VANCOUVER SOCIAL CORNER
By Bert Morelos
Bert Monterona is a Filipino-Canadian visual artist based in Vancouver, B.C.
He is an educator, cultural worker, and active artist working in a wide variety of practices including design, illustration, paintings, murals, culture and installations. He also makes sets, builds props for stage performances and television shows. Internationally acclaimed, Monterona is a recipient of numerous grants and awards between 1995 and the present, such as: the Western Australia Department of the Arts, the Australia Council for the Arts Grant, the University of Western Australia School of Architecture and Fine Arts, Australian Embassy Philippines Residency Grant, the Asian Artists Award of Vermont Studio Centre and the Freeman Foundation, USA. Other commendations and awards include winning the GSIS Museum Artist of the Month Award and the Art Association of the Philippines Best Entry Award.
In 2007, Monterona won the International Mural Festival and Competition in Manitoba, Canada. He went on in 2009 to become the Artist-in-Residence for the Leigh Square Community Arts Village, Port Coquitlam. This project was part of the Necklace Public Art Initiative, an inter-municipal collaboration of ten municipalities in Metro Vancouver.
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