Mario Parial was born on August 13, 1944 in Gapan, Nueva Ecija. One of the fourteen children of Fidel Parial and Aurora Torres. He studied grade school at the Pura V Kalaw Elementary School.Graduated in 1958. In 1962 he graduated from the Roosevelt Memorial School in Quezon City where he was the editor of Duplex, the Campus paper. In 1964 he learned printmaking under Manuel Rodriguez Senior, the father of Print Making in the Philippines. In 1967 he began the year with a job with FairAds Inc located in Escolta, Manila. In 1969 he graduated from the University of Santo Tomas, Bachelor of Fine Arts Major in Advertising. In 1970 he joined the Faculty of the University of Santo Tomas to teach painting, printmaking and photography. In 1970 he married Carina Claro with whom he has 2 Children, namely, Kristine born in 1971 and Mikel (Also a Painter, Printmaker and Photographer) born in 1972. In the same year he was employed by the Penta Group Advertising as a graphic designer until 1974. He also had a brief stint teaching art at the University of the Philippines.
Awards3rd Prize for a Stained Glass Design, 1963, UST Annual Art Competition
4th Prize for Flying Figures, 1964, Quezon City Arts Festival
1st Honorable mention, ?The Fire Is Over,? 1965, 15th SNSAC Sculpture Category
Honorable Mention, 1965, UST Annual Art Competition
First Prize for ?Flight in the Sun? 1966, 1st (AAP)Art Association of the Philippines Graphic Arts
First Prize for ?The World Has Many Faces,? 1966, 16th SNSAC Sculpture Category
Certificate of merit, ?Once Upon A Construction,? 1966, 16th SNSAC Sculpture Category
Certificate of merit, ?Night Flight,? 1966
1st Prize for "Moriones", 1967, PAL Art Competition
2nd Prize, 1967, UST Students Annual
Certificate of Merit, "Hour After Hour", 1967, 17th SNSAC Graphic Arts Category
4th Prize, 1968, UST Photo Contest
2nd Prize, 1968, PAP Annual
Honorable Mention, 1968, PAP Annual
Benavides Award for Outstanding Performance to University Prestige from the University of Santo Tomas, 1967.
2nd Prize, 1970, PAP Annual
Thirteen Artists Awardee of the Cultural Center of the Philippines, 1972.
Outstanding Thomasian Award from UST, 1978.
Critic's Choice Awardee, 1978
