CHILDHOOD AND EARLY LIFE

Born October 31 in Sta. Ana in Manila, Philippines. His mother, Magdalena de los Santos dies when Castrillo is a year and a half old. A fertile imagination begins to reflect in the toddler who remembers dreams, sees forms and figures on cracks and wood grains of empty walls. He takes pieces of marble, plays with reflections of the sun and visualizes forms inside the marble pieces.

Enrolls at the Ateneo in Padre Faura but drops out to finish gradeschool at the Sta. Ana Elementary School. He begins to draw figures on corners of notebooks, that, when skimmed in sequence, produce animation. He begins to fashion toys from tin cans. A fascination with the metal’s warped surface begins.

HIGH SCHOOL

Joins a cumbanchero group caroling, singing and acting in street corners. He helps his father, Santiago Castrillo, a local community leader and master craftsman, prepare the papier mache creche or belen every Christmas. Inspired by his father, Castrillo would later donate his designs to the community for Christmas pageants and holy week festivities.

A need for solitude and bouts of depression begin to appear. He attempts suicide three times. He is brought to Don Bosco School, where, under the guidance of the Don Bosco brothers, he learns formal techniques of craftmanship. He designs liturgical art, does engraving and retouching of bronze sculptures. He is one of a group of young men sent to assist in the restoration and renovation of the altar of the Manila Cathedral under Rufino Cardinal Santos and consultant artist, Galo Ocampo.

UNIVERSITY

Enters the University of Sto. Tomas’ Fine Arts School as a Don Bosco scholar under the financial support of Don Antonio Delgado. He becomes a working student but does not take school seriously. Joins a band called the “Erratics” as drummer. He befriends all the gangs around Manila and galivants.

FIRST JOBS

Works at a variety of part time jobs: rewinding motors at an electrical shop, repairing typewriters at Smith Bell and Company, as an elevator boy in an Escolta office, and as an illustrator of comics on the side.

PROFESSIONAL LIFE

Holds his first one-man show at the Norther Motors Showroom in Makati. The 25 works exhibted cause a stir. The show receives good reviews and attention from collectors.

Installs THE VIRGIN, La Loma Cemetery, Caloocan and YOUTH’S CRY OF DEFIANCE, Fort Santiago, Manila. Receives Commission from the Manila Hilton Hotel to do LAS ISLAS, a mural hammerout trilogy of Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.

Joins Sixteen Young Artists group show at the Northern Motors Showroom and the Art Association of the Philippines Annual Exhibition at the National Library Exhibition Hall.

Begins to get seriously noticed from the press and critics who have difficulty catogorizing the range of his works. He meets with landscape architect Ildefonso P. Santos and Victor Puyat, with whom he establishes lifelong friendships.

Installs HARMONIOUS GROWTH, Formoso Building, Makati.

Joins the Society of Philippine Sculptors’ National Sculpture Exhibition at the National Library Hall and Lawn, and Young Artists at the Luz Gallery.

Tours India for a month as cultural visitor and university guest lecturer. The exposure infuses Castrillo with the cultural skeleton of an ancient culture of Asia as he consciously challenges the pervasive influences of western art.

Begins to join political rallies against the Marcos government. He buys his brother Amado’s studio to keep up with expanding workload.

Installs PORCUPINE and TINIKLING, a kinetic sculpture. This is the first time that glass is utilized in local public artwork. Installs an environmental piece at the Makati Commercial Centre, Makati, Metro Manila.

Solo Exhibitions: Manila Hilton Art Center, (15 freestanding and hammerout pieces) and Luz Gallery (18 metal sculptures and paintings in glass). Both are critical and financial successes.

Group Shows: Acquisition 1969 at the National Museum; Young Artists, Luz Gallery; a group show at the Cultural Center of the Philippines.

Joins weekly meetings of the Saturday Group.

Installs TRIBUTE TO THE DEAD SOLDIERS, in Guam; ALLIGATOR, Magallanes Commercial Centre; mainly doors for San Beda College.

Receives the Thirteen Artists Awards from the Cultural Centre of the Philippines.

Solo Exhibition: Lux Gallery.

