lover of LIFE, KNOWLEDGE and ART........
I thirst for knowledge like the dry earth thirsts for moisture. I learn not to compete but to hone my intellect into understanding my being, those I co-exist with and the planet I dwell in. My passion for art makes me see beauty even in the oddest of things and explains why I have cultivated tolerance to the existence of the unsightly . I have finally conquered my fear of detachment and is being consoled by the thought that I own no one and no one owns me. After all we are at our best when we are most free. I detest politics like I do sashimi. Its raw, bloody and foul tasting. I love my Life and those who help make it worthwhile. Despite the dilemma, it is still worth living.
For me, a good book is the best pal when the sailing gets rough. It paddles me away from the whirlpool's eye and drowns me into the sea of fluid dreams.When Im not sleeping i while away time doing the things I love most. Cooking for my husband and kids, smearing paints on canvases, giving justice to ink and paper , hugging the 3;most beautiful kids in the world to me-Biel, Akie and Jad; sweating myself to dehydration with running and racket sports, saving up for a new oven and a violin( pour ma fille Biel) . Vanessa you rock !!!! In the future, when Im done walking on white-tiled floors amidst while walls, i shall go back to tread long old dusty roads . In clean white shoes and with steady hands, the hungry I shall feed, the sick I shall heal and the naked I shall cloth. For I pass these pavements only once, might as well leave footprints for many to trail. Cest pour Toi, Mon Dieu. Tu es la ray-on de lumiere, l'inspiration, l'esperance.... Ma Vie!
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step -- Confucius."
Marichel "Mache" Belangel-De la Torre was born to a family of artists. Unlike her dancing, singing, stage acting, prolific writing skills which she later honed and passion for forensic pathology, Mache’s love for painting manifested at a younger age. Under the tutelage of her artist mother, she and her siblings spent the whole afternoon of every summer mastering drawing and painting
As education, work and family became her priorities, the artist took a 15 year hibernation from the art world. As they say, once an artist, always an artist. Mache rekindled her romance with her first love, painting, when she met her art soulmate Joan Honoridez, whom she fondly calls Master and Partner Joan . From then on the soul-seeking journey of a thousand miles through art began.
Her exhibitions include:
2011
February - Pitik Mingaw (DFA Gallery, Bacolod City)
March - Dibersyon (Casino Filipino Hotel-Bacolod)
May - Parada de las Reynas (SM East Bridgeway, Bacolod City)
May - Harvest of the Earth (Organic Market, Bacolod City)
May - Tipon-Tipon (Max's Pizza, East Block, Bacolod City)with AAB-N
June - Rest and Recreation: A Visual Therapy (Calla Lily Spa, 6th St., Bacolod City)
July - To Save a Life (Robinson's Place, Bacolod City)
July - Pagtililipon, an AAB 36th Anniversary Show (Negros Museum, Bacolod City) with AAB-N
July - Art and Soul (Casino Filipino Hotel-Bacolod)
August-August Rush (Colegio de San Agustin)
August - Celebrate Cuayx (Cuayx Restaurant, Bacolod City)
September- Moments (DFA Gallery, Bacolod City)
September -Lagaw Lagaw (SM East Bridgeway, Bacolod City)with AAB-N
October - Celebrate MassKara (Cuayx Restuarant, Bacolod City)
October - Lagaw-Lagaw sa MassKara (New Government Center, Bacolod City)
October - Celebrate Life (SM Artwalk, Bacolod City)
October- Pagkaon sa Dalum Balay (Dalum Balay Burger House, Bacolod City)
November - In the Eyes of the Child (UP Visayas Art Gallery, Iloilo City)
November-Biswal Negrense 2011(The Negros Museum)
November - Handom, A Babayi Group Art Exhibition (DFA Gallery, Bacolod City)
November - Maharlika, 8th Sunrise Festival (Gbox, Robinson's, Iloilo City)
December - A Touch of Magic (Cuayx Restarant, Bacolod City)
2012
January - Dinagyang 2012 (Casa Real, Iloilo City)
January- Nude Dimensions (DFA Gallery, Bacolod City)
February - Forever (Dizon-Ramos Museum, Bacolod City)
February - United Colors of PNPVA (ECCA Gallery, Valle Verde, Pasig City)
March - Beauty and Art (SM City, San Pablo, Laguna)
March - Biel Art Women's Month Art Exhibition (Pagcor, Bacolod City)
