Hadrian Mendoza, a stoneware Potter, works with a fearless and audacious search for the unusual and indigenous forms, including expressionistic and abstract shapes. Mendoza was a graduate at Mary Washington College in Virginia and a former student at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington DC, where he was awarded the prestigious 1996-1997 Anne and Arnold Abramson award for Excellence in Ceramics.


In 1997 he searched for his roots and moved back to the Philippines, where he slowly metamorphosed into an individualistic and nationalistic artist with a keen and hungry eye for Southeast Asia’s indigenous forms. He has made deliberate attempts at achieving heavy cultural undertones for his works. A humble craftsman, Mendoza serves at the feet of his own cultural dilemas as an artist.

EMPLOYMENT -January 2008- onwards Brent International School of Manila (Mamplasan campus) Mamplasan, Laguna, Philippines Ceramics/Pottery Department Head -Oct 2004 – onwards Philippine High School for the arts Los Banos, Laguna Visual Arts Instructor ceramics dept head/tecnician - 1999 – 2008 Pettyjohn – Mendoza Pottery School Makati,Philippines owner/teacher - 1996-1998 Corcoran School of Art Washington DC, USA kiln and glaze technician Studio Potter - Aug 1995- onwards started "Shardman Inc." AFFILIATIONS -2003 PUTIK: Philippine Pottery Association Makati, Philippines Co-Founder Board Member EDUCATION -1996 Mary Washington College Fredericksburg,Virginia ` B.A Business Administration -1996-97 Corcoran School of Art Washington D.C SOLO EXHIBITS -November 12, 2008 Gabrielle Gallery, Mandaue, Cebu "recent works" -January 18, 2008 Izukan Gallery, Makati City "armed and dangerous" -May 13, 2007 Pinto Gallery Antipolo "a piece of this... II" -May 7, 2006 Pinto Gallery Antipolo "Drips" -November 7, 2005 Philippine Center Gallery 556 Fifth Ave. New York, New York USA "Bulol" - June 04,2004 Gallery 139 Glorietta Center Makati “Bamboo Forms: the Final Slice” - December 05, 2003 Gallery 139 Glorietta Center Makati “Bamboo Forms” - May 09, 2003 Gallery 139 Glorietta Center Makati “Shardman Ch. 3 Verse 73" - December 06, 2002 Gallery 139 Glorietta Center Makati “Hadrian Mendoza working as Shardman” - July 04, 2002 Gallery 139 SM Mega Mall SM, Pasig “Recent Works” - March 18, 2002 Izukan Gallery 88 Corporate Center, Makati “Spontaneously raw” - December 07,2001 Gallery 139 Glorietta Center Makati “Underground Pots...” - January 10, 2001 Ayala Museum Makati “Shades of Green” - June 09,200 Gallery 139 Glorietta Center, Makati “Recent Works” - July 07, 1998 Metropolitan Museum of Manila Roxas Blvd.Manila Bangko Central ng Pilipinas “7 months in the Philippines, a diary created through clay” GROUP EXHIBITS - November 9, 2007 Shangri-La Mall, Mandaluyong city "Pottery Lifestyle" - July 9, 2007 Greenbelt 3, Ayala Center, Makati "Upscale" - May 22, 2007 The German club, VA Rufino St., Makati "5 Potters" - January 24, 2007 Inter-Continental Hotel, Makati "ArTEAculation" the first Philippine teapot exhibit/competition - November 29, 2006 Budji's Gallery, Bel Air, Makati "Hadrian Mendoza and Carlo Magno" - November 15, 2006 Artspace, Glorietta Center, Makati "Reunion: Balance and Form" 2-man show with Rachy Cuna - October 3, 2006 Artspace, Glorietta Center, Makati "Function Conjunction" - November 24, 2005 Budji's Gallery 235 N. Garcia St. Bel Air, Makati Hadrian Mendoza and Isabel Diaz "a piece of this... " - September 2005 