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Education
2022 University of Wisconsin Law School
2016 University of Hawai’i at Mānoa (Triple B.A. in American Studies, English, & History)
2012 W.R. Farrington High School
Solo Shows & Exhibition
2023 “Fifty + One”, ‘Ilima Room, Ala Moana Hotel (Honolulu, HI)
2023 Featured Artist of the Month (April), La Gente Gallery (Milwaukee, WI)
2021 “Gone Gods: Bathala”, Downtown Art Center (Honolulu, HI)
2021 “Kontrapropriation” Morning Brew Kaka’ako (Honolulu, HI)
2019 “Gone Gods” Entrepreneur’s Sandbox (Honolulu, HI)
International group exhibitions
2023 Memento (Juried), 9th Street Studio (Wichita Falls, TX)
2023 Food (Juried), Wallkill River Center for the Arts (Montgomery, NY)
2023 Periphery of Power (Juried), Gamut Gallery (Minneapolis, MN)
2023 Celebrating the Sacred Feminine (Juried), Ludington Arts Center (Ludington, MI)
2023 Members Juried Exhibition, International Gallery of Contemporary Art (Anchorage, AK)
2023 Crowns of Glory (Juried), James W. Gallery, Norfolk State University (Norfolk, VA)
2023 32nd Annual Fakes and Forgeries Exhibition, Spring Bull Gallery (Newport, RI)
2023 Hogue 125: Inspired Oklahoma Landscapes (Juried), Tulsa University (Tulsa, OK)
2023 Smorgasbord: A Mail Art Exhibition, Lodger Art (Kansas City, MO)
2022 Acrylic International Biennial (Juried), Kenosha Public Museum (Kenosha, WI)
2022 Spring to Life, 311 Gallery (Raleigh, NC)
2021 “I Want to Believe,” Gallerium Arts & Biafarin Arts (online) (Ontario, CN)
2017 Coachella International Arts & Music Festival (Indio, CA)
national group exhibitions
2024 Hawai’i Watercolor Society Annual Open Call (Juried), Downtown Arts Center (Honolulu, HI)
2024 Unconventional (Juried), Arts at Mark’s Garage (Honolulu, HI)
2023 Water Works (Juried), Gallery XII (Wichita, KS)
2023 Real Love Baby (Juried), Storage Space Gallery (Indianapolis, IN)
2023 Capturing Water (Juried), Livingston Center for Arts (Livingston, MT)
2023 Mona Lisa Redefined (Juried), Pollack Gallery, Monmouth University (West Long Branch, NJ)
2023 Loud Lines & Bold Statements (Juried), Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts (Lake Oswego, OR)
2023 Survivor and Lived Experience Artists Show (Juried), SAGE Community Arts (Sheridan, WY)
2023 Circles: Nothing is Lost, Tortuga Gallery (Albuquerque, NM)
2023 Re:Visions, Chandler Center for the Arts (Randolph, VT)
2023 Forces of Nature (Juried), Starkville Area Arts Council (Starkville, MS)
2023 11th Annual Bridgeport Art Competition (Juried), Bridgeport Art Center (Chicago, IL)
2023 Grand Re-Opening National Exhibition (Juried), Gallery B612 (Seattle, WA)
2023 Art & Poetic Text (Juried), Cultural Center of Cape Cod (South Yarmouth, MA)
2023 Obsession, Third Street Gallery (Moscow, ID)
2023 Black & White Juried Show, Alpharetta Arts Center (Alpharetta, GA)
2023 “Cosmic Ledger” Juried Exhibition, 1310 Gallery (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
2023 Farm Island Anthology, Bone Creek Museum of Agrarian Art (David City, NE)
2023 Farm Island Anthology, Tubac Cultural Center (Tubac, AZ)
2023 2nd Annual Members Juried Exhibition, Taube Museum (Minot, ND)
2023 Folk Magic, Love Hope Arts Center (Fayetteville, WV)
