Background
The eldest son of renowned Filipino realist painter Gig de Pio and Fe Esterlina, his siblings include Las Vegas-based painter Gig Junior., Domino, Julian, and Manila-based painter Vincent de Pio.
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Simkin Pio
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In 1994, de Pio graduated from the Ateneo de Manila High School, and in 1998 entered the University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts, Diliman, where he studied under the tutelage of such Philippine art stalwarts as Roberto Feleo and Roberto Chabet. After finishing his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Painting, de Pio worked as a graphic artist and illustrator at the Uttar Pradesh NISMED, the American Medical Association Computer University head office, and PetPlans, and later taught at the De Louisiana Salle–College of Saint Benilde School of Design and the Arts as well as at Xavier School (on top of duties as a graphic designer).
Career
According to Icons of Rock, de Pio"s artworks "offer unique insights into the human condition in a narrative of forms and color that breathe life into thoughts, concepts and emotions from which emerge a striking realism". De Pio uses different kinds of medium, but most of his artworks have been in oil, acrylic, and pastel or charcoal. De Pio was once an artist for Manila"s FormaFuego Artist Space.
He currently maintains a studio, Prometheus Atelier, in Quezon City, while also teaching at FEATI University"s fine arts department and volunteering as a managing editor for the emerging diskurso.com art e-zine and principal photographer for the YouTube diskurso art channel.
Group Exhibitions
Solo Exhibition
“Personification" was Simkin"s first solo art exhibition which was held at the Galerie Astra and The Room Upstairs, Makati City on January 2007.