International Chawan Exhibition 2005 Abbey of Hemiksem, Belgium "Joy to the Noble Tea Cup" - August 1, 2005 Zibo Ceramic Museum Zibo City, China "International Exhibition" - July 15, 2005 Joryung Folk Art Village Goesang, South Korea "Macsabal International Exhibition" - May 8, 2005 Pinto Gallery Grand Heights, Antipolo "4th Annual Maytime Arts Festival" – December 17, 2004 Mag: net Gallery Paseo Center, Makati “X-mas” - November 05, 2004 Art Space Gallery Glorietta Center, Makati “Hadrian Mendoza Jon Pettyjohn 2 man show” -February 20, 2004 Mag: net Gallery Paseo Center, Makati “Centering” -December 19,2003 Mag: net Gallery Paseo Center, Makati “XMAS” - July 03, 2003 International Mascabal Exhibition Seoul Korea “Kim Yong Moon Gallery” - December 15, 2002 Izukan Gallery 88 Corporate Center, Makati “Group Show” - November 23,2002 Drawing Room Metro Star Bldg.,Makati “Household names” - August 2002 Aomori Woodfire Exhibition Japan Goshogowara museum Goshogowara- shi, Aomori-ken - December 12, 2001 University of the Philippines Vargas Museum Dil.Q.C “Philippine Anagma project II” - February 17, 2001 NBC tent MTV Philippines Fort Bonifacio “Rebirth Modern Artists” - February 10, 2001 Liongoren Art Gallery Cubao, Q.C “Patibong ng Puso” - May 04, 2000 Intercontinental Hotel Makati “Flora-Flora Exhibit” - October 07, 1998 NCAA Intramuros, Manila “Ang sining ng luad” - November 1997 Madeira School of Art Langley, Virginia - April 1997 Corcoran White Walls Gallery Washington D.C Corcoran Gallery of Art “Sculptural Vessel” - February 1997 Clarendon Art Bar Clarendon Virginia “Group Show” INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES -July 15, 2005 8th Annual International Macsabal Woodfire Festival Bucheon City, Korea and Zibo, China - July 03, 2003 7th Annual International Mascabal Woodfire Festival Korea Joruying Folk Art Center - August, 2002 Aomori Woodfire Festival Japan Goshogowara Goshogowara- shi, Aomori – Ken KILN BUILDING EXPERIENCES June 2008 Makiling, Calamba Laguna Philippines -Naborigama Kiln February 02, 2002 Makiling, Calamba Laguna Philippines -Down draft sprung arch straight wall reduction kiln April 2001 Pansol, Calamba Laguna Philippines - Anagma Kiln LECTURES - March 2003 Philippine High School for the Arts Los Banos Laguna “Pottery” - November 2002 Ateneo de Manila University Dil. Q.C “Pottery: form vs. function” - November 2001 University of the Philippines Diliman Dil. Q.C AWARDS - November 2007 Tokyo, Japan Toyota Foundation Asian Neighbors Network Program Grant - April 1997 Corcoran Gallery of Art Washington D.C Anne and Arnold Abramson Award for excellence in ceramics PERMANENT COLLECTIONS - January 2007 The Penninsula Hotel Makati city - November 2005 Philippine Consulate in New York 556 Fifth Ave. New York, NY - August 2005 Zibo Ceramic Museum Zibo City, China – July, 2003 Joruyong Folk Art Center Korea - August,2002 Goshogowara museum Japan Goshogowara- Shi, Aomori- ken - July 07,1998 Metropolitan Museum of Manila Roxas Blvd. - January 1997 The Corcoran School of Art Washington DC PRIVATE COLLECTORS - May 2006 Dr. Joven Cuanang - November 2005 Consul General Cecile Rebong - November 2005 Josie Natori - July 2005 Francisco "Django" Bustamante - May 2005 Armida Singuion-Reyna - May 2005 Ambeth Ocampo - January 2005 Anita Magsaysay – Ho - December 2004 Budji Layug - November 2004 Napoleon Abueva - November 2004 Ben Cab - June 2004 Bea Zobel - 1998 Jon Pettyjohn - 1997 Rachy Cuna