Group Shows: Three at the Cultural Centre of the Philippines. Artists in Revolt and another group show, Solidaridad Galleries, Sining Kamali, and the Luz Gallery. 

Unveils LA PIETA Loyola Memorial Park, Parañaque. Installs MAYOR ARSENIO LACSON Monument, Plaza Lacson, Sta. Cruz, Manila; and ANITO, Anito Lodge, Pasay City.

Receives four prestigious awards: Republic Cultural Heritage Award, Araw ng Maynila Centennial Award, Outstanding Makati Resident Award and the Ten Outstanding Young Men Award.

Philippine representative in Sculpture to the Paris Biennial. Awed by the experience of seeing European refinement in traditional and modern art, he nevertheless becomes convinced that some of his techniques are not being used in Europe, particularly embossed copper, and constructed and welded brass.

Solo Exhibits: Jewelry Exhibit Show, Galerie Bleue, Rustan’s Makati (50 pieces) and at the Solidaridad Galleries in Ermita (23 hammerouts and welded steel forms).

Group Shows: Interaction 71, Solidaridad Galleries Special Art Show for the Araw ng Maynila (Manila Day Celebration) at the Sining Kayumanggi, Mehan Garden, Manila (with Joya and Castañeda); Six Nudes Exhibit Galerie Bleue, Rustan’s Makati, Metro Manila; Paris Biennial ’71 Exhibits, featuring CLASH and OPPRESSED.

Begins works on REDEMPTION and installs APOSTLES, Loyola Memorial Park; NUESTRA Señora DE GUIA, Plaza Ferguson, Malate.

Cited as one of the Philippines’ best in the visual arts category in the Fookien Times Yearbook. He is the subject of a cover story for the Asia Magazine, and the Singapore Sunday Times.

Appointed as Cultural Adviser to the City of Manila. He represents the Visual Arts in ALYANSA, concerned artists of the Philippines. Joins a group of thirty artists on a protest march to Malacañang against Martial Law on the day of its declaration and is picked up by the police for questioning.

Group Show: Gallery Artists Exhibit, Soledaridad Galleries; Linggo ng Kalinangan, Sining Kayumanggi, Manila. 

Installs THE RISE OF KNITTED SOCIETY, Goldhill Plaza, Singapore; THE FORCE OF THE WEST, L’Enfant Plaza Hotel, Washington D.C.; OUR LADY OF REMEDIOS, Malate, Manila. Prepares trophy for the Singapore Malaysia Racing Rallies.

Solo Exhibitions: Agra Gallery, Washington D.C.; Plaza Hotel, New York City; Via de Parigi, Palm Beach; Gallery 99, Rome. Sculpture Couture Show with couturier Dante Ramirez, Solidaridad Galleries, Manila.

Receives front-page critical reviews from leading critic Benjamin Forgey, of the Evening Star and the Washington Post. Cover story for Free World Magazine (“International Primitive: Herald of Renaissance in Sculpture”). Personally satisfied by results of his international shows, and despite major offers abroad decides to come back to the Philippines feeling that what he achieved did not carry his country’s name along.

Begins his “Catharsis” series, which reflects social ills of the Martial Law period.

Unveils THE REDEMPTION at the Loyola Memorial Park in Marikina, Metro Manila; THE SPIRIT OF PINAGLABANAN Monument, Barrio Paraiso, San Juan, Metro Manila; CHROME, GLASS AND PLEXIGLASS artwork, Philippine Trade Center, New York City. Prepares the Presidential Cup for the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes. Donates EDUCATION mural to the Philippine College of Commerce.

Receives the Outstanding Sta. Ana Resident Award.

Solo Exhibits: Chrome, Glass and Plexiglass, Impressions Gallery, Makati, Metro Manila (14 pieces Reflection 1-XIV Series). Environmental in Yellow, The Sanctuary Gallery, San Andres, Manila.

Visits Germany as cultural visitor and guest lecturer upon the invitation of the Federal Republic of Germany. He is the first Filipino sculptor to be given this grant.

Launch of BEYOND ART, a critical and documentary monograph on THE REDEMPTION Monument sculpture project, written by art critic-historian Dr. Rod Paras-Perez, and published by the Loyola Group of Companies.

