Roderick "Derrick" Columnas Macutay[1] (born September 12, 1971 in Pasig) is a Filipino mural artist and contemporary painter, known for his distinctive subject of surreal portraits of humans, robots, cyborgs and android like creatures and his signature color of monochrome blue usually with a vibrant accent color. His works range from mural paintings to oil paintings and illustrations.
Roderick studied fine art painting for four years at the University of Santo Tomas and graduated in 1992. Having formally studied art in the University of Santo Tomas and trained with Angono Masters, Derrick has always been dead-on in his critique and rendering of the way the spirit and science come to terms with one another, terms that shape the coming days.[2]
Macutay was mentored by Salvador Juban, a protege and assistant of the late Carlos “Botong” Francisco, a National Artist and a titan in modern Philippine art.[3]
Published Artworks
The First Contact (2021), National Historical Commission of the Philippines.[4][5]
Strangers (2021), National Historical Commission of the Philippines.[6]
Ties that come a long way (2016), Wellington Museum - Commissioned by the Philippine Embassy in Wellington New Zealand.[7]
Contributions to Philippine Historical and Cultural Heritage
In 2021, three historical markers unveiled in Guiuan, Eastern Samar, Philippines, in commemoration of the Quincentennial of the First Circumnavigation of the World were based on the sketches of muralist Derrick Macutay and executed in dust marble relief by sculptors Jonas Roces and Francis Apiles.[8][9]
In 2016, Macutay handled the digital graphic art of the book - Historical Atlas of the Republic (of the Philippines), published by The Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office. The book showed the development of the Philippine geopolitical landscape, the colonization of the Philippines by different foreign powers, and the expansion of Philippine national sovereignty.[10]
In 2014, he created a commemorative coin design and a stamp design for the 70th anniversary of the Leyte Gulf Landing in the Philippines.[3]
In 2013, the Philippine Postal Corp. pitched in to honor the 150th birth anniversary of Andres Bonifacio, a Philippine national hero, by issuing stamps featuring the Father of the Philippine Revolution designed by Roderick Macutay among three other artists.[11]
In 2012, the Museo Diocesano de Pasig showcased the history of Pasig as intertwined with that of the church, from prehistoric times to the present. This was portrayed by artist Derrick Macutay in a 60 ft x 5 ft mural in acrylic exhibited at the museum hallway.[12]
List of exhibitions
SOLO EXHIBITION
Year
Exhibit Information
2008
"TECHKNOW" First One Man Solo Exhibition The Big & Small Art Co. 4th level SM Megamall
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Year
Exhibition Information
2011
"Diversities" Artist space Ayala Museum, Makati City
"Sa Ngalan"
Sigwada Gallery Anniversary show
1921 Oroquietta St. Sta. Cruz, Manila
Korea-Phils Joint Art Exhibit
Shangrila Plaza Edsa Mall
"Dreams & Memoirs" group exhibit
Trade X Cocktail Bar
Makati City
"NAUNCE" group exhibit
12th Flr GT Towers Makati
Makati City
"A Day in a Life" Group Exhibit
2nd floor Atrium
Podium Ortigas, Pasig
"diverCITY" Group Exhibition
Pasig City Museum
Pasig
"THE BOY RIZAL"
Centennial Hall, Manila Hotel
Manila City
63rd Anniversary Art Association of the Philippines
Kanlungan ng Sining, Luneta Park
Manila City
FORMED and FORMS I and II (an Art Manifesto)
Edilberto Dagot Hall, Philippine Normal University
Taft Avenue, Manila and PWU Manila
2010
2011 "DEKLARASYON"
Kalye Art Gallery
Estrada St, Singalong Manila
1st Philippine Air Force/ A.A.P. Art Competition Awards Night
Villamor Airbase Aerospace Museum
Art for Water fund raising Exhibit
Lancaster Hotel, Shaw Boulevard
Mandaluyong
Korean Art Festival
GyeongSan, South Korea
"PLAYGROUND OF THE GODS"
3 man group exhibit
Featuring the works of Odette Cagandahan, Derrick Macutay & Noel Solis
Artis Corpus and with Sining Kamalig
Gateway Cubao, Quezon City
“Romance within” FA:RM group exhibit
Sining sa Silong Art Gallery FDRC Bldg.
