education:

MA Digital Arts Candidate (2009), Camberwell College,  University of the Arts London
        London, England

Bachelor of Design (2000), Ontario College of Art and Design
        Toronto, Canada

Cours de copie d'après les maîtres (Mar-June, 2007), École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts
        Paris, France
 
selected awards and collections:

Untapped! Emerging Artists Competition (winner)
Toronto, 2009

City of Toronto Art Collection, Cultural Services
Works purchased: St. Jamestown I, II & III
Curator: Pamela Wachna
Toronto, 2008

Ontario Arts Council,  Visual Artists: Emerging Grant Recipient
Project: The Visual Landscape of Toronto's Filipino Community
Toronto, 2007-8.

Aoyama Design Award (shortlisted)
Submission: My Japan: ½ Full, ½ Empty.
Tokyo, 2003.

Cresta International Advertising Award  (Print Finalist)
Submission: GM Luxury Assortment
New York, 1999.

selected publications:

"Art in the raw on Riverdalewalk", Town Crier, Arts&Entertainment section, May 2008
"New Temple Weighs Heavy in Transnational Digital Age", Le Panoptique More Perspective, Society Section, October 1, 2007.
    <http://www.lepanoptique.com/page-article.php?id=33&theme=societe>.

 "Spotlight Artist: Rod Dioso" (interview by Claudia McKoy).  MIX: A Declaration of Creative Independence. Issue 31.2, Toronto, pp. 38-41, 2006.

"CIUT 89.5 Radio Interview with an Artist". Toronto, August 26, 2006.

selected exhibitions: 

2009
Toronto Artist Project, Toronto

2008
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto
Riverdale Art Walk, Toronto
Whodunit, OCAD, Toronto
The Little Art Show, BMW Building, Toronto

2007
Whodunit, OCAD, Toronto
Nuit-Blanche, Hangman Gallery, Toronto
The Little Art Show, BMW Building, Toronto
Kultura, Kapisanan Philippine Centre, Toronto

2006
The Little Art Show, BMW Building, Toronto
Open Studio, 96 Spadina, Toronto
The Little Art Show, BMW Building, Toronto
Do Hands Make us Human, Hangman Gallery, Toronto
Riverdale Art Walk, Toronto
Parkdale Arts Festival, Toronto
Queen West Art Crawl, Toronto

2005
Queen West Art Crawl, Toronto
ArtsWeek, Toronto
Annex Patio Art Show, Toronto

2004
Spring Design Festa, Odaiba Big Sight, Tokyo
Fall Design Festa, Odaiba Big Sight, Tokyo

2003
Spring Design Festa, Odaiba Big Sight, Tokyo
Fall Design Festa, Odaiba Big Sight, Tokyo

2002
Fall Design Festa, Odaiba Big Sight, Tokyo

2001
Spring Design Festa, Odaiba Big Sight, Tokyo

2000
SAWA Philppine Group Show, City Hall Gallery, Toronto
SAWA Philppine Group Show, Atrium Gallery (Ontario College of Art & Design), Toronto

community involvement:

2008 Muse 08 Carnivale, Toronto
contributing artist supporting the Schulich Heart Centre at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

2007 fu-GEN fiRE GALA, Toronto
contributing artist to raise funds for fu-GEN Asian-Canadian Theatre Company

2006 Leyte Filipino Mudslide Benefit, Toronto
contributing artist for 2006 Leyte mudslide fundraising event

2004-6 The Chi-ki Children's Foundation, Toronto
contributing artist to raise funds for educational initiatives in Laos

2005  Tsunami Volunteer Centre, Khao Lak, Thailand
art director for income-generation crafts shop reconstruction project