of mail art

                             International Mail Art Archive,

Pisa, Italy

                   1991  “New Photography”

                             The Alliance Francaise Art Gallery

                   1990  “Thirteen Artists Awards Exhibition”

                             Cultural Center of the

Philippines

                   1989  “Banaag: Currents in Phil. Visual Arts” Cultural Center of the Philippines

BIBLIOGRAPHY AS WRITER:

          “Apparitions.” Poetry. Sunday Inquirer Magazine, 4 April 1993: 2

“Artefacts.” Poetry. Starweek Magazine, 8 January 1995: 8

“Coffee at Tokyu Plaza,Tokyo.” Poetry. Philippine Panorama Magazine,  19 April 1998: 24

“Collapsing Space.” Poetry.

Philippines Free Press Magazine,

24 November, 2001, 39

“Dreamers.” Poetry. Starweek Magazine, 8 January 1995: 8

“Falling in Line.” Fiction. Philippine Graphic Magazine, 6 March 1995: 28

“Frame.” Poetry. Ideya Journal of the Humanities, September 2004. De La Salle University College of Liberal Arts. Marjorie Evasco, ed.

“God Explains Space to His Angels.” Poetry.

Philippines Free Press Magazine, Special Literary Issue,

25 August 2001: 48

"In Absentia." Poetry. Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture, Volume VII, Numbers 1&2. Ateneo de Manila University, 2003: 175. Luis S. David, ed.

"Instructions for Malling." Poetry. Sunday Inquirer Magazine, 15 June 2003: Q2

          “Missing Miss Saigon.” Poetry. Starweek Magazine, 8 January 1995: 8

“On Fetching My Nephews from School.” Poetry. Sunday Inquirer Magazine, 1 June 1997: 2

“Out of Intramuros.” Poetry. Caracoa 96: Poetry Journal of the Phil. Literary Arts Council, December 1996: 55

"Poetry as Bedspacer." Poetry. Philippine Panorama Magazine. 15 February 2004: 17

“Rain Huddle.” Poetry. Philippine Panorama, 19 March 1995: 22

"Set Design for Act Three." Poetry. Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture, Volume VII, Numbers 1&2. Ateneo de Manila University, 2003: 176. Luis S. David, ed.

“Silent Movie.” Poetry. Mantala Quarterly Journal of Phil. Literature, Vol. 1, No. 2. National Commission for Culture and the Arts, 1997: 139

“Sleeping in a Box.” Essay. Philippine Daily Inquirer, 26 November 1997: D2

"To Someone Somewhere Else." Poetry. Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture, Volume VII, Numbers 1&2. Ateneo de Manila University, 2003: 173. Luis S. David, ed.

"Turning Forty." Poetry.

Philippines Free Press Magazine, 10 May 2003: 36

“Undertow.” Poetry. Starweek Magazine, 8 January 1995: 8

“why architect is painter is poet.” Poetry. Philippine Panorama, 16 March 1997: 18

          “Wind)ow to the Wind-.” Poetry. Philippine Panorama, 4 July 1993: 20

          “Watch-Your-Car Boy.” Poetry. Starweek Magazine, 8 January 1995: 8

“Wind)ow to the Wind-.” Poetry. Dreamers of the Loom, Mindanao State University-IIT, 1996: 84

ANTHOLOGIZED WRITINGS:

“Bedtime Story.” Poetry. One Hundred Love Poems: Philippine Love Poetry Since 1905, The University of the

Philippines

Press. Gemino H. Abad and Alfred Yuson, editors.

"Collapsing Space." Poetry. The Likhaan Book of Poetry and Fiction 2002, University of the

Philippines, Creative Writing Center, 2003

“Wind)ow to the Wind-.” Poetry. Philippine Studies: New Writing in the Phils., Vol. 43, Third Quarter 1995: 491, Ateneo de Manila University. Emmanuel Torres, ed.

“Wind)ow to the Wind-.” Poetry. The Likhaan Book of Poetry and Fiction 1995, University of the Phils.

Creative Writing Center, 1996: 61

“Watch-Your-Car Boy.” Poetry. A Habit of Shores: Filipino Poetry and Verse from English, 60’s to the 90’s, University of the Philippines Press, 1998. Gemino Abad, ed.

“why architect is poet is painter.” Poetry. A Habit of Shores: Filipino Poetry and Verse from English, 60’s to the 90’s, University of the Philippines Press, 1998. Gemino Abad, ed.

“Why We Return.” Poetry. Father Poems, Anvil Publishing, Inc. Alfred A. Yuson and Gemino H. Abad, editors.

SELECTED PROJECTS AS DESIGNER:

          Two-Storey Residence of General and Mrs. Domondon

          BF Homes Subdivision,

Paranaque City.

          Two-Storey Residence of Dr. and Mrs. Isagani Cruz

          Loyola Grand Villas Subdivision,Marikina City.

Penthouse Unit Interior Renovation, SM Investments

          One Roxas Triangle condominium, Makati City.

          Four-Storey Office Building, RJ Group of Companies

Polaris street, Bel-Air, Makati City.

          Four-Storey Residential Building, Mr. Rafael Santisteban

          Barangay Bangkal, Makati City

          Libreria San Pablo Religious Store, Society of

St. Paul  at various SM Malls nationwide.

          Exhibition Design for “Igkas-Arte” Philippine Centennial exhibit sponsored by the Spanish Embassy

Kulay-Diwa Gallery of Philippine Contemporary Art is a privately owned venue for artistic expression. It is strategically located within a cluster of progressive communities South of Manila. It has an independent exhibition area able to accommodate large-scale works, and a spacious garden ideal for outdoor programs, performances and sculpture installations.

Goals of Kulay-Diwa

To discover and promote the works of talented, young and deserving Filipino Artist;

To serve as a cultural outpost and make the arts more accessible to the fast-growing communities South of Manila; and

To foster cultural interaction and exchanges with the local regions and other countries.

Kulay(Color)

Diwa(Spirit, Thought)



 



The images below are examples of the artist’s works and are not necessarily available. 

Sid Hildawa, "Three Chairs", Oil on Canvas

Sid Hildawa, "Epic Poetry", Mixed Media

Sid Hildawa, "Analog Playground"

Sid Hildawa, "Analog Playground"

Sid Hildawa, "Mother River Installation"

Sid Hildawa, "Mother River Installation"

Sid Hildawa, "Floor Piece"

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