Becomes a faculty member of the College of Fine Arts, University of the Philippines, Manila. He holds the post for a year.

Unveils PAGBUBUNGKOS (To Unite) at the Heart Centre of Asia, Quezon City; COMMUNICATION, Bureau of Broadcasts, Manila. Donates PAGHIMUD-OS (Uniting), Governor’s Park, Bacolod city, Negros Occidental.

Holds Sculpture Couture Show with Pierre Cardin at the Pierre Cardin Showroom, Malate, Manila.

Designs PETA sets for “Lam-ang”, First World Theatre Festival where the Philippines won the top award.

Designs and acts in Tagni-Tagni theatre group presentation playing the role of a Mabini artist making it big.

Featured in French edition of Vogue.

Unveils MAG-ILUSYON (Lovers) Monument, Legaspi City, Albay; RAHA SULAYMAN Monument, Raha Sulayman Park, Malate, Manila; OUR LADY OF LORETO, Sampaloc, Manila.

Holds 13^th solo exhibition entitled Movable Sculptures in Chrome, Metro Gallery, Makati, Metro Manila (26 freestanding abstract compositions). This is a critical and financial success.

Campaigns for the opposition when Imelda Marco runs as governor of Metro Manila. He is appointed as Inspector General for Makati and the 4^th District of Manila. He is picked up by police and some of his men are beaten up. He is released from Bicutan jail and placed under house arrest. He receives death threats and warnings. Not allowed to move around or leave the country without special permit. After elections, PHYSICAL IN FORM, a large abstract sculpture at the corner of Roxas Boulevard and Buendia Avenue is removed by Administrative Orders by the Marcos government. This is one of a trilogy of public pieces, the other two being EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL IN FORM, and EMOTIONAL IN FORM.

Unveils PILAR OF GROWTH, an abstract sculpture monument, at the Metrobank Plaza Building, Makati, Metro Manila; AN ATOMIC GROWTH, A HUMAN GROWTH Monument, Philippine Atomic Energy Commission, Diliman, Quezon City; CHRIST THE CROSS with altar figures, central tabernacle and stained glass, Don Bosco Parish Church, Pasay Road, Makati; COLONEL JUAN VILLAMOR, Abra. Prepares THE THREE HUMAN VIRTUES trophy awarded to the First Lady Imelda March; the Clairol Trophy and PERPETUAL SILVER, The First Lady’s cup for the Philippine Grand Hippodrome Race; Fred Corcoran Memorial trophy and four other trophies for the 25^th World Golf Cup. Designs seal for the Philippine Army Light Armor Regiment.

Group Shows: International Creative Jewelry Show, Design Centre of the Philippines, CCP Complex, Manila. Triangulo (three-man show with Napoleo Abueva and Solomon Saprid), The Gallery, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Manila; Insights into Contemporary Philippine Art, Washington D.C.

Works cited in The Stern Magazine, Germany.

Unveils CRY OF TONDO Monument. Isla Putting Bato, National Housing Authority Project, Tondo, Manila; PLANAR GROWTH, Manila, WHEEL OF LIFE, Bank of America; one artwork commissioned for the Cultural Centre of the Philippines’ permanent collection.

Holds 14^th solo exhibition, Movable Planes and Shapes, ABC Galleries, Harrison Plaza, Manila.

Joins Craft Council Exhibition, Peninsula Hotel, Makati, Metro Manila.

Designed sets in three different venues for ballet choreographer, Tita Radaic (Plaza Lawton, Far Eastern University and the Cultural Centre of the Philippines).

Visits Australia as a cultural visitor and guest lecturer of the Australia government.

Achievements cited in The Age Magazine of Australia and other Australian dailies as well as Pace Magazine. USA. Included in Journey to Adventure, an international television documentary, New York, USA, and interviewed by The American Broadcasting Corporation for Interview: A Feature Documentation of an Asian Artist.

