Talent they say, is God-given, that is why it is always meant to be shared. This is exactly how Cebuano painter Siegfredo “Fred” Rosales Galan sees himself – he, along with other Christian painters in Cebu, let people meet God through their outstanding works of art.

Fred Galan has been painting from abstracts to impressionism for more than 40 colorful years and had exhibited his creations locally, nationally, and globally from the 1970s to 2000s. He had also gained various awards from different painting competitions also within and outside Cebu.

Here are a few of Siegfredo Galan’s participation in art exhibits and the awards that he had received (these are only the most recent ones):
Group Exhibitions
Local and National
2002 – “Arts and Hearts”, SM City – Cebu 2002 – August, “Into His Marvelous Light”, SM City – Cebu, Cebu City
2002 – ‘Kinabuhi’, Montebello Villa Hotel
2003 – ‘The Gift’, SM City – Cebu 2004 – January 22, “And it was good”, SM City – Cebu, Cebu city
2005 – “Mother and Child” Photo Exhibition, Waterfront Hotel and Casino, Mactan, Cebu – Epix ’05 Photo Exhibition, Metro Manila – “Kulay Tubig” Watercolor Exhibition, Gallery Genesis, SM Mega Mall, Manila – “Jeremiah 29:11” Painting Exhibition, SM Art Center, SM City – Cebu, Cebu City
International
1993 – March, “Sunlight Painters of Cebu”, Phil. Center Gallery, 5th Avenue, New York, New York, USA
1993 – August, “Kolor Sugbu” at the “Philipinische Woche”, Bad Homburg, v.d.H., Germany
1993 – September, Hotel Hilton Mainz, Germany
1994 – June, “Filipiniana”, Phil. Embassy, Washington, D.C., USA
1994 – July, “Filipiniana”, Philippine Center Gallery, 5th Avenue, New York, New York, USA
2006 – November, Binhi Group Exhibit, Seoul, Korea

Solo Exhibitons
1990 – December, “Revelations I”, Casa Gorordo Museum, Cebu City
1991 – December, “Revelations II”, CAP Art Center, Cebu City
1992 – December, “Revelations III”, Casa Gorordo Museum, Cebu City
1995 – February, “Cebu”, Liongoren Art Gallery, New York, Cubao, Quezon City
1998 – “Discovering Life’s Hidden Treasures”, Ayala Center, Cebu City
2001 – “Life’s Journey, His Grace”, SM City – Cebu, Cebu City
 AWARDS
1993 – 3rd Prize, Impressions of Badian Island, Painting Contest, Badian Island Resort Hotel, Badian, Cebu
1993 – 3rd Prize, Painting Contest on Ecology: A Social Responsibility by Filipinos, Inc., Cebu City
1994 – 2nd Runner-Up, Photo Contest on the Minority Tribes in the Philippines by Blue Collar Magazine, Metro Manila
1995 – Grand Prize, Don Martino Abellana On-The-Spot Painting Competition, Carcar, Cebu
2003 – Finalist, Sports on Canvas Painting Competition jointly sponsored by the Art Association of the Phil. and the POC.
2005 – Finalist, “Mother and Child” Photo Contest Waterfront Hotel and Casino, Mactan, Cebu Finalist, Epson Photo Imaging Exposition, Metro Manila Grand Prize, “Kulay Tubig” Painting Competition, Gallery Genesis, SM Mega Mall, Metro Manila.
*List of achievements taken from: http://artcebu.com/artist_fredgalan.html

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One Response to “Siegfredo “Fred” Rosales Galan: Cebuano Painter”

1. juan | January 15th, 2009 at 4:53 am
   

   Born and grew up in Cebu City. An alumnus of SHS-J and USC. Been a drifter since.

   I really miss Cebu City. Especially the lovely Cebuanas.

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