Artist: Gil Maningo

Gil Maningo studied Fine Arts in UP Diliman and UP Cebu. A recording Artist, TV personality, Composer and Photographer. Founder of Kulas Ideas and Creations Inc. since 1989. He was actively learning about art as he did some thorough studies on American / Indian Art in South Dakota and also did commercial graphic art from 1991 to 2017 thru his companies: Kulas Ideas & Creations Inc. & Tropikal Relik through custom made & exclusive t-shirt designs based on the clients’ needs & requirements, designed company logos & made commercial company jingles.

• 1977: UP Dilliman Fine Arts
• 1980: Took elective subjects under the late Martino Abellana, the Amorsolo of the South at UP Cebu
• 1987: did some thorough studies on American / Indian Art in South Dakota

• A finalist for the Cebu Pop Music Festival “Palad sa Pungkol” 1995
• Phil. Magazine Mar-May 2000 Vol V, #43
• A “Mugna Bisaya” awardee for Visual Arts Caricature Painting Category 2015
• An environmental awardee from the City of Cebu, Mayor Tomas Osmeña
• A finalist for the Cebu Pop Music Festival “Palad sa Pungkol”

• 2015: Solo Exhibit – Caricatura, Art Center, SM City Cebu
• 2016: Solo Exhibit, Caricatura II, Art Portal, Davao
• 2018: Solo Exhibit, Aurum Febris, Qube Gallery, Cebu
• 2018: Solo Exhibit, Aurum Sensu, Art Circle Gallery, Shangri-la Mall
• 2020: Solo Virtual Exhibit, Magni Aestimo with Art Circle Gallery
• 2021: Solo Exhibit, Paradise, Art Circle Gallery at the Art Center, SM Megamall
• 2023: Solo Exhibit, Foveo at Robinson’s Magnolia with Art Circle Gallery

• 2005: Group Photo Exhibit – Catch Her if You Can, Cebu
• 2015: Group Exhibit – Sumad Kwarenta 1975-2015, UP CEBU
• 2016: Group Exhibit- Mugna Bisaya Visual Art Exhibit, SM Seaside Cebu
• 2017: Group Exhibit – Diverse Yet Unified, SM Megamall
• 2018: Group Exhibit, IstoryArt, Art Circle Gallery 28th Anniversary exhibit
• 2019: 2 Man Show, Fishers of Men, 5th Ave, Phil. Center, NYC
• 2019: Manila Art Fair, Epithets Of A Woman, Showcasing the Global Fil. Artist SM Aura with Art Circle Gallery
• 2021: 1st Visayas Art Fair With Qube Gallery at Montebello
• 2022: 2nd Visayas Art Fair With Qube Gallery at Oakriddge
• 2022: Group Exhibit, Quatro Virtuoso with Dizon, Baldemor & Pagkatipunan
  At the Art Center SM Megamall with Art Circle Gallery
• 2022: Group Exhibit 50th Golden Anniversary Exhibit for UP Artists’ Circle At Super
  Duper Gallery

“In every painting. There is what you call soul”  – Gil Maningo

Cebu-based artist Gil Francis Maningo and New York-based Alfonso Ompod, Jr. staged their very first joint art exhibit, Fishers of Men, at the Philippine Center on Fifth Avenue.

Gil Francis Maningo paints his golden years and imbues his artistic expression with the metal representing the wealth of his life’s experiences. In his long and prolific career, he has achieved his brand of artistic sense – a gold sense