Unveils THE ORGANIZED QUEST FOR HEALTH, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; OUR LADY OF FATIMA, Loyola Memorial Park, Marikina; Inauguration and Ceremonial Parade of the STO. NIÑO Sculpture, Philippine Independent Church, Mandaluyong, Metro Manila.  Prepares A COMMON FATE, A COMMON DESTINY, Souvenir Trophy for UNCTAD V, Manila.

Joins Five Contemporary Sculptors Group Show, Main Gallery, Cultural Centre of the Philippines.

Installs DIWA NG BATANGUEÑO (The Spirit of the Batangueño) Monument, Capitol Hill Park, Batangas City, Batangas; ORGANIC, architectonic sculpture, Metrobank Plaza Building, Makati, Metro Manila; THE LIBERATORS, Monument of General Douglas McArthur’s return to the Philippines, environmental sculpture, Intramuros, Manila. Prepares maquette for A CALL FROM THE MINERET, Jeddah Airport, Saudi Arabia.

Receives The Most Oustanding Son of Laguna Award sponsored by the Maduro Club in Biñan, Laguna.

Solo Exhibit: Philippine Art Now, Art East Art West, Hongkong Arts Centre, Hong Kong.

Group Shows: Trends in Sculpture, Museum of Philippine Art, Manila; Artist and Artisan, Functional Art Group Show, Manila Hilton; Fukuoka International Art Exhibition, Fukuoka City, Japan; Alay sa Pangulo, Inaugural Arts and Culture Exhibit, Philippine International Trade Centre.

SPIRAL GLOW purchased by the Fiore Internationale D’Art, Paris, France.

Fully documented on video by the cultural arm of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Goethe House.

Accepts a one-year Artist-In-Residence post at the Far Eastern University, Manila. 

Installs environment sculpture – WHIRLWIND, SPATIAL GROWTH, TRIBUTE, HOMAGE, FORTUNE TREE, WINNOWER and LEAPING HORSE – in Taikoo Shing, Hong Kong; MALAKAS AT MAGANDA, Metro Manila; THE DYNAMIC FORM, Manila. 

Prepares the First Lady’s trophy for “Disabled Filipino Artists”.

Receives Outstanding Son of Laguna Award from the Laguna Lion’s Club.

Sole Sculpture representative for the Philippine Independence Day Art Exhibition, Tag Arts Saudi, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Solo Exhibitions: (15^th) Environmental Castrillo, City Gallery, Rizal Park, Manila (11 abstract pieces); (16^th) Castrillo’s Catharsis (copper hammerout series 1973-1980), Heritage Art Centre, Quezon City, Metro Manila (social expressionist hammerouts, none for sale); Castrillo in the Dragon City, Hongkong Arts Centre, Hong Kong.

Group Shows: Featured Exhibition Sculptured Ikebana Vases, Ikebana International Davao Chapter, Davao City. Alay sa Pangulo Inaugual Arts and Culture Exhibit, Philippine International Trade Centre.

Achievements cited in the South China Morning Post, and in The Guam Tribune. Featured in the American Broadcasting Corporation’s documentary “An Artist with a Cause”, New York, USA cover story of The Observer (“Artist of Our Time”).

Installs AMERICAN ARCANA San Diego City Park, California; AMIHAN AT HABAGAT 1 (The Tender Wind, The Stormy Wind), Tagaytay City.

Visits Japan as a cultural visitor and lecturer upon the invitation of the Japan Foundation.

Achievements cited in the Los Angeles Times. Featured in Journey to Adventure, New York, USA on jewelry commissioned by Cristina Onassis. Cover story of Asia Journal (“Philippine Sculptures in Taikoo Shing, Hongkong”).

Installs RACING HORSE, Metropolitan Equestrian Country Club, Lipa City; A COMMUNITY, A HOME, Ritz Tower Lobby, Makati; DYNAMIC GROWTH at the ACT Tower, Makati; stained glass window panes at St. Williams Church, and SANVITURES Monument, both in Tumon Bay, Guam.

Join Exhibit with Japanese Ikebana Master, Ikebana Centre, Tokyo, Japan.

Designs situational stage for interaction show with singer Celeste Legaspi’s Celeste and Castrillo, Manila Intercontinental Ballroom. He presents an exhibit of works outside the ballroom.

