DAN MINDO IS A NATURALIST ARTIST FROM DAVAO CITY AND PRESENTLY RESIDING AT PUROK LANZONES, SINGAO, KIDAPAWAN CITY WHO CREATES REALISTIC FORMS THAT DEPICTS NATURE. A FORMER MONTESSORI TEACHER AND AS OF TODAY HE IS ENJOYING HIS LIFE AS A FULL TIME ARTIST AND TEACHING PHILOSOPHICAL PAINTING FOR ART AND BEYOND PROJECT. HIS WORKS ARE INFLUENCED BY HIS ART TEACHER AND LOCAL LEGEND “SIR RIC OBENZA” JR., SOME ARTIST FROM CEBU ORLEY YPON, FROM DAVAO KUBLAI MILLAN ALSO THE OLD MASTERS LIKE CLAUDE MONET, REMBRANDT, AMORSOLO AND JUAN LUNA.
HE IS A MEMBER OF THE KALAPATI ART GROUP OF DAVAO, FORMER MEMBER OF THE DAVAO ARTIST FOUNDATION WAY BACK 1998, VISUAL ARTIST TEAM PHILIPPINES FOR GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS ATTEMPT FOR LONGEST PAINTING ON A CONTINOUOS CANVAS 2007, EXHIBITOR OF THE 13TH MAHARLIKA SUNRISE FESTIVAL ART EXHIBITION 2016 IN DAVAO, ART FOR EVERYONE 2019, KUTAWATO GROUP EXHIBIT 2018, MINDANAO ART PARTICIPATING ARTIST 2020, 2021 AND 2022, FINALIST LANTAW DABAWENYO WALL ART 2020, PASUNDAYAG IRINUGYUN ART EXHIBITION 2021 AND LUNGSOD NA PINAGPALA ART EXHIBITION 2022. MEMBER KUTAWATU ARTIST GUILD, PARTICIPATING ARTIST OF KUBLAI MILLAN “LUNANG MENTORING” CO-FOUNDER OF IRINUGYUN ARTIST GUILD.