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artist / modernist / futurist 

Ulysses Veloso is a designer / fabricator with a master’s degree in fine arts and a bachelor’s degree in sculpture and education. He has mounted 14 major solo shows and 24 group exhibitions in major museums, galleries, and alternative art spaces.  He has a long list of commissioned works both in the local and international art market. His passion to create Art is seen in the way he  transposes surreal and scientific concepts into an art experience he calls “Abstract Existentialism” This belies not only theoretical aesthetics but also critical awareness of the fundamental laws of nature. As a futurist, he explores the possibilities of new and old materials from its technical qualities to visual meaning and weaves into artistic canons that permeate through time. His engagement with scientific discourses in the academe has led him to locate his art in several dimensions as his thematic choices are transformed into varying philosophical contexts relevant to our generation. Every work of art is an articulation of Ulysses Veloso’s mastery of the art elements, technical brilliance, and zest for life.

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Education 

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M.A. Fine Arts University of the Philippines Diliman

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Bachelor of Fine Arts, Major in Sculpture

University of the Philippines, Diliman Q.C. 1995

Bachelor of Science in Education St. Scholastica’s College, Manila 2006

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PRC (Licensed Professional Teacher)

Reg.No. 0987440; Date issued 9/9/2008

Canadian Welding Bureau (CWB) Fcaw/Mcaw/Gmaw 2015

Welder Certificate American Welding Society AWS-SENCE Accredited

Welding Certificate International Maritime Welding Society IMWS

NC2-TESDA (Licensed Professional Welder) 2012

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Solo Exhibitions 

  • 2014- “CONTAINING EXPANDING SPACE” A Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition. Philippines Hall GT Toyota Hall of Wisdom Asian Cultural Center University of the Philippines Diliman Quezon City.  June 7 to July 4, 2014

  • 2006- ”MUSE OF THE SPHERES” Recent Sculptures of Ulysses Veloso. Gallery one. Pinto Art Gallery. 1 Sierra Madre Grand Heights, Antipolo City. March 19 - May 1, 2006 

  • 2004- “DOTS” recent sculptures, spheres series stainless steel. Art Elements Gallery SM Megamall. 409 Artwalk, Level 4, Bldg. A, Pasig City. October 18 to Oct. 25, 2004

  • 2004- “STIMULANTS” recent nudes, coffee on aquarelle. Art Elements Gallery SM Megamall. 409 Artwalk, Level 4, Bldg. A, Pasig City. April 2 to May 5, 2004

  • 2004- “PAN’ Sculptures from the album and recent sculptures. Magnet   Gallery ABS-CBN compound Mother Ignacia St. Diliman Quezon city. January 23, 2004

  • 2003- “STEEL WATERS” Recent sculptures. Art Elements Gallery, SM Megamall. 409 Artwalk, Level 4, Bldg. A, Pasig City. November 10 to December 17, 2003

  • 2003- “HARMONY” works on steel. Lifestyle corridor. 2/F Lifestyle Section Power Plant Mall, Rockwell Center. Makati City. October 20 to November 15, 2003

  • 2000- “EVERGREENSCAPES” 50 paintings. Club house B, Fontana Resort and Country Club, Clarkfield, Pampanga. Dec.9, 2000

  • 1998- “DUSK” Caylabne Sunsets. A Photo Exhibit. Oct 10, 1998. El Patio Galleries 2 & 3. Caylbne Bay Resort.

  • 1998- “BEAUTY IN DECAY” Childhood with a Cancer Victim. Recent Sculptures.  May 5 to 17, 1998 Finale Art Gallery Level 4 Bldg. A SM Mega mall, Pasig City. 

  • 1997- “ZEN AND THE ART OF FURNITURE DESIGN” an exhibit of recent functional sculptures. March 10-25, 1997.  The Junk Shop Gallery. 31 Evangelista St. Proj. 4 Quezon City.

  • 1996- “PAINTS, TONGUES AND POST-MODERN TEACHERS” an installation of wasted paint.  U.P. CFA Dirty Room. March 19

  • 1994- “WHOLLY ANGELS” Sarabia Optical Display Window, U.P. Diliman Shopping Center. Dec. 11.

  • 1993- “HALLUCINATIONS” 100 sculptures by Ulysses Veloso. Dirty Room, Studio Arts Bldg., U.P. College of Fine Arts, Diliman, Quezon City. September 1-7

Group Exhibitions

  • 2023- “Albedo” for Nuit Blanche Toronto. ​ Multimedia Installation. A fusion of tradition and technology as fine art is transformed into moving, life-size 3D art, accompanied by a boundary-pushing light installation. Blitz Art Gallery, 101 Richmond Street East, September 23, 2023,

  • 2023- "Abstract Nature" Transcending the Material World. July 22 to August 12, 2023, Blitz Art Gallery 101 Richmond St. East, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  • 2014- “What does it matter, as long as the wounds fit the arrows?” A tribute to Roberto Chabet. Aug. 30 to Oct. 26, 2014. Cultural Center of the Philippines. Main Gallery.

