Cebuano Artists Painting Collection- Billy Pomida

Born in the island of Samar in the Philippines on July 11, 1963, Billy Pomida started the rudiments of drawing at a young age which inspired him to take up Fine Arts in college at the University of the East in Manila
 
In 1986, he worked as a graphic designer for a government research institution before devoting to full-time painting in 2001. Since then, he has participated in numerous group exhibitions in different places in the Philippines and a series of Three-Man Shows in the United States in 2002. 
 
Parola sa Liloan, Watercolor, 2009

He has won numerous awards, among of which are the following: One of the Top Five Watercolorists for 2001 and 2007 and the runner-up for the 2008 in the Kulay sa Tubig Annual Invitational Watercolor Competition and Exhibition in Manila, Grand Prize, Cebu Arts Association 70th Anniversary Painting Competition in 2007, Grand Prize, President Ramon Magsaysay Death Anniversary Painting Contest, Grand Prize, Dona Modesta Gaisano Foundation Painting Contest in Cebu 2002, and First Prize, Civil Service Commission On-the--Spot Painting Contest in Tacloban City in 1991. 
 
In 2019, he became a Kulay sa Tubig Hall of Famer winning twice in the "Best of the Best" Category- an exclusive competition among Hall of Famers. 

He is married to Visayas State University professor Argina Pomida, representative for Eastern Visayas to the Committee on Visual Arts of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts. Billy is also a member of the Kolor Sugbu Art group, Kasi-Kasi Art Association of Tacloban, and the Philippine Portrait Artist Society.

Above is Billy Pomida's 2009 watercolor painting of the Liloan lighthouse in Northern Cebu, now the centerpiece of Ayala Land's project Amara- a high-end seaside community.

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