Famous Filipino Artists: Mario Parial is a Multi Awarded Filipino Painter,PrintMaker, Sculptor and Photographer. His works have been sold at Sotheby's.
Mario Parial was born on August 13,1944 in Gapan, Nueva Ecija. One of the fourteen children of Fidel Parial and Aurora Torres. He studied grade school at the Pura V Kalaw Elementary School.Graduated in 1958. In 1962 he graduated from the Roosevelt Memorial School in Quezon City where he was the editior of Duplex, the Campus paper. In 1964 he learned printmaking under Manuel Rodriguez Senior, the father of Print Making in the Philippines. In 1967 he began the year with a job with FairAds Inc located in Escolta,Manila. In 1969 he graduated from the University of Santo Tomas, Bachelor of Fine Arts Major in Advertising. In 1970 he joined the Faculty of the University of Santo Tomas to teach painting, printmaking and photography. In 1970 he married Carina Claro with whom he has 2 Children, namely, Kristine born in 1971 and Mikel (Also a Painter, Printmaker and Photographer) born in 1972. In the same year he was employed by the Penta Group Advertising as a graphic designer until 1974. He also had a brief stint teaching art at the University of the Philippines.
On the 28th of November 2005, a Set of 4 Stamps and a Souvenir Sheet was issued for the National Stamp Collecting Month. One of the Stamps featured a Print by Mario Parial, a Rubber Cut, titled "BULBS" The Denomination was P6.00 and 140,000 of this were only issued.