Pueblo, Mervy

Mervy C. Pueblo has spent over two decades building an influential, multi-hyphenate career that seamlessly balances a radical studio practice with high-level academic administration. She received her formative training in visual communication in Manila before securing a prestigious international scholarship that completely expanded her three-dimensional and civic art methodologies in the United States.

Pueblo has represented the Philippines across landmark sculpture symposia, residencies, and bienniales spanning Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Russia, France, and Vietnam. Beyond her rigorous gallery output, she is an indispensable educational leader, currently serving as the Dean of the School of Fine Arts and Design at the Philippine Women's University (PWU). Her academic stewardship centers heavily on deploying art therapy for convicted youth offenders and institutionalizing experimental public art curriculum frameworks.

Education & Academic Pedigree
MFA in Visual Studies (Public Art & Sculpture): Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD), Minnesota, USA (Conferred under the auspices of a premier Fulbright Principal Scholarship, 2011–2013).

BFA in Advertising / Visual Communication: St. Scholastica's College, Manila, Philippines (2003).

Major Institutional Awards & Grants
2020: Recipient – Marciano Galang Acquisition Award, Ateneo Art Gallery

2019: Recipient – Award for Continuing Excellence and Service (ACES) in Visual Arts & Art Education

2015: Inducted Vanguard – Thirteen Artists Award, Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP)

2013: Grand Winner – Ethel Morrison Van Derlip Fine Arts Award, Minnesota, USA

2012: Shortlisted Finalist – Ateneo Art Awards, Manila

2006–2010: Continuous Finalist & Special Citation Winner – Metrobank Art and Design Excellence (MADE) National Sculpture Competition
Exhibition History
Selected Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions
2026: Myth//Making: Yamagata & Pueblo – Artinformal Gallery, Karrivin Plaza, Makati City, Philippines

2023: Karakoa Journey – Galleria Duemila, Pasay City, Philippines

2013: Capital Values – Bliss on Bliss Studio, Queens, New York City, USA

2012: Remember to Forget – MCAD Library Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Selected Global Group Surveys & Bienniales
2020: The Work of Art – 1F Galleries, Jorge B. Vargas Museum and Filipiniana Research Center, UP Diliman, Quezon City

2019: 7th Nakanojo Biennale – Gunma Prefecture, Japan

2018: International Sculpture Outpost – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2014: Philippine Contemporary Conceptions – Paris, France & Singapore Art Hubs

2011: Haslla International Open-Air Survey – Haslla Art World Museum, Gangneung, South Korea

2008: International Sculpture Symposium Forum – Khabarovsk, Russia

2007: Tuong (Statue) International Sculpture Project – Hue, Vietnam