Born in the Philippines, Mariano Del Rosario is a painter and installation artist who lives in Brooklyn, NY. He holds an M.F.A. in painting from the Maryland Institute College of Art and a B.F.A. in painting from the University of the Philippines.
Selected solo exhibitions include OK Harris Gallery, New York City; Roger Smith Arts, New York City; Galeria Galou, Brooklyn, NY; David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, MI; Soho Center for Visual Artists, New York City; Andrea Gallery, Washington, DC; Hunter College Gallery, New York City; and the Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila. Selected group exhibitions include Fundacao Eugenio de Almeida, Evora, Portugal; KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany; Zentral Bibliothek, Zurich, Switzerland; National Library, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Shore Institute of Contemporary Arts, Long Branch, NJ; Leroy Neiman Art Center, Bronx, NY; Goliath Visual Space, Brooklyn, NY; Affordable Art Fair, New York City; Queens Museum of Art; Baltimore Museum of Art; Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH; APA Gallery, New York University; Tokyo Art Expo; Bronx Museum of the Arts; Everson Museum of Art; Glassell School of Art, Houston Museum of Fine Arts; School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD; Museum of Philippine Art, Manila; National Museum of Thailand, Bangkok; and Hong Kong Art Centre, Hong Kong.
Selected grants and awards include the Asian Cultural Council/ Rockefeller Brothers Fund; the Pollock-Krasner Foundation; Thirteen Artists, the Cultural Center of the Philippines; Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Arts, Newark, NJ; BCAT/Rotunda Residency, Brooklyn, NY; Best in Show, Washington Square East Galleries, New York University; and Grand Prize, Embassy of Spain, Manila, PH. He is listed in Marquis Who’s Who and is represented in numerous private and public collections.