Accepts a one year post of Artist-In-Residence and Lecturer at the Far Eastern University, Manila.

Installs FOUNTAIN SCULPTURE, Kuala Trengganu, Malaysia; SIRENA, Agana, Guam. Three abstract works, Taikoo Shing, Hongkong; TWO LOVERS commissioned by the government of Guam, Tumon Bay; THE ENACTMENT OF THE MARTYRDOM OF SAN VITURES, Tumon Bay, Dededo, Guam; ORGANIC architectonic sculpture, Metrobank Building, Makati.

Elected President of the Art Association of the Philippines. He revives AAP by creating chapters all over the country: Lakeshore, Bacolod, Iloilo, Davao and Cebu.

Group Shows: AAP Group Show and Special Auction, AAP at the Sheraton Gallery, Century Park Sheraton Hotel, Manila; Artists’ Collections, AAP at the Sheraton Gallery, Centruy Park Sheraton Hotel Manila Inaugural Group Show, Makati Gallery, Makati, Metro Manila; Touch and Colors: A Visual Concert, Metropolitan Theatre Gallery. 

Unveils following works in Guam: OUR LADY OF CAMARIN and THE MARTYRDOM OF BLESSED DIEGO OF THE MARIANAS, both for the Archdiocese of Guam, Agana; OUR LADY OF PEACE Monument and HOLY TRINITY free standing sculptures, Our Lady of Peace Memorial Gardens, Windward Hills, Yona; Portrait of Calvo family patriarch; THE FISHERMEN, Dededo; RESSURECTION for the family chapel of Archbishop Felixberto Flores, Pico; 14 Station of the Cross stained glass, Sacred Heart Parish Church; I TAGAHLO AS GADAO (Two Datus), Agana, Guam. Prepares trophies for the ULIRAN Awards.

Solo exhibitions: Catharsis (Reprise), Ayala Museum, Makati, Metro Manila. Castrillo in Guam, Gallery of Fina Arts, Agana, Guam.

Elected representative of the Visual Arts, UNESCO Commission on Culture, Manila, a position held until 1990.

HOMAGE TO CHRIST freestanding scupture is given by the Archdiocese of Guam to the Vatican Museum collection.

Cover story in the Panorama (“High Priest of Metal Sculpture”). 

Installs BENIGNO S. AQUINO Monument, Tarlac, Central Luzon.

Represents the Philippines in Brunei Darussalam to the Fourth ASEAN Sculpture Square Workshop and Symposium.

Installs ANDRES BONIFACIO Monument, Fort Bonifacio, Metro Manila; GREEN ARCHER, De La Salle University, Taft Avenue, Metro Manila; BLESSED LORENZO RUIZ Monument, Binondo Park, Binondo, Metro Manila; FILIPINO CULTURE, a garden environmental sculpture, Bulacan; PLUNGING DOLPHINS, Taikoo Shing, Quarry Bay Hongkong. Installs several works in Guam: ARCHBISHOP FELIXBERTO FLORES Monument; THE LURE OF THE ISLANDS and FRIGATE BIRD HEAVEN murals, Pacific Star Hotel, Agana, Guam.

Reelected President of the Art Association of the Philippines, a post held until 1988.

Begins conceptualization of THE LIGHT AND SOUND SCULPTURAL TABLEAU OF DR. JOSE P. RIZAL.

Installs VIRTUE OF HUMANE SERVICES, Trans Phil House, Makati, Metro Manila; two relief sculptures in Pacific Trade Centre, Hongkong.

Installs REFLECTIVE FORM sculpture of coloured glass and metal at Gaylords, Commercial Plaza, San Francisco, California, and two other sculptures for the Pacific Star Building, Makati, Metro Manila.

Starts work on KATUPARAN NG LAHI for the projected GSIS Building, Reclamation Area, Roxas Boulevard, Manila.

Installs stained glass sculpture façade commissioned by Food Front Restaurant, Greenhills Commercial Complex, San Juan, Metro Manila; PARTNERSHIP, Coca-Cola Philippines, San Miguel Corporation; AMIHAN AT HAGABAT 2 (The Tender Wind, The Stormy Wind); THE GRACEFUL QUEST, Makati.

