About Me
1983 Moved his family to their new home in Cainta.
Participated in the Sigliwa Group exhibits at Silahis Hotel in Manila and Pines Hotel in Baguio.
Philippine Panorama page 5, July 24, 1983, by Paul B. Zafaralla, “Seven Artist Remember the Handicapped”.
1984 Staged his fourth solo show at Galerie Bleue.
1986 Opened one-man show, consisting of 18 works in watercolor and tempera, at Kawilihan Gallery.
Philippine Daily Express, November 4, 1986, Life & Leisure Section, “C. Cadid: Chronicle of our time” by Rey Resurreccion, and featured a “Market Scene” painting of Carlos Cadid
1990 Participated in the group show Expression of October held at the Gallery of Fine Arts.
Put up a one-man show Realism at the original QC site of Art Circle Gallery.
Joined four artist friends in a show titled Pahayag Diwa at the Lopez Museum.
1993 Reached the finals at the Rotary Makati North’s Paint Your Way to Paris art competition.
1994 Joined the Creative Visual Artist Group (Tuesday Group, in short), a splinter association from the schism which divided VACOOP into two rival groups after Joya’s death.
1995 Participated in the Tuesday Group’s exhibit at Freddie Aguilar’s Restaurant on SVD Road at Tagaytay.
Work featured on the back cover of the February issue of Reader’s Digest, through the effort of Manuel Duldulao.
Sun-Star Daily Newspaper, Cebu City Philippines, Vol. XIII No. 78, February 13, 1995, Life Style Section, “10-talizing opens at Montebello”
1996 Participated in the annual exhibitions of the Lakas Sining ng Bulacan and the Hagonoy Art Group.
The Philippine Star, Jan. 13, 1996, “The Man with the Nikon Hand” by Marlene Aguilar
2001 Manila Bulletin, Life & Leisure Section,, Saturday October 6, 2001, by Ethel S. Timbol, featured Cee Cadid’s painting “Noon at Ngayon”
A Lenten Exhibit “The Colors Of Our Faith” Philippine Heart Center, East Ave., Quezon City
October 13, 2001, 7th One-Man Exhibit, Gallery of Philippine Heart Center, East Ave., Quezon City
ART GROUPS:
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SATURDAY GROUP, leaded by Cesar Legaspi
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VACOOP, leaded by Jose Joya
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LAKAN SINING NG BULACAN
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SIGLIWA GROUP, leaded by Romulo Galicano
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HAGONOY ART GROUP
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TUESDAY GROUP
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WEDNESDAY GROUP
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FPAGI (Filipino portrait artist guild inc.)
HISTORY
Artist Sonofrio Y Mendoza has been Cee's closest mentor, providing him with much of guidance and inspiration which has helped to shape his talents to the point where he is now recognized as one of the fines portraits of the Juan Ponce Enrile Family, Ramon Cojuangcom Freddie Aguilar and Mr & Mrs. Joe Guingona.
What was written by Mercy S Tolentino about Cee's style of painting many years ago applies equally well today. In her article, she said
"one of the your practioner of consequence of magic or poetic realism in the country is Cee Cadid. He formally picked up the rudiments of art at the University of East but underwent a more rigid training with the Plein-air painters known as the Dimasalang Group. Notably from the landscapists Sofronio "Sym" Mendoza and Romulo Galicano.
Cadid is often Fasinated not so much with the remains of the past as the portrayal of a few things that roll back the years only a little further. For instance, Cee Cadid would paint an honest rendering of a simple kitchen with crude stoves, pots against a lattice-work bamboo wall. The composition, the relevant details that are present, might remind you of a snapshot at a glance. but Cadid's interpretation transcends photographic realism.
Realism is a transgression against the flat and the plain, it makes a leap of profound vision and for Cadid it weaves a story as well"
From the book of "FINE ARTIST OF THE PHILIPPINES
1999
BY AGUILAR * BORTLES
ALL ABOUT "CEE"
1954 Born May 13 in Barrio Tibagin, Hagonoy, Bulacan, the second of five children of Melchor Cadid, a fisherman, and Maria Tanig.
