Mario Parial

Mario Parial (August 13, 1944 – December 22, 2013) was a multi-awarded Filipino painter, printmaker, sculptor and photographer. His works have been sold at Sotheby's.

About Mario Parial was born on August 13, 1944, in Nueva Ecija. One of the fourteen children of Fidel Parial and Aurora Agustin. He studied grade school at the Pura V Kalaw Elementary School, graduated in 1958. In 1963, he graduated from the Roosevelt Memorial School in Quezon City where he was the editor of Duplex, the Campus paper. In 1964, he learned printmaking under Manuel Rodriguez Senior, the father of Print Making in the Philippines. In 1967, he began the year with a job with FairAds Inc located in Escolta, Manila. In 1969, he graduated from the University of Santo Tomas, Bachelor of Fine Arts Major in Advertising. In 1969, he joined the Faculty of the University of Santo Tomas to teach painting, printmaking and photography. In 1970, he married Carina Claro with whom he has 2 Children, namely, Kristine born in 1971 and Mikel Parial (Also a Painter, Printmaker and Photographer) born in 1972. His classmates, five of them formed the PENTA GROUP an advertising group and Mario was one of the graphic designer.. He also had a brief stint teaching art at the University of the Philippines. He died on December 22, 2013, due to cancer.

Awards 3rd Prize for a Stained Glass Design, 1963, UST Annual Art Competition 4th Prize for Flying Figures, 1964, Quezon City Arts Festival 1st Honorable mention, "The Fire Is Over," 1965, 15th SNSAC Sculpture Category Honorable Mention, 1965, UST Annual Art Competition First Prize for "Flight in the Sun" 1966, 1st (AAP)Art Association of the Philippines Graphic Arts First Prize for "The World Has Many Faces," 1966, 16th SNSAC Sculpture Category Certificate of merit, "Once Upon A Construction," 1966, 16th SNSAC Sculpture Category Certificate of merit, "Night Flight," 1966 1st Prize for "Moriones", 1967, PAL Art Competition 2nd Prize, 1967, UST Students Annual Certificate of Merit, "Hour After Hour", 1967, 17th SNSAC Graphic Arts Category 4th Prize, 1968, UST Photo Contest 2nd Prize, 1968, PAP Annual Honorable Mention, 1968, PAP Annual Benavides Award for Outstanding Performance to University Prestige from the University of Santo Tomas, 1967. 2nd Prize, 1970, PAP Annual Thirteen Artists Awardee of the Cultural Center of the Philippines, 1972. Outstanding Thomasian Award from UST, 1978. Critic's Choice Awardee, 1978

Shows One-Man Show, 1965, AAP Series of New Talents 10 One-Man Show, 1975, Galerie Bleue, Makati One-Man Show, 1976, "Halaman", Metro Gallery, Makati One-Man Show, 1977, Galerie Bleue, Makati One-Man Show, 1978, ABC Galleries, Manila One-Man Show, 1979, Heritage Art Center, Quezon City One-Man Show, 1980, Ma-Yi Associates Gallery, Makati One-Man Show, 1980, CCP Small Gallery, Manila One-Man Show, 1982, Hiraya Gallery, Manila One-Man Show, 1993, Manila Peninsula, Makati One-Man Show, 1996, Shangri-La Edsa Plaza Mall, Mandaluyong One-Man Show, 1997, Asian Images, Phil. Consulate N.Y. One-Man Show, 1998, Casa Victoria, New Jersey One-Man Show, 1998, "Afternoon Mood", Gallery Nouveau, Mandaluyong One-Man Show, 1998, "Parial In Davao", GenLuna Gallery, Davao City One-Man Show, 1999, "Mahal Na Birhen", Gallery 828, Mandaluyong One-Man Show, 2000, "Parial Lithographs", Boston Gallery, Quezon City One-Man Show, 2000, Philippine Consulate, San Francisco, US One-Man Show, 2000, Casa Victoria, New Jersey, US One-Man Show, 2001, "Marikina and Antipolo:Landscapes", Blind Tiger Cafe, Quezon City One-Man Show, 2004, "Pagdiriwang", Galerie Joaquin-Podium, Mandaluyong One-Man Show, 2005, "Pasasalamat", Galerie Joaquin-Main, San Juan, Metro Manila, One-Man Show, 2008, "Festivo", Galerie Joaquin-Main, San Juan, Metro Manila. One-Man Show, 2009,"Bountiful Harvest", Galerie Raphael, Taguig One-Man Show, 2009," The Peripatetic Process of Parial's Painted Photographs", Kaida Art Gallery One-Man Show, 2010, "Legacy", Galerie Joaquin, at Podium One-Man Show, 2011," Majore", Galerie Joaquin, Mandaluyong One-Man Show, 2013, "The Peripatetic Process of Parial's Painted Photographs 2" Galerie Francesca, Megamall

Group and Foreign Shows 1966, Twenty Years of Philippine Art, Luz Gallery 1966, Philippine Prints, Taiwan 1969, Annual Shows, Luz Gallery 1972, Thirteen Artist Exhibit, CCP 1979, Museum Artists, Museum of the Philippines 1980, Museum Artists, Museum of the Philippines 1980, Philippine Paintings, China 1981, China Selection, Art Association of the Philippines 1983, ASEAN Show, CCP 1985, Prints Show, Bonn, Germany 1992, Tribute to Amorsolo, University of the Philippines 1994, Filipino Exhibit, China Club, Hong Kong 1994, Singapore Impression's, Robinson's Galleria, Singapore 1994, Philippines 2000 Travelling Exhibition, US 1994, "Lines and Colors", Penang, Malaysia 1994, ASEAN Exhibition, Jakarta, Indonesia 1997, Philippine Center Gallery, New York, US 1997, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada 1999, "Reunion of Thirteen Artists", CCP 1999, Group Show, Metropolitan Gallery 1999, "Limbag Sining", PAP, CCP 1999, Group Show, Museo Pambata, Manila 1999, Print Show, Museo Iloilo, Iloilo 2000, "Philippine Images", Philippine Consulate, San Francisco, US

Published works The 1980 Mobil Art Awards by Alice Guillermo, pp 64–67 Contemporary Philippine Art by Manuel Duldulao, Sr. The Struggle for Philippine Art by Purita Kalaw Ledesma and Amadis Ma. Guerrero A Century of Realism in Philippine Art by Manuel Duldulao, Jr. Filipino Nudes by Alfredo Roces Okir by Leonides Benesa Cultural Center of the Philippines Annual Book, 1978–1982 25 Years of Philippine Printmaking, Museum of Philippine Art Art Philippines, The Crucible Workshop Miracles of Mary, BlackBerry Press Inc., Harper Collins Publishing Co., New York, US

Parial on Philippine Stamps On 28 November 2005, a Set of 4 Stamps and a Souvenir Sheet was issued for the National Stamp Collecting Month. One of the Stamps featured a Print by Mario Parial, a Rubber Cut, titled "BULBS" The Denomination was P6.00 and 140,000 of this were only issued.

Parial at Sothebys 3 Mario Parial Paintings have been sold at Sothebys. Nine Fishes done in 2005 and measures 16x36 Inches and sold at Sothebys Singapore on October 9, 2005. Blessings II sold on April 29, 2007, at Sothebys Singapore and Eight Horses sold on Oct 22, 2006 at Sothebys Singapore.