Born on Mindanao Island, the Philippines, Romson Regarde Bustillo is a Seattle based artist. He has traveled to countries in SE Asia, Latin America, Europe, and Africa to further his artistic and cultural growth. Carving his own path, Bustillo integrates an interdisciplinary practice with a printmaking foundation.

He was awarded the Seattle Print Arts Larry Sommers Art Fellowship in 2016. In 2017 he was co-recipient of the Garboil Grant, an award that considers artists “...engaging audiences outside the aesthetic industrial complex.” He received Arts-Individual Projects Grants from 4Culture in 2018 and 2020 in support of his installations and collaborative interventions. He is the recipient of an Artist Trust Fellowship (2019) and the Artist Trust Artist Innovator Award (2021). He received a Northwest Film Forum/Andy Warhol Foundation Collective Power Fund Award in 2022 in "New Work Projects" category. Recent Residencies include, Centro Negra (Murcia, Spain), Jack Straw Culture Center (Seattle, WA), and the Museum of Glass (Tacoma, WA).

Bustillo has taught mixed media printmaking and interdisciplinary art for over 25 years, including at Pratt Fine Arts Center and as an invited Lecturer for the University of Washington’s Interdisciplinary Visual Arts Program. Bustillo’s work can be found in numerous private and public collections such as, the City of Seattle, the city of Tacoma, Washington Art Commission.

Born on the island of Mindanao, the Philippines, Romson Regarde Bustillo is a Seattle- based artist. His layered works and immersive collaborations are tied to his Philippine lineage, South Seattle-Pacific Northwest upbringing, and extensive research travels. Carving his own path, Bustillo integrates a printmaking foundation with a transdisciplinary approach. Often exploring universal themes of belonging and perseverance, his work nurtures the act of examining and re-examining one’s place in society concurrent with the process of ideation.

City of Seattle Portable Work/SPU, Seattle, WA

Seattle Convention Center, Seattle, WA

City of Tacoma Portable Works, Tacoma, WA

Washington State Art Commission

Regional Arts & Cultural Council, Portland, OR

Asian Counseling & Referral Services, Seattle, WA

Century Link Stadium, Seattle, WA

ArtColl Trust, Seattle, WA

Wing Luke Asian Museum, Seattle, WA

Amazon, Seattle, WA

Meta Open Arts (Facebook) Bellevue, WA

Bill and Malinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA