MetroVanIndependent.com
April 2015
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Lifestyle/Entertainment
Photo by Bert Morelos
Paintings by Bert Monterona
FEATURED ARTIST: BERT MONTERONA
VANCOUVER SOCIAL CORNER
By Bert Morelos
Bert Monterona is a Filipino-Canadian
visual artist based in Vancouver, B.C.
He is an educator, cultural worker, and
active artist working in a wide variety of
practices including design, illustration,
paintings, murals, culture and installations. He also makes sets, builds props for
stage performances and television shows.
Internationally acclaimed, Monterona is a
recipient of numerous grants and awards
between 1995 and the present, such as: the
Western Australia Department of the Arts,
the Australia Council for the Arts Grant,
the University of Western Australia School
of Architecture and Fine Arts, Australian
Embassy Philippines Residency Grant,
the Asian Artists Award of Vermont Studio
Centre and the Freeman Foundation, USA.
Other commendations and awards include
winning the GSIS Museum Artist of the
Month Award and the Art Association of
the Philippines Best Entry Award.
I n 2 0 07, M o n t e r o n a w o n t h e
I n te r n a t i o n a l M u r a l Fe s t i va l a n d
Competition in Manitoba, Canada. He
went on in 2009 to become the Artist-inResidence for the Leigh Square Community
Arts Village, Port Coquitlam. This project was part of the Necklace Public Art
Initiative, an inter-municipal collaboration
of ten municipalities in Metro Vancouver.
Bert Morelos has been a Vancouverite
since 1974. He had an extensive experience
in the field of architecture, design, planning
and project management. He was involved
in hundreds of projects for over 35 years,
which brought him all over the world. He is
currently a Development Consultant with
clients such as Stanley Kwok Consultants
Inc. and Michael Geller, Architect. He
dabbles into photography during his spare
time.