April - Buy Pinoy na Pinoy (SM Megatrade, Mandaluyong)
April - Pinoy na Pinoy (Casa Conchita, Taal, Batangas)
May - Lipunan sa Mata ng Batang Juan (Conspiracy Art Gallery, Manila)
June- Philippine Independence (Khaled Conference and Banquet Hall, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia)
July - Un.Group (Dizon-Ramos Museum, Bacolod City)
July - Ipadayon -AABN 37th Anniversary (Galleria Verde)
July- UN.GROUP (Grill Guru )
July- Celebrate The Young Life ( SM City Bacolod Artwalk)
Aug - East Medical Center
Sept- World Trade Center
Oct- Match-kara Honoridez-de la Torre 2 man show , Tertulia Casino Filipino Bacolod
Nov - Rehabitat, MASA Art group Pasig Gallery
Nov- Unang Hagod, PPVAA,I Galeria de las Islas, Intramuros Manila
Dec 7 - Ikthus
Dec 15 - Party Phil, Fermafuego Gallery, Manila
2013
October
March- Tapulanga (The Negros Musem)
April- Earth Art (SM event center/SM East Bridgeway
May- Dugtong (Butuan City)
May- Summer in the Garden of Good and Evil, PPVAA,I (GT Towers, Makati)
May- Art at the District, Association of Negros Artists (ANA) (The District,Ayala Northpoint)
June- Kunst , A Homage to the German masters of visual arts, (Imbiss Sausages and Steaks)
June- Colors of Independence, ANA (Dizon-Ramos Museum)
June- Diamante, Celebrating IndependenceDay
July- Obra Arthome the Negros Museum
July- Art Association of Bacolod Negros 37th Anniv, The Negros Museum
October- Twist of fate 1- de la Torre-honoridez Two Man Show Waterfront -Mactan Cebu
October-Twist of Fate - de la Torre - Honoridez Two Man Show - Waterfront Hotel Lahug Cebu
2014
March- Inspiring Change
2015
May- Petals with Art Association of Negros Artists -Imbiss Restored Gallery 1
August-August Rush (ANA)
Oct- Street Party
Oct-MaskiPaps
Oct-"ism? de la Torre-Honoridez Back to Back (Twist of Fate 3)
2016
Feb-Gugma (ANA)
Feb- Wo/Man (ANA -Maya Arts Space)
Art Awards:
1988 -Winner of Peace Poster making contest (University of St. La Salle, Bacolod City)
1989 - 2nd Prize winner Interschool Visual Arts Competition held at La Consolacion College Bacolod
City
June 2012 -Special Award Recognition and Certificates of Appreciation issued by the POEA during the 114th Philippine Independence Day Celebration Art Exhibition and Competition at the International Philippine School in Al Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Creative Works
Choreographer - Modern Jazz
Contributing Poet -Philippine Poetry Anthology Cebu Green Emerald, 1991
Product Display Artist - Altenee and Company 1993
Inhouse Artist -PAGCOR-Bacolod 2010
Playwright - Sakada '80 (PAGCOR Broadway Musical 2010)
Actor Lead Role - PAGCOR Broadway Musical Competition-Sakada '80 (Mariela) 2010
Asst. Director -PAGCOR Broadway Musical Competion - Les Miserables 2nd Prize Winner
2009
Art Instructor - Biel Art Summer Art Workshop 2012
Affiliations
Association of Negros Artists -ANA
Art Philippines
Art Association of the Philippines
Alla Prima Art Circle
Philippine Nurses Association
Marketers Union of the Philippines
Pinoy na Pinoy Visual Artists Association, Inc
She graduated her degree in Commerce major in Marketing Management at the University of St. La Salle. She finished her second degree in Nursing at the University of West Negros and is now a registered Nurse. She also took up a short course in Live-in Caregiving Program for Northern America at Riverside College and French Language for Interpreters at the International Language Institute of Western Visayas.
She is very much into racket sports, long distance running/marathons, swimming, volleyball and computers, and enjoys learning Foreign languages preferably European. An aspiring playwright, she authored "Sakada 80'" and got to play as "Mariela",one of the lead roles. Along with Musical Director J. Monte and creative director Cristine, Mache stage directed CF-Bacolod's entry, Les Miserables", to the 2009 PAGCOR Broadway Musical which placed 2nd. She's a contributing poet of The Philippine Poetry Anthology and a product display and stage artist for companies in Bacolod and Manila.
Mache together with her daughter Biel are proud owners and craftsmen of Biel Art Hair Jewelry and Accessories. Like her artworks, Biel Art products are quickly gaining attention in the United States, Australia, Europe, and the Middle East.