Bo. Ugong, Pasig
“KAPITAL” a tribute to Labor Art exhibit
Jose Vargas Museum U.P. Diliman, Quezon City
ManilArt Fair 2010
SMX Mall of Asia, Pasay
“AMANG BAYAN”
SM City Sta. Mesa, Manila/ Quantum Bar and Café
Makati City
“UNCOMMON GROUNDS: Maquina Erotiqua”
Artist Space, Ayala Museum
Makati City
“DOPPELGANGERS, The Unnamed and a Diamond Hidden in the Mouth of a Corpse”
Finale Art File,
Upstairs Gallery Warehouse 17,
La Fuerza Compound (Gate 1),
2241 Pasong Tamo, Makati City[13]
2009
“ALAY KAY MARIA”
Araw ng Pasig Exhibition
Pasig City Museum
Pasig
“EASTERN EXPOSURE”
Neo-Angono Artist Collective Group Exhibition
Pinto Art Gallery and Silangan Studio Gallery, Antipolo
“RED PAINTINGS”
The Big and Small Art Co.
SM Cubao Stage 103, Lower Ground Floor
Times Square Wellness II
“ROSA NEGRA”
Artis Corpus Gallery
Haig St. Mandaluyong
“ART FOR YOUTH’S SAKE”
Southwing Lobby House of Representative
Batasan, Quezon City
“MUSCOVADO” a six-man exhibit
Gallery Anna, SM Megamall
Mandaluyong
“ISKWALADO” group exhibit
Gallery Anna, SM Megamall
Mandaluyong
“HeART for a cause”
Consipary Bar, Quezon City
SINUGDANAN Art Summit Exhibit
Absinthe Bar, Greenbelt 3 Makati City
“13:52 Dos“and “Himatmat”
GSIS Museum Roxas Blvd, Manila
& SM Art Center Cebu City
Korea Art Festival
Seoul, South Korea
Tagpuan II Pagyabong ng Sining sa Pasig
A Pasig Artists Exhibit
Pasig City Museum
“GLASS UTOPIA”
Verdana Art Gallery
39 Castrillo St. Corinthian Gardens, Quezon City
“All about coffee”
The Block. SM Northpoint, Quezon City
“ALTER EGO”
Tala Gallery
Sct. De Guia cor Tomas Morato Kamuning, Quezon City
UNANG HAYAG SINING Emerging Artist 2009
Galerie Anna
7th Flr Ramon Magsaysay Center Roxas Blvd, Manila
CIIT Group Art Exhibit
CIIT Campus Tomas Morato, Quezon City
Plaque of Recognition From the Sangguniang Bayan ng Pasig and office of the Mayor, Enteng Eusebio, for winning the Grand Prize Mural Competition for the 100th Anniversary of the Filipino Migration to Hawaii.
2006
Semi-Finalist M.A.D.E. Metrobank Art Competition Le Pavilion Metropolitan Park, Roxas Boulevard
Grand Prize Winner 100 Years of Filipino Migration to Hawaii Mural Competition SM Mall of Asia
Finalist The 2nd Philippine Drawing Society Inc.Exhibit The Big & Small Art Co., SM Megamall, Mandaluyong
2005
Finalist 2nd Intramuros on the Spot Painting Contest Instituto Cervantes
1999
Finalist Picache Ancestral House Painting Competition Heroe’s Drive, Quezon City
1998
Finalist Philippine Centennial Painting Competition and Exhibit AFP Museum Camp Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo, Quezon City
1995
First Prize Mural Making Contest Araw ng Pasig
2nd Prize On the Spot Drawing Contest Pastoral Youth Council Kalawaan, Pasig
1991
Semi-Finalist Metrobank Art Competition
Finalist 24th Shell National Students Art Competition and Exhibit Park Square, Makati City
1990
Finalist 23rd Shell National Students Art Competition and Exhibit Park Square, Makati City
1989
First Prize Marian Year Drawing Competition District of San Roque, Makati
1988
First Prize Children’s Medical Center On the Spot Art Competition
^The Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office (2016). Historical Atlas of the Republic. Philippines: The Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office - Office of the President of the Philippines. p. 4. ISBN978-971-95551-6-2.