2022 Artist 100 Event, 2006: Space Oddity (Salt Lake City, UT)
2022 “Maps of the Intangible” (Juried), Iowa Ceramics Center & Glass Studio (Cedar Rapids, IA)
2022 “Grandeur of Color” (Juried), MVA Gallery (Bethlehem, PA)
2022 45th National Juried Exhibition, South Carolina Watermedia Society (Columbia, SC)
2022 Packard Group National Exhibition, No. 7 Gallery (Vermillion, SD)
2022 Small Works Juried Exhibition, Five Points Arts Center (Torrington, CT)
2022 “Clean Water Act” National Juried Exhibition, Munka Gallery (Lewiston, ME)
2022 4th Annual “Use Other Door” Exhibition (Juried), Core Contemporary (Las Vegas, NE)
2022 ART64 Tournament, Live Painting Art Contest (Wauwatosa, WI)
2021 “Serendipity,” Hawai’i Historic Foundation (online) (Honolulu, HI)
2018 “Brown, Queer, & Also Here,” Arts at Mark’s Garage (Honolulu, HI)
2017 Trashed x Coachella Exhibition, Global Inheritance (Los Angeles, CA)
2012 National Congressional Art Competition, United States Capitol (Washington, DC)
open calls
2023 Artworks About Mental Health (Juried), Semi Colon Walls (Baton Rouge, LA)
2023 Abstract Art Against Artificial Intelligence, FJ Kluth Gallery (Kent, OH)
2023 New Beginnings & Inspirations, IC Gallery (Winchester, MD)
2023 Rainbow: A Celebration of Color, Emergent Art Gallery (Hot Springs, AR)
2022 Missoula Monster 2022, Zootown Arts Community Center (Missoula, MT)
2022 “Art of Fungi,” Eastern Shore Art Center (Fairhope, AL)
2022 19th Annual Tomato Fest Art Show, Good Neighbor Festivals (Nashville, TN)
2022 Inaugural Small Works Show, 3Cs Art Collective (Lyons, CO)
2022 Immigrant Arts Exhibition, UW Law School (Madison, WI)
news & features
“Outdoor Exhibit Showcases 105 Works of Art From Around the Nation,” Riva Sharples, For the Plain Talk (02 Sep 2022).
“Meet some of the notable UW-Madison graduates of spring 2022,” Doug Erickson, UW News (09 May 2022).
“Painter Von Dickens Ulsa: Iconic Art with a Hawai’i Spin,” Michelle Kiczek, Historic Hawai’i Foundation (27 Aug 2021).
“Hawaii-based Filipino Artist Von Dickens Ulsa OFVON: The Exhibition ‘Gone Gods’ in Honolulu,” Press Release, Philippine Consulate General in Honolulu (13 Aug 2019).
“The first Official Honolulu Pride Exhibit Centering QTIPOC Art,” Lala Openi, Hawai’i LGBT Legacy Foundation (01 Oct 2018).
“Memorial Day Poster Contest Winners,” Press Release, City & County of Honolulu (04 May 2011).
“Safeway Names Finalists in Fifth Lucerne ‘Art of Dairy’ Contest,” Progressive Grocer (09 Mar 2010).
podcasts
“Artist” SidePitch! by Callan Swaim, London, UK (29 Jun 2020).
fundraising events
2022 Jackie Macaulay Fundraising Auction for the Public Interest Legal Fund
2021 Hamilton Scholars Online Fundraising
2021 Filipino Junior Chamber of Commerce of Honolulu Annual Fundraising
2020 Filipino Junior Chamber of Commerce of Honolulu Online Fundraising
2017 Hamilton Scholars Fundraising Gala
speaking events
“Life’s a Journey,” 1st Annual Conference for Youth, Leadership in Disabilities and Achievement of Hawai’i (09 Nov 2021).
“Gone Gods: Decolonizing Filipino History through Art,” Filipino Junior Chamber of Commerce General Membership Meeting (16 Jul 2020).
“Colorful Perspectives: The Importance of Color Perception,” YMCA Honolulu (24 June 2019).