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Marivic Rufino
Maria Victoria Rufino, Filipino artist, writer, concert producer and
businesswoman, graduated with honors from Marymount Manhattan
College, New York with a Liberal Arts degree, major in Theater Arts and
English Literature. Born in the Philippines, she attended high school in
Marymount International School in Barcelona, Spain, and in Rome, Italy
where she graduated valedictorian.
She studied painting in both the Western and Chinese tradition (Ling Nan)
under various masters in Manila and New York. She has held 18 solo
exhibitions in Paris, France; San Francisco, California; Madrid, Spain; and
Manila.
Photo by: Brandon Lim
An artist, writer, opinion columnist (for BusinessWorld for 30 years), Marivic
has launched her book “Beyond Brushstrokes,” profiles of significant
Filipinos (Bookmark 1995) at the Ayala Museum.
Her artworks were featured in the book and the launch coincided with her solo exhibit at the Ayala Museum. She has
held solo exhibitions in San Francisco for the celebration of the Sister Cities of Manila and San Francisco (1994). To
celebrate the Philippine Centennial (1998), she was invited by the Department of Foreign Affairs to hold a solo
exhibition at UNESCO House, Paris. She has participated in group exhibitions in France and China.
In 2011, she was invited by the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Philippine Embassy in Spain to hold an
exhibition “Romanza” to celebrate the 150th birth anniversary of our national hero Dr. Jose P. Rizal at the Museo
Nacional de Antropología in Madrid. “Romanza,“ the book of short poems by National Artist for Literature Virgilio S.
Almario "Rio Alma" with matching paintings by Marivic Rufino and translations by award-winning poet Marne L.
Kilates was launched. (Tahanan Books 2008)
Marivic has had diverse work experience. She was Public Relations director and Banquet manager of Hotel Inter-
Continental Manila; assistant marketing director of the Cultural Center of the Philippines; and private consultant for
various business and banking advocacies. She has served in several corporate foundations and as board member and
vice president of Alliance Française de Manille. She is active in Philippine Red Cross Makati branch of Rizal Chapter as
Vice Chair and council member.
Her life-long journey in art has been challenging due to multiple responsibilities but fulfilling in her heart. The
exhibitions and productions have been for the benefit of foundations and missionaries who are helping abused
children and women. Child protection and environment are her personal advocacies.
She “remembers the future” déjà vu. A writer once described her as a “synesthete.” Her paintings are “visual poems,
exquisite, subtle, fragile, magical, pure… effervescent as perfume, utterly feminine in sensibility.” (quotes from art
critics and national artists)
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