1958 Thrown into the sea by his father at age four so he could learn how to swim. All the children went to this “rite of passage”.
1961 Entered Tibagin Elementary School.
Started to draw comic book character, often late into the lamp-lit nights.
1964 Represented the Grade IV class in an inter-school art competition but failed to win with his pencil sketch against crayon entries.
1965 Transferred to Barrio Sagrada Elementary School, 15 minutes away from home by boat, for Grade 5 and 6. Boarded with cousin Philip Victor, at the time an aspiring artist of advanced skills, whose work inspired him to become a painter.
1966 Graduated second honor of his class.
1967 Enrolled at the Hagonoy Institute for his secondary education. Made do with passing grades, having spent more time in drawing. Started to copy Amorsolo paintings from calendars. Finished high school, the only one of his family to do so.
1970 Determine to become a painter after being regaled by a barriomate with stories about the UE fine arts department.
Stayed in Balintawak in the house of his mother’s brother, Emil Tanig, a commercial photographer with a studio.
1971 Enrolled at the UE School of Fine Arts under the deanship of Florencio Concepcion.
1972 Recommended by a cousin, Amelia Tanig, to work as a live-in frame maker to the painter SYM. Reported to work on May 8 and stayed for five years, during which time he met and learned from the members of the Dimasalang group.
1976 Adjudged a finalist in the PNB art competition.
Participated in the Dimasalang group exhibit at ABC galleries.
Left job with SYM to marry Paz Canilao from Macabebe, Pampanga on September 11.
Formed with three other artists “Dimasalang II,” which had its first group exhibition at the ABC Galleries.
Bulletin Today, Friday July 23, 1976, Home & Culture Section, by Carmen Perez “Dimasalang Part II”.
July 30, 1976, Philippine Daily Express, Life & Leisure Section 3, by Teresita E. Orendain “Dimasalang II Group Show on at ABC Gallery”.
1977 Presented his first one-man exhibition, consisting mostly of still lifes, at Galerie Bleue.
Daughter Sheila born in August 6.
TV Times, Nov. 27-Dec. 3, 1977, featured Cee Cadid’s painting, “1972 till 1976” acrylic on canvas at Gallery Bleue from December 1 to 13.
TV Times, December 4-10, 1977, featured Cee Cadid’s painting, “Avocado at Atis” acrylic on canvas at Gallery Bleue from December 1 to 13.
MOD Magazine, Vol. X No. 330, December 16, 1977 “Painting Exhibit”.
1978 October 11, 1978, Philippine Daily Express, Life & Leisure Section 3, by Teresita E. Orendain, “Hyper-Realism” of Cee Cadid
October 13, 1978, Mounted his 2nd One-Man show at ABC Galleries.
1979 Other children arrived: Jeimee and later Krisee Mae and Kreco Carlos.
Opened his third one-man show at ABC.
Met Jose Tanig Joya at the opening of a group exhibition at Kawilihan Art Gallery.
1980 Invited by Joya to become a member of Lakan Sining of Bulacan and, much later, VACOOP.
1981 Joined the Mother and Child exhibit at Davao Museum in cooperation with Zonta Club Davao, Ministry of Tourism and the Republic Planters Bank, to raise funds for the museum. Participated in conducting workshop-cum-lectures for the disabled, in line with the International Year of the Disabled.
Became a member of the Sigliwa group, named after “Sigla ng Diwa,” a term coined by the late Guillermo Tolentino, meaning “inspiration”. The group met regularly every Sunday for two years.
1982 Joined the Hagonoy Art Group.
Bulletin Today, Aug. 19, 1982, Home & Culture Section, by Ethel S. Timbol, A Two-Man Show of Cee Cadid and Nestor Villanueva.
A Two-Man Show of Cee Cadid and Nestor Villanueva, Aug. 20, 1982, at the Hidalgo Gallery, Showroom Bldg., Makati.
CARLOS
"CEE"
CADID
NATIONAL FINE ARTIST
OF THE
PHILIPPINES