Jose Johann Bitancor
Visual Artist / Born 1973 Philippines
EDUCATION:
2023 (Art Studio Course: Abstract) Stanford University, California USA
2004 (Design/ CE) University of Memphis, Tennessee USA
1996 (BFA) Far Eastern University, Manila Philippines
Scholarship Award:
2006 (BFA) Memphis College of Art, Tennessee USA
ART AFFILIATIONS:
(United States)
Berkeley Art Center- (CA), Epekto Art Projects, - (CA), Artist Alliance/ Jen Tough Gallery- (MN), Bliss on Bliss Gallery- (NY),
Filipino/ American Artists Directory- (MO)
(Philippines)
Boston Art Gallery and Artes Orientes Gallery.
AWARD/ GRANT/ DISTINCTION:
(United States)
2013 Shoreline Art Council, Washington State, USA
2006 (Scholarship Award) Memphis College of Art, Tennessee, USA
(Philippines)
2022 Artist of the Year, The Municipal Government of Baler, Aurora Philippines
1992, 1987, 1986, 1985, 1984, 1983 (Philippine Painting Contests/ Winner)
NATIONAL & REGIONAL JURIED EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED/ WINNER):
(United States)
2023 SFVACC/ SCORE- National Juried Show, Encino California USA
2021 Jen Tough Gallery (AA), Juried Show, MN USA
2021 Jen Tough Gallery (AA), Juried Show, MN USA
2013 Shoreline Art Council- Regional Juried Show, Washington State USA
2012 (MGAL) Regional Juried Show , Memphis Tennessee, USA
ONE- MAN EXHIBITIONS:
2014 June 'ISTRUKTURA 1' Burien Comm Center, Washington State USA
2014 December 'TIMELINE' Lynnwood Library Art Gallery, Washington State USA
2016 March 'ISTRUKTURA 2' Jack London Square, Oakland California, USA
2023 January 'COMMUNE' ArtFrame Studio, Mountain view California, USA
THREE- MAN EXHIBITION:
2013 'Cornucopia' Bliss on Bliss Gallery, New York, USA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2023 SFVACC/ SCORE- National Juried, Encino CA USA
Art in the Park, Boston Art Gallery, Philippines
2021 Jen Tough Gallery (Artists Alliance), CA USA
RPS Collective, Oakland CA USA
2019 Warehouse 416, Oakland CA USA
2018 RPS Collective, Oakland CA USA
2017 Paolo Mejia Gallery, Oakland CA, USA
Citadel Studio, San Jose CA USA
2016 Oakland Asian Cultural Center, CA USA
2015 Gallery 1317, San Francisco CA, USA
2014 Shoreline Art Council, WA USA
ANT Gallery, Seattle WA USA
2013 Topaz Arts, NY USA
Shoreline Art Council, WA USA
Discovery (RAW), Seattle WA USA
ANT Gallery, Seattle WA USA
2012 Rochester Contemporary Art Center, NY USA
MGAL Memphis TN USA
Rozelle Artists Guild, Memphis TN USA
2011 UP Vargas Museum, Philippines
Bencab Museum, Philippines
2010 Vargas Museum, Philippines
UP- Diliman, Philippines
Art in the Park, Makati City, Philippines
2009 World Trade Center, Philippines
Tamuning, Guam USA
1994, 1993, 1992 Far Eastern University-Manila, Philippines
PUBLICATIONS:
2023 SFVACC/ SCORE- National Juried, Encino CA USA
2023 Manila Bulletin, Philippines
2019 Filipino/ American Artist Directory, MO USA
2018 ZINE- Stanford University, CA USA
2017 Scolumb Galleries, Johnson TN USA
2016 The USAsian Post, CA USA/ Balita News, CA USA/ Philippine News, CA USA/ Asian Journal, CA USA
2015 Between the Lines Magazine, WA USA/ Snohomish County Publication, WA USA
2014 Lynnwood Today, WA USA/ Business Mirror, Philippines/ Pinoy Reporter, WA USA/ Ballard News- Tribune, WA USA/ The Highline Times, WA USA/ West Seattle Herald, WA USA/ Burien Culture Hub, WA USA/ The B-Town Blog, WA USA/ SOCO Culture, WA USA/ PhilStar News, Philippines
2013 Westside Seattle, WA USA/ Burienwa.gov, WA USA/ Shoreline Area News, WA USA/ Seattle PI, WA USA/ Asian Journal Philippines/ Inquirer Lifestyle, Philippines
2011 Daigdig Pinoy (CANVAS) Philippines
Links:
In The Abstract — SCORE. Southern California Open Regional Exhibitions (sfvacc.org)
Jam Session — The Artist Alliance
2021 Member Show — The Artist Alliance
ARTISTS | bayarea (epektoartprojects.com)
Second+Draft+(single+page).pdf (squarespace.com)
Manlalakbay Exhibition by East Tennessee State University - Issuu
Jose Johann Bitancor — Filipino/American Artist Directory (filamartistdirectory.com)
San Francisco Edition -- March 11 -- 17, 2016 by Asian Journal Community Newspapers - Issuu
Jose Johann Bitancor - Seattle - at RAWartists.com
Monthly archive | Westside Seattle
MUSEUM:
Museo De Baler, Philippines
COLLECTIONS/ COMMISSIONED:
United States, Guam and Philippines
ART PARTICIPATIONS:
Berkeley Art Center, California USA
Jen Tough Gallery (Artists Alliance), California USA
Epekto Art Projects, California USA
Filipino/ American Artist Directory, Missouri USA
RAW-Natural Born Artists-Seattle, Washington USA
Memphis Germantown Art League, Tennessee, USA
901 Creative.com, Memphis Tennessee, USA
Baler Art Group, Aurora, Philippines
Visual Artist / Born 1973 Philippines
EDUCATION:
2023 (Art Studio Course: Abstract) Stanford University, California USA
2004 (Design/ CE) University of Memphis, Tennessee USA
1996 (BFA) Far Eastern University, Manila Philippines
Scholarship Award:
2006 (BFA) Memphis College of Art, Tennessee USA
ART AFFILIATIONS:
(United States)
Berkeley Art Center- (CA), Epekto Art Projects, - (CA), Artist Alliance/ Jen Tough Gallery- (MN), Bliss on Bliss Gallery- (NY),
Filipino/ American Artists Directory- (MO)
(Philippines)
Boston Art Gallery and Artes Orientes Gallery.