Elected Vice President of the Society of Philippine Sculptors, a post held until 1992.

Cited by Carlos P. Romulo in his book, Outstanding Leaders of the Philippines.

Installs EDSA Shrine stain glass ceiling of main altarand all lithurgical items in the Perpetual Chapel, Metro Manila; 14 Stations of the Cross, Holy Trinity Chapel, Loyola Memorial Park, Marikina; murals entitled THE WORLD MAP and HUMANITY, AND THE TRADING BUSINESS, NDC Building, Makati, Metro Manila; THE CONSTANT THRUST TO THE ADAMANT STONE, Manila; NATURAL SPLENDOR and FORMS BLEND WITH NATURE in Palawan; MAKUHULUGANG POOK (Meaningful Place) in Tagaytay City; altar piece, Holy Cross Church, Makati; THE LIGHT AND SOUND SCULPTURAL TABLEAU ON THE MARTYRDOME OF DR. JOSE P. RIZAL, Rizal Park, Manila; Design capiz mural FILIPINO TRILOGY for the façade of the Philippine Pavilion, EXPO ’92, Seville, Spain.

Installs BANTAYOG NG MGA BAYANI. EDSA. Quezon City; 22 stained glass panels for the Guam Savings Bank, Guam; Five indoor sculptures privately commissioned; The new version of the STATIONS OF THE CROSS, Quiapo Church, Quiapo, Manila; THE FOUR GROWTHS OF GRAINS, St. Paul’s College, Manila.

Receives a citation from the Karachi-based Asian Visual Reviewers Union (AVISU) for his distinguished contribution to the development of international cultural awareness. 

Unveils PEOPLE POWER Monument, EDSA, Metro Manila. 

Installs THE HUMANE SERVICES and MERALCO’S HARMONIOUS GROWTH; JOYOUS PEACE OF PROSPERITY, Philippine National Bank, and continues working on GSIS bar relief façade both at the Financial Centre Reclamation Area, Manila; alter tabernacle of Our Lady of Carmel Church, Lipa City; altar tabernacle and two glass window panels of Stations of the Cross, Holy Cross Parish Church, Tejeros, Makati City; EMILIO AGUILANDO Monument, Cavite City; Stations of the Cross in cast bronze, Cebu Cathedral.

Begins work on the HERITAGE OF CEBU Monument; Parian Park, Cebu City. Donates PASKU SA SUGBU relief sculpture, Parian Park, Cebu City.

Installs OUR LADY, MEDIATRIX OF ALL NATIONS at Donacyno Hill in Poland; SAN LORENZO RUIZ, Los Angeles, USA; BAYANIHAN, MUSICAL FORMS and MUSICAL ABSTRACTION, freestanding sculptures for private collection; 22 abstract movables for Grand Hyatt Hongkong Hotel, Hongkong; HORSES OF THE CHARIOT and ATHENA, two freestanding forms for Villa Athena, Hongkong. Finished jewelry pieces for private collectors.

Begins THE SACRED WEALTH OF NATURE, UBIX Headquarters, Lapu-Lapu City; BINHI NG MGA BAYANI environmental relief and RAJAH SULAYMAN both for Rizal Park; PHILIPPINE MILITARY ACADEMY MEMORIAL architectural sculpture, Baguio City; THE VIBRANT RISE OF COMMUNICATION and THE UNITED EFFORT for GMA-7 Republic Broadcasting Network. Begins planning and conceptualization of the historical cultural park of Lapu Lapu City and 90 feet high LAPU LAPU monument.

Launch of BREAKING OUT: AN EDUARDO CASTRILLO SCULPTURAL TOUR written by Alfredo Roces and published by Inyan Publishers.

Installs FILIPINO SPIRIT, Manila; PEACE AND PROSPERITY, De La Salle Manila; RIZAL, THE INTELLECTUAL, Bansud, Mindoro

Installs SACRED PLACE FOR THE VENERABLE BODY OF CHRIST, San Juan Del Monte, Bulacan; THE IDEAL STAGE OF HUMANITY, Roxas Bouelvard, Manila; THE LIFE AND HEROISM OF GAT ANDRES BONIFACIO, Burgos Street, Manila.

