Phyllis Zaballero

Phyllis Zaballero is an awarded and actively working visual artist and painter who has extensively studied, lectured, curated shows and exhibited her works in Asia, Europe and the United States.

She received her Associate in Arts degree from Marymount College in Paris and Barcelona in 1960, a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics in 1965 and her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, magna cum laude, in 1978, both from the University of the Philippines.

The Thirteen Artists Award by the Cultural Center of the Philippines was granted her the same year she graduated in 1978, together with her first solo show. Since then, Zaballero has been on the faculty of the UP College of Fine Arts, studied in the United States at the Art Students League and New York Studio School, received study and travel grants from the governments of the United States, England, France, Germany and China as well as residencies at private foundations in Portugal and the United States.

Zaballero continues to be involved in the memberships and on the boards of various cultural and civic organizations such as the Museum Foundation of the Philippines of which she is currently the Vice-President. Meanwhile she maintains links with art organizations both in her native Philippines and abroad.