AWARD/ GRANT/ DISTINCTION:
(United States)
2013 Shoreline Art Council, Washington State, USA
2006 (Scholarship Award) Memphis College of Art, Tennessee, USA
(Philippines)
2022 Artist of the Year, The Municipal Government of Baler, Aurora Philippines
1992, 1987, 1986, 1985, 1984, 1983 (Philippine Painting Contests/ Winner)
NATIONAL & REGIONAL JURIED EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED/ WINNER):
(United States)
2023 SFVACC/ SCORE- National Juried Show, Encino California USA
2021 Jen Tough Gallery (AA), Juried Show, MN USA
2021 Jen Tough Gallery (AA), Juried Show, MN USA
2013 Shoreline Art Council- Regional Juried Show, Washington State USA
2012 (MGAL) Regional Juried Show , Memphis Tennessee, USA
ONE- MAN EXHIBITIONS:
2014 June 'ISTRUKTURA 1' Burien Comm Center, Washington State USA
2014 December 'TIMELINE' Lynnwood Library Art Gallery, Washington State USA
2016 March 'ISTRUKTURA 2' Jack London Square, Oakland California, USA
2023 January 'COMMUNE' ArtFrame Studio, Mountain view California, USA
THREE- MAN EXHIBITION:
2013 'Cornucopia' Bliss on Bliss Gallery, New York, USA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2023 SFVACC/ SCORE- National Juried, Encino CA USA
Art in the Park, Boston Art Gallery, Philippines
2021 Jen Tough Gallery (Artists Alliance), CA USA
RPS Collective, Oakland CA USA
2019 Warehouse 416, Oakland CA USA
2018 RPS Collective, Oakland CA USA
2017 Paolo Mejia Gallery, Oakland CA, USA
Citadel Studio, San Jose CA USA
2016 Oakland Asian Cultural Center, CA USA
2015 Gallery 1317, San Francisco CA, USA
2014 Shoreline Art Council, WA USA
ANT Gallery, Seattle WA USA
2013 Topaz Arts, NY USA
Shoreline Art Council, WA USA
Discovery (RAW), Seattle WA USA
ANT Gallery, Seattle WA USA
2012 Rochester Contemporary Art Center, NY USA
MGAL Memphis TN USA
Rozelle Artists Guild, Memphis TN USA
2011 UP Vargas Museum, Philippines
Bencab Museum, Philippines
2010 Vargas Museum, Philippines
UP- Diliman, Philippines
Art in the Park, Makati City, Philippines
2009 World Trade Center, Philippines
Tamuning, Guam USA
1994, 1993, 1992 Far Eastern University-Manila, Philippines
PUBLICATIONS:
2023 SFVACC/ SCORE- National Juried, Encino CA USA
2023 Manila Bulletin, Philippines
2019 Filipino/ American Artist Directory, MO USA
2018 ZINE- Stanford University, CA USA
2017 Scolumb Galleries, Johnson TN USA
2016 The USAsian Post, CA USA/ Balita News, CA USA/ Philippine News, CA USA/ Asian Journal, CA USA
2015 Between the Lines Magazine, WA USA/ Snohomish County Publication, WA USA
2014 Lynnwood Today, WA USA/ Business Mirror, Philippines/ Pinoy Reporter, WA USA/ Ballard News- Tribune, WA USA/ The Highline Times, WA USA/ West Seattle Herald, WA USA/ Burien Culture Hub, WA USA/ The B-Town Blog, WA USA/ SOCO Culture, WA USA/ PhilStar News, Philippines
2013 Westside Seattle, WA USA/ Burienwa.gov, WA USA/ Shoreline Area News, WA USA/ Seattle PI, WA USA/ Asian Journal Philippines/ Inquirer Lifestyle, Philippines
2011 Daigdig Pinoy (CANVAS) Philippines
Links:
In The Abstract — SCORE. Southern California Open Regional Exhibitions (sfvacc.org)
Jam Session — The Artist Alliance
2021 Member Show — The Artist Alliance
ARTISTS | bayarea (epektoartprojects.com)
Second+Draft+(single+page).pdf (squarespace.com)
Manlalakbay Exhibition by East Tennessee State University - Issuu
Jose Johann Bitancor — Filipino/American Artist Directory (filamartistdirectory.com)
San Francisco Edition -- March 11 -- 17, 2016 by Asian Journal Community Newspapers - Issuu
Jose Johann Bitancor - Seattle - at RAWartists.com
Monthly archive | Westside Seattle
MUSEUM:
Museo De Baler, Philippines
COLLECTIONS/ COMMISSIONED:
United States, Guam and Philippines
ART PARTICIPATIONS:
Berkeley Art Center, California USA
Jen Tough Gallery (Artists Alliance), California USA
Epekto Art Projects, California USA
Filipino/ American Artist Directory, Missouri USA
RAW-Natural Born Artists-Seattle, Washington USA
Memphis Germantown Art League, Tennessee, USA
901 Creative.com, Memphis Tennessee, USA
Baler Art Group, Aurora, Philippines