De leon, R.M

b. 1960, Manila
Education 1979–1984, University of the Philippines, College of Fine Arts, Major in Painting

Awards and Distinctions
1983–present, Teacher and Coordinator for the Children’s Summer Art Workshops, Phil-Am Village, Quezon City
1990, Thirteen Artists Awardee, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila
1997, First Filipino Awardee of the Vermont Studio Center Studio Arts Program for Painting, Vermont, U.S.A.

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024, We’re in the Business of Hope, Galleria Duemila, Pasay City
2023, Blind Hope, Willful Ignorance... (The State We’re In), Galleria Duemila, Pasay City 2023, Urgent, Rare & Shameless, Underground Gallery, Makati City 2022, Fed by Algorithms, Finale Art File, Makati City 2021, Human, Nature & Industry, Finale Art File, Makati City 2018, SEX: Unbridled Works on Paper (From the Vaults), Archivo Gallery, Makati City 2017, One Man’s Trash Is Another Man’s Treasure, West Gallery, Quezon City (January–February) 2017, Art Fair Philippines 2017 (Archivo Gallery), The Link, Parkway Drive, Ayala Center, Makati City 2017, No Plans, Archivo Gallery, Makati City (November) 2014, Go Ahead!... Enjoy Looking at Us!, West Gallery, Quezon City 2013, Beyond 18 Inches, Artinformal, Greenhills East, Mandaluyong City 2013, Gallery VASK Inaugural Show, Gallery VASK, Clipp House Center, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig 2011, Very Abstract and Hyper Figurative, Altromondo Arte Contemporanea, Greenbelt 5, Makati City 2010, Recent Paintings, Altromondo Arte Contemporanea, Greenbelt 5, Ayala Center, Makati City 2007, West Gallery, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City 2006, Between Structure and Gesture, Galleria Duemila, Pasay City 2005, Anomalous, Galleria Duemila, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City 2004, Emotional Landscapes, West Gallery, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City 2004, Cute Can Get Ugly, Galleria Duemila, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City 2004, Part I The Stamps Series (June 1–15) 2004, Part II The First Paintings (June 16–29) 2003, Academic, Galleria Duemila, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City 2002, Fun!, Galleria Duemila, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City 2002, Pretty Strange, West Gallery, Glorietta 4, Ayala Center, Makati City 2001, Wrong Pictures, Galleria Duemila, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City 2000, More Readings Between the Lines, West Gallery, Glorietta 4, Ayala Center, Makati City 2000, Between the Lines, Galleria Duemila, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City 2000, Seven Easy Pieces, Finale Art File, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City 1999, Landscapes, Galleria Duemila, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City 1998, Parodies of The Liver Is the Cock’s Comb by Gorky and Other Paintings, Galleria Duemila, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City 1998, Seeing Gorky, Brix Gallery, Makati City 1998, New Paintings, West Gallery, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City 1997, New & Unexhibited Works, Lopez Museum, Ortigas Center, Pasig City 1996, Silhouettes: Recent Paintings, Galleria Duemila, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City 1996, Wallbound, Ayala Museum, Makati City 1995, Recent Paintings, Galleria Duemila, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City 1995, Recent Drawings, The Crucible Gallery, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City 1994, Paradigms Cont’d, West Gallery, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City 1994, Paradigms, Galleria Duemila, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City 1994, Drawings on Paper, The Crucible Gallery, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City 1993, Caricatures, West Gallery, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City 1993, New Works, Lopez Museum, Ortigas Center, Pasig City 1993, Inaugural Show, Metro Gallery, San Juan City 1992, Actual Painting Activity: New Works on Paper, Lopez Museum, Ortigas Center, Pasig City 1991, Idols, Finale Art File, Makati City 1990, Still Life and Others, Alliance Française de Manille, Makati City 1990, Attitude and Form, Alliance Française de Manille and Finale Art File, Makati City 1989, Luna (Main Gallery), Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila 1988, R.M. de Leon: Recent Works, Finale Art File 1987, R.M. de Leon: Drawings, Finale Art File 1984–1986, Consistent Participation in the Annual Shows of the Cultural Center of the Philippines and Its Local Invitational Shows, Traveling Group Exhibition, on Board the Ship Pearl Scandinavia, in Cooperation with the Metropolitan Museum of the Philippines 1985, Random Pages: The Magazine, La Tasca’s Grille Room 1983, Individual Exhibition of Monotypes, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila

