Randel C. Urbano (b. 1983) is a museum and cultural relations professional based in Manila. For the past ten years he had junior roles at several leading Philippine modern and contemporary art museums: Metropolitan Museum of Manila, the University of the Philippines Vargas Museum (Quezon City), and Fundacion Sansó (City of San Juan). He became the Arts Manager East Asia of the British Council and brought with him an extensive experience in the cultural sector in the Philippines, South East Asia, and beyond and with a special focus on the museum and visual arts sectors. He worked in the local arts and culture scene as project worker for exhibitions, print design, translation, and programming for various agencies such as for the National Commission on Culture and the Arts Gallery and the Cultural Center of the Philippines, among others. In 2022, he returned to the Metropolitan Museum of Manila as Associate Director for Education and Public Programs, and became the Associate Director for Audience Development the year after.
Randel participated in fellowships in curatorship and contemporary museum practices: In Bangkok as resident artist in Henryandpartner’s Autopilot Project for the show [-]1: ‘The Great Artist of Tomorrow Will Go Underground’ — Marcel Duchamp at Bangkok Arts and Culture Centre, 2015; in Seoul as the MMCA International Research Fellow through the Cultural Partnership Initiative of the South Korean government, 2015; in St. Louis as the sole South East Asian multicultural delegate in the American Alliance of Museums-Getty Leadership and Career Management Program at the AAM Meeting and Museum Expo, 2017; and as travel grant recipient for the CIMAM Conferences held in Barcelona (through The Getty Foundation) in 2016 and in Buenos Aires (through Fernando Zobel de Ayala) in 2023.
Contact details:
randelurbano@gmail.com
WhatsApp: +63 917 722 29 39