  • 2014- “MANAGERIE” July 26- Aug. 10, 2014. J Studio, unit 604, 6/F VFP2 Veterans Complex, Taguig City. Philippines

  • 2013- “Salo-salo” Dec. 15-31, 2013, J Studio, unit 604, 6/F VFP2 Veterans Complex, Taguig City. Philippines

  • 2010- “Alay Sining” 1-6 Sculpture exhibit curated by national Artist IP Santos in cooperation with Rotary Club Makati East. Mandarin Hotel Makati Philippines.

  • 2008- “Anyo” Sculpture exhibition. Art Informal, 277 Connecticut St. Greenhill’s, Mandaluyong City, Philippines

  • 2008- “Tabletops” recent sculptures by Society of Philippine Sculptors. Galerie Anna, 7F Ramon Magsaysay Center, 1680 Roxas Blvd. Manila Philippines. Dec. 5, 2008, to Jan. 10, 2009

  • 2008- “BOXED” A Group Show by Selected Artists. Cubicle Gallery, Pasig City Philippines

  • 2007- “ROCKED AGE” Metropolitan Museum of the Philippines. BSP Bldg. Roxas Blvd. Manila July 26 to October 26, 2007

  • 2007- ”BOXED” A Group Show by Various Artists. April 26 to May 27, 2007. Pasilyo Guillermo Tolentino (3rd Fl.) and Vicente Manansala (2nd Fl.) Cultural Center of the Philippines. CCP Complex, Roxas Boulevard Pasay City. Philippines

  • 2007- “CIRCLES” A Traveling Exhibition by the Philippine Art Educators Association. Nov. to Feb. 2007 at GSIS Museum, Vargas Museum, SM Mal of Asia, SM Mega mall, SM south mall.

  • 2006- “SPACE LAUNCH” The Space at Art Informal. September 29, 2006. 277 Connecticut St. Greenhill’s East, Mandaluyong City.

  • 2005- “BIRTHINGS” A group show curated by Prof. Dakila Fernando featuring Dela Cruz (painting) Muyco (music composition) Veloso (sculpture) Art Elements Gallery, 3rd level Glorietta 4 Ayala Mall, Makati Phils. July 14 t0 31, 2005 

  • 2005- “BEYOND THE BARRELMAN” An Exhibition of Contemporary Filipino Art, Acme Art   Works. 1741 North Western Ave. Chicago Illinois, U.S.A. May 27, to June 25, 2005

  • 2004- ”COLLECTIONS 2004” Tina Lee, Bumatay, Rondain, Abano, Nuestro, Arellano, Aguas, Veloso, Weidner. Art Space Glorietta 4, Ayala Center Makati. May 19 to June 2, 2004

  • 2004- ”IS-CULTURE-A” Dialogue of Philippine Culture and Sculpture. Group exhibition by FA 215 graduate program students of U.P. College of Fine Arts Master’s Program. CFA Faculty Lobby, Bartlett Hall UP Diliman, Quezon City Phils. March 12- 19, 2004

  • 2004- ”MNEMONIC TRANSMISSIONS & HYPOTYPOSES” 8 Creative outputs of students from FA 211 U.P. College of Fine Arts Master’s Program. Corredor Gallery, Bartlett Hall UP Diliman, Quezon City Phils.  March 12- 19, 2004

  • 2003- “ONE BY ONE” Works on paper. Small Works Gallery, Ayala Museum. G/F Makati Stock Exchange Building, Ayala Ave. Makati City. December 12, 2003

  • 2003- “DISCOURSES” Art Elements Gallery, Artwalk 4rt level SM Mega Mall. Oct.15-Nov.10

  • 1997- “HAKUT” Drawings at the Junk Shop, 61 Evangelista St. Proj. 4, Q.C. May 16- June 6.     

  • 1996- “A TRIO OF SCENTS” July 2- July 25. Alliance Francaise de Manille, an exhibition of recent works by 3 major schools in the Phils. U.P., F.E.U., T.U.P. 3rd floor Keystone Bldg. 220 Gil Puyat Ave. Makati.  

  • 1996- “FUNCTIONAL ART AT THE JUNK SHOP” The Junk Shop, 61 Evangelista St. Proj.4, Quezon City. May 17 to June 7.

  • 1995- “MEASURES AND METHAPHORS” SM Mega Mall Art Center November 27 to December 9. Curated by Roberto Chabet for Finale Art File Gallery.

  • 1995- “PAINTING BY NUMBERS” An Exposition of works from 100 artists. Cultural Center of the Philippines. September 12 to October 31.

  • 1994- “YUSONVELOSOIMAO” a three man show of recent sculptures. Galleries 1, 2, & 3. U.P. Faculty Center, U.P. Diliman. September 19 to 25.

  • 1994- “PHILIPPINE SCULPTURES 94” Society of Philippine Sculptors annual exhibit. An exposition of recent works by the nation’s 30 leading sculptors. Mezzanine Gallery, Hotel Nikko Manila Garden Ayala, Makati August 15 to 27

  • 1994- “BEETWEEN THE LINES” a four man exhibit of Paintings and Sculptures, West Gallery, West Ave. Quezon City. March 11 to 24.

  • 1993- “FEAR AND DESIRE” an exhibit on Paintings and Sculptures. Cultural Center of the Philippines Main Gallery. September 10 to October 20.

Contact Me

uly.veloso@gmail.com

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