Selected Group Exhibitions
2024, FREE FALL (curated by Raul Rodriguez), Altro Mondo Galleries, Makati City (August)
2023, Commissioned by Solaire Group of Companies, Solaire Casino, Vertis North, Quezon City
2022, It’s Casual Entertainment: We Aim to Please, Galleria Duemila, Pasay City 2018, An Italian in Manila, Galleria Duemila, Pasay City 2016, They Speak to You by Association, Galleria Duemila, Pasay City 2015, Art Fair Philippines 2015, The Link, Parkway Drive, Ayala Center, Makati City 2014, Tribute (exhibitions for the Late Roberto Chabet), Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila 2014, Hoodwink (commissioned by Homme et Femme Proprietors, Men’s Fashion Line), SM Aura, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig 2014, Manilart 2014, SMX Convention Center, SM Aura, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig 2014, A Tribute to Life and Death, Art Fair Philippines 2014, The Link, Parkway Drive, Ayala Center, Makati City 2013, Placebo Paintings, Galleria Duemila, Pasay City 2013, The Art of Rediscovering, Manilart 2013, SMX Convention Center, SM Aura, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig 2013, Obsession and Fetishes (with Carlo Calma, Manuel Ocampo, Jay Yao), Vask Restaurant, Clipp House Center, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig 2011, Une Pléiade d’Artistes: Recent Works, Altromondo Arte Contemporaneo, Makati City 2011, Pretty on the Inside (with Mariano Ching, Felix Bacolor, Trek Valdizno), Silverlens, Makati City 2008, Fiction/Non-Fiction (two-man exhibition with Jonathan Olazo), Galleria Duemila, Pasay City 2007, Nostalgia Is Not What It Used to Be, Mag:net Gallery, Quezon City 2007, Figuring (with Jonathan Olazo), Galleria Duemila, Pasay City 2006, Specific Gravities 2, Galleria Duemila, Pasay City 2005, On Paper, Mag:net Gallery, The Loop at ABS-CBN, ELJ Communications Center, Quezon City 2000, Recent Drawings (with Jonathan Olazo), The Drawing Room, Makati City 1997, Modern Art, Galleria Duemila, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City 1995, Recent Works, Finale Art File, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City 1993, Big Works, Finale Art File, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City 1993, Recent Works, Art Center, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City 1993, Facts & Faces, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila 1991, Dan Raralio / R.M. de Leon: Sculptures and Paintings, West Gallery, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City 1990, Two-man exhibition with Jun Dominguez, Finale Art File, Makati City 1990, Four Artists in Iloilo, Iloilo City 1990, New Works, Finale Art File, Manila 1989, Banaag: Currents in Philippine Art, Bulwagang Juan Luna, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila 1988, Manila-Berlin Exchange Exhibit, Raab Gallery (under the Auspices of Pinaglabanan Gallery), West Germany 1988, I Am a Cream Doughnut: A Multi-Media Reaction to Berlin, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila 1988, Paintings and Sculptures (three-man exhibition with Dan Raralio and Marcel Antonio), Alliance Française de Manille, Makati City
1987, Philippine representative, Third Biennial in Bangladesh sponsored by the United Nations; shared top award with Gerardo Tan, also of the Philippines “Just Thought I’d Stop for a Bottle of Beer,” Kulay Diwa Gallery
1986, Objects & Spaces, Pinaglabanan Galleries, Manila
1985, Six Artists in Subic, Naval Base Subic Bay
1984, Peking Preview, Beijing, with preview exhibition at the Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila
1983, Selected Prints, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila
1982, Sining Kamalig, Sining Kamalig (first four-man exhibition with Gerardo Tan, Raul Rodriguez, and Teresa Balatbat), Manila