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Biography
Name:  Rol P. Lampitoc
Born: April 3, 1925, Ilocos Norte, Philippines
Moved to Canada in 1972
Current Residence, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

A painter, photographer, Serigrapher, pastelist and watercolourist.
An award winner in all of these categories.

When Rol Lampitoc arrived in Canada in 1972, he was already a painter of note whose works graced the homes and boardrooms of the Philippine elite and the American Embassy in Manila. Mr. Lampitoc studied fine arts at the University of the Philippines and has always pursued a career in art. He has been and premiere portrait painter. In Canada, he taught art at Windsor’s St. Clair College and Willistead Art Gallery.

Some of his portrait paintings now hang in the University of Toronto’s Woodsworth College, Emmanuel College, Engineering College, Centenary Hospital and other private commissions. These commissions include the Philippine Presidents Carlos P. Garcia and Diosdado Macapagal, both in 1959; Chigago Mayor Richard Daly in 1960; American President Harry Truman in 1969; and Detroit Mayor Roman S. Gribbs in 1973.

Although Mr. Lampitoc’s passion is in portraiture, his works include a broad spectrum of subjects executed in a variety of media, including watercolours, pastel and oil. Mr. Lampitoc’s work is a celebration of colour and form invoking an intensely emotional experience.

In 1972, Mr Lampitoc won the most coveted award in the Philippine National Art Exhibit, print category. He was then asked to represent Philippines at the “International Salon Sud” in Paris. In 1981, Mr. Lampitoc won an award in the internationally attended portrait competition in New York City. His work, “The Model” was one of those chosen from the 108 finalist to hang at the 5th Annual Juried Show of the Blue Mountain Foundation of the Arts in 1985. Mr. Lampitoc’s pastel “Inday”, gained him the honour of being the only Canadian accepted into the Pastel Society of America at that time. In 1989, he won the “First Prize Award” and the “Most Favourite in the Show” of the Pastel Society of Canada.

In the summer of 1987, he experienced Caribana Festival in Toronto and came forth with his interpretation of the flamboyance, and merry-making of the festivities. At the Arts Guild of Scarborough Show in 1987, he won two awards, first prize for “The Band”, and “Moments of Reflection”, In 1992, the City of Guelph sponsered a “Mardi Gras” art show where he won First Prize and Best in the Show.

His talent in various media brought invitations to exhibit in major cities including Tokyo, Detroit and New York. He has been invited to exhibit on of his pastel painting during the opening of the National Gallery of Ottawa on 1988, featuring the work of Edgar Degas. His work has shown at the National Archives together with the works of other pastel painters from all over the world.

Mr Lampitoc works out of his studio in Scarborough.