Collection: Dante Palmes

Painting, Sculpture, Abstract, Mixed Media, Wood, Metal, Canvas. These are just some of the things associated with Dante Palmes, a multi-disciplinary Filipino artist from Bay, Laguna.

Academically speaking, Palmes has a bachelor's degree in fine arts major in Adverising from the Philippine Women's University and a Master of Fine Arts at the University of the Philippines. Add to that international certification he received for completing the course on Shielded Metal Arc Welding.

To further hone his artistic skills, Dante Palmes competed in major art competitions, emerging a perennial winner in most instances for both painting and sculpture categories. During his stint as Graphic Specialist in Saudi Arabia, Palmes was one of the privileged Dhahran Art Group (DAG) artists chosen to create a mural painting presented to the king, His Royal highness King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia on the occasion of Saudi Aramco Company. To date, Dante has held ten (10) major solo art shows and participated in numerous group exhibitions in both local and international art scenes, Multi-disciplinary best describes Dante Palmes' art works. He paints and sculpts using mixed media, wood and metal.