Is part of an anthology of writings entitled Writings on Midlife by 18 Men edited by Lorna Kalaw Tirol and published by Anvil. 

Installs ALAPAN AND TEJEROS FREEDOM TRAIL, Cavite (for the National Centennial  Celebrations); CENTENNIAL FOUNTAIN AND PROMENADE, Expo Pilipino, Clark Special Economic Zone, Pampanga; GAT ANDRES BONIFACIO SHRINE, Manila City Hall; FIREMAN, Binondo, Manila. 

 Installs OUTDOOR BUST PORTRAIT OF THE LATE PRESIDENT DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL, Luneta Park, Manila; THE GOLFER, Avignon Tower Condominium, Makati City; SAN LORENZO RUIZ, Chino Hills, California,USA; THE BIRDS IN FLIGHT, Tagytay City, Province of Cavite; YULETIDE REFLECTIONS at the Enterprise Center, Makati City.

Installs DAKILANG PILIPINO EMILIO AGUINALDO, Coastal Road, Province of Cavite; THE HOLY CROSS MONUMENT, LeoneVillage, American Samoa; THE JOYOUS FLIGHT, Tangug, Bacolod City, Negros Occidental; THE VIBRANT FORM OF COMMUNICATION, GMA Network Center, Quezon City; THE POWERFUL GRACES OF THE HOLY CROSS, Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral, Cebu City; HERITAGE OF CEBU, Parian Park, Cebu City; THE RHYTHMIC FORM OF GROWTH, Robinson’s PCI Tower, Pasig City 

Installs SPIRIT OF EDSA, Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC); other Commissioned Projects for the town of Labuan, Malaysia; also PHILIPPINE MILITARY ACADEMY MEMORIAL, Fort Del Pilar, Baguio City 

Installs BINHI NG KALAYAAN, Luneta Park, City of Manila; DIYOS AMA, DIYOS ANAK, Forrest Lawn Memorial Park, Montalban, Rizal Province; ALTAR AND LITURGICAL ARTS, Saint Andrew’s Church, Makati City

Installs GAT ANDRES BONIFACIO, San Juan Metro Manila; MILESTONE OF THE DRAGON (Bas relief Mural) Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC Building), Makati City; TRIBUTE TO THE VICTORIOUS BATTLE OF ZAPOTE BRIDGE, Zapote, Las Pinas; EMILIO JACINTO, San Juan, Metro Manila; MOTHER IGNACIA DEL ESPIRITU SANTO, Intramuros, Manila

Philippine Delegate Member to Mapping Asia , the 18^th Asian International Art Exhibition at the Hongkong Heritage Museum, Hongkong. December 2003. 

Installs CIRCULAR FORM, for the Hyatt Casino and Hotel, two works in progress for China, installs bas reliefs RAGING WILD HORSES and VERTICAL FORCE, Abello Collection in Bacolod City; CHRIST life size garden sculpture and CRUCIFIX twice life size for Elma Collection; AMIHAN AT HABAGAT twice lifesize and seven pieces free standing forms for Gaerlan Collection, two abstract MOVABLES, Sinke Collection USA, THE HUMANITY OF JUSTICE bar relief and THE WORLD OF LAW free standing for Pintor Collection, and more than 68 medium sized free standing pieces to four private collectors (Salta, Verzosa, Reyes and Dimalanta collections).

Installs bar relief RACE OF THE WILD, lifesize CRUCIFIX, VIRGIN MARY bar relief for Congressman Abalos, bust portrait of Cesar Montano from Muro-Ami, and as lifesize figure of JOSE RIZAL character for Cesare Montano, 340 pieces limited edition series of painted etched glass with stand, Salina Collection; eight major liturgical arts for the Cebu Cathedral.

Begins THE HERITAGE OF DAVAO Monument, MANDALUYONG CITY Monument, eight different life-size figures plus Santo Nino figure for Cebu Cathedral; HOLY MOTHER QUEEN OF THE WORLD in Barile, Cebu City. 

