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City of Edina 4801 W. 50th St. Edina, MN 55424
Contact: Lauren Siebenaler, Communications Intern
Phone 952-833-9522 commintern@EdinaMN.gov EdinaMN.gov
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Filipino Artist Gary Carabio to Have Solo Exhibit at the Edina Art
Center
Edina, Minn., Feb. 23, 2017 – The Edina Art Center will feature the art work of Gary Carabio in
a one-man show, “Diversity,” March 23 through April 26. The exhibit will showcase works in oil,
pastel and watercolor.
Carabio was born on the beautiful island of Bantayan, located at the northern most tip of Cebu,
Philippines. He grew up in a family of skilled artists and craftsmen, and as a young boy showed innate
skill and great promise. This proved true when, at the age of 11, he won first prize in an “on-the-
spot” painting contest in Cebu City.
Carabio has become one of the prominent practitioners of the objective realist approach in painting
in the Philippines. A self-taught artist who was guided and influenced by his sculptor grandfather,
Carabio studied Fine Arts at the University of the Philippines. There, he won a record number of
awards early in his career, including the impressive Joe T. Joya Award for three consecutive years.
He won five first-place awards in the categories of Representational, Non-Objective and Figurative
Abstraction.
While in college, Carabio staged his first solo show entitled “Bantayan” at the Casa Gorordo
Museum. The exhibit was a tribute to the island of his birth. He continued to have successful exhibits
throughout the Philippines and abroad.
Carabio moved to St. Paul, Minnesota, and immediately immersed himself in exhibitions and festivals
through the Midwest. He is currently a member of the Minnesota Artists Association and the Lake
Country Pastel Society. He is a signature member of the Pastel Society of America. To learn more
about his work, visit mnartists.org.
An opening reception will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, March 23, in the Margaret Foss Gallery at
the Edina Art Center, 4701 W. 64th St. For more information about the exhibit, visit
EdinaArtCenter.com or call 952-903-5780.
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