Launches a series of art jewellery and abstract movables in Castrillo: The Re-emergence of the Artist-Jeweller at the Manila Polo Club and the Makati Shangrila Hotel

Installs SPIRAL at the Philippine Plaza Hotel’s lobby restaurant called Spiral; THE FOCAL FORM at the Ayalaland’s One Legaspi Condominium. Installs MOTHER OF ALL NATIONS sculpture for Atty Magdangal Elma in Quezon Province.

Celebrates 40 Year Anniversary as Artist in Total Castrillo: 40 Years of Artistic Mastery a series of four venue exhibits: University of Santo Tomas Museum: Conceptualizing Symbols of Heritage (conceptual drawings of heritage and historical monuments);at the Cultural Center of the Philippines: From the Drawing Board (conceptual drawings and maquettes), at the Yuchengco Museum: Facets of Form, Medium and Style (body and art jewelry, hammerout reliefs and pieces in the round) and Choice Expression Gallery: New Works. 

Installs WORLD OF COMPLETE HUMANISTIC PURSUIT, open environmental sculpture for Senator Edgardo Angara in Nasugbu, Batangas. Creates MARHO CUP, PHILTOBO CUP and PHILIPPINE RACING COMMISSION CUP Trophies. Installs liturgical arts for Assumption College chapel and St. Andrew’s Chapel. Installs 14 artworks for the Shangrila Hotel Resort in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia; Installs four abstract artworks for the coffee bar of Hotel Sofitel Philippine Plaza. Creates four artworks for Congressman Benhur Abalos, five artworks for Judge Henry Laron, four artworks for Fiscal Rodil Zalameda, three artworks for Leah Pono, two artworks for Dr. Jaime Songco, three artworks for Mr. and Mrs Ray David, five artworks for Sonny Dimalanta, two artworks for Mr. Greg Monteclaro, four artworks for Mr. Molina and family. A number of artworks sold through galleries and private dealers.

Begins conceptualization of liturgical arts for Don Bosco Church in Makati; Conceptualizing and designing of the signature sculpture for Delin Institute of Technology Campus in Taipei, Taiwan; Designing and planning the MOTHER MARY OF THE POOR (which is targeted to be taller than the Statue of Liberty) on Monte Maria Shrine, Batangas City.

Awarded by the University of Sto. Tomas Alumni Association Inc., the Thomasian Meritous Award. 

Started the MARY MOTHER OF THE POOR face and hands (taller than the Statue of Liberty)

Five abstract sculptures acquired by Metro Gallery San Juan City.

JOSE CAMPOS portrait

CHRIST THE KING for the Benedictine Monastery in Cebu

ST. PETER and ST. PAUL, St. Andrew’s Church, Makati City.

MONUMENT OF JOSE RIZAL, RCBC Plaza Lobby, Makati City

MONUMENT OF URDANETA, San Agustin Church, Intramuros, Manila

Four commissioned URDANETA PLAQUES for Spain, Acapulco, Manila and Cebu

Commissioned SCULPTURAL FOUNTAIN for the municipality of San Rafael Bulacan

Design for LINGAP AT SERBISYO as landmark for the municipality of San Rafael, Bulacan 

SUPPRESSING THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE (Tribute to the Slain and Tortured Members of Mass Media) in Cagayan de Oro

THE HERITAGE OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL ,Province of Misamis Oriental, Mindanao

THE LEGACY OF CAGAYAN DE ORO

THE WELCOME SYMBOL OF THE CITY OF CAGAYAN DE ORO

BAYANIHAN , sculptural tableau for Subic Free Port

DYNAMIC GROWTH, fountain sculpture fronting the new government center of San Rafael, Bulacan.

Monument of BENIGNO AQUINO, JR in Quezon City

Baptismal area font for St. Andrew’s Church, Makati City

Monument of CORAZON AQUINO for Quezon City

Five commissioned sculptures for New Jersey, USA

Bronze residential door for Mr. and Mrs. Cheng

A number of sculptures for Manila Hotel

HERITAGE OF SURIGAO, for the province of Surigao del Norte, Caraga Region, Surigao City

Monument of CORAZON AQUINO for Manila